1) The sizable majority of polled can't pick just one person or group to punch in the face...

2) Mage: the Ascension was the preferred choice for the following week's Thursday RPG...

3) Worst nightmare for many: Empty rooms that seem familiar and where you can almost remember what is supposed to be there...

4) The majority felt that frolickin' otter pups were the cutest of all...

5) Favorite Disney/Marvel joint project is a tie between Kim Possible: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Pixar's Rocket Raccoon. I can't say I disagree with either choice...

6) The Dutch are apparantly to blame for my not having a pony. DAMN YOU NETHERLANDS!

7) Another tie between those who'd wish for Magic Ponies and those wanting a donut...

8) Apparantly the best option for a force of pure terror and destruction would be a giant composite cyborg made up of cyborg meerkats that launched mind-controlled, laser-guided dingoes...

9) Too many of you won't talk about the truth that is out there...

10) By a clear margin its agreed that dolphins are up to something. Mad, grinning not-fish...

Poll #1468631 Untrustworthy Animals
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 16

What animal is most likely up to something?

Poll #1462311 Cybernetic Kill Beasts
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

So lets say you have a bribable zoo guard, a pile of off-the-rack-cybernetics and a warehouse of Chinese weapons. Which animal works best for building a terror force for government overthrowing?

Can't breathe. No really, I think I pulled a rib...

Yeah, zebras are always snubbing me and shit and don't get me started on how mean pangolians can be not to mention WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING HIGH?

Went to see it last night. Excellent movie. Cute, funny, sad and touching at various points. I think I still like Wall-E more, but this is very much one of Pixar's best, I especially loved the doggies...

This week we'll break out the '92 edition of Gamma World. But first, my RPG collection for anyone who wants to make a request. And a reminder of what games I've already hit:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: the RPG
Toon
Hackmaster
Vampire: the Masquerade
Champions/ps238: the RPG
AD&D 1e
Paranoia
Marvel Super Heroes
Top Secret
Rifts
Savage Worlds
Ironclaw
Godlike
Lone Wolf: the RPG
d20 Modern
Wraith: the Oblivion

Already four months on this. Huh...

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Ok on to the post-apocalyptic future. And I'll create a new version of my first character for this Mudge Fuzzyface, mutant otter. Sure this one probably won't shoot lightning and have a vampiric death field, but one can hope...

Mutant animals can have physical and mental mutations, get a +2 to Stealth, a -6 to Robot Recognition, retain natural abilities and base speeds from base animal stock and can get a bonus physical mutation if I opt out of taking humanoid traits. So we're going to do that. Which means Mudge isn't a biped, can't talk and doesn't have "real" hands with thumbs and stuff. Oh and it gives him an additional -2 on those Robot Recognition tables. He's also a minimum of 1 meter tall (or long)...

For otters it lists a PS 9, DX 12, CN 5, bite for d6, base sped of 9, swim at 6, immune to the chilling effects of cold water. It looks like I add 2d4 to the physical stats for him. So rolling: 5, 7 and 7...

The Character Attributes are Physical Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Mental Strength, Intelligence, Charisma, Senses and Mutation Power (rolled for each mutation). Mutated animals have 3d6 for MS, IN and CH and a 4d6-lowest for SN and MP...

MS: 11, IN: 13, CH: 12, SN: 15

Decent set of stats there. Next mutations. Everyone with them has at least 5, so you roll a d6 to determine how many physical and mental. A 5 roll means all are physical. So with his bonus, Mudge has 6 physical mutations. There are 3 tables for mutations (Physical/Mental/Plant) all using a d100. So for Mudge we roll six d100s and get: 34, 99, 71, 62, 19, 52
34: Heightened physical attribute
99: pick two physical mutations - I'll go with Radiating eyes and Sonar
71: Radiating eyes again
62: Oversized limbs
19: Doubled pain (defect)
52: Multiple limbs

We'll go with Dexterity for the Heightened physical attribute. You get 6 minus the stat modifier (minimum 2). Mudge's 19 DX has a +4 modifier so it only gets bumped two (6-4). Still a starting 21 DX...

Radiating eyes has a mutation power score, which for mutant animals is 4d6-lowest. And we roll up 16. Nuke blasts from the eyes. Pew pew pew!

Sonar works like it sounds. He can navigate by sonar like a bat...

Then doubling a mutation in this case gives a +2d4 on the MP. A 5 roll means his nuclear eyebeams are at 21. Well actually its 5+MP, so he can blast foes with a 26 intensity radiation beam. Which sounds pretty bad-ass...

Oversized limbs means he has longer than normal legs or arms or tentacles or whatever. I'm going to come back to this one...

Doubled pain is a Defect, which gives Mudge doubled wound penalties and doubled effects from direct nerve/pain attacks...

Lastly we have Multiple limbs. Rolling, we get 4 extra. So I think I'll combine this with Oversized limbs and give him a pair of whip-like tentacles from each shoulder about a meter in length...

So with mutations out of the way we pick a Character class. Looking them over, Scout seems to fit Mudge best. He gets +1 to Perception, Stealth and Remain Unseen. Class skills are Detect Ambush/Trap, Hunting, Navigate, Tracking and Wilderness Survival. Mudge gets 20 points to distribute, with none getting more than 8. We'll go with a distribution of 6, 2, 5, 2 and 5. So he's not a great hunter or tracker to start...

Finally we have Derived attributes. To hit melee (+1), to hit ranged (+5), AC: 15, Mental Defense (MD): 10, Hit Points (d6 per CN, 12d6): 33, Health: 10, Use artifacts: +1, Perception: 17, Stealth: +8, Remain unseen: +2, Speed: 14, Robot Recognition: 12...

Mudge doesn't belong to any Cryptic Alliances to start and I'd leave his starting Tech Level, money and equipment up to the theoretical GM...

Video of penguin gathering herring.

Rather than get anything done (like cleaning or checking the costs and times for a sleep study) I instead spent the entire morning playing Age of Wonders II. And while this does mean I beat the bonus Fire stage and made significant inroads on the 1st Water stage it didn't really advance anything else. Though I did get some reading done. Anyway, I'm now going back to bed. Because of how exhausting all that turn-based strategy gaming is. And here is a picture of a baby fennec and some cat macros...

Yoinked from theweaselking

I've got nothing so here is a lioness taking down a giraffe...

1) In the matter of animal martial artists people would least like to fight its a toss-up between bears, tiny dinosaurs, lizards that look like people and bunny rabbits. Which shows you people are all wrong, because its bears. I've played enough Tekken 2 with Kuma to know how invincible the bear who has mastered kung fu is...

2) Everyone just wants to hug everything, provided everything is cuddly...

3) Shoot it! Shoot! Shoot it now!

4) Most people hate everybody which is only proper...

5) Favored sidekick: A really smart dog that pretends it can't talk...

6) Most terrible of alien invaders would be either Kodus & Kang or the Dire Wraiths. But think if they worked together. THE HORROR!

7) Most anticipated non-exsistent movie to tv show? Tony Stark Blows Stuff Up on the Discovery Channel...

8) Most of you feel that misunderstood and broody monsters are NOT for make-outs. More demi-evil for smooches for the rest of us...

9) Rather than talk like a pirate, people should talk like a stern but possibly naughty librarian...

10) The election of the future will be a run-off between Optimus Prime and Time Travelling Emperor Norton I...

BONUS POLLS NOT CONNECTED TO FRIDAYS!

1) I'm a terrible, horrible person who no one likes? Screw you guys! When Sgt. Nikki Fury and Her Howler Commandoes go on to become a famous movie franchise and Saturday morning cartoon we'll see who's laughing then! It'll be me!

2) British accents seem to be considered sexiest, followed by Scottish. But no one wants to tear the clothes off a Welshman do they?

Norway knights penguin. To be fair he WAS already a Colonel...

Yoinked from creativedv8tion who sometimes likes to distract people from his being a monster in near human skin. But not me! Still, daaaaaaaaaaaaaw...

Inspired by MGK's choice for this month's Friday YouTube selection...

Poll #1237240 Hunting Season
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

What season is it Mr. Game Warden?

I am very tired. Haven't managed real sleep for over twenty hours now. Too tired for clever poll. So instead cuteness and hugs...

Poll #1233300 Hugs?
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Hugs from: