BoloOfEarth

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

NT: What Groucho Marx might say about Obama and Romney if he were alive and in his prime today.

"Hey, would one of you get me out of this box? C'mon, I know there's gotta be shovel around up there somewhere!"

(Well, you didn't say alive, in his prime and no longer buried...)

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

New Topic: What if Marvel Studios decided to make a Alpha Flight movie?

Over 40% of the US audience will be confused when confronted with the fact that Canada is a separate country from the USA.

New Topic: Ill-advised things to tell the customs guy as you're trying to cross the border from the US into Canada, or vice versa.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

NT: Subtle signs you shouldn't have joined that flash mob in the library after all.

When they hand you an overcoat and say, "Okay, you can wear this after taking off all your clothes. We'll all flash the camera at 12:15..."

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NT: Things to do when someone bursts out singing 'Gotta Dance !' (difficulty non lethal to them)

Strike a pose, and then bust a move that'll make my kids pretend they're not related to me.

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"So, I'm thinking, for the hobbits, instead of little people we'll use these cute Gungan muppets. And Jar-Jar Binks can be Bilbo!"

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NT: Actions you do not want to see yourself performing in a viral video (difficulty: nothing obscene' date=' violent or otherwise grossly offensive or sick)[/quote']

 

Singing "Man, I Feel Like a Woman." It never happened. Really. Honest.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

Gillian is no longer The Divine.

Not sure that would count as a subtle sign, unless it's a subtle sign of the Apocalypse.

NT: Subtle signs that Death Tribble is a fan of too many Ridly Scott movies (including Prometheus)

He changes his handle from "death tribble" to "alien facehugger".

NT: Other subtle signs the Apocalypse is coming up soon.

Re: The Marine Marauders!

Finally complete! Allow me to present... the Marine Marauders!

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

NT: More subtle signs the DMV worker giving you your driving test is out of her mind.

"Okay, now get out your 3-iron and let's see your stance and grip."

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NT: Emergency situations where the sudden intervention of Superman would be absolutely no help.

You're trapped under a pile of kryptonite.

NT: Completely useless new superheroes.

Re: "Neat" Pictures

I guess it's up to me to get this thread on the road again.

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Re: "Neat" Pictures

You're all just a bunch of tools, really driving this bit into the ground.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life.

My daughter and her friend were watching the Star Trek remake, and enjoying the part where Bones is injecting Kirk with various medications.

Daughter: You know what would be cool? If Bones was on the Tardis with the Doctor.

Me: Then if someone asked him something about time travel, he'd say, "Dammit, I'm a doctor, not The Doctor!"

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster

Um, aren't there religion-related threads this discussion could be taken to? I'm starting to feel particularly un-motivated.

Re: The Marine Marauders!

And, for ships and giggles*, here is the adventure (U-Who) that will include the Marine Marauders.

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*Yes, I know "ships and giggles" isn't the actual phrase. However (1) this version fits the nautical theme, and (2) I got an infraction when I said it the proper way.

Re: The Marine Marauders!

Last but certainly not least, here is Snakehead. I had some fun with his Background. Hope you like it.

Now I need to add some Plot Seeds for each of them, and then I can post the completed group.

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Re: The Marine Marauders!

Here is the first draft of Coral. I've finally found a character for whom a chainmail bikini actually makes sense. I wonder how long it will be before she tries to kick Njörðr aside as team leader...

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Re: The Marine Marauders!

Okay, here's Wave Rider, revised. He's a bit more dangerous now; all of his waves are AoE attacks (one a Line extending from him, the other two are Cones extending from him). If he takes the time and is willing to blow most of his END, he can create a full-fledged tsunami wave, but I don't see him doing that except in an extreme situation.

I also made him able to surf along (formerly) dry ground so long as he starts in water, by pushing the water along with him for that phase. Note that if he ends his move on dry ground, however, he's kinda screwed.

Just noticed -- his top surfing speed is just shy of 300 mph.

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Re: The Marine Marauders!

I kind of envisioned Wave Rider's attack to be like a tidal wave, Bolo. Something with area affect or megascale or both.

CES

Ah, my mistake. I thought it was a targeted attack. Well, I can modify him easily enough.

How about I make the Change Environment a Megascale, and add an area effect cone attack? Maybe I should modify to put a number of different wave attacks into a Multipower.

I'll play around with it and post a revised version.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

To make it look like things are flying around' date=' have vampires wave them around. Vampires do not show on a camera.[/quote']

But what to do about the sparkling?

 

NT: Your vacation budget was cut by 50% ! Ways of making do:

Leave the kids at home. All they do is complain about being bored anyway.

 

NT: What trouble are the kids going to get into when you leave them home while you're on vacation?

Re: The Marine Marauders!

It took me a while to get the right voice for Wave Rider. I'm just hoping I didn't overdo the "surfer dude" bit.

As to the writeup, I intentionally restricted him to the water, making him able to work on (actually, above) land with a fair amount of effort.

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NT: The special effects budget for your new movie was cut by 25%! Ways of making do.

Give the actors live ammunition. In addition to cutting costs on special effects, it reduces the payroll and future residual payments. Win-win!

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NT: It's Friday before a three-day weekend' date=' and the only people at work are you and ___________________.[/quote']

... unfortunately, the boss, so I can't spend the entire day surfing the web and posting to NGD. (I'm kidding, Charlie, really, I am.)

 

NT: Surprising floats or marchers in this year's Memorial Day parade.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

NT: Bad times to lapse into lecture mode about one of your favorite subjects.

I'm guessing that I shouldn't have talked about Alien and Aliens, especially the bursting-out-of-the-stomach bits, while my wife was going through labor with our kid...

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life.

I think you should start singing along. Loudly. And out of tune. Making up the words for lines you don't know.