Recent content by Scott Christian

For those arguing, here is an example: Stuart Franklin took the most widely distributed photo of the famous Tiananmen Square "Tank" photo. One man standing up to many tanks. (He is still alive.) If say, Banksy, decided to paint the Tank Man on one side of a building, and then on the other side...

You're right. But many times, it can work out like I suggested. Sometimes tables can take on a new DM. Sometimes they can switch a single player or a few players after the campaign ends. That is real life too.

Abyss has always interested me as a player. Not as a DM, but as a player, it seems cool.

It's even more fun to guess who is married to an art professor just by reading their posts.

I agree with you on easy and medium encounters. But for boss fights, even ones printed, I find this not to be true. I see DMs all the time in real life or on posts that have to "hold their punches" in order for the PCs to survive. I also agree with you that the CR system really doesn't hold...

90% is a pretty solid number for positive votes. It makes me happy that so many people are happy at their gaming table.

I wonder this as well. But I think since the market is continuing to grow, you keep having new players buy minis. I mean, most players and certainly DMs I know, young or old, seem to have at least a few minis. But with digital being popular, I would think it would shrink had it not been for the...

I am absolutely going to pick it up. We are starting a new campaign and before I grab it, I want to make sure our DM isn't going to use part of it. If he is, I will wait, because once I get it, I am going to read it. :) (Side Note: Our DM does not want to convert to the new rules. He would...

I mean, do you want an answer that you'll think about, or do you just want to try and quibble. My statement was clear: People who learn about art try to understand the artist and the time of the piece's creation. This way it can be placed into context. Context happens to be a big thing in art...

Cosmo and Vogue's chief editor's were women. They understand what sells - skin. Particularly aesthetically pleasing models showing skin. You can point to patriarchy all over the place, and much is true. But the real truth is you will not find a direct correlation to patriarchy and free-market...

While I agree with your sentiment here, this is incorrect. Publishers back then, especially female oriented magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Mademoiselle, Teen, etc. all had scantily clad women on their covers. There were no men buying those magazines back then. Men were buying Muscle and...

So many people don't know what they want until they get it. It has been true for myself, many of my friends, and students. The people around you have a huge impact on your perception of an activity.

It should be a setting that is: Magical. Magic spells, items, settings, and characters, NPCs, etc. But magic is rare. Full of conflict with dangerous creatures everywhere. But trade, outland farming areas, small inns on lonely roads, still exist without much of a problem. Full of...

While I agree with everything you say, the last sentence is not really on point. Sometimes, people have a vision, and others don't see it. It's the old spaghetti sauce test (Malcolm Gladwell's TED Talk). Sometimes the designer, be it video game, TTRPG, board game, or any design choice really...

I agree. I was just stating another possible solution that hadn't been mentioned.