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Based on the game mechancis, most DC characters are about 10x the power of most Marvel characters. Marvel tries to keep its super-reality closer to reality than DC does. DC just accepts that supers alter everthing and let it go at that. Going by what the comics have said about the characters...

When someone proclaims they are playing a GISH respond in a falsetto voice, "Oh, LillIAN! Mr. Griffith is ready for your closeup!" Did you think FMU is better? fa-Moo. just rolls off the tongue like a buttered brick, doesn't it? I a Fighter/Mage/Thief is a fa-Mutt, which is cooler but...

Manwe and Varda skipped to the back and read the last pages first! :P Way back when, in 79, I had been playing D&D for about a month and a new DM was starting up a campaign. I rolled up a ranger and the DM told me I had a special magic item that needed to be kept secret. It was a ring that...

Cotton balls are cheap and fast. padding cut by you to fit your tackle box exactly, lots of work, might not be cheap, depending on the material and how many minis need to be set up. We need a flumph mini! We need a gnome illusionist lich! We need a kobold lich who specialized in magical traps!

Did you mean 666? If not, what was the significance of 668?

I don't know the passage in the trilogy or in the Hobbit but there was something about the pride of the Eagles and the fact that they did not like to be ridden or help those on the ground. The Eagles were not a resource, they were a race of creatures with their own thoughts and part of it was...

My wife, daughter and I saw "Ghost Rider" at a matinee. We enjoyed it, the visuals and music were good. It was oddly entertaining watching Cage channel Elvis and Evel. We felt sorry for the guy who was the watery demon; just being made up like that seemed uncomfortable. the air guy was...

Right, once they become independently mobile they are no longer under your control! Our daughter was in the same room we gamed in and would sleep. If we put her in a quiet bedroom, she would wake up!

Different NPCs from different campaigns Bill the Groom - We needed a guy to watch our horses while we were in the dungeon. We hired Bill. He hung through several levels and when we finally got a place of our own, we promoted Bill to tend to the place. The party even decided to leave it to...

How about a level of fighter to take two-weapon fighting and two-weapon defense then wizard with a wicked quarterstaff? My dwarf wizard had gotten a -1 to hit, +5 damage staff from the party when he joined it. it was sa-WEEET! I t would also work well with a pair of magical daggers...

I agree, like this! I once ran the Rod of Seven Parts with a homebrew module. In my campaign I had a mystic cataclysm in the ancient past that caused the world's magic to drop from what sustained level 10+ spells to the normal 9th level spell they were used to. It was called the 'Decline of...

I prefer 2% milk, to cut down a little on milkfat. I drink storebrands of whatever local market is closest to when we decide to shop. Date is imoortant, I try to buy the gallons. Off-topic, every payday my wife and I make a point of asking for about $20 or $25 in dollar coins to help they...

Fervent hugs work in times like those! Been there, done that, it's all good. ;)

No, it attracts exactly the people that give it as bad a rep as it has.

Flumph! Gnome lich Rust monster would be very cool. Geletanous Cube just because it seems to be so difficutl; I'd like to see how they get it done. Duh! Emirikol the Chaotic! That would be very cool!

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That reminds me of an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "Fear, Itself" You should check it out!

The weird thing is that after these things were up for a week or two did someone call into the police to report them in Boston! These things did not attract attention before that. Hmm, an ad campaign not attracting attention.... Could that have led someone who was being paid for results to...

Get well soon, Gary! Glad to see you posting and that work is progressing well. :)

Nuthin' wrong with snark.