Michael Hopcroft

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

Re: Answers & Questions Q: How do you play Joe the Plumber's official video game? A: And it hasn't occurred to you to ask what that dragon is doing here.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Having an uncomfortable family gathering, like everyone else. NT: Ways your family Christmas could be even more uncomfortable than it normally is.

Re: Sword Oriented Martial Art I was amused to think of adventurers in plate armor, given how difficult it is to don the stuff. I can see it in a battle between armies, where you have squires and other support personnel to put your armor on you, but going into a dungeon or out into the woods? Not very practical.

Re: Sword Oriented Martial Art If you're grasping the blade, do you need gloves? This reminds me to ask just how sharp the typical sword is. A razor-like edge wouldn't last very long, especially against armored opponents, but you still need "bite" to penetrate that armor.

Re: THE BOOK OF DRAGONS -- What Do *You* Want To See? Or, for that matter, the names that dragons give themselves (again for INT 10+ specimens). Another interesting questions: Why don't Dragons rule the world? And what would the world be like if they DID?

Re: THE BOOK OF DRAGONS -- What Do *You* Want To See? Which is why I mentioned Dragon society and culture as subjects to look into. How does a dragon's mind work, and how does he relate to his peers? For that matter, who does he consider his peers? And how does a dragon deal with isolation (not having contact with others of his kind for decades at a time)? If a Dragon has human-level or higher intelligence and is not just an especially large and powerful animal, then then the Dragon has some sort of culture or society. Someone raised him to be a dragon. There are things he knows, things he has questions about, and a massive number of "inferior" creatures who hate and fear, or worship, him (or both).

Re: THE BOOK OF DRAGONS -- What Do *You* Want To See?

Re: THE BOOK OF DRAGONS -- What Do *You* Want To See? "You can catch me or save Downtown. Gobbler's on the Interstate." Yep, that'd be interesting.

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Re: THE BOOK OF DRAGONS -- What Do *You* Want To See? And their arch-nemesis, the Doom Ducks! Enormous mallards that scatter death everywhere they go.

Re: THE BOOK OF DRAGONS -- What Do *You* Want To See? I know this seems obvious, but perhaps there could be some coverage of the Dragon-Slayer, a professional hunter of dragons and their ilk, as player characters or NPCs. There should also be some discussion of dragon psychology; how do the minds of these powerful beings differ from those of humans? And of course, those dragons that can take on a human form if they choose....

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat One of your knives is missing, and you have an unexpected backache that's just killing you.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Because all the pie-based powers were taken. NT: Reasons it's a bad idea to teach cows to fly airplanes.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Tranquilizer Pies. Note: make sure you use enough Nutmeg.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat A Value-Added Tax on everything humans can buy. And a few thiongs that can be purchased by the typical household pet.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Oops!"

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Name one of the rejected numbers for Schoolhouse Rock. A: Conjunction Junction, that's some function!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Dice, six=sided. Lots and lots of six-sided dice. (Wishing I could be there....)

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The typical idoru singer. WHAT?

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Go ye heroes, go to glory, though ye die in combat gory You shall live in song and story -- go to Immortality! Go to DEATH and go to Slaughter. Die! And Every Cornish daughter With her tears your grave will water. Go ye heroes -- go and die!" (Thanks to W.S. Gilbert) NT: Subtle signs that your battle plan wasn't very good after all.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat They certainly have a way of clearing impediments. Usually involving super-charged energy weapons, but still.... NT: Presidential pets that didn't make the final cut.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What's the problem with being in Vecna's domain? A: I am questing for the Holy Grail, and I want a pizza. Now.