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Yeah, I don't think the girl's father was the freezing guy, either. The implication is that Sylar has to kill his victims to get their powers. Since he used the Freezing power on the Dad, I don't think it could have come from him. It's POSSIBLE that the dad was a red herring; that Sylar...

I did something similar once, but in the reverse order. The players made level 1 PCs, and I advanced them to 16th level. The plot revolved around a historic battle, where the heroes of the day were overrun by impossible odds after an epic last-stand. I made the players' PCs the reincarnations...

*flash of inspiration!* Peter's Dad had the power of Precognative Dreams. That's where Peter's "rogue power" of his prophetic dreams came from. It's also what drove him to suicide, when he foresaw...what? His son going nuclear and blowing up Manhattan, maybe? I love this show...

Remind me...how did Peter and Nathan's father die? Didn't they say it was suicide? I bet it wasn't suicide...I bet his death was super-power related. Maybe Sylar got him...

RE: Hiro and the T-Rex... Hasn't this already come true? When he snagged the sword from the museum (what he thought was the sword, anyway), as he ran through the Natural History exhibit, he stopped to pose in front of the T-Rex statue, didn't he? It's possible that Isaac's painting comes...

Speaking as someone else who's never read DeLint but wanted to give him a try, is there any particular order his books should be read in? Any later books that build on something that's gone before?

I just finished reading The Ladies of Grace Adieu. I thought it was very good (I liked Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell a lot, too). It has one story that includes Jonathan Strange, the rest are all stories told in the same setting but unrelated to the novel. There are some interesting takes...

I don't see how there would be much cost involved in having Bob stay a skull. It's not like you'd need expensive CGI or anything...pretty much just a hand puppet would do the trick. Renee Auberjonois would make a great voice though. And he does voice-over acting for animation. Why not the...

I suspect that they're waiting so long between seasons because they have to replace Mako. Movie version aside, that's the thing I'm most worried about; Iroh is one of the most nuanced and (in his own way!) subtle characters in the show, and getting a lousy replacement voice actor will really...

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. It's been sitting on my shelf for way too long.

Dinosaurs. Lost-world books/shows/movies love to have folks riding dinosaurs. While I can't think of any specific examples, seafolk (tritons and whatnot) are often shown riding on giant seahorses, or dolphins. Already mentioned, but the sky-bison from Avatar is one of the coolest mounts in...

Wait...what? There was a Hogfather movie!? Buh...

In a way, the Wii is MORE immersive than any tabletop RPG I've ever played. When my wizard character casts a spell, I don't actually perform verbal and somatic components. When fighting a troll, I'm not actually running around my friends' living room, swinging a simulated axe over my head...

I think it's signifigant that Hiro chose Peter to appear to. Why not just appear to Claire and warn her (both about Sylar and her father)? Or to Matt to have police presence at the school that night? Or any of a hundred other options? Well, partially I think it's because Peter's the most...

A few observations and theories about peoples' powers: First off: Hatian Guy. I think his power is only memory alteration, not power-blocking. In the scene where HG seems to be blocking Eden's powers, he's not. Eden's powers still worked, as evidenced by the funky voice-effect. He was using...

So, I'm out at the mall with my 3-yr old daughter, and I see a cute little picture book called "Who is the Beast?". It's about a tiger walking through the jungle, pointing out his features as he goes; "Who is the beast? He has strong legs for jumping, he has long white whiskers, etc, etc,"...

If your players are taking the initiative to break down artifacts into spoons, it's pretty obvious what kind of a game they want to be playing. It was pointed out earlier that pickaxes and shovels would have been a better choice for this kind of thing; the fact that they are getting a kick out...

Here is the About the Author section of Hyperion's new detective mystery called Bad Twin: About the Author Bad Twin is the highly-anticipated new novel by acclaimed mystery writer Gary Troup. Bad Twin was delivered to Hyperion just days before Troup boarded Oceanic Flight 815, which was lost in...

I was a little put off by Cap going rogue, too, but I can see what they're getting at. It's making a point that this is not Nick Fury's S.H.I.E.L.D; Fury's organization would never have forced the issue with Cap the way the new folks did. Without getting too far into Verbotten territory, I...

So, here's a thought; silly, but possibly effective. Your army of 100 War1s is accompanied by a number of human Expert 1s, with Animal Handling, Spot, Spellcraft, and Alertness. When they spot the incoming fireball bead, they use their readied actions to throw open the large cages full of...