The Hammer Podcasts! - Religion - Part 1

 

I was recently joined by Captain Entropy to discuss our respective religious beliefs and outlooks. I think that it's a really interesting discussion, which can be found here: https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/the-hammer-podcasts-episode-27-religion-part-1

And don't forget to join the conversation over on Discord: https://discord.gg/vFjkE7Gxsr

The Universal Table Explained

The Universal Table - Root of the FASERIP system

Adam Worth and I have recently started another podcasting endeavor, this time it's a live role-playing podcast were we play the original Marvel Superheroes FASERIP game. It's called Class 1000: A Marvel Super Heroes Live RPG, or The Class 1000 Podcast for short.

For those of you that have never played in the system, but want to follow along, I thought that I should explain the Universal Table (pictured above) and just how it gets used. You see, every Ability and Power in the game is assigned, pretty much randomly, one of the levels you see on the chart. They range, starting anyway, from Poor (4) to Monstrous (75). When you want to do something in the game, you find the rank on the table, roll percentile dice (giving a result from 1-100), and see what the color result it. Here's a quick example:

A hero wants to punch an opponent. The hero has a Remarkable (30) rank in Fighting and it attempting a "Blunt Attack", since he's just using his fists. Let's look at the possibilities.

• A Blue result is a Critical Fail. Not only does he miss with the punch, but now he's so out of position that his enemy has an easier time hitting him, or even just getting away.

• A White result just means that the punch misses.

• A Green result is a straight up hit. The hero does his Strength rank in damage, unless he was pulling his punch, to the enemy.

• A Yellow result means that the enemy was hit but he also might be Slammed for additional damage or effects.

• A Red result, the highest possible, was a hit that might also result in a Stun effect.

OK, so what happens on a Stun or a Slam? Well, the enemy rolls on the table as well, but this time he rolls his Endurance and sees what color he comes up with. Let's look at the Slam results first.

• A Blue result is still a Critical Fail. This guy gets Grand Slammed and has to roll on the Stun table.

• A White result means that he is Grand Slammed, which is what you would see from a Sal Buscema drawing with one of the characters flying away from the hit.

• A Green result means that he was knocked back one Area (the unit of distance measurement for the Marvel system).

• A Yellow result means that the enemy was only staggered. No additional damage, but he gets a minus on his next action.

• A Red result means that he resisted the Slam entirely.

Now onto the Stun possibilities.

• A Blue result means that the enemy is knocked out for anywhere between 10 to 100 rounds, which is a LONG time for encounters.

• A White result means that he is only knocked out for 1 to 10 rounds.

• A Green result means that he was knocked out for a single round only.

• A Yellow or a Red result means that he resisted the Stun entirely.

That's the basic idea of what's involved in making the rolls for this game. I hope it clears up any possible problems you might have listening to the show. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in the Facebook Group we have, so the other listeners can get in on the conversation.

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Cosplay Gallery

To coincide with the most recent episode of The Hammer Podcasts!, which is all about Cosplay, I thought I'd do a gallery post of some outfits that my guest, Vera Wylde, and I have worn over the years. Sorry, but you'll have to suffer through mine to get to her's.

This is the Macho Man outfit that I mentioned. My buddy Fred managed to catch me on the home stretch of the run.

This was taken at the wedding of our friends Danny and Alycia, which was Halloween themed. I was dressed as the Imperial Guard and Michelle was the Biker Scout.

 Here I am as Lt. Commander Robert Lupia from the Tales of the Seventh Fleet fan series. As you can tell, this is prior to the weight loss.

Here's a pic of Vera as Fix-It Felix, Jr. 

Vera as the Arkham version of Harley Quinn.

If you're going to do a  Janine Melnitz cosplay, then why not go for The Real Ghostbusters version?

 Vera got crafty with this Poison Ivy cosplay. I think it turned out great.

And now the one you've all been waiting for, the Wonder Woman cosplay that we talked so much about. I can see why a little girl would run up and hug her.

Anyone else have some cosplay pics they'd like to share? Head on over to the Facebook Page and post them as comments.

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THP - Jaws 2

Wait, what's this? A new podcast episode?

Yes, dear reader, you aren't seeing things. I did manage to release a new episode of The Hammer Podcasts! It only took a year and a half, but my conversation with Paul Spataro about Jaws 2 is finally out there. This is a different look at the film, focusing on the family aspect.

I should point out that Patreon supports at the $2 level were able to listen to this last Saturday. If that kind of reward interests you, and you want to make sure that I get more episodes out, why not visit that link down there ↓ and become a supporter?

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Guest Appearances

My dad recently asked me how to find my podcasts, so I sent him the links. I also told him that I did a lot of guest appearances, but I couldn't get him those links, since they're spread out over a lot of places. That got me to thinking, just what shows have I been a guest on? After a little research, here's the list.

Just to get it out of the way, I can technically be heard on every episode of Jaig Eyes and Jedi & The Bad Advice Show, since I'm the opening announcer for those shows. This list, though, are just the episode where you can hear me discuss things.

Date	Network	Show	Episode
7/6/2014	Two True Freaks	Star Wars Monthly Monday	63 - Assistant Editors' Month
7/20/2014	Two True Freaks	Comics Monthly Monday	62 - Vacation!
12/27/2014	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	180 - 1984 Year in Review
4/8/2015	Two True Freaks	Listen to the Prophets	16 - The Forsaken
4/22/2015	Two True Freaks	Listen to the Prophets	17 - Dramatis Personae
4/23/2015	Fire & Water	Super Mates	29 - Cathy Lee Crobsy Wonder Woman
5/24/2015	Fire & Water	Fire & Water	127 - Sci-Fi TV of the 70s/80s
8/3/2015	Two True Freaks	3rd Degree Bryne	2.5 - WTFF
8/11/2015	Two True Freaks	Trentus Magnus Punches Reality	108 - Extinction Level Event 6 - Marvel Fear Itself
8/24/2015	Fire & Water	Secret Origins	13 - Johnny Thunder
9/7/2015	Fire & Water	Secret Origins	15 -The Spectre
10/10/2015	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	211 - Horror Month - Frankenstein's Monster
10/17/2015	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	212 - Horror Month - Vampires
10/24/2015	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	213 - Horror Month - Muck Monsters
10/31/2015	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	214 - Horror Month - Pick a Monster, Any Monster
11/23/2015	Fire & Water	Secret Origins	25 - Golden Age Atom
12/14/2015	Two True Freaks	No Consoles for Old Men	12 - Star Wars Games
12/18/2015	Two True Freaks	Various	Tribute to Shawn Engle
2/3/2016	Fire & Water	Film & Water	28 - The Adventures of Robin Hood
5/16/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	6
6/2/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	7
6/14/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	8
6/28/2016	Fire & Water	Fire & Water	130 - Live from Gene Hendricks' Basement
6/28/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	9
7/10/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	10
7/29/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	11
8/10/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	12
8/25/2016	Fire & Water	Super Mates	59 - Star Trek 50th Anniversary Celebration
9/4/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	13
9/6/2016	Fire & Water	Gimme That Star Trek	1 - What If The Cage Went to Series
9/7/2016	Two True Freaks	Listen to the Prophets	48 - The House of Quark
9/21/2016	Two True Freaks	Listen to the Prophets	49 - Equilibrium
9/24/2016	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	254 - Don't Bug Me
9/26/2016	Fire & Water	Secret Origins	49 - Silent Knight
10/18/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	15
11/11/2016	Two True Freaks	Tangents Abound	13 - Warning - Incoming Tangents
12/7/2016	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	19
12/16/2016	Two True Freaks	Tangents Abound	16 - The Lost Lantern Tribute
12/18/2016	Fire & Water	Who's Who	Star Trek - Volume 2
2/16/2017	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	23
4/2/2017	Two True Freaks	Is It Jaws?	19 - The Last Shark
4/22/2017	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	281 - Assistant Editors' Month - Part Quatro
4/30/2017	NeoZAZ	The Bad Advice Show	28
5/13/2017	Two True Freaks	Back to the Bins	284 - Match Game
6/8/2017	NeoZAZ	The Best of Fives	Quotable Movies
6/9/2017	Relatively Geeky	Quarter Bin Podcast	100 - Part 1

You know, I seem to be on a lot of shows. Not that I'm complaining, of course. ;)

I should also point out that there are going to be more added to this list in the near future. I'll be on Episode 100 - Part 3 for the Quarter Bin Podcast and I'll be on a special episode on Fire & Water. The QBP has been recorded and should be out very soon, while I have just recorded the F&W episode last night.

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