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I was thinking about something similar, but in the case of Waterdeep (which is where this thread started 10 pages back!), there are a number of named high level characters there, but we can’t assume that —all— the high level characters are named in sourcebooks and modules? Or can we? are there...

Of course, one could have a world without deities? or one where they only exist because people create them to fill a need? And where they get power from being followed so more followers = more power? or a world where the divine is like the Jungian collective unconscious? That could be...

Scrivener is good as a writing tool, but requires a bit of commitment to make best use of its organisational benefits. Aeon Timeline is also interesting. Of course, you can just as easily keep events straight in a really big spreadsheet or as a big wall covered in Postit notes!

You can’t be paying serious money for a hardback with editing issues like this. In future, publishers will have to think about this: maybe do a couple of editions in pdf first, get it all debugged before asking people to shell out for the hardback. I’m also not sure I want 300 pages even in a...

I don’t know who soccer watching hasn’t been classed as an addiction yet: blokes going off to the pub 4 nights a week and all weekend to watch games on TV! And then there’s soap operas.. and daytime TV talk shows..and Judge Judy.. I know folks with a serious Judge Judy habit Long sigh

I guess it’s like the character with the 40 page backstory v the characters with a few quirks: Solo had a huge history, and is central to the story: hard to do much with him without breaking things. That limits the Solo movie a lot. Finn, and Rose, didn’t have big backstories, and aren’t...

Yes, if you have solid moral compass, even if it’s as simple as the Wheaton rule (Don’t be a dick) then, yes, you exclude people who don’t measure up. By all means engage, debate, call foul on a play but there is a point at which you have to say to people, even long term friends, ‘Sorry, I’ll...

I was never a fan of the crystal spheres as such, I thought of them as simply how folks in the magic using part of the multiverse made sense of the existence of parallel universes. On that basis, I can happily live with all sorts of crossovers or leakages of ideas between alternate universes...

I agree with Phasestar and Celebrim. While the phrase may be used as an insult, you should read it in context, and in this case it reads to me like a general comment on marketing. I don’t see that the original post was using it prejoratively. It’s a different beast to ‘SJW’ which, as far as I...

There is an interesting version of this in ‘Eye Spy’ in series 1 of Agents of Shield’ involving control through a cybernetic eye with a kill switch for disobedience- see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D._(season_1)#ep4 I imagine it could be adapted for a high magic setting

Absolutely! Put this on a tee shirt! If you compare the development of D&D with board war games, you see similarities. Old games like Napoleon at Waterloo are pure force on force, while intermediate era games like Terrible Swift Sword deal with troop quality and command. Recent games like...

People have already mention the 2300AD map, which is useful. I treasure my copy of this National Geographic universe map which is quite cool..def a good thing to hang behind the GM in any sci-fi game https://shop.nationalgeographic.com/product/maps/wall-maps/space-maps/the-universe-wall-map

Cork Action League have fairly regular gaming in bars, usually Monday nights. Boardgames, Pathfinder. There's also a boardgames cafe on Sundays run by Tabletop Cork. Both are on Facebook if you are looking for gaming while over here . But as an Irish person, what I don't understand is this idea...

Two points First, while it's not a billion dollar cinematic universe, look at the activity around the launch of Stream of Anhilation last weekend: live plays, twitch, YouTube: these new story arc launches are now events in the media channels of the future. I don't think these will become as big...

I don't know if bubbles will pop, but now that we're mainstream, I do see some interesting things happening. In the hobby, I've seen cons (in Ireland, where I live) where many of the RPG sessions are homebrew systems, often quite light on mechanics but narrative driven. I've heard this remarked...