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cbwjm reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread What is the single best science fiction novel of all time? with
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Ditto. I picked it up because I wanted something to read on a trip. My edition was advertising the contest to be in the movie. And... -
I flew on an all-day courier mission today, so I went through the first two novels in Richard Avery's "Expendables" series. The main...
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cbwjm reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think with Like.
There's two types of failed/unfinished campaigns IME. The first type (failed) is that which never really gets off the ground in the...
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cbwjm replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Do You Start At Level 1?.Usually level 1, but have also started at level 2 or 3 for a bit of added survivability or just so that everyone can have their subclass...
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cbwjm reacted to jian's post in the thread What is the single best science fiction novel of all time? with Like.
For me for Tchaikovsky it was Dogs of War. Amazing book, perfect sci-fi, like a much better thought out version of Grant Morrison’s We3.
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cbwjm replied to the thread What is the single best science fiction novel of all time?.One of the best sci-fi books I've read was Children of Time. It had sequels but this book was pretty self contained that you don't need...
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I'm reading a novella I picked up at a bookstore simply because it caught my eye: The Luminous Fairies and Mothra, the novella which...
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cbwjm replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.I have in past offered to fill in gaps in the roles, but I've also had a great time with playing the same class as another player. In...
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cbwjm replied to the thread D&D 5E (2014) Deeds of Legend (Fighter high level abilities).I like the ideas and the fact that they have multiple options allowing for an extra bit of customisation. Part of me wants these to kick...
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cbwjm replied to the thread Check Out This Early Arcana Unleashed Artwork.Something about that elf necromancer in the second image looks off, like the elf isn't quite part of the overall picture. Otherwise...
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cbwjm reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Why? If I'm playing a Thief and someone else brings in a mechanically-near-identical Thief to mine, why would (or should) I consider...
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cbwjm reacted to kapars's post in the thread Check Out This Early Arcana Unleashed Artwork with Like.
The Dragonborn art makes me smile.
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In our case, it was a complete non-issue, no GMs pulling rank required. Seriously. None of the people who ran campaigns even bothered...
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I played 3.5e throughout its run. Near the end, the game started to wear me out. It was mostly higher levels of play that killed my...
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cbwjm replied to the thread RPGs that you feel trip over their own cool ideas.Yeah, exalted has a bit too much mechanical complexity in what is an otherwise cool setting. I think I was thrown off by the charms as...