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If this is the sort of political inaccuracy that bothers you, then this might not be the right movie for you :) I on the other hand, think this could be the greatest cinematic achievement since Citizen Kane. Though admittedly, it would have been great to see QE2 and Barak Obama battle drug lords...

Dwarf Wizard was the most fun character I played in 5E. Super-high AC and lots of HP (at least by wizard standards). I focused on close-range/touch spells so I could wade into my opponents (so shocking touch/flaming hands yes, flame bolt/scorching ray no). I carried a big axe so that NPCs always...

Great idea, but I think we could take it even further. Perhaps WOTC could come out with a 'basic' rulebook for starting characters (say levels 1-3) that would teach the rules, have lower magic and a grittier setting where even your mundane equipment would be important. Then there could be an...

When you read a recipe, there has to be something (a description, a picture) that makes you excited about the end product. Otherwise it's just a list of ingredients and steps that you probably won't choose to make. I suspect that there are many DMs and players who read (and buy!) gaming books...

The only successful mecha game that I've been involved in was run through the Marvel FASERIP system. We all had suits of power armour and it was a futurist sci-fi world with a bit of a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe (note - it was a unique game world, and didn't include any Marvel characters). The...

My Canadian trilogy: Hardcore Logo Roadkill The Sweet Hereafter My Stuck in a Confined Space with Terrorists List: Die Hard The Rock Con Air My Indie list: Trees Lounge Trust Smoke My Alternate Indies list Being John Malkovich OR Transporting High Fidelity The Limey Quirky Action Film...

Sure. One thing I dislike is is weapon masteries. The assigned masteries feel really arbitrary/silly/gamey. They introduce too much advantage/disadvantage into the game (I like A/D, but this is too much of a good thing). As a DM, keeping track of sapped opponents is a PITA. There are lots of...

We running 5.5E game right now, and I'm finding I dislike more of the changes than not. So I'm hoping we go back to 5.0E for our next campaign. There are a few things I do like (like the wild-shape rules) that I would want to incorporate. To be honest, I feel like I've spent a lot of money for...

Well, it's kind of a OSR's greatest hits combined with "modern" D&D mechanics and a few tricks to improve the table experience (i.e., real-time torches, always on initiative, no darkvision). So you get things like ascending AC, death saving throws and stat-based saves (save vs Dec vs save vs...

Back when Cubicle7 was publishing the One Ring, the 5E version (Adventures in Middle Earth) always came out afterwards (except for the Rohan book which was never published for 5E since Cubicle7 lost the license). Apparently for them, the AIME 5E version strongly outsold the One Ring version...

I think one difference is that while some folks are reacting to either WOTC's business practices or modern D&D gameplay changes, lots of older games don't have that baggage. If I want to play Call of Cthulhu, well, whether I use 1E or 6E, there isn't much difference. Modern RQ is basically RQ...

Sure I can. I just purchased the whole line-up of 1E products just a week before FL announced the second edition :( I haven't even gotten the game to the table yet. Also, the exact same thing happened when I ordered a bunch of Pathfinder 2E stuff right before they announced the Core ruleset. So...

Ok. My order: 10. Death Proof. Good, but the only one I generally don't bother to rewatch. 9. The Hateful Eight. A pretty good movie, but seems to lack some of the snap or playfulness of the others. 8. Jackie Brown. I like it, but I think of this a Leonard Elmore movie, not a Tarantino movie...

Cute, but no. "Rages" should be spirit channelings or something.

Then it probably should be renamed to something else. If it's not the red haze of battle, then maybe just it call it magic points or something.