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Hobbit and Disney Sword in the Stone for me. Which inclines me to think wizards use either a big sword or pull a rocket launcher out of...

I bet a million internets the answer is one.

Dark Sun is a lot more John Carter than Dune.

It's funny. The whole reason for "It's not magic, it's psionics!" is John W. Campbell. As the powerful editor of Astounding magazine, he...

The far realm was a thing in 4e, which was the last time Dark Sun got any love, but a quick search of the PDF copy I have of the 4e book...

I’m pretty sure Athas is cut off from other planes, but the Far Realm wasn’t a thing when Dark Sun was created. So there is no “no mind...

It seems to me that if you need to keep changing the rules in order to keep a game interesting then there is something fundamentally...

I know it’s a fact because I have seen the statistics. I don’t go round remembering statistics because they bore me. But I’m sure if my...

Obsessing of statistics is other people’s enthusiasm. If you don’t want to listen to me, then feel free to live in constant...

I think that is an overstatement. The show is mostly good. Asimov was writing pulp sci fi for a living. He would be enjoying the show...

That's kinda the point. Haste grants an extra attack. On the players turn, if the player wants to use it. The player is not bound to...

I’m pretty sure the statistics show that, yes. I don’t think anyone buys all three core rule books and nothing else. They either buy...

In my opinion any class ability that lets one player do something on another player’s turn is bad. This was the problem I experienced...

On the whole a majority of GMs don’t want the game to be more complex. WotC gets it about right for most people, that’s why 5e is so...

On that, you are simply wrong. Lots of people, the majority in fact, buy supplements, settings and adventures because they like the...