Recent content by DMZ2112

So, everything you've posted in this thread is gross, but this in particular bears correction -- this quote from the Engadget article sloppily references a larger part of the Polygon article that doesn't even refer to this incident: From what I've seen, oldschoolmtg has received no offer of...

The only specific examples I'm aware of are instances of Wizards blocking LGBTQ content on the grounds of explicitness, but they do review and block content. This was one of the popular arguments against the morality clause in the OGL 1.1. I'm reasonably certain DM's Guild content has to be...

Their fate isn't in their hands or yours, though, it's decided by a random number generator. That's not a criticism, just an observation. I think that's the biggest disconnect in these arguments -- roll purists see a player vs. dungeon master conflict, and the rest of us see a collective table...

If your argument is actually that prions specifically are why cannibalism is stigmatized, prions were discovered in 1972 and their role in encephalopathic disease wasn't understood until 1982. I don't think the timeline quite lines up with Victorian colonialism. Or, y'know, the typical D&D...

Yes, your dogged insistence on being wrong about the intentions of people who play the game differently than you and being insulting about it has been noted. There is no difference, other than pausing to throw a piece of oddly-shaped plastic at a flat surface in the middle of your...

Your mistake is in assuming that anyone is arguing that fudging is necessary. I don't believe anyone is. It's a choice, and indeed, a preference. Just like your style of play. Also, any statement that begins with "it is possible to achieve perfection" is necessarily false. What you propose...

Okay, so your objection isn't to cannibalism, it's to its pulp-comic use. Got it. ...Maybe. Even if cultures throughout history have been aware of the connection between cannibalism and madness, it hasn't exactly been 100% effective in stopping the practice. I'm honestly not trying to say...

I'd go a step further and note that perfection is not achievable, regardless of how much control one exerts or thinks they are exerting over the variables, and a major part of the point of enjoying a TTRPG is ceding part of that control to others to allow oneself to be surprised. But there...

I've always had a strong narrative focus, and I haven't had a problem filling D&D tables for 30 years, across five editions and Pathfinder. If narrative play really didn't attract players, Wizards and Paizo both would focus on publishing setting material instead of almost exclusively adventure...

Is that it? Is it a question of lurid, graphic depiction? I get that. I don't typically even narrate combat outcomes in any detail. I didn't get that impression from the other posts. They sounded like more of a moral judgment. Or are you suggesting that murder itself is immoral and out of...

We are where we are with D&D because 1980s D&D culture left huge monuments to itself in text. If 2020s D&D culture doesn't leave equally huge monuments, the reaction to D&D's traditionally colonialist attitudes will be little more than a footnote in the history of the game. Twitter rage counts...

The decision not to abide by the result of a hidden die roll is a terrible responsibility, one that requires the explicit trust of everyone at the table and should still only be used at the uttermost end of need. But when that end is reached, that decision should absolutely be made. The...

And Aleena looks markedly like a very young Kate Mulgrew wearing Captain Janeway's season-one coiffure. I suspect a period TV Guide being used as reference.

Bargle is so guilty that I hear courts in the Duchy now indict the accused "Bargle" or "Not Bargle." Man, Bargle is way more put together than I ever pictured. Did I miss that episode of Queer Eye for the Mage Guy? You know, it's always been able to be worn secretly under clothing, and it...

No such thing. All Star Wars is good. There are a lot of solid points in the thread, and I even agree with some of them, but at the end of the day, it's Star Wars, and it's good. There's not a single movie on this list I wouldn't be excited to watch again, and when I meet people who don't...