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Which one? Dante's Peak with Pierce Brosnan that has them crossing over a lake that is so acidic its eating thru the bottom of a (metal) canoe and the legs of some woman? Oh, don't forget that the poor guy in the crappy van gets swept away in the river yet those in the Hummers don't. Sheesh...

Ya know that just had to suck. I mean tanning becomes much more difficult and ditto for the sun bleaching her hair um.. white(r). :\ I dunno. It just seemed like drow were to elves what elves were to gnomes / halflings / some other seldom played race. They just reeked of uberness and anyone...

Some gaming soundtracks might fit the bill. Halo for example with its um... well I can't think of just one since several of the tracks are awesome. I'm quite fond of "Rock Anthem for Saving the World". Listen to samples on Amazon.com.

Hey! I know that site! Too bad we haven't played lately so the DM can add more of our (mis)adventures. :(

I'm pretty sure it was those "Strange But True Facts" type books but I could've sworn there was some culture that was humane in their executions since they tickled the prisoner to death (by asphixiation).

Back in the days of 2E, there was a round robin campaign where everyone involved had to be a short race (halfling, gnome or dwarf). Other stipulations were no prepackaged adventures and I think we had to go with a 'core' class so we had a halfling thief, a halfling cleric, a dwarven fighter and...

I always thought of CoC as slimy and squishy. As for grim n gritty, Warhammer RPG (Hogshead or the more recent version), maybe Rolemaster (the tables gave interesting results) and Harn Runequest (Avalon Hill version) probably is since its based off the original CoC but also Elric! (or...

My guess is after watching years of Star Trek reruns, the Scottish accent is really easy to copy thus really easy to make dwarves less "humans in funny suits". They fit: dwarves are known for their engineering talents and so was Scotty (may he rest in peace). Seriously now, how many can point to...

After reading through the FFZ thread / article, I started thinking about Chrono Trigger and its Single, Double and Triple Techniques. For the uninformed, as the characters leveled up, they'd get technique points and when enough are gained, they'd learn a new trick (magic or otherwise). When 2 or...

There's also the Cliffhangerish cutaway scene that Brisco County did lots of times, usually at the halfway point. Also used to explain a complicated strategy in an episode of Farscape (Throne For a Loss) - Aeryn started the plan, they cut away and returned to her finishing it up. Earlier in the...

C'mon baby! Daddy needs a new d20 pdf! *crosses his fingers* Ok, maybe not -needs- a new one.

People might not understand the value of the item they're selling, it doesn't work right or its more trouble than its worth. Who'd ever think that a bunch of stamps printed upside down would be worth anything let alone some comic with a guy lifting the front end of a truck on the cover...

Ooo. Nifty idea. Can I play too?

Ever see the movie "Bridge over the River Kwai"? It was Hollywood-ized but there's some truth in it - Allied POWs (mostly Australian, British and Dutch I believe) forced to build a bridge by the Japanese.

I think its called a Lo P'an (yeah like the 10' roadblock with light coming from his eyes), some info of which is here. Ba gua mirrors are octagonal (for the 8 trigrams of the I Ching) and used to reflect negative energy / general all purpose protection ward. The "Spooky Encounters" movie I...

Uncle (Jacke Chan Adventures) practices good chi magic while Daolong Wong is a dark chi master. Think the Force I guess. What about using Feng Shui, I Ching, 8 trigrams, etc as a basis for the magic? It seems that lots of (good) magicians in Hong Kong movies are good at warding evil spirits by...

Plagarism is using one source. Using multiple sources is research. No, the 5th Element is Milla Jovovich. "Big badaboom!" So how about Leeloos?

How about "chutzpah"? Sure its something far from the original meaning. Side note: no, I don't use that phrase for someone with lots of courage, opting for the phrase "testicular fortitude" (thank you Mick Foley!) with the female equivalent being "ovarian fortitude". I'm somewhat partial to...

Well I found this (http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/pxpress.html) about the Pony Express. According to it, Wells Fargo took 20 days to get from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento while the Pony Express could do it in 10 days. Check up on railroads but I think this was well before Union Pacific and...

Nothing much, just Dawning Star and Hamlet of Thumble.