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Well, number one, I was talking to someone specifically about Dune, and not about SF in general. If you wanted to know my definitions...

That's... a really good way to phrase that. Maybe "mythologize" is a better descriptor than romanticize. Not that SF is always about...

Sorry, I think you misunderstood. I said that the primary theme of Dune was an exploration of free will in the face of prescience. Not...

I think you two succinctly captured the crisis I'm going through. It feels right now that we are doomed to never escape samsara, we will...

What i switched to. Potions refill at the start of every day. Thus no worry about wasting them. Obviously I give out far fewer of...

How so? In what way is that wrong? Fantasy as a genre is an outgrowth of folktales, among other things. Folktales are morality...

Actually, that's the basic definition of the genre. Fantasy is a romantization (I'd argue fetishization) of the past. That's the point...

Ahhh. I think I see where the problem lies. To me, SF is not defined by trope. Like, at all. You can have SF set in the stone ages...

It's funny. I had a twilight cleric in my campaign. Now, the campaign only went to 8th level, so, maybe the problems occur later, but...

Crit kills. DOUBLE Max HP.

Good grief. Just once I'd like to say something that is totally uncontroversial and pretty much generally accepted without having to...

Dune is very much not fantasy. LIke, at all. If you are reading something and thinking it is not political, I'd say right back atcha...

That's pretty true. About the only way you make non-focused fire (unfocused fire?) work is if you add in some sort of death spiral...

Love Pratchett, but Pratchett, while written in fantasy, is far, far more satire than actual fantasy. You are, of course, right that...

And, there is another point. When the game isn't designed for people who optimize, it means that the rest of us can pick it up and play...