... What is "Sandbaggers"? something I should read/watch? ... I'd say that in a way, it ought to be the other way around. "From Hell" features no action, and...
Peter Knutsen (list) wrote: [...] ... [...] ... In Hero System, this also includes camera bugs. However, parabolic microphones are IIRC handled via Shadowing...
... Sandbaggers, ... Very ... for ... Would I be amiss in suggesting Enemy at the Gates? I am not a military man, nor an expert in the genre, but I was...
... one ... and ... <snip> You might consider: "Three Days of the Condor" with Robert Redford, Faye Dunnaway (sp?), and Max VonSidow (sp?) (circa 1970). It...
Does any one know if a function for the following exists. I'm pretty sure one exists, but can't think of the name. Add the all integer up to a number...
By the way, Leszek's suggestion for the old "Sandbaggers" show *is* useful. I'm already covering MI5 with "Spooks", so having something with MI6 in it too...
... I've watched it a couple of times, many years ago, and I have added it to my "rental wish list" because I'd like to re-watch it with a critical eye before...
... Well, if you want a formula that pumps out that result, it's n(n+1)/2. For example, 7*8/2 is 28. ... This is just 1+2+3 twice, and similarly the one below...
Hey Peter, I'm not sure if somebody already mentioned these, but hopefully the fit what you're looking for. Movies Bourne Identity & Bourne Supremacy both with...
Thank you Jeff, That sounds like a workable solution. I'm not a 100% sure on the usage on the floor function, but you pointed me in the right direction. ...
... The floor of x is basically just x strictly rounded down. The floor of 3 is 3, the floor of 4.5 is 4, the floor of -2.4 is -3 (but the formula I gave you...
... Jeff already gave the correct and fairly widely known formula for this: n*(n+1)/2. Less known are the formulae for adding up sequences of squares and...
On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 23:18:06 +0100, Peter Knutsen (list) <list@...> wrote: [...] ... "Conversation", by Francis Ford Coppola. Good one. :-) I thought...
We had some discussions a while back about skills and the different results that can be archieved with them. Unfortunateley I wasn't able to find what I was...
Hi, I'm a new member and this seems to be the best way to find out how to figure out an answer to this without spending money. (Sweet sweet poverty) Anyway,...
My homebrew relies on a skill hierachy/tree, but I'm not quite happy with the straight brake down of broad skills into more narrow skills. So another thing I...
I read a very interesting column on RPG.Net on how combat and how the skill one wields ones weapon should really be take into context how well one understands...
... The easiest way is probably something like just having a few standard modifiers... "Facing a totally alien fighting style: -2", "Facing an unfamiliar...
... Coarsegrained categorization will solve that problem. A much greater problem is that he'll need some way for players to acquire familiarity with as many...
I got one issue with a this, I really tried to avoid binary skills (and advantages/disadvantages) and hope to have EVERTHING be handled by either a skill (with...
... Weight is proportional to the body's volume and the volume is proportional to the cube of the height (keeping the ratio of the other dimensions constant)....
As a Gamesmaster I want a skills system that is reasonably easy to use in play. For the Elthos ODS system I handle it by assessing the Skill Level of the...
... However, the other dimensions don't remain constant as height increases. Because muscle strength is proportional to cross-section, girth must increase...
Whoah! First I've seen of you in a while, Bradd. I gather real life has been keeping you offline for a couple of years? -- "You know, one of the hardest parts...
We did something like this once in a D&D campaign to help spice up crafting. When someone crafted something, like say a sword, they were given points to add to...
... In real-world animal families, weight and volume increase as the fourth power of a linear measure of size (i.e., height, weight, or length). I recall...
... I'm afraid this is a fallacy. If you increase the girth, you also increase the weight, and this exactly cancels out the extra muscle cross-section. Let's...
