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[Hanslanda]

BUT the final throw relies on the throwing skill of... Well, of a peasant. They need to succeed on a ranged attack against their target, which seems to be forgotten. With an unwieldy, non-weapon implement. Basically, this is a good way to get some peasants to kill themselves with a nuke.

Put a badass PC with Weapon Focus (Throwing Poles) and a high BAB at the end, though...

[Xantalos]

BUT the final throw relies on the throwing skill of... Well, of a peasant. They need to succeed on a ranged attack against their target, which seems to be forgotten. With an unwieldy, non-weapon implement. Basically, this is a good way to get some peasants to kill themselves with a nuke.

Put a badass PC with Weapon Focus (Throwing Poles) and a high BAB at the end, though...

Wasn't that how it was originally used?
Still, if I ever play Exalted or Strike Legion I'm totally going to try this even if it's not in the rules.

[Loud Whispers]

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And yes, the rest of the thread was spent discussing Roman ballerina ordnance.

[Xantalos]

No, talk about how you'd have to have a ballerina Jaeger to take out Ancalagon the Black assuming you wanted to take him out the same way as Smaug.

[Vector]

new machine

IT'S FULL OF STARS

After 4 years on a laptop that froze constantly and had a broken speaker jack (another year and a half when it actually presumed to work), this is... amazing.  Absolutely amazing.  It's beautiful and it works and it's easy to use and and and

It's better than my 3-month-old Mac at work by a long shot, to be honest.  This is a really, really, really nice machine >_<

[majikero]

Who uses a Mac in a work environment?

[Vector]

People who need really, really, really reliable machines.  Like people doing consulting for public utilities.

[Tiruin]

:O
It's that new thing you've been showing, huh Vector?

Grats for you there!~

...On that note, that does remind me of the laptop I'm typing on right now...it can run things smoothly unlike ever before. I can play DF without lag, for once!

Unlimited FPS = speedy dwarves. o_O

[Aklyon]

People who need really, really, really reliable machines.  Like people doing consulting for public utilities.

Honestly, Mac is not near my first choice for 'extremely reliable'. But if it works, I'm not going to argue with Vector of the Food Avatars without more specific knowledge.

[Loud Whispers]

No, talk about how you'd have to have a ballerina Jaeger to take out Ancalagon the Black assuming you wanted to take him out the same way as Smaug.

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Why take the charm away from ordinary Romans hurtling battle-ballerinas towards the enemy? Can not mortal man make airborne that which is graceful without someone attempting to turn man's missile into a mechanical monstrosity?!

[Vector]

People who need really, really, really reliable machines.  Like people doing consulting for public utilities.

Honestly, Mac is not near my first choice for 'extremely reliable'. But if it works, I'm not going to argue with Vector of the Food Avatars without more specific knowledge.

Well, it's the company decision what they buy for us :]  It's not about what I think, it's about what they think--and they're even less technically savvy than I am, haha.

[Xantalos]

But shooting down a dragon the size of New York Island with an 80-meter tall Roman ballerina mecha launched out of a railgun is awesome

[MaximumZero]

People who need really, really, really reliable machines.  Like people doing consulting for public utilities.

Honestly, Mac is not near my first choice for 'extremely reliable'. But if it works, I'm not going to argue with Vector of the Food Avatars without more specific knowledge.

Well, it's the company decision what they buy for us :]  It's not about what I think, it's about what they think--and they're even less technically savvy than I am, haha.

You could always say, "Hey, I'm a tech savvy person, and I know how to save you money." That'll open most ears and get you what you want.

[Loud Whispers]

But shooting down a dragon the size of New York Island with an 80-meter tall Roman ballerina mecha launched out of a railgun is awesome

Do you know what's better than that though? Massed ranks of onagers and ballistae firing so many ballerinas at the dragon it blots out the sun.

[HissinhWalnuts]

Launch the goddamn dragon into the sun and watch it crash into mercury or venus for fun and profit.