tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post374904105336498846..comments2024-01-26T06:20:22.847-08:00Comments on I Rolled A Zero: The SUE System: the Prologue BeginsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-7949160201225107992024-01-26T05:58:31.200-08:002024-01-26T05:58:31.200-08:00Immunity to damage might not be something you do, ...Immunity to damage might not be something you do, but it certainly can enable you to do fun/cool things, like shaping red-hot steel with your bare hands, or handling sensitive explosives without concern. Heck, being able to see the inside of a reactor safely would be nice pretty neat. Not necessarily the most interesting power, but definitely useful. At least, if you have an iota of creativity and a willingness to have fun. Something I’m certain both the DM and Blackhawk entirely lack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-86571012087746191502022-11-07T16:54:39.064-08:002022-11-07T16:54:39.064-08:00Ahh, good ol' SUE files. I'm at my third r...Ahh, good ol' SUE files. I'm at my third reading of this.<br /><br />This really marks the beginning of the DM applying his golden rule to the game: "Things work the way I think they do and if you try to say otherwise:<br />1-Shut up, I'm the smartest person here so if you disagree with me you must be wrong.<br />2-It doesn't work this way in game because of reasons, or<br />3-Oh look, that super cool and powerful NPC just solved the problem anyway making the point moot"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-59782592987271767862017-02-13T15:36:20.817-08:002017-02-13T15:36:20.817-08:00I think it could be reasonably assumed a spacecraf...I think it could be reasonably assumed a spacecraft with presumably artificial gravity (and the only defensive weapons powerful laser guns that melt through everything, along with everything apparently rigged to explode) would have a fire supression system as well..the technology already exists, but smoke detection is poor without gravity and automated fire suppression in 0G is awful enough that the ISS just has the astronauts use CO2 fire extinguishers...although even on the ISS they also have a contingency to just vacuum that section because airlocks exist, and bleeding all that air is better than it burning off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-73196027741630417312016-12-29T12:43:00.760-08:002016-12-29T12:43:00.760-08:00Isn't BlackHawk basically just Albert Wesker? ...Isn't BlackHawk basically just Albert Wesker? Trenchcoat, constant snarling, get-out-of-my-way attitude… it all basically matches up, at least with his MvC3 persona.SJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12733852828217237721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-23027234255855694022013-04-28T04:26:54.859-07:002013-04-28T04:26:54.859-07:00^ Incidentally, that's the one thing that drov...^ Incidentally, that's the one thing that drove me crazy about The Dark Knight Rises.<br /><br />"You can't disconnect the reactor from its power source, it will explode!"<br /><br />No, Mr. Russian Physicist, it won't. I don't care WHAT you did to the fuel core, THAT IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF HOW FUSION WORKS.Sith_Happensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-31502031412189212602013-04-26T20:55:51.983-07:002013-04-26T20:55:51.983-07:00Even if there was a large external neutron flux, y...Even if there was a large external neutron flux, you wouldn't get a chain reaction (although there <i>would</i> be an explosion). But you'd probably have to set off a <i>real</i> nuke to get that many neutrons flying around...<br /><br />Honestly, the simplest way to get a nuclear reactor to explode would be to manually remove the fuel rods and build a bomb out of them. (You might need to do some additional enrichment first, though...)<br /><br />Oh, and that only applies to <i>fission</i> reactors. Fusion can't sustain itself without massive heat and pressure, which means the worst a fusion reactor can do is melt to slag.Nnelgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-3701663238411495022013-04-26T20:31:50.260-07:002013-04-26T20:31:50.260-07:00In the hypothetical situation that a reactor was d...In the hypothetical situation that a reactor was damaged by any explosive, the effect would be largely to cause the fuel to get too hot and melt, which causes most of the reaction to stop, the opposite of what the GM seems to think would happen. The only way to actually cause a reactor to act in any way like a bomb would be a MASSIVE neutron source bombarding it and even then it wouldn't work very well.<br />-I<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-85202057499731286272013-04-26T20:26:23.961-07:002013-04-26T20:26:23.961-07:00He is implying that the NPCs should not logically ...He is implying that the NPCs should not logically be able to be that stealthy and (sarcastically) rationalizing how they succeeded in doing so anyway must be magic powers.<br />-IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-62953668304352349372013-04-26T00:04:31.976-07:002013-04-26T00:04:31.976-07:00"It's not stupid, it's advanced!"..."It's not stupid, it's <i>advanced</i>!"<br /><br />This is something that ZeRoller will complain about in the future: Being stuck with "advanced" technology/materials that are notably worse than what we have right now.Arbanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-71034390465611820842013-04-25T22:56:30.534-07:002013-04-25T22:56:30.534-07:00And the thermal control and batteries. Although so...And the thermal control and batteries. Although something this amazingly "advanced" could do with basic security systems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-45459562408455271302013-04-25T22:36:00.184-07:002013-04-25T22:36:00.184-07:00To be fair, the only thing on that list that a rea...To be fair, the only thing on that list that a <i>real-life</i> spaceship has is an airlock...Nnelg aka Geordnetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-11382618823094720492013-04-25T20:12:06.067-07:002013-04-25T20:12:06.067-07:00I'm loving this. I'm the first to admit th...I'm loving this. I'm the first to admit that I'm no science guy. So it's always refreshing to meet, if only vicariously, people who know less of science than me. That list of things that spaceships don't have had me in stitches.<br /><br />Also, your writing is great. Keep it up!<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-10931350506510727042013-04-25T15:48:27.281-07:002013-04-25T15:48:27.281-07:00So humans who level up enough become Kryptonians. ...So humans who level up enough become Kryptonians. ooookay....<br /><br />Also, when you say the UnberNPCs came 'through the wall', to you mean through a hole, or they also leveled up enough to be Kitty Pryde?Arbanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-24753237604107725792013-04-25T14:15:21.932-07:002013-04-25T14:15:21.932-07:00"Any intelligent being will always choose the...<i>"Any intelligent being will always choose the technology with the best balance of effectiveness, cost, and safety"</i><br /><br />You know, it's this sort of concept that I think the Chief Circle could use some elucidation in. It seems to me that he sees things in one-dimensional better-worse scales, when in fact there are <b>always</b> two, three or even more factors to balance, with no one clear solution for everyone. (If there <i>was</i>, there wouldn't even be a question.)<br /><br />Concepts like cost-effectiveness and better/faster/cheaper would be good things to go over, I think. Oh well, that task is probably best left for some future employer to handle...Nnelg aka Geordnetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-41548694780683398552013-04-25T13:56:45.267-07:002013-04-25T13:56:45.267-07:00"And if it's NOT a nuclear reactor, then ...<i>"And if it's NOT a nuclear reactor, then it's still BS because NO space faring species is dumb enough to use reactors that can't take serious damage without consuming all their fuel in a glorious 9 nanosecond burst."</i><br /><br />Well, I wouldn't go <i>that</i> far. After all, that description fits an Antimatter Bottle with only minor tweaking, and they're a staple of <i><b>hard</b></i> sci-fi.<br /><br />Any intelligent being will always choose the technology with the best balance of effectiveness, cost, and safety: if the latter has to be sacrificed for the sake of the first two, then so be it.Nnelg aka Geordnetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-59558066577484970222013-04-25T12:21:52.593-07:002013-04-25T12:21:52.593-07:00Yeah, his knowledge of reactors is complete horses...Yeah, his knowledge of reactors is complete horseshit. Prompt critical from damage to the core is complete BULL. "Really slow nukes," yeah, by about a factor of several billion. I really wish I had been paying attention to this during the session, I would have smacked him across the face, which I reserve the right to do being that this is my field. And if it's NOT a nuclear reactor, then it's still BS because NO space faring species is dumb enough to use reactors that can't take serious damage without consuming all their fuel in a glorious 9 nanosecond burst. FML.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-71816600393210096092013-04-25T11:24:32.877-07:002013-04-25T11:24:32.877-07:00More or less, yes, but the pet NPCs far more so.More or less, yes, but the pet NPCs far more so.ZeRollerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820203621132179240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-69044737993198902962013-04-25T10:55:43.793-07:002013-04-25T10:55:43.793-07:00There is actually a term for nuclear power that wo...There is actually a term for nuclear power that works kinda like he thinks it does, namely Nuclear Combustion Generator. Admittedly the concept, a coal/natural gas generator that uses lots of really small nukes to provide heat and gas, was so stupid that the it literally only got far enough to have a name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-15247845669768852322013-04-25T10:31:00.532-07:002013-04-25T10:31:00.532-07:00And it's managed to hit several pet peeves of ...<i>And</i> it's managed to hit several pet peeves of mine, the biggest of which is getting how anything "nuclear" works wrong in a stereotypical way. Then there's the worrying about "contamination" when the local star probably blasts out more radiation than every reactor in this universe of his <i>combined</i> (he doesn't seem to be the type to use Dyson Spheres). <br /><br />And there's really no excuse for not doing even a cursory level research on whether nuclear reactors can explode or not when his <i>players</i> probably know the answer. I mean, he could have at least made up some pseudotech "Explodium Reactor Core", <i>then</i> he'd be free to make up whatever properties he wants for it.Nnelg aka Geordnetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-85534253042853724042013-04-25T10:08:07.133-07:002013-04-25T10:08:07.133-07:00Thats not a ships. Its a piloted crewed trap. Or m...Thats not a ships. Its a piloted crewed trap. Or maybe and mine or bomb. But yeah definitely not a spaceship/station and definitely not a science one at that. But it still makes more sense than that bloody backstory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175768020594264444.post-37037704941075172382013-04-25T09:32:48.962-07:002013-04-25T09:32:48.962-07:00"he’s immune to things because he’s powerful...."<i>he’s immune to things because he’s powerful.</i>"<br /><br />That reminds me of a question I had after the 'class' diatribe - does this system make _everyone_ invulnerable to everything if they get to be high enough level, or just the GM's pet NPCs? (Hah, I kid. As if anyone BUT an NPC ever reaches second level...)<br /><br /><i>“I have no reason to go on this adventure”</i><br /><br />Oh, that one's EASY to fix. "Okay, you wait here. We'll let you know how it goes." (And when he tries to burn the setting to the ground solo out of spite, make sure he gets no more than 1/Nth of the GM's time, where N is the number of players. Fair's fair...Arbanenoreply@blogger.com