Michael Hopcroft

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat It takes two to get down the railway tracks on a handcar. NT: Subtle signs that you aren't in power anymore.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What are you going to do now that the lightning strike bruned down your hovel in the woods? A: I've been elected to rock your a**es till midnight.

Re: Pathfinder Campaign book Well, the Pathfinder core game is essentially D&D 3.75, so it's getting a lot of interest from the gamers who don't want to move on the 4e. I'll have to take a good looks at the setting book to see what, if anything, distinguishes it from the standard D&D campaign setting. One thing I wonder, not having seen the book, is whether there is an ubertheme or whether it's something you simply plug your new characters into and run through things. Pazio also is using the "Adventure Path" style of publishing to give players things in the setting they can run right away. These seem to be taking the place of the former Dungeon magazine. Look like interesting adventures, but they'll need some adaptation of HERO. Which brings me to a question: if you're translating a D&D adventure to HERO, is there a correlation between D&D level and the number of points in HERO a character is built upon? Or is it somewhat more complex than that given that power creep is more extravagant in the magic-using classes?

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "My Wife" -- The Who, off Who's Next.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Why are you so darn enthusiastic about theatre popcorn? A: Now this is a three-pipe problem.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Track down Eagle Shooting Heroes, a made-in-Hong Kong kung fu comedy with twisted relationships, an unusual path to divinity, the use of ingested invertebrates as torture devices, deadly projectiles with an alarming resemblance to shoes, and the single unluckiest master villain since the Coyote. NT: New high-tech ways for the Coyote to fail to catch the Roadrunner.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Monkey Wrench" -- Foo Fighters

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What do these four horsemen need with Teddy bears? A: Don't touch the olive oil or the wine.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Why should I join the Army of the Swamp-Dwelling Fowl? A: And that's why they call it Raider Nation.

Re: The Classic Justice League starting members on 350 points He's more than welcome to use my Lex Luthor from the Superman thread. let me know if you need the .hdc file.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The Foxbat Long Johns can withstand any co0ld! HAHAHAHAHA ACHOO! NT: Subtle signs that you're not going to have any fun at the Inauguration.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Bring me some herring! Now!" NT: Not-Quite-But-Almost-Mad Science Projects.

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Re: Answers & Questions Q: We need to reboot the Universe! Who's going to preserve our reality? A: All of a sudden, I'm the bad guy.

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Listening to 70s-vintage Robin Williams on his iPod and knowing that nobody else knows what he's doing. (That was the era of such albums as Reality: what a Concept!, when Robin was doing frequently drug-inspired stream-of-consciousness comedy.)

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Because hockey players are tougher than just about anybody. NT: Subtle signs that your child's gym teacher is out of his mind.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What words would you use to describe almost everything in the Universe? A: I will not buy this tobacconist. It is scratched.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat That anyone still bothers with them after the Pia Zadora fiasco of the 80s. NT: Subtle signs that you're not going to be getting a second hit single.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Why does it take so long to assemble the Ancient Mirror of Ultimate Power? A: And the profanity went on for several more agonizing minutes.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Will Carry Out My Master Plan 4 Food"

Re: Answers & Questions Q: From the homeowner's point of view, please interpret "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Bradbury. A: And we have a consensus: dogs do not make good Congressmen.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What's the worst part of being an elephant keeper? A: The hills are alive!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Scooter Indy loses his scooter and must travel to the Ends of the Earth (or at least the nearest strip mall) to find it, not realizing he could simply buy a new one. NT: Unexpected things that are cheaper to replace than to repair.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Built the evil Frankenpoodle to terrorize the neighborhood cats.