Desslok, I'm horrified to admit that was my first thought too. But I didn't wanna say anything because I already feel ancient.
(For the uninitiated/fortunate, 'Manimal' was a wonderfully awful, short-lived TV series, dreadful in the way that only 80's TV could be. It starred a rather dishy Brit actor, whose character could... well, turn into different animals...)
Edited by Maelora8 minutes ago, Maelora said:Desslok, I'm horrified to admit that was my first thought too. But I didn't wanna say anything because I already feel ancient.
(For the uninitiated/fortunate, 'Manimal' was a wonderfully awful, short-lived TV series, dreadful in the way that only 80's TV could be. It starred a rather dishy Brit actor, whose character could... well, turn into different animals...)
I'm sure if I was conscious at the time it aired, I might have accidentally conflated the two, too
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Oh no, the books you refer to sound like they were pretty good young-adult fare.
This was absolute bobbins, believe me. And I have a high tolerance for cheesy shlock.
9 minutes ago, Maelora said:Oh no, the books you refer to sound like they were pretty good young-adult fare.
This was absolute bobbins, believe me. And I have a high tolerance for cheesy shlock.
WERE?!? You and I may have to have words, Marcy
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I honestly haven't seen Manimal in 25 years so I don't know if it would stand the test of time or not - well, if the test of time was a So Bad It's Good test. It's really hit or miss with the eighties. The A-Team, stands up nicely, but Buck Rogers sadly did not.
Someday Marcy, I shall come to your distant land armed with DVDs and we shall have an epic cheesy schlock battle that will truly shake the pillars of heaven.
3 hours ago, Maelora said:Desslok, I'm horrified to admit that was my first thought too. But I didn't wanna say anything because I already feel ancient.
(For the uninitiated/fortunate, 'Manimal' was a wonderfully awful, short-lived TV series, dreadful in the way that only 80's TV could be. It starred a rather dishy Brit actor, whose character could... well, turn into different animals...)
It was pre Knightrider and airwolf...
3 hours ago, Daeglan said:It was pre Knightrider and airwolf...
Manimal followed Knight Rider by a year.
Ostensibly, he could turn into many animals. But, more often than not, it was a bird or a panther, so they could reuse the same transformation effects over and over each episode.
12 minutes ago, Nytwyng said:Manimal followed Knight Rider by a year.
Ostensibly, he could turn into many animals. But, more often than not, it was a bird or a panther, so they could reuse the same transformation effects over and over each episode.
Or he transformed off screen...
My copy [Ghosts of Dathomir] arrived yesterday. Reading through it.
Edited by Lady MelaOn 10/24/2017 at 7:46 AM, Lady Mela said:My copy arrived yesterday. Reading through it.
Of Dathomir, Animorphs, or Manimal?
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(I seriously got excited, "someone new is ready Animorphs!!!" and then logic came in and rained on that parade.)
Edited by DucirisHow good is the description of dathomir and its system? My group has just been there and will have to return probably.
Edited by SegulehIt's pretty good. It's probably just as good as any of the other planet writeups in the other adventures.
On 10/25/2017 at 8:15 AM, Absol197 said:It's pretty good. It's probably just as good as any of the other planet writeups in the other adventures.
i would have to disagree. its not real consistent with the stuff we know about the system from clone wars. languages, descriptions of the nightbrothers, ecosystems are all kinds of wrong.
the more i read this book the more disappointed i am with it. for a book with dathomir in the title, it includes very little about dathomir, and what it does include the authors don't appear to have taken the time to research very well. its a real bummer.
From the couple episodes we see in TCW and Rebels Dathomir looks pretty comparable, I happened to watch an ep with Savage in it a couple days ago.
I will admit at this point that my EU knowledge of Dathomir is severely lacking, the book seems to be within the current canon.
1 hour ago, ASCI Blue said:From the couple episodes we see in TCW and Rebels Dathomir looks pretty comparable, I happened to watch an ep with Savage in it a couple days ago.
I will admit at this point that my EU knowledge of Dathomir is severely lacking, the book seems to be within the current canon.
per new canon, dathomir is primarily zabrak, with a small minority of witch clans (less, after the wars). the book has zabraks at 17%. it also is supposed to be mostly swamps. the depiction of nightbrothers is also at odds with clone wars.
this book really coulda been set on any generic outer rim planet and that woulda have been fine. it has nothing to do with dathomir. theres nothing dathomir specific about what they included. the force power is a generic fear power, theres little about nightsisters or dathomir thats accurate. and thats fine, if you wanna just do spooky do spooky. dathomir has a RICH history in the EU and new canon. it seems a terrible waste to put the name on the book and not even bother to be accurate.
17 minutes ago, cielago said:per new canon, dathomir is primarily zabrak, with a small minority of witch clans (less, after the wars). the book has zabraks at 17%. it also is supposed to be mostly swamps. the depiction of nightbrothers is also at odds with clone wars.
this book really coulda been set on any generic outer rim planet and that woulda have been fine. it has nothing to do with dathomir. theres nothing dathomir specific about what they included. the force power is a generic fear power, theres little about nightsisters or dathomir thats accurate. and thats fine, if you wanna just do spooky do spooky. dathomir has a RICH history in the EU and new canon. it seems a terrible waste to put the name on the book and not even bother to be accurate.
17% is not a majority, not by a long shot. Most of the population was human.
31 minutes ago, Tramp Graphics said:17% is not a majority, not by a long shot. Most of the population was human.
That's kind of his point. New canon says that Dathomir was primarily Zabrak. The book has it at 17%, meaning the book was wrong on a very basic detail of current canon.
52 minutes ago, Underachiever599 said:That's kind of his point. New canon says that Dathomir was primarily Zabrak. The book has it at 17%, meaning the book was wrong on a very basic detail of current canon.
Nope. The majority of the population were native Dathomiri . Pure blood Zabraks were immigrants, all of whom were males , and only constituted a small fraction. Also remember, that the FFG books also include a certain amount of Legends material for those of us who still run in that setting.
It should also be noted that TCW only dealt with one village of Witches, not the whole planet.
Edited by Tramp GraphicsHuh, seems like the book hasn't arrived in Canada as of yet, despite being removed from the Upcoming list. Here's hoping that the supply didn't run out early.
Hey All, has anyone added the Adversaries and Encounters to OggDudes's GM Tools yet? I'm lazy and don't want to do it myself...
On 10/29/2017 at 0:01 PM, Rationalinsanity said:Huh, seems like the book hasn't arrived in Canada as of yet, despite being removed from the Upcoming list. Here's hoping that the supply didn't run out early.
I'm in Toronto I got mine a week or so ago. Try Meeplemart here:
http://www.meeplemart.com/store/p/68241-Star-Wars-Force-and-Destiny-Ghosts-of-Dathomir.aspx
On 18.10.2017 at 11:22 PM, rogue_09 said:Turns out the real ghosts were the friends we made along the way.
Badabum.
Anyway, can we just not screw all memes based on EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Sony and Microsoft games? It's usually just not worth remembering anyway. Just like destiny's endgame content
/rimshot