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You are correct. Next time, cite a reputable source. Remathilis, former English teacher

The problem is that I can't tell you if that's something that AI hallucinated or pulled from a real thinking person and I don't have the...

It might be faster to go in the other direction though, since it’s reverting to original colouration. But if we are being sciency, a...

Agreed. Personally I’d view this as a matter for session zero. You have that conversation about what sort of campaign the DM expects to...

On Hope vs. Grimdark: In Game of Thrones, trying to do the right right thing and make the world better often, rather than just failing...

That's more to do with the way campaigns were run back then. If the DM bought an adventure, they would drop it into their ongoing...

That was how things were generally done in those days. And why people who remember those days don't agree - they all created their own...

A good example of why metaplot is so terrible. It's best to assume the timeline does not advance, and campaigns always start in the same...

The novel I read was a police procedural (rather like the movie Bright). It was quite good, and would work as a RPG set up. Generally...

nor is a piece of art being rewritten, a new piece is being created.

That's simple. Don't buy it. Pretend like the book doesn't exist. Then your precious ideas about how Dark Sun should be can be...

It’s a level thing I think. The CRPGs went up to level 20+, but most tabletop games rarely got over level 9. Levelling was much slower.

I'll have to take your word for it. My experience of 2e is through Planescape: Torment and Baldur's Gate 1/2/SoA. In those games...

If you have a couple of hours, the movie Nefarious was based somewhat on the Screwtape Letters. The Canterbury Tales had some good ones...

Not sure the model and year…