Mort's latest activity
-
Mort reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers) with
Like.
Lower Decks is my favorite NuTrek, followed by Picard season 3 (mostly nostalgia), then SNW. -
Mort replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).Picard season 3 was pretty good. But the first 2 seasons, especially the second drag that average WAY down. The problem was clearly that...
-
Mort replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).I'd argue Lower Decks actually broke the dry spell. Too many people dismiss it as just a cartoon or just going for laughs. But, IMO...
-
Mort reacted to Ryujin's post in the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers) with Like.
I absolutely despised the slide into "Borgwatch", when Seven-of-Nine joined the cast. Then, on later viewings, I realized that her...
-
Mort replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).Overall, I actually like it. They're taking some big swings and pulling much of it off. If anything, I think they're just going for too...
-
Mort replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).I also wish they hadn't bothered with the Metron angle. I thought it didn't add anything and actually made the ending hit less than it...
-
Mort replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers).Current episode: Anyone else see exactly what was going to happen the moment Pike ordered La'an to be the one leading the landing party?
-
Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.Assuming such play is odd. In my experience many, many players are OVERLY paranoid and will take huge precautions. So should definitely...
-
8 It's fine as it is, gets brought up to a 10 by my own homebrewing and custom GM style. 8 because it "feels" incomplete. It's missing...
-
Mort reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
My feeling is, if you don’t want the possibility of that kind of story (where the fiction of the pact matters) don’t play a warlock. At...
-
Mort reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread D&D General The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts with Like.
All of this should be discussed during character creation of course. But I strongly feel that everyone is sorely missing out if they...
-
Mort reacted to JiffyPopTart's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Please help me to understand how my example is not an "in-fiction" representative of a minion? He appears like any other tough foe that...
-
Mort reacted to Pedantic's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Movie rules unconsciousness might be the single most common genre trope ascended to setting norm. Bonking someone on the head to put...
-
Mort replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's a 2nd level spell, a significant resource, especially at lower levels. It's VERY niche; if it doesn't work as advertised that's a...
-
Mort reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Probably because they realized that overly pedantic, deliberately obtuse readings of the rules result in the offender being pelted by...