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Old 02-20-2014, 12:10 PM   #131
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Great content, Ghostdancer! Do keep 'em coming!
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Old 02-20-2014, 12:20 PM   #132
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Great content, Ghostdancer! Do keep 'em coming!
I'm doing a test on my blog traffic, so please, share the link by whatever social network you use and keep sharing. :-)
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Triple Threat: Meldein Spider

Like it's smaller children, the Broodmother is a freaking spider with human-like teeth. It doesn't just suck the blood right out of you - it eats you too for the tasty tasty calcium in your bones. Basically, this monster will get under your skin - and then explode from your skin as it hatches its offspring inside of you. Enjoy.
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Old 02-25-2014, 09:04 AM   #134
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Gamemaster's Guidepost: Character Points, Embodied

Yar! There be gold in them thar unspent character points.
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Old 02-27-2014, 04:26 PM   #135
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Triple Threat: Rat-Thing

Rat-Things...are really big rats (as the Ghostbusters say "big as beavers") and they are highly intelligent...
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Old 03-02-2014, 09:08 AM   #136
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Melee Academy: Bar Fights and Being a Bouncer

I've worked in security for a long time. Most doing under the table jobs as a bouncer at various night clubs and bars. I recount a few of the more interesting stories and then frame what happened in GURPS terms. Enjoy.
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... and then frame what happened in GURPS terms.
That's good stuff, although it tends to imply skills of about 14 given the number of moves done with penalties, which is arguably on the high side. Do US bars universally have ID checks (presumably for age) on the door?
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That's good stuff, although it tends to imply skills of about 14 given the number of moves done with penalties, which is arguably on the high side. Do US bars universally have ID checks (presumably for age) on the door?
I may or may not be biased but this could easily be folks taking All-Out Attack (Determined) to hit. Most people that lack training are probably doing this exact things. While I'm loath to give myself "stats" I probably *do* have around a Brawling of 14. But I'm a pretty experienced scrapper. As for ID checks they are more or less universal in my state and especially for the places I've worked. I started this kind of work at 14 1/2 at a strip joint. I was nearly 6 foot 3 at the time and the boss never asked for my ID and I got paid under the table. They even let me do my homework in the back till I was needed out front.
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Old 03-03-2014, 02:47 AM   #139
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Nice post. I think that movie violence is a poor example of how it usually works. I have about 15 years experience feeding people as they are leaving the bars, so I have seen a lot of fights between drunk people. I do not intervene personally, but I know who, among my customers, the bouncers are. They are happy to restrain people for the police to deal with. I am always grateful to the bouncers who help out for little more than my thanks and a sandwich. These guys all seem to respect my desire to see violent people restrained without being roughed up more than necessary to subdue them, so far, knock-on-wood. I dislike seeing people get hurt, and as you say, people get hurt in fights.

You shouldn't feel self conscious about describing this, imo. You are an experienced expert, after so many years, and this sort of thing is at the center of a big body of GURPS rules. Seeing it translated into combat maneuvers is cool.

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Different states have different laws about alcohol, but fines for serving under aged people tend be be stiff. Busy bars often have a bouncer checking IDs at the door, and every strip club I have been to has had one. Any college town will have a bouncer working the door at most bars, at least on the weekend, and bartenders or servers will ask to see IDs if there is any question in their mind about someone's age.
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That's good stuff, although it tends to imply skills of about 14 given the number of moves done with penalties, which is arguably on the high side. Do US bars universally have ID checks (presumably for age) on the door?
In Florida, clubs and some bars card at the door. Most bars don't even have bouncers though. In the latter, carding takes place at the bar by the bartender. In any case, the one selling the alcoholis legally liable and gets arrested if they sell to a minor. The establishment can also lose it's liquor license if it has too any violations, so selling to a minor usually gets you fired too.
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