Recent content by Dannyalcatraz

@Zardnaar If you include Rowdy Roddy Piper, and want a hidden plot for the characters to get involved in, some real heels could be brought in by using the alien overlords plot of They Live. But instead of alien invaders, they could be evil Fey of some kind. Maybe even Changelings or another...

They’re gonna send some KUNG FU PANDAS, brother!

You may laugh- I certainly did- but our family routinely orders massive sandwiches and cuts them up for sharing. I don’t mean just subs of various kinds, either. Weinberger’s Deli is a sandwich shop maybe 20 minutes from our house, owned & operated by a dude who teaches sandwich making at the...

Or better still, the Acadians! Ah-yeeee!

The guy who played THE archmage in our group once targeted an enemy the party was in melee with using Lightning Bolt. He definitely injured his intended target, but because that foe was standing in waist-high water, he ALSO damaged the metal clad & wielding allies who had been whaling on it*...

Elric is clearly skilled in combat, and engages in sword fights all the time. But it is expressly stated that without magical augmentation from potions or Stormbringer, Elric was not an effective melee combatant for any length of time. His skills were betrayed by his frailty and lack of...

I was thinking about those two in particular, but I seem to recall that some of the magic in EC stories- theirs possibly included- may have been Clarkian super-science. So I hedged my bets. But while Elric definitely was a skilled swordsman, he relied on potions and Stormbringer to give him...

Elric was a powerful summoner and binder who happened to have an artifact that was a demon in sword form. I think those who have pointed to Fritz Lieber’s characters are closer to the truth. That said, one could assert the nature of Eternal Champion itself makes it a kind of Gish, just not in...

Mod Note: @Celebrim “Zealot” is a very loaded word, and not conducive to the level of civility preferred on ENWorld. Be more careful with your rhetoric, please.

Mod Note: Using your account’s blocking feature is fine. It’s there for a reason. Announcing you’re using it is considered bad form- it’s rude & antagonistic. When using it in the future, don’t be a jerk about it, thanks.

In the language of Our People, “Whatever.” Or as St. Cobain once sang:

It sounded counterintuitive to me as well. And at the time of the study, they had only begun to research the WHY. With smoothies, though, it’s that the sugars are already in an easily processed form- the sugars- many of them added- are of kinds the body doesn’t have to do much work on to...

@Deset Gled basically got it right. It’s relatively close to the source material, but not a 1:1 adaptation. And I recall the effects are akin to Tom Baker era Doctor Who- inexpensive, but effective. I’d watch it again if it were on, no doubt!

As it happens, as a kid, I was actually in a taste-test/focus group for the McRib. For the record, I hated it. When I tried them after they hit the market, I found they had improved…and STILL sucked. Haven’t had one since ‘82 or so.

Look into the prohibitions that old religions had that weren’t based on keeping people safe from crimes. For instance, sha’atnez refers to the OT prohibition against wearing fabrics of mixed wool (an animal product) and linen (a plant based fiber). Perhaps those who violate a similar...