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Offline ludomaniac

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« Reply #45 on: July 28, 2008, 10:04:14 PM »
Quote from: iago on July 28, 2008, 09:32:15 PM
And might not ever, due to the way the end of Dead Beat shook out.

I was disappointed when I figured out that Harry probably wasn't getting a sword.  Then again, if Jim makes things too easy for him, the upcoming novels will be awfully short...
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« Reply #46 on: July 28, 2008, 10:13:51 PM »
Quote from: ludomaniac on July 28, 2008, 10:04:14 PM
I was disappointed when I figured out that Harry probably wasn't getting a sword.  Then again, if Jim makes things too easy for him, the upcoming novels will be awfully short...

I kind of liked it, because it means that he will need to team up more often, which will be usful against the bigger baddies. His fight with Rameriez was a great feat of teamwork, even before the whole thing went south.
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Re: For-Certain Character Types
« Reply #47 on: July 28, 2008, 10:14:48 PM »
Quote from: ludomaniac on July 28, 2008, 10:04:14 PM
Then again, if Jim makes things too easy for him, the upcoming novels will be awfully short...

If there's one thing that Jim does not do, it's make life easy for Harry. It's like not even a blip on the radar.
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« Reply #48 on: July 29, 2008, 01:14:20 PM »
Honestly though, there are some people that the sword just fits.

Harry is not one of those people.

I don't think it's really in his worldview to be able to consistently use the sword.  Even if he got one, even if he wore it around (which I doubt), I think he'd pretty much make the most simplistic use of it he could, and that would be that.  It's just not him.
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Re: For-Certain Character Types
« Reply #49 on: July 29, 2008, 06:46:50 PM »
wonder if a warden gun is possible. . . :P
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« Reply #50 on: July 29, 2008, 07:15:30 PM »
Quote from: Diebdazar on July 29, 2008, 06:46:50 PM
wonder if a warden gun is possible. . . :P

Been watching Supernatural?

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« Reply #51 on: July 29, 2008, 09:11:33 PM »
er, nope, don't watch tv much *goes to wiki*
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« Reply #52 on: July 29, 2008, 09:16:52 PM »
Quote from: TheMouse on July 29, 2008, 07:15:30 PM
Been watching Supernatural?

(:

Indeed :)  Know any yellow-eyed demons that need wasting?

"Warden bullets" and a unique gun to shoot them.  That would make a fascinating central character concept.  Or a story arc McGuffin ;)
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Re: For-Certain Character Types
« Reply #53 on: July 29, 2008, 09:28:46 PM »
Quote from: Diebdazar on July 29, 2008, 09:11:33 PM
er, nope, don't watch tv much *goes to wiki*

Long story short: If you shoot something with this gun, and if that would be a kill shot on a normal person, that thing is dead. Period.
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Re: For-Certain Character Types
« Reply #54 on: July 29, 2008, 10:01:50 PM »
Quote from: iago on July 27, 2008, 11:08:07 PM
Haven't plumbed those particular depths yet. :)

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Quote from: Diebdazar on July 29, 2008, 06:46:50 PM
wonder if a warden gun is possible. . . :P

Actually, I've wondered about something like that as an Item of Power. I wasn't thinking a Warden's Gun as much as an artifact like Amorrachias. The Swords of the Cross get their power from faith, not because the pieces of the cross in their hilts are holy, but because people believe they have power like an antenna. I wonder if you you could get a similiar item of power out of a Revolver that belonged to a Legendary Gunfighter from the Old West. Let's take for a quick example...Doc Holliday's pistols. I would think they could get modern artifacts because of all the movies made about Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral. It would act as an antenna because movie goers would believe his guns have power (Not neary to the degree of Michael's sword, but still) especially kids who learn about them.

Hell, you could probably get something similair from a movie prop to a movie that has a cult following. Large groups of people, especially kids would believe that object had power.

But those are my thoughts. In my games at least something like that would require some good writing on the player's part.
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Re: For-Certain Character Types
« Reply #55 on: July 30, 2008, 04:53:41 AM »
could be quite scary too. . . ("EX-TER-MI-NATE!")

hrm, plot idea
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« Reply #56 on: July 30, 2008, 04:44:48 PM »
Quote from: Diebdazar on July 30, 2008, 04:53:41 AM
EX-TER-MI-NATE!

Just what Harry needs. Daleks.

Ironically, wizards would be stupidly effective against them. Their suits are very advanced technology. So they'd sorta... pop. Or maybe just spin around helplessly in circles. (:
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« Reply #57 on: July 30, 2008, 07:19:41 PM »
Hrm, though are the Dalek's tech advance enough to fall under the "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"  paradigm?

Cybermen would probably have some trouble, not so sure about the Daleks and the like. . . Unless I'm imagining things, some NeverNever creatures (or maybe the denarians?) have made references to there being other inhabited worlds?

Though if the daleks encountered on earth were just Nevernever beings akin to the 'movie monsters' in Proven Guilty. . . Then they likely wouldn't have any 'actual technology'.

And, while I'm on a doctor kick :P

The Doctor: No, but there’s a power in words. If I can find the right one, if I can just know you…
Mother Doomfinger: None on Earth has knowledge of us
The Doctor: Then it’s a good thing I’m here. Now, think, think, think… Humanoid, female, uses shapes and words to channel energy… ah, fourteen! That’s it, fourteen! The fourteen stars of the Rexel planetary configuration! Creature, I name you… Carrionite!
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Martha: But there’s no such thing as magic.
The Doctor: Well, it’s a different sort of science. You lot; you chose mathematics. Given the right string of numbers, the right equation, you could split the atom. Carrionites use words instead.
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« Reply #58 on: July 30, 2008, 07:27:27 PM »
Okay, that works. Nevernever beasties taking their shape from the geeks at a sci-fi convention could work out just fine.
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Re: For-Certain Character Types
« Reply #59 on: July 30, 2008, 08:46:14 PM »
It's worked at other types of convention, after all....
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