On June 6, 2002 Father Tim wrote:
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Dolganar wrote:
> I plan on playing Tom, not sure what yet. I was gone when you first put
> this out and been sortig thru almost 200 emails I had in those 10 days.
>
> Jon
Ah, the perils of punctuation. Half-asleep, I read this as: "I plan on
playing Tom." I thought to myself, 'But Tom's not a team.' So I present
to you all:
The Tom Team
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50,000 0-12 Programmer Tom 6 3 3 8 G Trip Up
70,000 0-4 Web Guru Tom 7 3 3 7 G A Jam
80,000 0-4 BB Collector Tom 5 3 3 8 G S Double Dauntless
70,000 0-2 League Commish Tom 6 3 3 8 G P Bullet Throw, Honourable
100,000 0-1 OPS Tom* 6 3 3 7 G Spell: Adjudicate
* The OPS Tom counts as an 'On-Pitch Spellcaster'; the -1 AV modifier has
already been taken into account.
ReRolls: 40,000 (Tom's are a model of efficeincy and teamwork)
Big Guys / Allies:
Tom may have one Treeman as an ally. Nobody really knows why.
Apothecary:
Normal Rules
Head Coach:
Must be named 'Tom'. Otherwise, normal rules.
On Pitch Spellcaster:
An OPS Tom spellcaster starts with the spell, Adjudicate.
Successful Result: The OPS Tom has convinced the Referee that the a mystic
order of priests of Nuffle (known as the BBRC) has changed the rules since
the last time the Referee read his rulebook. As a result, the Tom coach
may ignore any one rule for the duration of a single Tom's action.
Failure Result: The Referee ejects the OPS Tom, the targetted Tom, and the
Head Coach of the Toms for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Range: Any Tom on the pitch.
Succeeds on: 5+
Stadium Rules:
There is an ancient tradition of thankless labour for Toms. Occasionally
however, this pays off in the form of gifts given to the Tom team before
the opening kickoff. Blue Swiss chocolate bars, stamps, bears, and BB
miniatures are all tradiditional gifts.
Secret Weapons:
Toms are frequently heard to mutter about the dire peril of facing the Wee
Folk, but are not known to actually use secret weapons.
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