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I was completely oblivious to it. I was deep in grad school and hadn't gamed in about 2-3 years. I wouldn't discover that there was a...

Yeah. So wise. A lot of that comes from Pratchett who had a way of seeing the work in an extremely practical but funny way. A quote...

The property was purchased by an LLC; I got in contact with one of the people involved. I can confirm it was purchased as a commercial...

See also Robert Jordan and GRRM. Though, if I recall correctly, the Wheel of Time was edited by Robert Jordan's wife. But though there...

I think Sanderson have become too successful to edit. He either doesn't listen/trust his editors or they don't dare too much and/or are...

I decided to go back to my childhood and re-read the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. I had forgotten how formative they were about...

This year I'm hooked on The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, the eco theme is seriously intense. Also reading The Broken...

Would second Talislanta. At a time when most of the fantasy RPGs were either solidly in the Tolkien or Arthurian mode (though the...

Talislanta advertised itself as being distinctly and deliberately different from D&D and "typical" Western fantasy, and all editions of...

I just finished reading Fritz Leiber's Swords and Deviltry, and came away suitably impressed. Notwithstanding the exceptionally short...

Yeah, they're so gross, but their place completely fits in the worldbuilding. Huh. That's pretty darn accurate. When those details are...

I think when the faffing around is actually the point, like in Jonathan Strange, its fine (but still a matter of taste of course). The...

Best use of cockroaches in any work of fiction, ever (not a spoiler, really - it's world-building)

Agree with you. To my mind, the pact is the source of the familiar. Without that source, there would be no Quasit.

I would rule against it - the player is trying to eat his cake and have it too. It also goes against the intent of the invocation, IMO...