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The Polygon article itself said that when Perkins said “they lost the plot”, he was referring primarily to the obelisk storyline. What I’m getting from this is despite having something in mind for Eve of Ruin, Perkins left his design role well before the project was officially started and the...

Preferably with a dove flying off behind them too.

Outrun the tidal wave? Outrun the explosion? Amateurs! I’m going to outrun the SUNRISE!! 😂

Relatively, yes. That’s how much bigger they are now. I’m guessing they are much more concerned with how their brand is perceived by the greater community which is why I think things like Critical Role, Stranger Things, Baldur’s Gate 3, and their forays into movies and streaming matter more to them.

Sure sounds like folks want to wash their hands of this one, though in all honesty, it sounds a lot closer to what Winninger proposed than not. Perkins wanted to go back to Netheril. Winninger wanted to go back to Castle Greyhawk. There were lots of cameos in the end result. I have a hard time...

“No, I buy the more expensive iron rations - less carbs, more protein” “Doing wind sprints in chainmail is a total body workout - you should really stop reading that spell book and strap on some armor; it’ll do wonders for your Con.”

I guess I have to reassess the definition of twee because Mr and Mrs Smith didn’t seem anything like it.

In all honesty, Con/Dex/Str, probably in that order, largely because they are physical attributes. They don’t really say anything about the character from a roleplay standpoint. Sure, mechanically they’re easy, but so is any stat. We can think of what it means to be intelligent, or charismatic...

I don’t know - I just feel the premise is in conflict with itself. If companies are rushing to D&DBeyond at their peril - is that not framed as bad? If most players only care about D&D and don’t care at all about the OGL or 3PP, is that not bad? I think framing this as someone “winning” is just...

No, but it could be as Ezekiel Raiden pointed out, just evil in denial.

I’m confused by this point. Are people here for D&D specifically (in which case, aware or not, they are there for the brand) or are they calling it D&D in an eponymous way for any TTRPG: the way we called any photocopying to be Xeroxing.

Okay sorry, I missed that point amongst the rest. While you think it doesn’t negate the CEO is overlooking the in person aspect, neither do I think it proves it.

I didn’t dislike the movie overall either and I think that was more a testament to the likability of Momoa and Bautista, plus a soft spot for buddy cop movies. I also liked the over the top ridiculousness of the car chase scene, even if the FX were a bit hokey.

But here’s the rub - if you watch them play Critical Role, everyone at that table is managing their character via a tablet. In person and digital aren’t mutually exclusive.

I watched The Wrecking Crew this week with Momoa and Bautista, and there’s a scene where they do a knockoff of the Oldboy hallway fight, and it’s just so bad. It needed a better editor or coordinator or something because it just looked like a wrestling match where a punch misses by a mile and...