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Tom Noonan of Manhunter died on Feb 14, he was 74. Cause of death not disclosed. https://thephrasemaker.com/2026/02/18/tom-noonan-dies-manhunter-villain-and-sundance-winning-indie-director-was-74/

Having complained else-site about how Pathfinder APs tend to be a bit disjointed because they are written by several different main authors for each adventure, I am 100% pro this approach. Although it's not out of the question that if you release one before writing the ones remaining, you may...

I will say in my case, this was my own idea, the GM did not suggest it. I didn't want to play a character that was an 8-IQ when it was safe for the party or myself to do so; but then spouting off a bunch of ideas the rest of the time. I had fun at least and didn't wreck anyone else's fun...

There's a reason they didn't reprint sea lions, Whizbang. We shall resume in an hour.

Lol, I thought you were going to say "wonder if they'll be old enough to appreciate WotC's next release announcement"

Ok wow, just scanned through the link. Amazing, and something I'd love to run/play someday.

If I recall, this is the SRD explicilty. Only 1 subclass per class. Not sure I'm looking to simplify, although that's certainly an admirable goal, and for some groups the right choice (I'm thinking of one of my own groups tbh). But for me, I was thinking about giving my players a bit more...

Folks have fond memories of the old RPGs and games AND can look at them with critical eyes of 2026 and call out the issues, with love. There are so many excellent games, rules frameworks, and people in this hobby. These are the good days.

Over in another thread, someone mentions that they feel that subclasses are limiting. Whether we agree with them or not, it kind of got me thinking about D&D without subclasses. If you removed the default builds (aka subclasses), could you do something easy like take every single current class...

Note also the Ravnica setting for D&D - the 10 guilds while "color" is not specifically called out, their nature is definitely implied in their in-world setting.

Best analysis, and pretty much spot on.

I used to play a low IQ GURPS character. When I the player had an idea that was even remotely appropriate, I'd roll an IQ test. If I failed, my PC didn't say anything. If I succeeded, my PC could say the idea. It was fun, although we only did it if my idea seemed a bit above what a 6 IQ...

How about the fictional concept of Standard Oil, Union Pacific (or other railway(s)), US Steel, and JP Morgan all merged into one big conglomeration - JP Standard Industrial. And we pick a town that's a "company town" - perhaps Omaha Nebraska. And then a "pick 'em pal" of which robber baron to...

I think one of the qualities of a megacorp in cyberpunk settings is it's transnationalism/ubiquity. The fact that Renraku, a Japanese corp, has a huge arcology in Seattle, (in Shadowrun) is a big part of the flavor of the megacorp