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Paul Farquhar reacted to pukunui's post in the thread Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers) with
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Interesting. I loved the three far future seasons. It felt MORE like Star Trek to me. I was just sad that the seasons were so short and... -
Paul Farquhar reacted to Tonguez's post in the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons? with Like.
Chinese Dragons also come in a variety of colours, though they tend to represent ideals rather than being coded in the manner of DnD...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General Why do we color-code Dragons?.There are other examples of colour coded dragons in fiction, such as Anne McCaffrey, and even Tolkien (dragons are colour coded on an...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General Why wouldn't you run a Dark Sun game? with Like.
I think that's why people like it. DS is different. Also has that vibe. Newbies have often hard of it and there's a few youtube...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General Why wouldn't you run a Dark Sun game?.That was the point - TSR felt the D&D chassis could do much more than generic fantasy. If you look at the very early D&D stuff there was...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to earthsea_wizard's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with Like.
I feel that this 2010 quote from Rob Kuntz is relevant here. He posits that medieval fantasy was only a weighed commerical decision...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Lakesidefantasy's post in the thread DDAL Elven chain armour. do you need light armour proficiency? with Like.
I don't fault you for presuming magic is responsible for the training/proficiency, especially since this item is found in the magic...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General D&D memes thread discussion….I ain’t never seen a horse fly.
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Thoughts on Infinite Staircase?.I think this is changed from the original. I haven’t looked at it for a long time, but it had a wilderness hex map with a bunch of...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread Violence and (Geek) Entertainment.Maybe. I wouldn’t claim to “get” King, and have never enjoyed his work. My personal impression is he wallows in misery and the awfulness...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Heroes of the Borderlands."The size of a piece of paper" :unsure:
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General Ditching Archetypes 6E?.And that relates to archetypes how? The AC arms race has been an issue at high levels since 1st edition. It's built into the hit...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General Who else was resistant to Eberron for awhile before falling for it?.Yeah, I was resistant to it at first, because it was too radically different to what I was used to. As I got older I realised that my...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General Ditching Archetypes 6E?.You can make higher levels tougher by using higher than suggested CR enemies. Or getting some less skilled players. The difficulty bar...