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    What Does Your Perfect Session Look Like?

    First off, Joe Mangianello (sp), Deborah Ann Wohl, Matt Mercer*, and Vin Diesel are the players. Everyone shows up with their Modos 2 characters already finished, which is not asking a lot, and I trust these players to put a decent amount of imagination into them - which is a slightly bigger...
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    What videogames are you playing in 2026?

    Suddenly I have a clue why I'm not knee-deep in the Oblivion remaster . . .
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    What videogames are you playing in 2026?

    Congrats! I have the Convenient Horses mod, and a quest goal of Kill Two Trolls While Mounted. Trolls are either really hard to find outdoors, or I've already hunted them to extinction. :(
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    D&D 5E (2014) How to Build an Interesting "Mouse Puzzle Maze" Challenge?

    At first I thought you were suggesting putting an illusory Matt Colville in the maze as a jump-scare. These are fun ideas, but each fantastic idea that you add is another logical step the PCs need to (successfully) take to 1) be able to solve them, and 2) reach the end of the maze. Look at...
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    Project Hail Mary Discussion

    Yay, someone did it for me: 12 years to Tau Ceti and 12 years back (for the probes). One year to discover the Why, one year to implement the solution? That doesn't leave a lot of Sol after all. But it does explain why Grace had to be kidnapped.
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    Hasbro victim of cyberattack, some websites down but not D&D Beyond

    (That passes for a full sentence these days.)
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    When the top sci-fi RPG meets the top fantasy RPG

    $295,000 is a lot of disappointment for an April Fools joke. I guess it's legit.
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    Hasbro victim of cyberattack, some websites down but not D&D Beyond

    Finally! A conversation in which "bro" is an acceptable term.
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    The value of manned space flight?

    Are you referring to moon/planet landings? I'd hope the ISS operations speak for themselves, regarding orbital scientific value. Knowledge is power. And I think you just rewrote the slogan of the Elder Scrolls games.
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    Yet another "How old are you?" thread

    Can I be your cohort? I'd Like the post, but that somehow seems circular.
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    Project Hail Mary Discussion

    Hmm. I'd like to see the maths on how long his trip would take from Earth's perspective, assuming his ship didn't reach full light speed. Because he told the kiddies that the sun would be eaten in 30 years... and that's cutting it pretty close.
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    Project Hail Mary Discussion

    Good point. The vodka didn't last long, though.
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    Project Hail Mary Discussion

    Like accelerating to near-light speed without time -dilation effects worth mentioning? Or  decelerating from the interstellar speed? What doesn't take a science degree is the question SPOILER: what does Grace eat after the allotted time of his one-way trip is up? (Soilent green?)
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    RPG Evolution: taking the initiative

    I have a 7-player game coming up. I'll probably just go around the table, starting with whoever had the highest init contest. I'm curious - unless single actions are make-or-break (at what, 1st level?), what's the reason that each PC needs its own initiative count?
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