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The feeling that player choice matters. If I do something foolish, then I can die. If I do something clever, I can bypass obstacles... -
The sense of lethality and danger. The reward for treasure over monster XP. When you feel like there's a real risk of your PC dying, it...
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At some point (not sure if it's still true anymore) it was for copyright reasons, believe it or not. The wave of Holmes productions like...
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cbwjm replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.I remember reading something about that, apparently there was a bit of an issue with Henry Cavill's version of Holmes laughingin the...
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cbwjm replied to the thread Spoilers Falllout season 2 discussion.House did mention digitising his mind due to the danger of wanderers (or something to that effect). I assume that meant the courier from...
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cbwjm replied to the thread Spoilers Falllout season 2 discussion.Yeah, not too many people he could have been working for, but the enclave never crossed my mind for most of it, especially since they...
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cbwjm replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.I haven't read any of the original Holmes books, but in all the media I have seen, he comes across as a bit of a dick.
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cbwjm replied to the thread Spoilers Falllout season 2 discussion.I dunno about Hank, I think he's truly gone. Clearly a fanatic, taking his own "life" to keep the secrets of the enclave. Actually, I...
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I’m usually game to try something at least once, but some of the geek media I did try and bounce off of are: Collectible card games. I... -
Yes, quite a few smart super mutants out there. Fallout 2 had the intelligent super mutant companion Marcus, voiced by Michael Dorn of...
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cbwjm reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
You're inserting an adversarial slant to this relationship that is really not warranted. If there's bullying involved, this is not a...
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Pretty much every game has had one or two. One of your companions in Fallout 3 is a supermutant who's a bit of a philosopher, and in...
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cbwjm replied to the thread Spoilers Falllout season 2 discussion.I think the supermutant is likely one of the smarter types from early on in the game's history. New Vegas had some smart supermutants...
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cbwjm replied to the thread D&D General D&D Archetypes that spread out to other settings and media.I've never actually read Smith, though I've got his Hyperborea cycle to read, and only ever read a single Lovecraft story. I'm not...
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cbwjm replied to the thread D&D General Why is the multi-classing spell slot math so weird?.I remember seeing this back in early 5e and didn't like it, if we weren't all using dndbeyond I'd have just stacedk caster levels so a...