tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post3579038297484522008..comments2024-03-28T22:00:35.840-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: BrainsZak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-16821800454635815292010-07-30T22:00:36.516-07:002010-07-30T22:00:36.516-07:00Makes me think of a Neh-Thalggu from 2e Edition - ...Makes me think of a Neh-Thalggu from 2e Edition - a creature from another dimension whose sole purpose was to steal brains... and which stolen brains could be used as though it were its own, including any memory they contained...Xenon_Wulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281111277620177278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-50365105847822839352010-07-25T09:34:11.168-07:002010-07-25T09:34:11.168-07:00How exciting. I can't help but imagine a mad a...How exciting. I can't help but imagine a mad archvillain taking advantage of this to build a towering artifact tank that fires spells from the wizard brains he uses as ammunition. <br /><br />It would walk, of course, on 4-8 spindly legs and make the most horrible ratcheting, clicking, whirring sound as the unnatural gears that drive the monstrosity spin through powerful magics. <br /><br />The adventure could begin as a murder mystery. The local constable is flummoxed as to why so many healthy young wizards are turning up with their skulls neatly sliced open. The blame, naturally, would turn first to some scapegoat. Ghouls perhaps? The nearby tribe of goblins with whom the village has long since endured having no cause nor militia to remove them.<br /><br />If the party has a wizard she would, naturally, be kidnapped at some point. <br /><br />The penultimate piece in this drama would be a race to the bottom of a crypt where a legendary sorcerer was entombed. Encumbered by the archvillain's minions—perhaps even those same wizards from earlier, animated by powerful necromancy?—the party would, again naturally, arrive just moments too late and be forced to face the villain's horrible masterwork. <br /><br />Perhaps a psychic character could even speak to one of the brains and talk it into one final sacrifice? Even better if that brain happens to be the same character who was kidnapped earlier and the party arrived just a moment too late.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545726087633453053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-44082162550307254182010-07-24T05:58:10.773-07:002010-07-24T05:58:10.773-07:00Tres cool. Kind of reminds me of "Creatures o...Tres cool. Kind of reminds me of "Creatures of the Night" brainworms, which live in the brains of evil people and contain their thoughts. If I remember correctly, the most common way to gain access to the stored thoughts is by squeezing the liquid from the worms' disgusting bodies, then drinking it (which results in either hearing the dead villain's thoughts or in a severe case of nausea. Or both).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-43222068815344321472010-07-23T21:23:58.247-07:002010-07-23T21:23:58.247-07:00Awesome. Thanks for the hook/baddie idea for my n...Awesome. Thanks for the hook/baddie idea for my next BtVS game, Zak (w/ regard to the golem). I was actually reminded of Hellboy and a couple of his nemeses.Gabriel Harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429674024580938218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-33016315674562630002010-07-23T17:31:42.013-07:002010-07-23T17:31:42.013-07:00Great idea.Great idea.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-68040064971527554762010-07-23T16:25:31.780-07:002010-07-23T16:25:31.780-07:00Very cool!Very cool!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192212467523179768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-66927933514967280192010-07-23T14:47:39.896-07:002010-07-23T14:47:39.896-07:00@Zak
This and the "Snakes are Books" po...@Zak<br /><br />This and the "Snakes are Books" post are probably two of the most inspiring posts I've found on the internet. Wizard's finding spells are a prime drive in games I run and I love throwing out obscure spells (I've done cave paintings, oral histories, the usual scrolls, books, tattooed skin that needs to be flayed first, etc) and this is pure win.<br /><br />Your blog never ceases to amaze.Zzarchovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07714805545939725730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-63260732224920839202010-07-23T13:21:31.480-07:002010-07-23T13:21:31.480-07:00@zak: I don't know any more about it than that...@zak: I don't know any more about it than that myself. Not an in-depth DC guy, but I love Walt Simonson (Thor) and the Timm/Dini TV cartoons.<br /><br />Apparently that character was called "Billion Dollar Bates", from a story by Kirby in 1972; sounds like first guy in DC to be said to have the equation.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-62380899307069565762010-07-23T12:34:07.512-07:002010-07-23T12:34:07.512-07:00At this point even Bat-Mite has had the anti-life ...At this point even Bat-Mite has had the anti-life equation (yes, it was in Elseworlds, but still).Chris Lowrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261681408965717414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-42936816919023282212010-07-23T11:57:19.758-07:002010-07-23T11:57:19.758-07:00@delta
i love the anti-life equation.
i also hav...@delta<br /><br />i love the anti-life equation.<br /><br />i also have that issue, though i only read it when it came out so i wouldn't have been able to tell you who that guy was.<br /><br />didn't he think jimmy olsen had the anti-life equation for a while?Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-12260007080123832672010-07-23T09:24:22.912-07:002010-07-23T09:24:22.912-07:00Now that's mighty tasty, I'm swiping this!...Now that's mighty tasty, I'm swiping this!<br />I also like BigFella's idea of wizardly corpse as unexploded ordinance. I'm gonna keep that too.E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-51604019944564930112010-07-23T08:42:15.865-07:002010-07-23T08:42:15.865-07:00Cool idea. Reminds me of:
Walt Simonson's Ori...Cool idea. Reminds me of:<br /><br />Walt Simonson's Orion #4. Darkseid clones a dead guy who had the "Anti-Life Equation" stuck in his head. Result is a titanic-sized obese zombie thing with his brain mostly scooped out and supported by unearthly machinery. <a href="http://www.superdan.net/download/CloneBates.jpg" rel="nofollow">Link here.</a>Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-89479181739738494852010-07-23T08:05:15.840-07:002010-07-23T08:05:15.840-07:00You could also postulate that a wizard's brain...You could also postulate that a wizard's brain could represent the medieval equivalent of unexploded ordinance, which could mean that dead wizard you've got on your corpse table could be just as much a "trap" as a "treasure". <br /><br />Jostle a that oddly robed corpse the wrong way, get a fireball, or a cloudkill, or something like this: http://bigfella.com/violent.dir/brain.jpg <br /><br />One could imagine that more populated areas that where wizardry is practiced would have the equivalent of France's démineurs, teams of guys who go around properly disposing of a wizard's remains. <br /><br />(Amazingly, Wikipedia tells me the démineurs dig up about 900 TONS of old artillery shells, some with mustard gas and other chemical agents, every year in the Ardennes.)<br /><br /> You could build a campaign around that kinda thing.BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-7810379137170061962010-07-23T07:13:36.252-07:002010-07-23T07:13:36.252-07:00I've been trying to rely solely on my own idea...I've been trying to rely solely on my own ideas and resist using any of your ideas, but this one may prove too tempting.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563046623833180199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-56984099149239427022010-07-23T05:44:59.912-07:002010-07-23T05:44:59.912-07:00I like the idea of wizards' brains being physi...I like the idea of wizards' brains being physiologically altered by the process of learning spells. Reminds me of Charles Stross' "basilisk gun," which works via a circuit based on the brain abnormality that causes gorgonism.Chris Lowrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261681408965717414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-44096444532598450832010-07-23T04:55:43.532-07:002010-07-23T04:55:43.532-07:00i like the way your brain works, zak.
perhaps whe...i like the way your brain works, zak.<br /><br />perhaps when you're done with it, i could feed it to my blue dragon?...brink.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11853174644865187939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-70742249965126897642010-07-23T04:52:15.704-07:002010-07-23T04:52:15.704-07:00Frickin' fantastic! I'm definitely going t...Frickin' fantastic! I'm definitely going to use this. Thanks for posting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-64679145161274820312010-07-23T04:41:41.562-07:002010-07-23T04:41:41.562-07:00Okay, I'm definitely swiping this one for my n...Okay, I'm definitely swiping this one for my next D&D game.Knightskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397391662639446678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-51465128076387014112010-07-23T02:12:23.786-07:002010-07-23T02:12:23.786-07:00@mandy
actually, no, that was an emaciated ancient...@mandy<br />actually, no, that was an emaciated ancient millenia-old cleric of Vorn inside a rusting suit of magical steampunk armor that keeps him in suspended animation until the temple is threatened. He's been there ever since the war which buried the temple to begin with and has no idea what year it is or that all his pals are dead.<br /><br />But, like i said, I like the model.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-40351567544191739702010-07-23T01:29:03.037-07:002010-07-23T01:29:03.037-07:00Ooooh so that's what that brass monster was......Ooooh so that's what that brass monster was...Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02868450075642418720noreply@blogger.com