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You'd be surprised - here in New Zealand, while filming Celebrity Treasure Island (RealityTV at its finest - tropical island, staged challenges, a bunch of actors with nothing better to do - almost more honest that most RTV if you ask me), Lana Coc-Kroft contracted a mysterious bacterial illness...

Skills, skills, skills. Bats has training, compared to the ECL monsters in the Justice League (what ECL is a Kryptonian, anyway? - Bats probably has nearly enough levels to rival Supes' innate powers, although he's not as combat-focused). I'd stat him with a high INT and high DEX (boost INT with...

Weird show, with lots of its own mythology; I've seen the first two seasons (well, the minis and the next season). When it's firing on all cylinders, it's really cool (and the music can get awesome). When it's not (and this happens a lot), it's really odd and kinda crappy. For so is my opinion...

Well, a 17th level elf commoner's going to have, what, 20hp? That's not much for a master chef. I'm somewhat familiar with the demands of the culinary calling (my brother has a certificate saying he's a chef - the type of certificate that gets you past US immigration controls), and it's not for...

I'll check ENworld once per day in a binge-check. The next day, I'll survey all threads going back to the point where my previous binge stopped. Anything beyond that point, even if I'm interested in it, obviously has nothing new of interest. The one exception? When I've posted a thread and had...

One: At least it's not being called 'anime art'. That would be a proper case for hurting people. Two: 'Manga' could be taken as three syllables to correspond to the three characters it takes to write: MA+N+GA. Although I doubt you'll ever hear it pronounced as such unless you're listening to a...

(Pterodactyl.) I think the form of the dragon was pioneered with other imaginary creatures. In the middle ages, dragons weren't as standardised as they are now, often described as 'worms', and coexisted in the imagination with other hexapods like griffins. In turn, I think the simurgh of...

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Pish. This particular form-fitting elven mail is clearly engineered via interlocks and polarisation (magical or intrinsic in the mithril), such that the wearer can manipulate it without concern, but a force applied from the outside causes it to harden and deflect the blow. Imagine a system...

Once I had my breath under control, I drew my sword and burst through the door. Five startled men looked up at me in the flickering light. "Not a one amongst you can best me", I snarled through gritted teeth "Tonight, I shall have my revenge!" One looked at the others. Then they all laughed...

Why not? Maybe our hypothetical scriptwriter can be as good as Whedon, but would never have discovered if he/she didn't try. If we say 'don't try', we are purposefully dumbing down the product - and I don't think we need to do that. And a large cast could easily play into worldbuilding...

Yes, absolutely true. That's why I advocated extra world-building time and Innocents To Save. On Alias, people run around with guns in exotic locations, and we know roughly what they're fighting for (liberty! justice! stuff!) so we can root for them. On D&D, they'd be running around with sword...

I've never actually ruled out modern tech in my games. I'd just demand skill checks from people to capitalise on them - skill checks with DCs around the 70s, most likely. In the case of modern people who already know this sort of thing, I'd drop the DCs to 20s or 30s to figure out the process in...

But D&D does have a flavour all its own, something that makes it uniquely D&D. All you need to say to the network execs? Tom Clancy's Lord Of The Rings. Once you realise the truth in this statement, you can build something never seen before. And I think it would be pretty cool. Imagine Alias...

Your bravery has inspired me. I took five minutes to tweak filesaving options and rebuilt an avatar for these boards. Quiver before my might! (It won't mesh with anything but the default colour scheme. My might extendeth not unto the very bowels of style.)

'Monolith', by some guy whose name my googlefu does not reveal. It's the story of one man, who survives against all odds in a battle with the oppressive church of the land, and an ancient race that holds the secret of that religion. Quite cool, and if there's a sequel I don't know how it was...

On the one hand, I'll be busy all this coming week. On the other hand, I might not be able to meet the deadline with 2 original monsters, but I may still be of assistance; I've got some monster art available for resale. Thus, email sent.

What can I say? I've lost loved ones, but never a child, so I can't truly understand this kind of loss. I am truly sorry. It's hard, but death is but a moment, while life was far more than that. It could have been longer, but it was good, and those times were happy. Those are the times to...

This sounds most interesting. If you want to wade through my website and get interested, I'd appreciate hearing from you. Meanwhile, some questions. You say you 'want the cover to have multiple pictures' - but typically, a single picture is the basis of a commission. Does this mean you want...

Currently I'm playtesting my Twilight system, with an eye towards eventual release (probably as PDF). So yeah, I think it's safe to say I've tried my hand at this sort of thing. The hardest bits, of course, are making something new - because otherwise what's the point? To that end, I've looked...