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Not just Batman; Jean seems to know the secret identities of the whole JLA. If she has Batman's and Superman's she's probably going to have the rest of them. Unless they messed with her brain before tossing her in Arkham, it's another disaster waiting to happen. Possibly even worse than the...

Roth is absolutely brilliant in RR; evil through and through. And it has the best "weapon finesse vs power attack" fight I've seen on film. My favorite "most evil" would be the Red Skull in the comics (he's a supervillain AND a Nazi!) and another vote for Gregor Clegane in books. EDIT: Don't...

The one thing that I learned from my brief attempt at running an epic level game is that it's not like standard D&D with powerful characters - it's closer to running a superhero game with the Justice League or the Authority. Standard "fantasy stuff" just doesn't cut it anymore; you need fantasy...

I am currently running a 2nd level Halfling Sorcerer in a dungeon-based campaign, and am really thinking about picking up a level of Monk and then going for the Enlightened Fist prestige class from Complete Arcane. It seems like a cool way to add some "flashy" (very important to the character)...

One thing that I'll be interested to see in 2005 is the continued success (or lack thereof) of licensed RPGs and settings. Right now there's some really good stuff out there, and a couple more coming up (Black Company and Thieves' World) that I expect to be excellent. I have to wonder, though...

Identity Crisis #7 - overall good. I was right about the killer, wrong about the motive. Too many red herrings left unresolved for my tastes, but I imagine most of them will be covered in other comics in the near future. Some people had better really be wtching their backs around Batman from...

Heh...that would be my created-as-an-epic-character gnome Druid / Shifter. He was fun; I pulled off some wonderful stunts with him. My group still shudders at the memory of the "turn into a really huge Bone Ooze while in the middle of a formation of elite hobgoblins" attack. RIP Tobbin...

This is a great idea. I was going to do a shopping run for toys to donate to the local Family and Children Services office Friday (something I do every year for the little ones who are stuck in foster care at Christmas), and I'm going to make sure I throw in at least one Basic Set - with a note...

Me too. I had a load of spare time here at work tonight, so mine is already filled out and sent back to them; it'll be interesting to see what happens next.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding things when the announcement talks about "displays" and "cases", but this sounds like a rather large amount of free stuff for running demos. That's a lot of cards and minis.

I'd like to add my voice to those expressing dissatisfaction with the miniatures and video game coverage in Dragon. Overall I like the new direction, and the novel coverage is OK by me - I discovered many of my favorite books and authors through the book review column in Dragon years ago. For...

My suggestion (I've thought about doing something like this myself): Evil epic level Druids. Control Weather is scary enough by itself; imagine it Epic-ized, boosted, and extended to cover most or all of the planet. Watch "The Day After Tomorrow", and imagine this sort of effect hitting the...

Use pregen characters, and make sure they're on good character sheets - a good sheet is a huge visual aid to seeing what a character can do. I use the SSA X2 D&D sheet; it's a fill-in .PDF that puts pretty much everything you want to know about a character right in front of you. For someone...

I ran a GURPS game like this way back in my senior year of high school, and it led to one of the most memorable gaming moments i've ever been involved in. As part of preparation for the campaign I went to each player's house on Friday afternoon (with no warning) and explained that they had five...

Regarding the Game of Thrones RPG: I will buy it the day it comes out. I am looking forward to it even more than I am to the Black Company setting. But I don't want Mr. Martin to take any sort of substantial time off from finishing the next novel to read and approve it. I can wait a bit if...

You guys already beat me to the only movies that I honestly thought were better than the books...Princess Bride, Silence of the Lambs, and LOTR.

I have the Forgotten Realms equivilent of the Authority (from the comics series of the same name; basically a team of very powerful take-no-prisoners superheroes who spend as much time partying as fighting) in case I'm ever running an epic level game and really need to smack the party around...

IIRC the gladiator theme issue of Dragon last year had a triple-headed flail statted up, called a "hydraflail" or something of the sort. I'd go check, but the magazine is in the bedroom and my wife is sleeping.

Check out the Chronotyryn in the Fiend Folio for a great combination of mobility and protection. Pity you don't get the Supernatural abilities, but the rest of the package is still pretty darn good.

Would you people please cease and desist immediately? My Druid really likes the way Barkskin stacks with his Wilding Armor, and with the Luminous Armor and inherant natural armor on his Dire Lion companion. What do you have against poor little Gnomes trying to make their way in big bad Faerun??