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    The Mummy 4 Is Actually Happening?

    A search for Mummy 4 got this: https://people.com/the-mummy-4-everything-to-know-11844028 and https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/entertainment/brendan-fraser-rachel-weisz-mummy-reunion-scli-intl and https://www.cbr.com/rachel-weisz-the-mummy-4-ends-sequel-hiatus/ So early talks. Seems some are on...
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    D&D General Poll: How many Role Playing Games do you play besides D&D?

    What's D&D? Last played that before the move to 4E. Since: PF1, PF2, Fantasy Trip, Lancer, Traveller(blend of recent Mongoose and older stuff).
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    Playing "Adventurers" As Actual Adventurers

    Could do worse then read up on the US based Lewis and Clark expedition then find a game system that best models that adventure. GURPS might make a good fit.
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    "You meet a mysterious stranger in a tavern." Origins?

    A lot of 20th century authors probably read many of the dime novels about the American West when they were young. Said dime novels would pre-date TV/Movie westerns by many decades. Same novels were probably sold in Europe and other places during the heyday of the traveling Western Shows of the...
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    Dragon Reflections #99

    I have learned to mostly separate something from its creator. If a story, or invention, is good, enjoy it or use it. If the person that made it is bad, stay away or punish the person.
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    My Fingerprinting Woes Continue

    Haven't had OP's fingerprint problems but those public use touch screens are about a 50/50 tossup as to being able to use one without applying moisture to my fingertip. Try not to think too much about how many other people have the same problem and use the same solution.
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    "You meet a mysterious stranger in a tavern." Origins?

    Not exactly a tale of adventurers meeting but there is the mention in the Bible about "No room at the inn" for Jesus being born in a manger and later shepherds arriving to see him after being told about the birth by angels. It does sort of check the "Meet the mysterious stranger" box. Seems...
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    D&D General Who put all this Sci-Fi in my soup!?

    Most definitely not a new thing. Played several D&D/Traveller crossovers before D&D had versions. Between planar travel, gates and miss jumps, fairly easy to provide an in game explanation for D&D characters suddenly appearing on the bridge of a Scout ship or said Scout ship setting down...
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    Gaming Cons Have Changed (I'm Old)

    I think the welcome lack of CPM or W at cons is most cons mention in the con docs that lack of personal hygiene can result in revocation of a con badge. I imagine that most CPMs reform or give up on cons after being booted a couple of times. Also, CPM can't hide behind the pall of smoke that...
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    D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition

    Liches are normally intelligent(often very much so) and very driven by a desire to stay alive. Kinda how something becomes a lich. Playing one as less then very smart is setting up a participation trophy scenario. If the thing has a powerful effective spell, not using it so the players can...
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    Printing PDFs in Bound Books

    If you can print it yourself, places like Kinkos(often Fedex) will bind for a reasonable fee. Having it printed there plus the binding can get costly. Or use 3 hole paper and 'bind' with a 3 hole notebook.
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    D&D General Mike Mearls says control spells are ruining 5th Edition

    The story wouldn't be any better if the end boss played weak so the characters could win easy. Pretty much a meaningless participation trophy at that point. The risk of a true boss fight at high level is bad things can happen. With no clue as to the tactical situation of the battle, second...
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    D&D 5E (2024) If D&D 2024 Had Been Radically Different, Would You Have Stuck With 5E

    The poll assumes D&D is the only alternative. My group left the D&D fold when 4e came out. Switched to Pathfinder and others instead and so far we haven't looked back. So the selection is.... the non existing answer 6.
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    D&D 5E (2024) How to make ranged attack more hazardous for the user.

    Good defense against ranged attack is ranged attack. When goblin archers start targeting the party's archers, its all fair. Whatever the party has available for attacks, or defense, the opposition should have available as well.
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    I made a terrible life decision…

    Oddly, as part of my collection, I also have a Dallas game. The Game Store had several when I was in college and was giving them away. Don't think it has ever been played. No Gorn but I do have a Harcourt Fenton Mudd figure. Task for later today is to pickup 3 large bookcases purchased for...
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