5 x 5: End of the Year Top Fives. Television Shows

Continuing my Top 5, here are my top 5 television shows of all time.

The Twilight Zone

Star Trek: The Next Generation

The X-Files

Tales from the Darkside

Game of Thrones

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Boxmas!

Nice mail call yesterday. I got my Basic and Expert RPG Sets Remastered set from Pacesetter Games.

I'll put together a full review later, but so far it looks like a lot of fun.

It even came with dice!

I'll compare it to the other B/X flavored boxed set in the future, but both can live on my self and table well.

5 x 5: End of the Year Top Fives. Movies

Continuing my Top 5 for the year's end.  Here are my all-time Top 5 Movies.


Lord of the Rings

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Star Wars

Star Trek: Wrath of Khan

Army of Darkness

My Next Kitbash, Federation Viper

I have some parts left over from my Protector kitbash model, and as it turns out they are exact parts I need for my next kitbash, a "Star Trek" style Viper from Battlestar Galactica.

So I have parts from this:

In particular, the nacelles, which is what I need.

Combine them with this:

Which I still need to buy mind you.

I can add the nacelles to the viper wings, modify the nose with a deflector dish (which I have). Change the red decals to blue, could just paint them on, put on the Protector's registry number NX-3120 and it will look like it is part of the ship. 

I did this mod years ago but I honestly can't recall what happened to it, it was 40 years ago. The one thing I didn't figure out then and still need to figure out now is how to account for those giant-ass thrusters in back.  I might need to 3D print some additional parts or see what I have laying around.  In my first version of this I used the V8 engine out of an 82' Corvette.

My goal is something like these:

At least that is the plan.  Have it ready for my BlackStar game. Imagine this going up against MiGo in space.

Hope to get working on it soon!

5 x 5: End of the Year Top Fives. Novels

Another Top 5 list.  Today, Novels.

Bram Stoker Dracula

JRR Tolkien Lord of the Rings

Douglas Addams Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Anne Rice The Vampire Lestat 

Umberto Eco Foucault's Pendulum

5 x 5: End of the Year Top Fives. Albums

Over on the old Facebooks I have been challenged or tagged in various top five lists. Five favorite books, favorite albums, things like that.  So I thought I'd end my year here with my Top Five favorite Top Fives!

For the next five days I'll post a top-five list.  These will be presented in no particular order and at least according to the rules of a couple of the challenges, with no explanations.

So today I am doing my Top Five Albums.

The Police Synchronicity

Thomas Dolby The Golden Age of Wireless

Sinéad O'Connor The Lion and the Cobra

Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon

Stevie Nicks The Wild Heart

Monstrous Monday: Catgirls for Old-School Essentials

"Cats" is out. And it is really, really bad. How bad? So bad that I am DYING to see it.  In fact, we are going to tomorrow as a family. And we are dressing as cats.   We are going 100% Rocky Horror Picture Show on this.

I figure let's have some Catgirls for Old-School Essentials!

Nekojin (Catgirl)

Requirements: Minimum DEX 9 Prime requisites: DEX and CHA Hit Dice: 1d6 Maximum Level: 9 Weapons: Any (must be modified) Armor: none or leather only Languages: Alignment, Common, Elf, Nekojin*

Catgirls, also known as Nekojin, are a humanoid race that has prominent cat-like features.  These include furry cat ears on the top of their head, cat eyes, canine...er...feline teeth, and whiskers. Their pupils are slits like that of a cat. They also have long cattails and their hands and feet resemble a cross between cat paws and humanoid hands and feet.  Their nails are in fact retractable claws.   They typically weigh about 110 pounds and are between 5 and 5½ feet tall. Their human-ish faces give them the look of kittens. This, in addition, to their size, often leads non-Nekojin to treat them as if they were younger than they truly are.

The typical nekojin can live to about 50 years of age. They reach maturity by age 7 and will begin adventuring between ages 6 and 8. Nekojin have their own language, but they can also learn the language of humans (Common) and Elves (Sylvan).

Combat

Nekojin can use any weapon that has been modified for their hands (increased cost +25%), but they avoid armor except for leather.

Detect Invisible / Spirits

Nekojin have a supernatural heritage, so they can see invisible creatures or spirits in the spirit planes on a roll of 1 or 2 on a d6.

Infravision

Nekojin have infravision rp 90'.

After Reaching 9th Level

A nekojin that reaches 9th level may choose to retire and raise a brood of their own or be reborn into a new kitten (1st level) with no memories of their former life.  On their 9th life they will remember all past lives and skills.

Table 1: Nekojin Advancement and Saving Throws

Level	XP	HD	D	W	P	B	S
1	0	1d6	12	14	12	16	15
2	2,000	2d6	12	14	12	16	15
3	4,000	3d6	12	14	12	16	15
4	8,000	4d6	10	12	11	14	13
5	16,000	5d6	10	12	11	14	13
6	32,000	6d6	10	12	11	14	13
7	64,000	7d6	8	10	9	12	11
8	128,000	8d6	8	10	9	12	11
9	256,000	9d6	8	10	9	12	11

Table 2: Nekojin to Hit vs. AC

To Hit
Level	-4	-3	-2	-1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7
2	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7
3	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6
4	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6
5	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5
6	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5
7	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4
8	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4
9	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3