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Dire Bare reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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The thing that gets me about this conversation is I remember literally being at a table at a Dundracon convention back in 1990 where a... -
Dire Bare reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I've been open about at least two DMs I've known who I would categorize as adversarial. One was a long-time friend who was very...
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Dire Bare reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
It was also a rejection of The Hickman Revolution style of story focused play and embrace of The Dungeon as a duel of whits between DM...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread Armoured MMA.This is MMA (mixed martial arts), the intent isn't to replicate the actual medieval techniques. It's probably close in a lot of ways, as...
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Dire Bare replied to the thread Armoured MMA.We are used to seeing Hollywood sword combat. Martial styles like this are closer to real combat, and ironically look "wrong" because...
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Dire Bare reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
Except @FitzTheRuke points out that it has nothing to do with the Amazon classification. It's all about the convoluted and irrational...
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Dire Bare reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
I worked in e-commerce for a large company for a while that had a fair number of Canadian customers...it's not fun, and honestly for a...
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Dire Bare reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
The worst part of it is there's no way to predict it. WotC can't warn you about it, because they don't know anything about it. It's...
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Dire Bare reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
@Henadic Theologian is speaking from direct experience of being charged an extra, unexpected fee, when receiving product directly from...
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Dire Bare reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
I'm also unconvinced that the classification within Amazon impacts the classification for tariffs. It's still a physical book when...
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Dire Bare reacted to bedir than's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
The reclassification happened well before anyone thought that the tariff war would be a reality. It's not Hasbro's fault that they...
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Dire Bare reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
I do think the complaining about this is another example of the entitlement mentality. People seem to think they have a right to know.
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Dire Bare reacted to Michael O'Brien's post in the thread Release [Chaosium] Exploring the legends of King Arthur: Phyllis Ann Karr's The Arthurian Companion - Special Edition with Like.
"The Arthurian legend holds a different significance for us entering the twenty-first century than it held for Chrétien, for Malory, for...
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Dire Bare reacted to Nikosandros's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
I must be weird, because I'm still reading the recent releases (and indeed I still don't have them yet in physical format) and I'm...
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Dire Bare reacted to FitzTheRuke's post in the thread D&D's Lack of 2026 Announcements Actually Follows Precedent with Like.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I like announcements as much as (if not more than) the next guy, but it's a practice that is...