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Хэйг Манукян (23 мая 1916 года — 26 мая 1980 года) — армяно-американский профессор кино Нью-Йоркского университета, который оказал огромное влияние на многих кинематографистов, в том числе и на Мартина Скорсезе, который был его студентом. Мартин Скорсезе назвал манукские учения «самым драгоценным подарком, который я когда-либо получал».

Мартин Скорсезе
Манукян был сопродюсером первого художественного фильма Скорсезе «Who's That Knocking at My Door». Классический фильм Мартина Скорсезе «Бешеный бык» посвящен ему. Скорсезе назвал Манукяна одним из своих самых больших вдохновителей.

Арес Демерцис
Режиссер и оператор Арес Демерцис был студентом, а затем аспирантом Манукяна. Он задокументировал часть своего опыта в коротком рассказе, опубликованном в ежемесячном веб-журнале New English Review под названием "TMR 101, Создание режиссера".

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Q: Awesome menu in a table cell detect click Hi im coding an awesome menu button on each cell, the problem is that I need to know which Awesome Menu view I´m clicking
This is my function to add the Awesome Menu view to each cell
    - (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    static NSString *simpleTableIdentifier = @"ActivasTableViewCell";

    ActivasTableViewCell *cell = (ActivasTableViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:simpleTableIdentifier];
    if (cell == nil)
    {
        NSArray *nib = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"ActivasTableViewCell" owner:self options:nil];
        cell = [nib objectAtIndex:0];
    }
    UIImage *storyMenuItemImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"bg-menuitem.png"];
    UIImage *storyMenuItemImagePressed = [UIImage imageNamed:@"bg-menuitem-highlighted.png"];

    UIImage *starImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"icon-star.png"];
    AwesomeMenuItem *starMenuItem1 = [[AwesomeMenuItem alloc] initWithImage:storyMenuItemImage
                                                           highlightedImage:storyMenuItemImagePressed
                                                               ContentImage:starImage
                                                    highlightedContentImage:nil];
    AwesomeMenuItem *starMenuItem2 = [[AwesomeMenuItem alloc] initWithImage:storyMenuItemImage
                                                           highlightedImage:storyMenuItemImagePressed
                                                               ContentImage:starImage
                                                    highlightedContentImage:nil];

    NSArray *menus = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:starMenuItem1, starMenuItem2,nil];

    AwesomeMenuItem *startItem = [[AwesomeMenuItem alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bg-addbutton.png"]
                                                       highlightedImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"bg-addbutton-highlighted.png"]
                                                           ContentImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"icon-plus.png"]
                                                highlightedContentImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"icon-plus-highlighted.png"]];

    AwesomeMenu *menu = [[AwesomeMenu alloc] initWithFrame:self.view.bounds startItem:startItem optionMenus:menus];
    menu.delegate = self;

    menu.menuWholeAngle = M_PI_2*3;
    menu.farRadius = 50.0f;
    menu.endRadius = 50.0f;
    menu.nearRadius = 30.0f;
    menu.animationDuration = 0.3f;

    menu.startPoint = CGPointMake(290.0,166.0);

    [cell addSubview:menu];

    return cell;
}

This are my functions for detecting a click on the view
- (void)awesomeMenu:(AwesomeMenu *)menu didSelectIndex:(NSInteger)idx
{
    NSLog(@"Select the index : %d",idx);
}
- (void)awesomeMenuDidFinishAnimationClose:(AwesomeMenu *)menu {
    NSLog(@"Menu was closed!");
}
- (void)awesomeMenuDidFinishAnimationOpen:(AwesomeMenu *)menu {
    NSLog(@"Menu is open!");
}

A: There are a couple of approaches you could take.

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*If you only have one section in your table, you could assign the tag property of each AwesomeMenu object to the value of whatever indexPath.row is in -tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath:.

*You could add a property to AwesomeMenu for the purpose of identifying the row or indexPath it is located at:
@interface AwesomeMenu : NSObject
...
@property (nonatomic) int rowIndex;                      //  If you only need the row index
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSIndexPath *indexPath;    //  If you need row and section
...
@end

*Or, you could get the cell for the AwesomeMenu and then get its indexPath from the table:
- (void)awesomeMenuDidFinishAnimationClose:(AwesomeMenu *)menu {
    UITableViewCell *cell = [self getTableViewCellForView: menu];
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.myMenuTable indexPathForCell: cell];
}

- (UITableViewCell *) getTableViewCellForView: (UIView *) view {
    UIView *parentView = view;
    while (parentView) {
        if ([parentView isKindOfClass: [UITableViewCell class]]) {
            return (UITableViewCell *) parentView;
        }
        parentView = parentView.superview;
    }
    return nil;
}

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BARNSTON, GEORGE, HBC fur-trader and naturalist; b. c. 1800 in Edinburgh, Scotland; d. 14 March 1883 in Montreal, Que.
After apparently being educated as a surveyor and army engineer, George Barnston joined the North West Company as an apprentice clerk in 1820. He was taken into the Hudson's Bay Company following the union of the two companies in 1821, and served as a clerk at York Factory (Man.); he was described as having an excellent education, and showed great promise. During the 1825–26 season he was at Red River and Fort Bas de la Rivière (Man.), and in 1826 he was transferred to the Columbia District to help Æmilius Simpson* survey the Pacific coast. Finding Simpson an incompetent surveyor, he was obliged to conduct most of the work himself. He then helped James McMillan* establish Fort Langley (near present day Fort Langley, B.C.) in 1827, and served there and at forts Vancouver (Vancouver, Wash.) and Nez Percés (Walla Walla, Wash.).
The records for the period 1825 to the mid 1830s reflect Barnston's frustration and unhappiness. He had entered the fur trade with prospects of a £100 salary at the end of a six-year apprenticeship. A long way from this goal in 1825, he became, according to Governor George Simpson*, "touchy . . . and so much afflicted with melancholy or despondency, that it is feared that his nerves or mind is afflicted." In 1831, although he was then in charge of Fort Nez Percés and had reached the salary level he had sought, a sharp dispute with Simpson over his next appointment and rate of advancement caused him to resign. He attacked Simpson and accused the company's agents in the Indian country of "ingratitude and dishonorable conduct." Anxious not to lose Barnston, Simpson, despite "a half impertinent Letter" from him, was already in the summer of 1831 instructing that he be re-engaged "if he be at a loss to find employment in Canada." Barnston rejoined the service in 1832.
Barnston's frustration with his career was perhaps augmented by a concern for his family. In early 1829 he had taken as a wife "in the custom of the country," Ellen Matthews, a mixed-blood daughter of an American Fur Company employee; James, the first of their 11 children, was born in July 1831. Barnston's writings and other records of these years also reflect much personal sensitivity and introspection, and a strong moral sense which was respected by Simpson, who described him as "high Spirited to a romantic degree, who will on no account do what he considers an improper thing, but so touchy & sensitive that it is difficult to keep on good terms or to do business with him. . . . Has a high opinion of his own abilities which are above par. . . ." This portrait is reflected in the one Barnston gives of himself in his letters to his friend and fellow trader James Hargrave*.
In the ten years following his reunion with the HBC, Barnston served in the Albany District. After a season at Fort Albany, he founded Fort Concord in 1833 "on the Banks of Wawbickoobaw Lake" (Wapikopa Lake, Ont.) to extend the company's trade into the Winisk River area. In mid 1834 he was ordered to Martin Falls where he remained for six years; he then transferred to the charge of Fort Albany and was promoted chief trader. His long-continued discontent at Simpson's earlier treatment of him was followed, as a colleague James Douglas* wrote, by "a break in the clouds" and a developing friendship between them in the 1840s.
After a year's furlough in England, Barnston was appointed to Tadoussac in 1844. The move brought him nearer to means of "having my children better educated, an object ever near to my heart." James particularly gained: he had schooling in Lachine, and then in 1847 went to Edinburgh for a medical degree; at his death in 1858 he was a professor of botany at McGill College in Montreal. For his father, Tadoussac was "an extended, troublesome, and complicated" charge, as Simpson warned, one beset by free traders, smugglers, and encroaching settlement. But it was an opportunity for Barnston to prove his abilities and justify Simpson's confidence in him, and in March 1847 he was promoted to chief factor.
In 1851, after a year's furlough, Barnston replaced Donald Ross in charge of Norway House (Man.). Discouraged by the activities of free traders in the area, particularly those of Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne, and the declining fortunes of the company, Barnston went on leave again in 1858–59, and then accepted charge of Michipicoten (Ont.) on Lake Superior where he remained from 1859 to 1862. After another year's furlough, he retired to Montreal in June 1863. That year the HBC was bought out by the International Financial Society, headed by Edward William Watkin, and Barnston was much concerned for the future of the company. The company officers had not been consulted and were hostile to the change in management. Barnston corresponded with the London secretary in 1863 regarding the protection of the interests of commissioned officers of the company, and travelled to England the following year on what his friend James Hargrave called the "sleeveless errand" of telling the company directors that they had "treated their old officers of the Fur Trade very scurvily."
Retirement freed Barnston to pursue scientific research, primarily in botany and entomology, areas in which he had already done much work in the field and as a writer. His botanical interests probably began with his exposure to the studies of David Douglas* in the Columbia District in the 1820s; he greatly admired Douglas, corresponded with him, and published a detailed sketch of his travels and discoveries in the Canadian Naturalist and Geologist in 1860. At Martin Falls Barnston first studied insects and he also kept a journal of temperature, permafrost, flora, and fauna of the area for the Royal Geographical Society of London. On furlough in England in 1843–44, he visited several scientific societies. "Finding that I was kindly received at the British Museum," he wrote to George Simpson, "I handed over without reservation all my Collection of Insects to that Institution, at which the Gentlemen there expressed high gratification." Over half his specimens were new to the museum. He later gathered an extensive herbarium at Tadoussac, which he described in his correspondence with Hargrave, and in 1849–50 sent a collection of plants to Scotland. He also supplied specimens to the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.) and to McGill College. After 1857 he frequently published articles, mainly in the Canadian Naturalist and Geologist. An active member of the Natural History Society of Montreal, he served as its president in 1872–73 and later became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1882.
When Barnston died in Montreal in 1883, pallbearers and mourners at his "largely attended" funeral at Christ Church Cathedral included Donald Alexander Smith*, Dr Thomas Sterry Hunt*, John William Dawson*, and other prominent Montreal figures. The Royal Society of Canada paid tribute to Barnston as both a "diligent naturalist" and "a man of kind and amiable character, loved and respected by all who knew him."
Jennifer S. H. Brown and Sylvia M. Van Kirk
[A list of articles written by Barnston for the Canadian Naturalist and Geologistup to 1859 can be found in Morgan, Bibliotheca Canadensis. Among the more important of his articles are the following: "Abridged sketch of the life of David Douglas, botanist, with a few details of his travels and discoveries," Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, 5 (1860): 120–32, 200–8, 267–78; "On a collection of plants from British Columbia, made by Mr. James Richardson in the summer of 1874," Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science, new ser., 8 (1878): 90–94; and "Recollections of the swans and geese of Hudson's Bay," Ibis: a Magazine of General Ornithology (London), 2 (1860): 253–59. Barnston's correspondence with James Hargrave is at PAC, MG 19, A21. j.s.h.b. and s.m.v.k.]
AO, James McMillan file (unaccessioned). PAC, MG 19, A2, ser.2, 1. PAM, HBCA, A.16/42: f.254; A.34/1: f.62d; B.123/a/34–41, 42b; B.134/c/14: f.142a; B.135/c/2: 74; B.214/c/1: f.26; B.234/a/1; B.239/g/4: f.6; D.5/10: ff.28–29; D.5/11: ff.19–20, 85, 115–16, 129; D.5/12: ff.90–92, 206–7; D.5/31: ff.169–70. HBRS, XXX (Williams). Minutes of Council, Northern Department of Rupert Land, 1821–31, ed. R. H. Fleming (Toronto, 1940). RSC Trans., 1st ser., 1 (1882–83): liv. Montreal Herald and Daily Commercial Gazette, 15, 17 March 1883. H. D. Munnick, "Louis Labonte," The mountain men and the fur trade of the far west . . . , ed. L. R. Hafen (10v., Glendale, Calif., 1965–72), VII: 191–99. [H.] B. Willson, The life of Lord Strathcona & Mount Royal, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. (1820–1914) (London and Toronto, 1915). G. A. Dunlop and C. P. Wilson, "George Barnston," Beaver, outfit 272 (December 1941): 16–17. G. L. Nute, "Kennicott in the north," Beaver, outfit 274 (September 1943): 28–32.
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January 21, 2020 /in AGE RPG, Blue Rose RPG News, Card Games, Chronicle System, Fantasy AGE, Fifth Edition, Freeport, Green Ronin News, Green Ronin Presents, Modern AGE RPG, Mutants & Masterminds News, Nisaba Press (Fiction), Ork!, Ronin Round Table, The Expanse RPG /by Chris Pramas
This time every January I write a message about our plans for the coming year. This is a special occasion though because 2020 is Green Ronin's 20th year in business! We'll be talking a lot more about that all year, looking back at our history and how we got here. I can say that when I started the company, it was a side project to my day job as a Creative Director at Wizards of the Coast. I couldn't have imagined Green Ronin would still be around in 2020! So what do we have cooking for our big year? Let's take a look!
Green Ronin's very first release was a beer and pretzels RPG called Ork! in July, 2000. That game got a new edition worthy of Krom last year if you want to check it out. A month later, at GenCon 2000, we released Death in Freeport, the book that really put us on the map. It was an adventure for the just released third edition of Dungeons & Dragons and it introduced the world to Freeport: The City of Adventure, a setting that mixed classic fantasy elements with pirates and Lovecraftian horror. Since this year is also Freeport's 20th anniversary, you know we had to do something to celebrate. And what brings people together like a marriage? This year we will finally wed Freeport and Fantasy AGE! Freeport is a setting I created, and Fantasy AGE is a game I designed, so it's long past due that these two get hitched. This will begin at GenCon with the release of the Fantasy AGE Starter Set, a boxed introduction to both the game and Freeport. After that we'll publish the Fantasy AGE Core Rulebook, a bigger, better rulebook for the game that features Freeport as its example setting. Further books exploring the city and the larger world of Freeport will follow. In the shorter term, the Lairs sourcebook for Fantasy AGE is almost ready to go to print, just waiting on a few pieces of art, so look for a PDF release and the beginning of the pre-order soon.
Nisaba Press, our fiction imprint, will also be supporting Freeport with both short story anthologies and novels. The first novel, I Am Gitch by Lucien Soulban, feature's Freeport's most famous goblin! Speaking of Nisaba, we are really ramping up our fiction in 2020, exploring the settings of our Mutants & Masterminds, Blue Rose, and Threefold properties in addition to Freeport. Last year we released two novels and one anthology (Aaron Rosenberg's Mutants & Masterminds novel Height of the Storm, Joseph Carriker's Blue Rose novel Shadowtide, and the brand new Sovereigns of the Blue Rose anthology). Our next Mutants & Masterminds novel, Roadtrip to Ruin by Skyler Graye, is at print now so look for that release soon. Later in the year you will see new anthologies for all our properties, the first novel for our Threefold setting, and the release of Joseph Carriker's Sacred Band, which we announced last year. It's going to be an exciting year for Nisaba Press!
On the topic of awesome fiction, let's talk about The Expanse! We launched the game, based on James S.A. Corey's modern scifi classics, last year, releasing both the core rulebook and Game Master's Kit. We also brought on Ian Lemke as the developer and he's already putting his stamp on the line. We are kicking off the year with Abzu's Bounty, the game's first big adventure. It's brand new this month so you can grab it right now. We're following that up later in the year with two more books: Ships of the Expanse and Beyond the Ring. Ships of the Expanse is exactly what it sounds like: a big book about spaceships, with stats, deck plans, and more. Beyond the Ring is the first sourcebook to advance the timeline. The core rulebook was set between the events of the first and second novel. Beyond the Ring takes things through the third and fourth (Abaddon's Gate and Cibola Burn). With the ring gates open, there are huge numbers of new star systems to explore, many littered with the ancient relics of dead civilizations. Beyond the Ring opens up a whole new style of adventure for The Expanse RPG and gives GMs all the info and tools they need to support it. Something else you will see this year: Expanse dice! We are working with Q Workshop (who did our dice for Dragon Age and Blue Rose) to make three different sets of the dice. Earthers, Martians, and Belters can all represent!
Modern AGE, under the stalwart leadership of developer Malcolm Sheppard, is going from strength to strength. Last year we launched Threefold, the first original setting for the game, and it is a stunner. We are starting this year off with Enemies and Allies (at print now), the adversary book for Modern AGE. It details NPCs and creatures, covering genres such as modern fantasy, horror, near future SF, technothrillers, and crime dramas, and provides new mechanics to support them. We're following that up with Five and Infinity, a collection of adventures for Threefold that cover all levels of play. It also introduces the Infinity Engine, a tool for using random chance and choice to generate both original adventures and new planes of existence to stage them in. Then we have the Mastery Guide, the last of what one might consider the "core books" of Modern AGE (the others being the Basic Rulebook, Companion, and Enemies and Allies). While you might think of the Mastery Guide as a GM's guide, that's only half the story. It also provides advice and support for players, so everyone can up their game.
Meanwhile, the Kingdom of the Blue Rose continues to thrive under the benevolent rulership of developer Joseph Carriker. The next book in the line is Envoys to the Mount, an epic adventure that spans five years of game time and all four tiers of Blue Rose play. This is a full campaign that will keep your group busy for some time. If you want a smaller commitment, Six of Cups is there for you. It's an anthology of six shorter adventures, along the lines of Six of Swords from a couple of years back. After that comes Touching the Wild, which is a dual-purpose sourcebook. Half of it is a bestiary about the shadowspawn. The other half is a player's guide to the rhydan, the psychic animals of the Blue Rose setting. This does include the option of an all rhydan party!
We are keeping Joe very busy this year because he's also working with co-developer Tanya DePass on Fifth Season Roleplaying, licensed from N.K. Jemisin's fantastic Broken Earth trilogy. We announced the game at GenCon and it will release towards the end of the year. The game will use a revised and updated version of our Chronicle System, the engine that powered our Song of Ice and Fire RPG. We'll have a lot more to say about Fifth Season Roleplaying as we get closer to release so stay tuned!
All that is great, but don't you want to get super sometimes? Well, Mutants & Masterminds has got you covered! Superdev Crystal Frasier (who is by the way, doing the graphic design of the whole line in addition to game development) has a lot of comic book goodness coming your way. First up is the Time Traveler's Codex, a sourcebook that covers the myriad of ways you can use time travel in your campaign and explores some popular eras for such shenanigans. After that is the Vigilante's Handbook, which is all about running street level campaigns. If you want a break from four-color heroics, this book provides a grittier option for lower level characters. Then there is Danger Zones, a sourcebook that provides 30 different urban backdrops for superheroic action, each of which includes a map, special features, and adventure ideas. This book will be super handy for time-pressed GMs. Pick a danger zone and some villains and you're ready to rock. Something else we know Mutants & Masterminds GMs have been wanting is more adventures. Last week we started a new PDF series called Astonishing Adventures. This will provide a regular stream of new adventures, which should make things a whole lot easier for M&M GMs.
That ends our whirlwind tour of 2020! There's even more to come, like The Lost Citadel and the Book of Fiends for 5E, and our Sentinels of Earth-Prime card game, but we will talk about those a little later. Thanks for all your support these past 20 years. It means the world to us that so many of you love and play our games. See you on the convention circuit!
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Astonishing Adventures: Power Play (Mutants & Masterminds PDF)
January 17, 2020 /in Green Ronin News, Mutants & Masterminds News /by Evan Sass
Power Play: A complete M&M adventure PDF for $4.99!
We are pleased to present Astonishing Adventures: Power Play, an urban Mutants & Masterminds adventure PDF for 4-6 heroes of PL 10! Power Play is now available in our Green Ronin Online Store.
Bizarre heists and gang warfare rock the city as a new criminal organization—the Black Rose Syndicate—begins to seize control of the underworld. But the Syndicate has far more ambitious plans and a secret weapon that will guarantee them control of not only the city's criminal elements, but the city itself! Can the heroes strike a deal with the devil they know and locate the secretive leader of the Black Rose in time, or will they be blacked out as part of the Syndicate's Power Play?
Astonishing Adventures bring exciting new adventures for Mutants & Masterminds, Third Edition to you every single month, complete with all the action and villains you need to bring the story to life!
Buy Astonishing Adventures: Power Play today!
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Australian Bushfires Relief Sale
January 15, 2020 /in Fantasy AGE, Green Ronin News /by Chris Pramas
Get Fantasy AGE RPG Basic Rulebook for 20% off in our Australian Bushfires Relief Sale, now through the end of January.
As you've probably heard, bushfires have been ravaging Australia for weeks. This is another example of natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, and the results have been catastrophic. So far 18 million acres of land have been burned and it is estimated that over a billion animals have been killed.
Nicole and I traveled to Melbourne the past couple of years for PAX Australia, and while there visited the Healesville Sanctuary to see the amazing array of wildlife down under. The numbers of dead and displaced animals are so large it's hard to grapple with the scope of it. As a response to this tragedy, we are running a sale on the Fantasy AGE Basic Rulebook to benefit Wildlife Victoria and their Bushfire Appeal. From now through January 31, the game (both print and PDF) is on sale at 20% off and fully 30% of the proceeds will go to Wildlife Victoria. The money will go to "wildlife shelters and carers around the state that have been affected by the Victorian bushfires and extreme heat events."
Australian Bushfires Relief Sale: Buy a game and do some good!
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Explaining the Cover of Enemies & Allies (Ronin Roundtable)
January 13, 2020 /in AGE RPG, Green Ronin News, Modern AGE RPG, Ronin Round Table /by Malcolm Sheppard
Enemies & Allies is Modern AGE RPG's next release, due to hit stores this first quarter of 2020. Enemies & Allies is one of three Modern AGE books besides the Modern AGE Basic Rulebook that can be considered "core" releases. The Modern AGE Companion is the big book of rules options, while the Modern AGE Mastery Guide, due to come out later this year, is the sourcebook for player and Game Master advice along with deeper options for customizing the game, including as rules for creating very simple characters or using Fantasy AGE style character classes.
Enemies & Allies sits between them. It's the big book of Non-Player Characters and unusual creatures that can act as threats or allies. Its five chapters not only present various beings organized by genre but add optional rules to enhance their presence in your campaign, from the disturbing psychic impressions generated by horrific entities to the places of power that tend to attract fantastical creatures. Think of it as a significant expansion of the Modern AGE Basic Rulebook's Chapter 9 adversaries, and more: rules to generate NPCs quickly, quick listings for a number of animals, and even guidelines for adapting creatures from other AGE system games.
However, one nasty antagonist is missing: the creature on the cover! When I wrote the cover description, I felt it was important to put the multi-genre nature of the book first, and the Cyberdemon represented that well, but I wanted individual authors to come up with their own ideas first instead of just reproducing my concepts. Still, for the completists out there, here are its game statistics. Note that the individual entries in Enemies & Allies itself are more detailed than what follows.
Cyberdemon
In certain secret labs, scientists and occultists join forces to create unusually potent computers and cybernetic enhancements. These synthetic limbs, brain implants, and crystal-processor super-servers are powerful because they don't rely on Earthly energy. Instead, these ritually manufactured objects draw energy from the so-called Netherworlds, where Inimicals—beings the uneducated call "demons"—dwell. These implants are installed in secret operatives who are sent on the most dangerous missions, and scientists working on disturbing theories about the origins and ends of all things. These individuals don't know that if they die, their souls are claimed through the devices they used. When enough of these sacrifices provide their souls as sustenance, the Cyberdemon is born, ready to be summoned by a knowledgeable occult technologist.
Cyberdemons are potent servants, whose formidable strength is enhanced by their abilities to influence technology. A Cyberdemon's appearance is based on the technologies which were used to create it, combined with a form selected from the combined fears of those implants' former owners.
Abilities (Focuses)
3 Accuracy (Inimical Cable)
5 Constitution
2 Dexterity
4 Fighting (Grappling, Inimical Cable, Talons)
3 Intelligence (Computers, Cryptography, Electronics, Medicine, Occultism)
4 Perception (Seeing)
6 Strength (Intimidation, Might)
2 Willpower (Morale)
Speed Health Defense Armor Rating + Toughness
12 35/85/115 12/12/13 4I/4B +5/+7/+8
Note: Health, Defense, and Toughness are listed by Mode, in Gritty/Pulpy/Cinematic order.
Weapon Attack Roll Damage*
Inimical Cable +5 2d6+4
Talons +6 2d6+6
*+2 to damage in Pulpy and Cinematic Modes
Special Qualities
Favored Stunts: Demonic Data (4 SP), Lightning Attack, Shock and Awe
Demonic Data (4 SP): By spending 4 SP in combat or while interacting with an electronic device, the Cyberdemon can transmit a burst of corrupt data to compromise or destroy anything capable of electronically processing data. Roll the demon's Intelligence (Computers) against TN 15. On a success, the Cyberdemon either disables a number of devices in a 30-foot radius equal to the Stunt Die result or steals data from a single device in a 30-foot range. This data can be retransmitted using the interface special quality.
Inimical Cable: As a minor action, the Cyberdemon can shoot a spike-tipped segmented metal cable from its body at high speeds up to 30 feet from its body. The cable inflicts ballistic wound damage. After hitting its target once with the cable, the Cyberdemon can use it to engage in close combat as a minor or major action even when the demon itself is out of hand to hand range, for as long as the cable stays attached to it. This allows it to use grappling stunts, melee stunts, and other stunts and actions normally limited to close combat. To sever the cable, a combatant must inflict 20 points of Health damage. This damage is suffered by the Cyberdemon. The inimical cable has the same Armor and Toughness as the creature. The Cyberdemon can produce any number of Inimical cables, but its ability to control them are limited by its actions per round. Some Cyberdemons use clouds of destructive nanorobots, segmented armatures, and other visually distinct variations of the inimical cable, but most function the same.
Interface: The Cyberdemon can transmit data to an appropriate storage or computing device or connect to any network within 30 feet by spending a major action. The Cyberdemon can also act as a computer, wirelessly activating output devices whether or not these have wireless capabilities. The Cyberdemon's processing powers are on par with the highest-end consumer-grade systems, and its storage capacity is prodigious, increasing as the technologies that spawn it become more sophisticated. Currently, a typical Cyberdemon can store a petabyte (1000 terabytes) of data.
Spectral Sight: Cyberdemons can see infrared, ultraviolet, and radio waves, along with electrical activity. A Cyberdemon cannot be blinded by environmental conditions—its eyes must be destroyed. Furthermore, it can see up to 10 feet through walls, but must succeed at a TN 15 Perception (Seeing) test to perceive anything more than the rough outlines of people and objects.
Talents: Hacking (Master), Overwhelm (Master). At the Game Master's discretion, the Cyberdemon may also have technological augmentations using the rules in Enemies & Allies (Chapter 5: Science's Edge), the Modern AGE Companion (Chapter 5: Extraordinary Abilities) or other books (such as Threefold or Lazarus) presenting such enhancements.
Equipment: None
Threat: Major
20 Years of Green Ronin, Over 2 Years of Modern AGE
Since this is 2020's first Modern AGE-related post, I would be remiss if I didn't note this was Green Ronin Publishing's 20th Anniversary. I was fortunate enough to work on a new edition of Ork! The Roleplaying Game, Green Ronin's very first RPG, and now, with Modern AGE, it's been my privilege to oversee the birth and growth of one of its newest lines. As I said, 2020 should bring forth the remainder what I consider Modern AGE's core rulebooks, but this year will be busy with even more material for the game: adventures, Threefold setting material, and one really exciting project we can't wait to announce. Cheers!
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HEED THE CALL TO ADVENTURE! (Ronin Roundtable)
January 6, 2020 /in DC Adventures News, Green Ronin News, Mutants & Masterminds News, Ronin Round Table, Sentinels of Earth-Prime /by Crystal Frasier
Brave heroes stand up to stop super-powered opponents whose abilities place them beyond the reach of most law enforcement. But what's the villains plot? How do they lay the groundwork? And how do they react once a band of meddling kids starts sniffing around their scheme? It's not a secret that Mutants & Masterminds is a fun system but lacks much adventure support. Groups are still playing our introduction to 3e, Emerald City Knights a decade after its release because we've been falling down on providing more adventures for you.
One of the reasons Green Ronin asked me aboard to develop Mutants & Masterminds is for my experience developing fun adventures. And while a lot of my attention has gone into delivering on all the outstanding projects and sewing my costume for the last few years, we've all been tinkering away in the background to solve the greatest of M&M challenges: adventure!
Welcome to Astonishing Adventures
Astonishing Adventures is a new monthly PDF series of superhero adventures, written by some of the best minds in the RPG industry today, like Steve Kenson, John Polojac, Lyz Liddell, Amber Scott, and many more. Each adventure includes everything you need to play, including some suggestions for how to bring your superheroes into the excitement, how it might tie in to Earth-Prime, suggestions for expanding the adventure if you want more than just one or two nights' entertainment, and all the statblocks you need, generally clocking in around 15-20 pages of excitement.
We've also played around with the statblock presentation so GMs can find the information they need at a glance, with a compact summary whenever a combatant is mentioned in the running text and more details in each adventure's Cast section. As both a graphic design and a GM, I'm pretty happy with that development.
While most of the Astonishing Adventures will be designed with standard PL 10 "cape and cowl" heroes in mind, we'll also be releasing support for cosmic teams, hero high adventures, and more as time goes on.
Our first round of releases drop next week. You'll be seeing the urban adventure Power Play and the assault on a volcano fortress that is The Island of Dr. Sersei, the two new adventures included in the Deluxe Gamemaster's Guide, letting you run the adventures even if you still keep your original Gamemaster's Guide! February will see Rise of the Tyrant as well as the lighthearted Reign of Cats and Dogs, and every month after will see the release of one or two new adventures. We've got text and art orders ready to carry us for the next 12 months, so let's make 2020, and our own 20th Anniversary, the year of adventure!
Are you going to be releasing Astonishing Adventures in print?
Mutants & Masterminds 3rd edition has produced several books from regular PDF series in the past, but we're not currently planning to release any of these adventures in print. If there's a lot of fan demand that might change, but for the time being, they're PDF exclusive.
Will there be two adventures every month?
We plan to alternate. Some months will release a single adventure and other months will have two.
Will you make an Astonishing Adventure around my favorite M&M villain?
I don't know. Hopefully. There are a lot of great Mutants & Masterminds villains, so I don't know that we'll get to all of them, but we'll try to provide a good mix of classic fan favorite and new or niche weirdoes. Conundrum, Cerebrus Rex, and Medea are all coming soon, and even more villains are showcased in our Mutants & Masterminds fiction from Nisaba Press.
How much will each Astonishing Adventure cost?
Each Astonishing Adventure is $4.99 USD, less than the price of a foot-long sub!
Are you planning to do more multi-part adventures like Emerald City Knights?
The NetherWar is brewing. Stayed tuned for more information.
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Happy Holidays from Green Ronin Publishing!
December 23, 2019 /in A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying News, AGE RPG, Blue Rose RPG News, Card Games, Chronicle System, Critical Role, DC Adventures News, Dragon Age RPG News, Fantasy AGE, Fifth Edition, Freeport, Green Ronin News, Green Ronin Presents, Modern AGE RPG, Mutants & Masterminds News, Nisaba Press (Fiction), Ork!, Pathfinder, Ronin Round Table, Sentinels of Earth-Prime, The Expanse RPG, The Lost Citadel, Titansgrave /by Dylan Templar
Everyone at Green Ronin would like to wish you the very best this Holiday Season, and we'll see you soon in the new year!
Green Ronin Publishing will be closed from today, December 22nd and will return on January 6th.
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Abzu's Bounty Pre-Order and PDF
December 21, 2019 /in Green Ronin News, The Expanse RPG /by Evan Sass
You can now pre-order Abzu's Bounty, an adventure path for The Expanse RPG, though our Green Ronin Online Store. When you do, the store software will offer you the PDF version for just $5, so make sure to click the Add To Cart button in the pop-up window. If print books aren't your thing, you can order just the PDF.
Note: If you'd rather buy our products from your local game store or bookstore, please make sure they know about our Pre-Order Plus program! If you pre-order from a participating retailer, they can give you a code to download the PDF version for just $5.
Abzu's Bounty
Readers of The Expanse novels have thrilled to the adventures of the crew of the Rocinante. Now it's your turn to make your mark! Abzu's Bounty presents six full-length scenarios designed for a new crew of characters in The Expanse Roleplaying Game. They embark on a series of adventures, from a fateful discovery in the rings of Saturn to acquiring their own ship to a deadly confrontation that could change the course of history for the entire solar system.
Abzu's Bounty is the perfect way to kick off a new campaign. Get ready for launch!
Pre-Order Abzu's Bounty today!
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Roadtrip to Ruin: a new Mutants & Masterminds novel (Ronin Roundtable)
December 16, 2019 /in Green Ronin News, Mutants & Masterminds News, Nisaba Press (Fiction), Ronin Round Table, Sentinels of Earth-Prime /by Jaym Gates
I love working on book covers. It's not my primary skill set, but I've done enough now to feel vaguely competent, and I've gotten to work with some incredible artists, so I've learned a lot.
But this is the first time I've written "The Pomeranian is the wrong shade of green. We need him to look more radioactive."
Thankfully, the artist, Dale Ray Deforest, took it in stride and did, indeed, make the Pomeranian a more radioactive green.
This book has been quite a lot of fun to work on in general. I first met Skyler in Austin, Texas, during one of the most memorable weekends of my life – I was at World Horror Convention, got the worst food poisoning of my life, was breaking up with a boyfriend, and had my first book signing for my first anthology (I did that signing half a bottle of Jack Daniels in, because it turns out whiskey can help calm food poisoning). I loved her work, and when I needed an author to write a Mutants & Masterminds novel for Nisaba, she was an immediate choice.
She had a strong concept almost immediately, and turned over a draft that had me laughing as I read it. The basic premise is a familiar one: a girl entering adulthood, trying to find her way into her new responsibilities.
In Roadtrip to Ruin, there's nothing normal about Hannah's life. Going to school with a rich social media celebrity, breaking people out of the hospital, trying to make friends with a demon, and embarking on a road trip to find out where she came from, that's all just Monday for Hannah.
And yes, the dog is green.
Pick up Roadtrip to Ruin¸ a Mutants & Masterminds novel by Skyler Graye, from Nisaba Press/Green Ronin Publishing soon!
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Orbit and Green Ronin Partner Up For The Expanse Drawing
Orbit and Green Ronin are partnering up to present a drawing for fans of The Expanse. (Open to US residents only. Ends 1/2/2020.)
One lucky winner will get the chance to win a boxed set of the first three books in hardcover that has been signed by the cast of The Expanse show, The Expanse RPG core rulebook and Game Master's Kit from Green Ronin Publishing, plus a set of four pins and a lanyard!
Enter The Expanse
Now if you'll excuse us, we have Season 4 of The Expanse to binge…
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Fantasy AGE: Campaign Builder's Guide – More Than a GM Guide (Ronin Roundtable)
December 10, 2019 /in AGE RPG, Fantasy AGE, Green Ronin News, Ronin Round Table, Titansgrave /by Owen Stephens
One of the fascinating things about jumping in as a game line developer after the game is pretty well established is that you have to go from a casual fan of the game (and it's various products) to a real expert. That process takes time – I'm still not as expert as I'd like to be with Fantasy AGE just yet – but it can also be a really useful journey of discovery. When you are just reading up on RPG material as you need them for your own games you can miss some really neat, important, or clever bits of game design just because you don't think they sound like something that appeals to you.
Art by Claudia Ianniciello
This brings me to the Fantasy AGE Campaign Builder's Guide.
Now, this book has been out for a while, and my predecessor Jack Norris did a really great job talking about the book's role, why it's a crucial tome that should not be overlooked, and previewing some of the excellent material in it. Back in July.
Which I did not read at all. And, as a result, I hadn't taken a look at this book despite owning it and being a fan of the game system, until it became part of my job.
And, I suspect I'm not the only Fantasy AGE fan who just skipped over this. And that's a shame.
So, in a combination mea culpa and apologia, I present:
The Top Ten Cool Things I Didn't Know Were In The Fantasy AGE Campaign Builder's Guide.
Probability Charts.
I played a LOT of Champions back in the 1980s, which used a 3d6 roll low resolution system, so i have some instinctive feel for what the odds are I'll roll a 9 or less on 3d6. But I am much less apt to know there's a 44.44% chance to roll doubles on any given 3d6 roll, which is crucial knowledge when coming up with new stunts and wondering how often they'll come into play. Some GMs will have no use for this, and that's fine, but it saves the rest of us a LOT of math.
Rules-Free Good GMing Advice
I really expected this book to mostly be rules, and rules about rules. But there's a lot of solid, system-agnostic tips and techniques for being a fun, memorable GM in this book. The "Saying Yes to your Players" sidebar alone is worth its weight in gold.
A Whole Discussion on Changing Frameworks
Sure, I expected lots of good advice and rules for creating various different campaign frameworks. But tips on when, how and why to change a campaign's framework? Never considered it, and the utility of this book is greatly increased for its inclusion.
Some Of The Best Advice I Have Ever Read On How To Create Your Own Adventures
Again, this is designed for Fantasy AGE, but transcends just this rule system. I'd happily recommend it to any GM who struggles with feeling comfortable designing adventures for their players, regardless of what RGP system they are using.
Rules for Creating Honorifics and Memberships as Rewards
It's much more common for a game to mention a player might end up being called a Dragon-Slayer by locals and bards than to go into any kind of detail about how that honorific may game-mechanically aid the character.
A Random magical properties Table for Magic Items
This is really useful for helping GMs figure out what the heroes find in the troll-barrow.
Guidance for Building a Pantheon
Most (though no, not all) RPGs either assume you'll use their assumed campaign setting's pre-determined deities (or real-world religious beliefs), or that you'll largely ignore the divine. Making gods, and delving into questions like is there a difference between a god and an immensely powerful mage or monster, is a fairly specialized skill set that not everyone has much experience with. This is one of the places this book really fulfills its 'Campaign Builder' title better than a lot of "GM Guides" I have read, and again I'd encourage GMs building a campaign or any game system to read this.
The Random Religion tables, in particular, are genius.
SubGenre Rules
It's one thing to discuss potential campaign genres and subgenres. It's something altogether different to offer subgenre-specific variant rules. Ranging from Cinematic Acrobatics to Investigation Stunts and Supply Ratings, with these rules you don't just tell the players they are the wuxia police of a mystically-fueled train making a 1-year journey through a zombie-overrun wasteland (during which it must never dare stop or be overrun), the game rules actually change to support that specific concept.
Random Charts of Business Details
Players wanting to know what merchant shops are visited by someone they are following in town is one of the things that can cause me to hem and haw for way too long. Being able to bounce some dice and tell them quickly it's a Weaponsmith and Bookstore, but most of the staff seem busy preparing for someone's wedding? That's a fast and fun way to flesh out those unexpected trips into the merchant quarter.
Location Stunts
I love Fantasy AGE's stunt system, and to me this is the biggest gem of the book. The idea that in a city rich with magic, stunts that increase magic damage might cost 1 less stunt point? That's gold, and it opens up a whole new realm of potential encounter and campaign design for Fantasy AGE.
That's not to say there isn't a LOT of other material in this book. These are just the things that most caused me to stop and say "huh" out loud! If you haven't picked it up, give it a look. If you have, but like me have barely cracked the spine yet, I suggest you set some time aside to explore the book in greater depth.
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Proof of Concept: Big Questions the Army's New Foreign Advisory Units Must Address
Rick Montcalm | 10.20.17
"It's not forever war," Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley recently said of America's long, post-9/11 conflicts, "it's forever train and advise." His comments describe how Army leaders envision the future of US military involvement in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. They also make clear the need for a professional, institutionalized security force assistance capability. As the Army activates the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) at Ft. Benning this month—with a looming deployment even as personnel continue to arrive in the organization—several questions need to be addressed to ensure the SFAB survives first contact and proves to be more than a passing mission fad.
How will SFABs be synchronized with Special Forces' Foreign Internal Defense mission and brigade combat teams assigned as Regionally Aligned Forces?
With the deployment of the SFAB, the Army is now dedicated to advising under three general constructs. What remains to be seen is how the unique strengths and capabilities of each organization will be leveraged to deepen US relationships with partnered and allied forces, particularly once the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan conclude or reduce in scope.
The longest running of these missions is Special Forces' Foreign Internal Defense (FID), which has evolved to focus almost exclusively on partner-nation counterterrorism and special operations forces as the scope and scale of SF deployments has grown. More recent is the use of rotational brigade combat teams (BCTs) in South Korea, Europe, and Africa to conduct partnered development and combined training as part of the Army's Regionally Aligned Forces (RAF) concept. Whereas FID missions typically work with SF-like, commando units, the RAF BCTs in South Korea and Europe conduct larger-scale combined maneuver training with conventional forces of allies and partners. In Africa, though, the RAF mission is different: the assigned BCT is divided over more than a dozen countries, with individual tasks ranging from small-team staff advisory efforts to company-level combined security operations.
Where does the new SFAB (and the five additional SFABs scheduled to activate in the coming years) fit into this mix? In the short term, the SFAB role is clear. As the 1st SFAB's mission statement puts it, the unit "integrates with foreign partner forces, assists and advises local security operations to build partner security capacity and capability and achieve regional security." Left unsaid in that statement but an important effect is that the SFABs will provide a better, more institutionalized advisory capability than BCTs currently assigned the advisory mission, while freeing up those BCTs' maneuver forces for other operations. Special Forces' responsibility for FID likely won't change anytime soon, nor should it. It is safe to assume RAF will remain a function of the BCT, at least in South Korea and Europe where partners' maneuver capabilities allow combined training and the mission helps sustain not only advised nations' readiness, but US readiness, as well. That leaves the RAF mission in Africa, which is generally a consumer rather than a producer of readiness, as the most likely current mission for which the SFABs may be a logical surrogate for the rotating BCT. However, because the SFAB lacks internal security and sustainment capabilities, there will continue to be a bill for the BCTs to support SFAB operations. The RAF, FID, and SFAB missions have the potential to complement one another, but it will require careful planning to ensure mutual support and synchronization.
The SFAB manning structure is identical to that of a Special Forces group, but will the SFABs be given the training time and resources to make them as effective as Special Forces?
One of the chief complaints and limitations about the Military Transition Teams (MiTT) that took on much of the advisory mission in Iraq and Afghanistan was the rush to man, train, and deploy before the members had a chance to develop into coherent and effective teams. Once a MiTT completed a deployment, the team disbanded and members returned to their basic branches, often with minimal lasting gains for the advised unit. The BCTs repurposed as SFABs generally follow the same track—the training mission is a temporary diversion from the units' primary responsibilities.
In contrast, the effectiveness of the SF advisory capability rests on two features of the SF career field: first, the training and evaluation period lasts up to two years, depending on the group assignment and language requirement; second, once in the SF community, soldiers remain in the SF career management field and generally conduct repeat deployments to the same region or country. This allows the Army to maximize the investment in training, while the repeat deployments ensure the individual's expertise in language and culture achieves greater depth over time. But, as Gen. Milley has stated, SFABs are not Special Forces.
The current plan for the SFAB seeks a balance. Personnel remain in their basic branches, but receive deeper cultural-awareness and language training over the course of a three-year SFAB assignment. The training is intended to be tailored to the area into which the SFAB is expected to deploy. Since career management is handled similarly to the way it was for MiTT soldiers—advisors remain in and return to a distinct career field—the distinguishing characteristic becomes the added emphasis on cultural and language training. In the event the deployment of the SFAB is accelerated—not an unlikely scenario given the priority of the mission and the SFABs' "rare commodity" status—that training could end up curtailed or removed. If so, can the SFAB be expected to achieve a higher level of success than its predecessors? Perhaps the quality of the handpicked, high-caliber officers and noncommissioned officers in the SFAB's ranks could offset the risk of reduced training. That assumption begs the question: Is it sustainable to pull qualified high performers to one area of the Army for an extended period of time? At full strength, six SFABs require just over 3,000 people. Placing the best eggs in one basket will necessarily represent a substantially unequal distribution of talent and an equally substantial assumption of risk.
Is the notion of the SFAB providing the command structure for a full BCT feasible?
In the SFAB's mission is the requirement to provide the command structure of an infantry (IBCT) or armor BCT (ABCT), should the need arise to grow Army BCT strength rapidly. Going back to how the SFAB is manned—with roughly equal numbers of volunteers and non-volunteers, with varied previous experiences within BCTs, in a structure that more closely models an SF group than a conventional BCT—transitioning an SFAB into a BCT would be a significant challenge.
The top-heavy nature of the SFAB presents some difficulty. The BCT and battalion-level commanders are all serving in second command billets. The majors in staff and company command positions are all senior, having completed their key-developmental positions, and platoon or team-level leaders are all branch-qualified captains. Should the need arise for the SFAB to become a BCT, the transition would either entail an upheaval of leadership or require officers and noncommissioned officers serving in billets one or two positions below the norm for conventional units. There are other considerations as well, such as the adverse effects on professional military education timelines for captains awaiting Intermediate Level Education. These might seem like comparatively minor issues in the context of mission requirements. But if career impacts aren't managed properly, it could lead to an exodus of some of the top talent that the Army should be working hard to retain.
Manning issues aside, the SFAB's Mission Essential Task List and equipment set do not mirror any of the three types of BCTs in the Army. The SFABs have rightly sought top talent—not officers and NCOs with homogenous backgrounds. Further, during SFAB assignments, personnel are being trained on a skill set completely unrelated to their core competencies. Even if the personnel in a given SFAB battalion share the same branch or military occupational specialty, their individual skill sets still vary based on the type of BCT experience they have. For instance, the experiences of an armor officer from an IBCT cavalry squadron are not the same as those of an armor officer assigned to an ABCT combined arms battalion.
There are options that could make an SFAB's transition to a BCT feasible. Perhaps, for instance, the key is using the existing leadership to stand up the formation and receive equipment while the long-term command and staff structure is being developed and relocated. This is certainly not impossible, but the BCT would require the same amount of training time afforded to newly activated BCTs to achieve a deployable level of readiness, often eighteen to twenty-four months. At a minimum, a clear plan must be in place to avoid rendering this aspect of the SFAB's mission little more than a platitude.
What is the long-term viability of an advisory organization that temporarily draws officers and noncommissioned officers who are trained in a new skill set and must return to the Army to remain competitive in their individual career fields?
This concern has been partially addressed in the discussion of other questions above, a clear sign that the manning challenges underpin many of the others. Managing advisor expertise over the long term merits its own, separate discussion and is arguably the one area that the SFABs absolutely must get right to ensure their viability.
One step already taken to try to do so is the creation of an Additional Skill Identifier (ASI). Each member of an SFAB will be granted an ASI upon completion of training and deployment. Given the SFABs' training and deployment cycle and the length of an SFAB assignment, the post-deployment ASI will likely be accompanied by orders returning soldiers to the conventional force.
If an ASI is intended to highlight a skill set and demonstrate preparedness for assignments to certain positions or units, what does that mean for members of the SFAB? Is the ASI strictly intended to incentivize assignment to the SFAB, and to showcase the skill set to promotion and command boards? Or will the ASI lead to repeat assignments to SFABs after the first tour of duty? Having personnel with SFAB experience return for repeat tours makes sense—for the SFAB. It might not be so beneficial for soldiers or their career goals, though. Perhaps previous experience will not guarantee a repeat tour, but those with experience who desire to return have an edge on those without. This manning model is prevalent at the Combat Training Centers and at the United States Military Academy.
These are all reasonable questions. In the long run, the way individual officers and noncommissioned officers view SFAB assignments will largely be determined by how comparatively competitive SFAB personnel remain on command selection and promotion boards.
The idea for a modern, dedicated, and professional advisor corps dates back to at least 2007, first proposed on the heels of the release of the Army's counterinsurgency manual. After more than a decade of advisory missteps in Iraq and Afghanistan since that first proposal, and as the 1st SFAB officially plants a guidon at Ft. Benning this month, big questions remain. By addressing these questions, the 1st SFAB can not just survive first contact during its deployment, but validate a new organizational approach to an enduring mission and become a choice destination for the Army's best and brightest officers and enlisted leaders.
Maj. Rick Montcalm is a scholar with the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. An Armor Officer by trade, he has served in Armor, Infantry, and Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, with operational experience in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the US government.
Image credit: Sgt. 1st Class Alexandra Hays, US Army
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Steve on 10.20.17 at 9:36 am
MAJ Montcalm's article alludes to another problem that seems to be typically overlooked during SFAB personnel discussions–promotions and career impacts. One of the driving reasons that Special Forces became a branch over 30 years after the first unit was activated was the impact multiple tours in SF could have on a soldier's chance for promotion among peers in his career field that had 'stayed true' to the branch, did their time, and paid their dues in branch-specific jobs. These soldiers were rewarded for their branch loyalty, in contrast to the 'cowboys' who would flit off to a non-branch (i.e., SF) assignment once or many times over the years, perform non-branch tasks among non-US soldiers and then return to their career field expecting equal treatment to their 'branch loyal' peers. The long-term impact of these non-branch assignments led to the perception (often based on hard fact) that going to SF assignments was career suicide. This in turn impacted both accession and retention of high-caliber soldiers for SF, leading the Army to make SF a branch to protect those soldiers conducting non-standard tasks and provide them with a viable path to a 20+ year career.
I have no doubt that these SFAB soldiers will face much of the same discriminatory treatment by their home branches when they leave to spend several years in non-branch assignments. Doubters saying that "this time things will be different; this isn't the large, inflexible Army of the 1970s and 80s" can simply look to the recent treatment of AFPAK hands to observe that assurances of special consideration at promotion boards due to this 'broadening' assignment, and promises that the Army will take care of those answering this latest call will very likely find themselves left along the wayside when the next big idea comes along.
There is a finite pool of soldiers willing to work hard, dangerous, and often frustrating missions, away from the comforts provided by the support of the conventional Army, on long deployments away from family. Many of these soldiers currently gravitate towards SF, which is in a constant struggle to maintain both high standards and sufficient manning to meet expanding mission requirements. There is a very real possibility of SFABs being viewed as a 'second best' assignment for those unable to make the cut for SF.
Add to all this the harsh realities of foreign advisory missions as highlighted by the recent ambush of US troops in Niger, and the Army may find it much more difficult to attract the caliber of soldiers this type of assignment requires, in the numbers sufficient to move the SFAB concept to a sustainable reality.
MAJ Chris ISGRIG (ret) on 10.21.17 at 9:36 am
The support and integration with other forces are hinted at but still the undiscovered country. The role of the advisors are still to be the head chefs in a stone soup restaurant. So how will they get and process intel? Who provides logistics? What about Medevac ? How do they establish trust and communication with the US BCTs?
To be successful the advisors need to a key resource for the unit they are advising. They need to come to the unit they are advising as a conduit for essential resources and themselves have completely independent resources from the unit they are advising. The advisors need to be richer in all things than the unit they are advising.
LTC(R) Jason on 10.26.17 at 2:59 pm
Great article, but nothing new under the sun. MAJ Montcalm's proposal for an ASI was already put in place during the original MiTT teams, but as an administrative marker rather than a true SI. Otherwise, his recommendations are the same as several SAMS, NPS, and SSI monographs. That said, appreciate him saying it out loud right now when it looks like the Army is desperately trying to solve the same problem it's tackled poorly for over 100 years beginning w/ the Philippine Constabulary force in 1902…
Steve on 10.27.17 at 8:02 pm
Well, the Army leadership certainly isn't doing itself any favors in trying to differentiate the SFABs from Special Forces with the adoption of a very similar SSI (to include a tab) and what appears to be an olive green beret. You want to alienate most of Army SOF and create resentment and tension a la Shinseki's beret fiasco, this is moving down the right path.
Billy Covey on 01.06.19 at 5:03 am
It appears as if lessons learned during the long Advisory Effort in Vietnam has not been forgotten. We should hope that this is true.


without parliamentary sanction. Dorset had previously assured himself that judgment would be for the crown, but he apparently wished the judges to deliver it without stating their reasons (Gardiner, History, ii. 6–7). He died suddenly at the council-table at Whitehall on 19 April 1608. His body was taken to Dorset House, Fleet Street, and was thence conveyed in state to Westminster Abbey on 26 May. There a funeral sermon was preached by his chaplain, George Abbot [q. v.], dean of Winchester, and afterwards archbishop of Canterbury. In accordance with his will he was buried in the Sackville Chapel, adjoining the parish church of Withyham. His tomb was destroyed by lightning on 16 June 1663, but his coffin remains in the vault beneath.
Dorset is credited by Naunton with strong judgment and self-confidence, but in domestic politics he showed little independence. His main object was to stand well with his sovereign, and in that he succeeded. He was a good speaker, and the numerous letters and state papers extant in his handwriting exhibit an unusual perspicuity. In private life he was considerate to his tenants. By his will, made on 7 Aug. 1607, a very detailed document, he left to his family as heirlooms rings given him by James I and the king of Spain, and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth, cut in agate and set in gold. This had been left him by his sister Ann, lady Dacre. Plate or jewels were bequeathed to his friends, the archbishop of Canterbury, Lord-chancellor Ellesmere, the Earls of Nottingham, Suffolk, Worcester, Northampton, Salisbury, and Dunbar. The Earls of Suffolk and Salisbury were overseers of his will, and his wife and eldest son were joint executors. He left 1,000l. for building a public granary at Lewes, 2,000l. for stocking it with grain in seasons of scarcity, and 1,000l. for building a chapel at Withyham.
He married, in 1554, Cecily, daughter of Sir John Baker of Sissinghurst in Kent; Dorset speaks of her in his will in terms of warm affection and respect. She survived till 1 Oct. 1615. By her he was father of four sons and three daughters: the eldest son was Robert Sackville, second earl of Dorset [q. v.]; William, born about 1568, was knighted in France by Henry IV in October 1589, and was slain fighting against the forces of the league in 1591; Thomas, born on 25 May 1571, distinguished himself in fighting against the Turks in 1595, and died on 28 Aug. 1646. Of the daughters, Anne was wife of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham in Suffolk (cf. Cal. State Papers 1603–10, pp. 499, 575); Jane was wife of Anthony Browne, first viscount Montague [q. v.]; and Mary married Sir Henry Neville, ultimately Lord Abergavenny.
His poetical works, with some letters and the preamble to his will, were collected and edited in 1859, by the Rev. Reginald W. Sackville West, who prefixed a memoir.
There are portraits of the Earl of Dorset at Knole and Buckhurst (by Marcus Gheeraerts the younger [q. v.] ; while in the picture gallery at Oxford there is a painting of him in the robes of chancellor, with the blue ribbon, George, and treasurer's staff. This was presented by Lionel, duke of Dorset, in 1735. There are engravings by George Vertue, E. Scriven, and W. J. Alais.


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Hong Kong Customs Seize 38,500 Endangered Shark Fins
Hong Kong has seized 26 tonnes of smuggled shark fins, sliced from some 38,500 endangered animals, in the largest bust of its kind in the southern Chinese city.
The record haul was discovered in two containers from Ecuador, and highlights the continued demand for shark fin, which is served at wedding banquets in many Chinese communities.
The city's customs department unveiled the haul on Wednesday and said it smashed previous records.
"Each consignment consisting of 13 tonnes broke the previous record seizure of 3.8 tonnes of controlled shark fins made in 2019," customs official Danny Cheung told reporters.
Most of the fins came from thresher and silky sharks, both endangered species. A 57-year-old man was arrested but has been released on bail pending further enquiries.
Some of the ocean's most vital apex predators, shark populations have been decimated over the last few decades with finning and industrial long line fishing the main culprits.
Fishing fleets often cut the fin from the shark and then and throw the fatally maimed animal back in the sea to maximise profit.
The dried fins sell for considerable sums and are usually served in a glutinous soup at banquets.
The sale and consumption of shark fin is not illegal in Hong Kong, but must be licensed.
Years of campaigning by environmentalists and celebrities like Chinese basketball star Yao Ming have led to the dish becoming less fashionable among younger consumers in China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
But it remains stubbornly popular among older generations and many prominent hotels and restaurants still offer it.
A 2018 survey by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found seven out of 10 Hong Kongers had eaten shark fin that year.
"There is still strong cultural value placed on consuming shark fin, particularly at weddings, business events and family gatherings like the upcoming Mother's Day," senior conservation officer Gloria Lai Pui-yin told AFP.
Some restaurants and hotels had signed WWF's "no shark fin" pledge but many continued to offer the dish, she added.
Wild Aid estimates some 73 million sharks are killed every year for the trade.
Their research says consumption has dropped significantly on the Chinese mainland but there is growing appetite for the dish in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
With its busy port and international connections, Hong Kong has long been a major trafficking route for wildlife and drug smugglers.
Importing endangered species without a licence is illegal and carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail and a HK$10 million ($1.3 million) fine.
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How scientists found South Africa to be the ancient "Paradise on Earth"
Pinnacle Point, in South Africa, is home to a succession of notable archaeological sites where the beginnings of man are explored. For ancient man and animals, this region was a form of "Paradise on Earth".
This portion of the shore is now inundated. But, according to experts, it was once a unique ecosystem known as the Paleo-Agua Plain, which served as a true home for people and animals for a long time. Today, there are several caverns along the whole coastline where humans lived 170,000 years ago.
Archaeologist Curtis Marean, one of the study's authors, investigated this unusual location for decades, spanning the period from 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago. His co-author, anthropologist Jamie Hodgkins, and colleagues drilled ancient predators' teeth to attempt to track their travel patterns.
They focused on the antelope's migratory patterns. The approach itself entails looking at carbon and oxygen isotopes in tooth enamel. It can tell you about the nature of migrations by looking at how the carbon content of the plants the animal consumes changes as the teeth develop.
The scientists used an African Gerenuk Redunka Antelope, which does not migrate, as a control animal and compared its enamel to that of migratory antelopes like the wildebeest. As a consequence, no animal migratory patterns were discovered.
This implies that all of these creatures resided in a single location and were content in their paradise. In terms of resources, Hodgkins feels it was an excellent location. "Humans had shellfish and other seafood during the interglacial eras when the shore neared the caves, and people had access to the rich earth's space when the coast spread during the ice age," explains the expert.
Another finding backs up this study. Despite the 74,000-year-old Toba volcanic eruption in Sumatra, which caused a worldwide winter, scientists from Marean's study discovered that the humans at Pinnacle Point not only survived but thrived.
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Do you plan to subdivide your land? Many landowners want to optimize their assets and ride the booming real estate market by selling smaller tracts of land. If you are planning to sell your land, subdividing it into smaller plots can make it more marketable, and the profit potential will also be higher.
Subdividing land could also be due to personal reasons like partitioning the land from inheritance or just because you have an extra land in your home that you may want to have a different use of. Whatever the reason may be, the common question is how much is the cost to subdivide property?
Before we go into discussing costs, many experts recommend that you consult land developers in the process of subdividing land. Yes, it is doable by yourself if the land is to be partitioned into two but as the number of partitions increases so does the complexities. Also, in any partition, you need certain services that should only be provided by professionals.
It is best to visit the local planning office or their websites to get details of the fees per locality as well as the requirements and procedures.
Los Angeles County, California – Subdivision fees from $16,231-$22,985 for a minor to major land division. For more details see Revised Filing Fees.
St. Louis County, Missouri – Filing Fee, $500; Subdivision Permit Fees, $500 plus $35/lot (for 4 lots or less) or $15 (for 5 lots or more) for residential lots; Display Plat Permit, $150; Highway Inspection Fee, $108/hour. For more details see Subdivision Review Fees.
Dallas City, Texas – Ranges from $1,548 plus $17/lot to a maximum charge of $19,350. See Guidelines for Submission and Processing for details on Subdivision Fees.
Survey – When subdividing land, the services of a land surveyor is needed to survey the land and create the plat which will indicate the land partitions. Cardinal Surveying and Mapping in Missouri estimates survey costs to be $175-$250 per hour. Of course, the extent and nature of the job will determine the final quote.
Environment Fees and Zoning Permit Fees – Some localities, on the other hand, require the payment of environmental fees and zoning permit fees, when necessary, in the processing of a land subdivision. In Los Angeles County, environment fees is $335 while zoning permit will be $222.
Legal Fees – A real estate lawyer may be needed to help the landowner analyze legalities during the subdivision process.
Clearing the Site – Proper permits will be required and removal will also entail cost. The cost may differ per locality and nature of the job.
Cost Supplying the Utilities and Other Provisions – Lines for utilities, storm water drainage, provision for driveway, and easements are necessary for each part of the land partitioned. Thus, provisions should also made. The costs of these provisions will depend per locality and on the provision needed.
To get a get an estimate on the costs to be paid to non-local authorities, contact local providers of services. If you hire experts on the job, they will have the knowledge and experience in your locale to be able to tell you what to anticipate.
Research if the land title is clean and can be subdivided.
Inquire the process in the local planning office and verify whether your land can be subdivided.
Design and map out the land subdivision. You can hire a professional to do this.
Hire a land surveyor to survey the lot and create the plat, a scale drawing showing the subdivision of land. A plat is required by the local authorities.
File application to proper authorities for processing.
To assist you in subdividing your land, consult land development firms in your locality such as Whitson Engineers at Monterey, California, The Sterling Co. Engineers and Surveyors in St. Louis, Missouri and Winkelmann & Associates, Inc. in Dallas City, Texas.
Be aware of and follow property laws and zoning requirements. Each locality will have it's own property laws and zoning requirements. Each locality may have specific procedures, and the costs differ, too. Hence, the subdividing land rate is unique to a locality.
Location – there are localities where the costs involved in subdividing land are higher than in other places.
Size of the Property – the larger the property, the higher the cost to subdivide it.
Use of the land – land use can either be for residential or non-residential. Usually, localities have varying subdivision fees per type of land use.
Shape of the land – irregularly shaped land would cost higher than a regularly shaped land for surveyor fees.
You must check land restrictions in your locality. If you don't own a land, do not get too excited about buying a large piece of land with plans to subdivide it later on for profit. Not all land can be subdivided or if they can be, not right away.
The local planning authorities and local zoning laws may impose that certain types of land are not allowed to be subdivided. If your land is included, you may want to apply for an exception which could mean additional costs without assurance of approval.
The property could also have a lien. Obviously, the encumbrance needs to be settled first before subdivision can be done.
Also, don't forget the impact of your subdivision to property tax. As land partitions could increase the market value of your land, the same effect will happen to the property tax.