Recent content by Mort

This^ I really enjoyed the game night aspect of 1-2. I couldn't get into Exandria unlimited at all, actively disliked watching it. Tried to watch campaign 3 but fell off it. I tried to get back into campaign 4, but it (as you basically said) feels more like people showing up for an acting...

They did a whole movie prequel series. Started off pretty strong, but kind of lost itself - and due to various factors (mostly money) they're not finishing it

Intellect devourers punch way above their CR 2. Their ability to try and stun an opponent every round is very nasty. They make excellent guardians as they are near impossible to sneak past, especially by a low level party (Detect Intelligence is difficult to circumvent, especially at tier 1)...

Yeah, I agree. It really is too bad, because IMO the first season was significantly better than Picard, better than Discovery, and only a bit behind Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds in quality. I was not particularly looking forward to the 32nd century setting - but the show made it work well.

Yeah, I've seen "woke," and "divisive," - which are ridiculous. I hope the show runner/writers at least had some idea before filming finished so they can do a decent wrap up. But looking like probably not.

My gaming group is REALLY used to Tombstone pizza. So much so, that when I got Lou Malnati's (some of the best pizza in Chicago, IMO) for a game instead (someone's birthday) they actually looked at me and said "but where's the Tombstone pizza?"

The clip was 2 minutes out of an entire first season, we have no idea how much powers will be shown/used. Because it's the True Detective guys, I suspect it will be less than some, they seem to like to focus on gritty. But we'll see. I've disliked Lindelof ever since Star Trek: Into Darkness...

My group tends to start at level 3+, with level 5+ being common. We've been playing 5e a long time, 1st level tends to be "been there, done that" for them. Everyone would rather get to what we consider the sweet spot levels (7+) that much faster.

Wow, if he wasn't clearly being so dead serious I would think the entire piece was satire! It also explains why he's going to such great lengths to find people who hate Starfleet Academy. The thought that such an inclusive show is also (gasp!) good goes against his entire, currently professed...

Yeah, the writers are treating canon as merely suggestions/guidelines on SNW.

The Discovery episodes with Captain Pike are, IMO, some of the best Discovery episodes - and worth checking out. Plus, while not necessary, they give some more context to the first episode of SNW and what the heck caused the issue they're dealing with

I think that's a fair criticism of Discovery. Have you watched Strange New Worlds? It definitely puts the science fiction aspect in front and has MANY ideas vs. just standard action plots.

Not, if the caster is a sorcerer with careful spell or an evoker with sculpt spells. Then friendly fire isn't a problem, and distance isn't that big a deal either. It's a group game, and the caster generally has the luxury of picking spells that play to the group strengths, like not picking...

But casters can excel at controlling the situation and turning a difficult fight into a winnable even easy one. Everything from a well placed Web, or a timely Hypnotic Pattern, to low level stuff like increasing the party mobility with a jump or expeditious retreat. Heck, in 5.5 a sorcerer with...

For me, the changes to fighters, barbarians, and monks alone justify 5.5. Could the changes have been made without a new edition? Certainly, but the edition change brought on the, IMO extremely positive, changes. Same goes for weapon masteries - my group LOVES them. Could they have been...