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Paul Farquhar reacted to Misanthrope Prime's post in the thread D&D General What are the boundaries of what counts as part ot Forgotten Realms? with
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There's a well established precedent of Raveloft Domains of Dread as "counting" as being both Ravenloft and the setting they're from... -
Paul Farquhar replied to the thread Your top 5 sci-fi movies (and why).Okay, my list: 1) Forbidden Planet. Inspired by Shakespeare, inspired Star Trek. The most important SF movie ever. 2) Star Wars (ANH)...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread Your top 5 sci-fi movies (and why).True for the vast majority of scientists in science fiction*. You start ruling things out on that basis and you throw away 99% of the...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Amphytrion's post in the thread D&D General What are the boundaries of what counts as part ot Forgotten Realms? with Like.
The past has taught me me that if something isn’t Forgotten Realms yet, it is only a matter of time. I think they’re both, i.e. joint...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Echohawk's post in the thread D&D General What are the boundaries of what counts as part ot Forgotten Realms? with Like.
I suspect the answer depends almost entirely on whether you are using "Forgotten Realms" to refer to a product line, a planet or a...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.There isn’t really a mid-point between realistic and hand-waving that is actually fun. Pirates of the Cabbean is completely narrative -...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread What are you reading in 2025? with Like.
So, as expected, Lucy Undying is fantastic, especially for people who know the original Dracula well. Dracula, of course, is an...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.Handle this through narration. Works fine in D&D if you break it into a series of shorter fights. Ship of Horror has a deck battle.
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Paul Farquhar reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign? with Like.
Pirates of Caribbean are, by today's standard, old movie franchise. First one is 22 years old, last one is 8 years old. Black Sails are...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.Me, probably REH, and the other people who made modern pop culture. Pirates of the Caribbean was based on a 1967 Disneyland ride which...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.Pirates is an old genre. That's why it features in Peter Pan for example. Treasure Island (and The Coral Island etc) where huge in...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.The OP asked about Pirates, not maritime in general, which makes a huge difference, since one works well in D&D, and the other is...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.Mostly in the 20th century, influenced by Treasure Island, movies. And ship combat is not usually an element. The movies are more...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?.Has some naval combat does not make it Pirates or not Pirates. Nor does it make it Naval. It's just something that might happen (and can...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D General Settings of Hope vs Settings of Despair.Yeah, this is the main reason I didn't like the 2nd edition boxed set. It treated the setting like a physical world, not a nightmare...