The Scribbles of Anlarye

With the official election just around the corner thoughts and concerns about the integrity of our elections abound. There have already been reported instances of fraud in the ongoing early voting period. How many of these instances are there and how many have yet to be discovered.

From non-citizens voting and other ineligible persons to down right fraudulent ballots being accepted and tabulated without verification. These issues should concern everyone no matter what political party they may or may not be affiliated with on the voter rolls.

We can have election integrity again. But first the 2024 election must be without any of the irregularities that plagued the 2020 election. To gain election integrity the following must be done:

• Voter ID must be in all 50 states and all US territories.
• No ballot should be tabulated prior to election day.
• All early and absentee ballots must be authenticated.
• All ballots must be tabulated within 24 hours of the polls closing. We have the technology to do this. It shouldn’t take weeks.
• All mail-in ballots must be postmarked and they must be received by election day before the polls close. No exceptions to this rule.
• All vote tabulating machine software code must be open sourced and reviewable on demand at anytime.
• In the absence of any block-chain voting software, any tabulating machine must not be connected to the internet while the polls are open and the votes are being tabulated.
• All ballots counted must be observed by independent observers.

And lastly to further insure election integrity the voter rolls themselves must be regularly scrubbed to insure only legitimate voters are registered.

Magic, in gaming and fiction, is usually defined as power from somewhere else. While Psionics is defined as power from within and no outside source at all.

For may years there have been gamers and others who state that the Force of the Jedi in Star Wars is an example of psionics. But this would be incorrect since the definition of the Force is an energy field created by life that surrounds everything and binds it all together. That is really magic.

Thus the Force of Star Wars is space-magic. And this form of magic, when practiced by the Jedi or the Sith, is done without material components. At times we do see both verbal and somatic components in the use of Force powers by the Jedi and the Sith but not always.

There are other Force traditions that do use material components that give them an edge when using their Force spells (powers). So it only reinforces the true nature of the Force.

Additionally, magic is sometimes separated into two categories. The world’s most famous role-playing game does this, and calls these categories arcane magic and divine magic.

Given that the Force has a Will of it’s own and calls to those who have a connection to it. Then the Force is of the Divine magic category. And this too falls into Star Wars canon as the Force is a religion of sorts.

Another example is the Wizarding World and what it calls magic is nothing of the kind. The source of a Wizard or Witch’s power doesn’t come from someplace else it comes from within. They are born with talent that can be trained. This is psionics by the established definition.

Their power is hidden behind magical trappings and decorations. Traditions run deep and are old. But many Wizards are capable of casting “wandless magic” and even non-verbal magic. Some traditions of the Wizarding World specialize in such types of magic. And what is a Wizard’s wand? Nothing more than a psionic amplifier or resonator. This is why it is so important.

Even in the world’s most famous role-playing game there is one arcane spellcaster that doesn’t fit the mold. The Sorcerer.

A Sorcerer’s arcane power comes from within the sorcerer himself. Long ago some outside agent caused the change in the Sorcerer’s bloodline but that outside agent doesn’t play a part now. A Sorcerer is really a Psionic user as his power is his and internal to him.

Biden is high on drugs. You can tell just looking at him.
I’m glad the moderators are cutting mics when the time is up. I applaud that and love it.
Biden hasn’t spoken the truth at all in this. So many things that are just made up. I’m sure Biden believes them but the man has dementia or something and isn’t in touch with reality.
Trump won this one hands down.

And for the record. I am against “American Democracy” and any other form of Democracy.
I am also for sun-setting Medicare/Medicade, Social Security. These are very Socialist institutions and not the responsibility of the Government

We will need to take out the Security guard on the platform. Someone should be near him.

We can use stun grenades and stun the whole lot of them when the Imps and their hostage disembark. (no launcher)

This keeps the fire-fight to a minimum.

We need transport. The speeder bikes wont work with the target and the hostages for a get-away. We need a speeder of some kind that can hold all of us. Possibly have it at the taxi port area. It might be a real taxi or it could be something else.

We also need to have the transponder changed too. That way we can just get off planet fast and into Hyperspace.

Jump should be pre programmed.

The mission was successful. The hostages were rescued. The Imps dispatched. And the Hero’s got away.

Cell Burst
Alter Difficulty: Easy => organic material
Moderate => inorganic material
*modified by Proximity

WARNING: Use of this power against a living creature awards a Dark Side Point. Use with caution.

Effect: Disrupts the cells in matter causing 4D damage.

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Cryokinesis
Alter difficulty: Difficult
Time to use: Two rounds
This power may be kept up.
Effect: Using this power, a Jedi reaches out through the Force, slowing down the molecules around an object, drawing heat away from it, and causing its temperature to drop rapidly. Generally, this has the benefit of making an object more brittle and prone to damage.
In game terms, a Jedi may select one object within 20 meters and within line of sight. If the alter roll succeeds, then the body strength of the object is decreased by -1D (minimum 1D). For every +10 the Jedi beats the alter difficulty, the body strength decreases an additional -1D.
If the Jedi selects a living being as the object, the being is not immediately frozen, as would an inanimate object which does not produce its own heat. Rather, the living being takes 4D+2 damage, and the Jedi receives an immediate Dark Side Point. Should the target become frozen to the point of death, then the body will become completely frozen and more brittle.
Source: Jedi Academy Training Manual (page 25)

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Name??
Alter Difficulty: Difficult
Required Powers: Absorb/Dissipate Energy

This power may be kept “up.”

Effect: This power is used to extend a field of energy around a melee weapon to create the effects of a “light” weapon. When used on a sword, the blade becomes infused with energy and has all the properties of a lightsaber (able to parry lightsabers, can be used with Lightsaber Combat, able to parry blaster bolts, etc.), except damage is reduced to 4D (and like a true lightsaber, the strength of the user makes no difference to the damage). The power has similar affects on daggers, staffs, axes, etc.

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Force Bolt
Control Difficulty:
Moderate => Spray (1/2 Range & Damage)
Difficult => Normal Blaster
Very Difficult => Laser Torch (Cutting)

Sense Difficulty:
As per blaster skill.

Alter Difficulty:
Very Easy => 2D Dmg
Easy => 3D Dmg
Moderate => 4D Dmg
Difficult => 5D Dmg
Very Diff => 6D Dmg
Heroic => 7D Dmg
Heroic +10=> 8D Dmg Etc.
Required Powers: Absorb/Dissipate Energy

Effect: The Jedi focuses the force into a coherent blast of energy with the same properties of a blaster (i.e. it can be reflected by a lightsaber). Control is used to call forth the power and determine how well defined the blast is. Use Sense as if it was your Blaster skill and Alter dictates the damage (see above). As with most force powers, the skill in itself is not evil, therefore a character does not take a Dark Side Point just for using it. Its *how* a Jedi uses the power that matters.

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Force Flight
Alter Difficulty: Equal to the number of meters the Jedi wishes to move himself (20 meters maximum).

Required Powers:Concentration, Telekinesis

Effect: Using this power instead of walking, a Force-user can physically move himself a number of meters either horizontally or vertically. The difficulty of the Alter roll for this ability is equal to the number of meters that the Jedi wishes to move himself, but under no circumstances can the distance be greater than 20 meters. If the Force-user has not landed by the end of the round, he may suffer falling damage (GM’s discretion).

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Reshape Material
Alter Difficulty: Easy for liquid material; Moderate for malleable material; Difficult for hard material; Very Difficult for dense material.

Required Power: Telekinesis

Note: This power cannot be used against living matter.

Time to Use: 1 round

Effect: This power allows the Jedi to mold a volume of matter to a new shape. The Jedi must be touching the material to be reshaped. The effects of this power is permanent unless the Jedi chooses to reshape the material back to the original form.

Increase the difficulty one level and the time to use one round for every cubic meter affected over the first.

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Strengthen/Weaken Material
Strengthen Object

Alter Difficulty: Moderate = +3D
Difficult = +4D
Very Diff = +5D
Heroic = +6D to +8D depending on roll

Size modifiers: up to 1/4 cubic meter = +0
1 cubic meter = +10
2 cubic meters = +20
4 cubic meters = +30

Required Powers: Telekinesis
This power may be “kept up.”
Effect: This power strengthens and reinforces the structure of an object. Some Jedi have discovered that is can also be used to weaken objects in a similar manner. Using the Force, the Jedi reinforces the inter- and intra-molecular bonds in the object. The object has the same density (more or less), volume, and mass as before, but it takes more energy to break the bonds holding the object together. This is a relatively basic skill and is usually taught early in a Jedi’s studies. This reinforcement strengthens the object versus shearing forces, stress, or isintegration/disassociation by high energies. Thus, a 1D staff Strengthened at the Very Difficult level would now have a Strength of 6D–enough to resist a lightsaber, most of the time. NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT EFFECT THE OBJECT’S ABILIY TO DO DAMAGE! Just increases it’s resistance to breakage or destruction. And severely limits chemical reactions (such as oxidation).

This Force Power may be used on living matter. However, because the various enzymatic and chemical reactions, and protein interactions in living tissue are strongly inhibited, use of this Force Power on living tissue is very damaging. For example: Oxygen (or other vital gases) no longer disassociates from carrier molecules, causing oxygen-starvation. Hormones and neurotransmitters will not disassociate from receptor proteins. Blood cells will coagulate on the blood vessel walls. DNA strands cannot be separated for transcription to RNA–thus halting protein synthesis. There are very few organisms that can withstand such inhibition of chemical reactions. Use of this Power on living tissue is thus grounds for a DARK Side Point.

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Surge

Alter Difficulty:
Easy => small objects
Moderate => for droids and computers
Difficult => Speeder scale
Very Diff => Walker scale
Heroic => Starfighter scale

Warning: Using this power causes the user to get a Dark Side point.
Time to Use: 3 Minutes
Effect: When a Jedi uses this power he uses the Force to overload the target’s circuits and causes it to explode. Everything in the immediate blast radius takes 5d damage.

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Warp Matter
Alter Difficulty: Easy => liquid matter
Moderate => malleable matter
Difficult => hard matter (metal, wood)
Very Diff => very dense matter (hulls, reinforced metal walls), gases;
modifiers: 1 cubic cm => +0
1 liter/1000 cubic cm => +10
1 cubic meter => +25
10 cubic meter => +35

Required Power: Telekinesis

Time To Use: 1-12 rounds, scaled by difficulty number.

Note: This power will not work and cannot be used against living matter.

Effect: This power allows the Jedi to mold a volume of matter to anew shape. The Jedi must be able to touch some part of the object to be molded. This power does not destroy the matter, it merely changes it’s shape or position (much like a very advanced telekinesis). The effect is permanent. This Jedi is literally changing the world around them. This power coaxes millions of atoms and molecules to move controlling each particle. The fact that it is easier for the Jedi to affect the volume of matter as a whole rather than as distinct particles is reflected in the harder difficulty of managing gases with this power as opposed to some solids or liquids.