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I'm disappointed with the action bloat of the hobbit movies, and the way that Peter Jackson introduces new characters, changes the demeanor of existing characters and appears to be completely messing up the wonderful journey to hero that bilbo takes in the book. I re-read it after the...

I thought it was supposed to look like the brigadier cyberman shot missy, although I don't know that we ever saw the cybermen with disintegrators. Certainly the doctor was holding missy's device end on rather than upright, and upright was the disintegration mode. You do see the doctor clearly...

Interesting that you mention Conan - in my era Conan was an excellent example of someone who starts off a an adventurer who hooks up with other people, starts leading groups of people, eventually ends up a king. The very kind of model which we had adventures following. It seems as though there...

Or ghoul-variants of any of the bird people? You could also have Perytons as classic birdlike carrion eaters, although I think Harpies are a good choice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)

I've never liked rootless vagabonds, and pretty much never saw them in games from OD&D onwards - we were always running and playing in campaigns, and getting involved in the society was always one of the objectives. I don't really remember anyone wanting to play 'the man with no name', everybody...

She would be very, very busy doing that!

I have always thought that the best ways of getting money out of the adventurers and into the economy was investment into businesses and land. At the lower levels the adventurers are investing in shops or ships (and the initial investment is supplemented by upkeep and staff costs to absorb...

On the question of whether the dead actually do keep feeling or it is just a story which is being told... the only way that Missy's statement about the dead outnumbering the living only makes sense if there is a consciousness after death. If she can only capture people into the nethersphere at...

Richards, also confusing is the soldier that was disintegrated within the Dalek but turned up with missy. How does that work if creation is a bad thing?

Oh, a bit harsh, don't you think ? :)

I thought this was a touching reflection of his character

An interesting question might be why they decided to remove the distinctiveness which D&D has given these in the past. e.g. from the d20 SRD Presumably because trip/disarm are not distinct actions in 5e? Simplified combat means weapons that used to take advantages of earlier complexities can...

I can't say whether or not you would be the only one, but I was pleasantly surprised to not hear a metallic/machine voice. It gives for a lot more subtly in the acting IMO.

Not to forget the wonderful Mach 2 Elf Army by Iron Sky from 2009 http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?248031-The-Three-Thousand-Elf-Mach-2-Army

I understand completely :) Still, there are only two or three story hours that I remember from what, a decade ago? Your's is one of them. Never trust a peck, eh?

I don't think that there was anything that caught my imagination to the same extent as the lightsaber from the original star wars movie. Assuming that it came with the requisite force sensitivity in order to parry ranged attacks :)

I loved the nods back to the past, as people have mentioned - the jelly babies, the 'are you my mummy'. Capaldi has quickly cemented his place as my favourite doctor ever; nobody has done it that fast in the past. I don't see him being a dick at all, although I see him being frustrated that...

I don't suppose there will be a StoryHour for 5e Wulf Ratbane? I loved those 3e story hours with him in!

I'm interested that you didn't have any 4e deaths - I saw loads when I was running it (about 12 characters died in 6 months). From third edition onwards a bad crit at the wrong time could be fatal - especially for lower level characters. One of the reasons why the crit process was turned into...