Recent content by CleverNickName

Here's a picture from the Wall Street Journal, of the old design: ...and here's a picture from the same source, of the new remodel: My reaction:

$50 for a boxed set sounds...reasonable to me. And getting the digital content for an added $5 is really nice (more of this, please).

You've done a lot of maps, @Turgenev , but this one (The Citadel of Stone) is easily my favorite. Well done!

That would be a great argument for generic architecture...something I never considered. PNW Regional Modern isn't exactly "generic" but it is trendy, and trendy is good if you are hoping (or needing) to sell something fast. It's basically the House-Flipper's Playbook, but for commercial...

Agreed. Unfortunately, if a single company makes record profits one year, even if it's just a coffee shop, every corporate shareholder meeting will bark about it constantly. How can we be more like Starbucks? (fast forward a few years) How can we be more like Apple? (fast forward a few...

It feels a little more universal than just my own little gaming group, though. From the many different threads here on ENWorld and Reddit about character stat generation, I get the impression that most DMs prefer to use point-buy, and most players prefer to use the 4d6 method. I'm not saying...

Ah, the early 2000s. When every restaurant in America was trying to be the next Starbucks. It wasn't just McDonalds, and it wasn't just restaurants...even the local Jiffy Lube auto maintenance center had adopted that PNW Regional Modern* style of architecture. * I had to look it up. That...

I don't mind mayo on cold sandwiches, or mixed into cold salads (potato salad, coleslaw, etc.) But on hot foods (cheeseburgers, hot dogs, etc.)? Bleh. Pass the mustard, please.

When I'm in the DM chair, I always offer my players a choice to use either the 4d6 method or point-buy, and everyone always chooses to roll. The only times we've ever used point-buy was when the DM mandated it. I'm not sure if that says more about the game we are playing, or the people playing...

There's another category of Weird Al songs that wasn't discussed: Covers. His cover of George Harrison's "What Is Life" is one of my favorite covers of all time, and solely because of the PURE ENERGY the man brings to his performance in the video. And this little gem always makes me smile...

I'm not a fan. I like maybe two of them in total, with the rest being too cumbersome or immersion-breaking for my taste. I'd be more likely to implement the ones I like as magic weapon abilities. "This is the Sword of Xkdghesbykll. It's a longsword +1 and while attuned to this weapon you can...

Yep, it was Tinker AFB. ...but you didn't hear it from me. :uhoh:

Oh man, don't even joke about that. One time on a construction project, the contractor accidentally cut through an unmarked fiber optic line out in the middle of Nowhere, Oklahoma. Within 20 minutes, helicopters were circling overhead and armed military policemen were rappelling down onto the...