Recent content by Calithorne

You write a lot of big words, but it comes down to just a few: You support the notion that artistic works should be reviewed by political correctness committees and censored if they don't meet political correctness standards. To make it even shorter: you are a Stalinist.

I've heard of people going out of their way to be offended by a fraternity that had a party where people wore sombreros. I would like to remind people that if that is your worst problem you're dealing with, then you have no real problems. Some people are hungry every day for instance, or don't...

Tell that to Mark Twain bud, or just about any great writer who challenged people's assumptions about the world.

I like SW because no one has a thick armor of hit points to prevent them from worrying in combat.

It's not my job as a writer to give a damn about offending people. Much of the greatest pieces of literature are very offensive, on purpose. For example, Mark Twain went out of his way to offend his fellow Southerners in his books. My father, who is a devout Catholic, would be very offended...

This was one of the worst things I've ever seen on television. I turned it off after five minutes.

The Education Chair of my writing group set up a "diversity workshop" to teach us straight white males how to write with "compassion" when we include diverse characters. I took a stand on our Facebook page, telling the group I was not going to seek approval from a censorship committee to write...

Whatever way you contrive to do this, you will just be frustrating your players and making less inclined to play in your world.

It is contrived. Why not allow them to land their spaceship?

I think everyone in our group now likes Savage Worlds more than D&D, and I will be getting the next edition when it comes out. I am no longer buying D&D books.

Yes, a doppleganger is perfect for this, and I have used it. The situation is such that a doppleganger appears and imitates a player character, and the other player characters have no way to distinguish the doppleganger from the player character, so he must fight it alone. If you're merciful...

Well, it looks like the political correctness warriors have captured another scalp.

The key to good improvisation is to have a core set of material around which to build. For example, in my science fiction campaign, I have made the core information of 35 planets, which are on index cards. These cards have a drawing of the planet, their population, government type, economic...

For me, it isn't a struggle at all. My world feels real to me, and when I sit down to create it, it feels more like it's being revealed to me, rather than me making things up. This happens whether I'm preparing ahead of time, or whether I'm free-balling it during play. I know I'm not the only...

I strive to inspire real hatred towards my villains, but no, I do not try to promote a particular political agenda.