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I’m sure I’m not the only one here who despises Ability Score reduction. As a concept, it’s sound. But in practice, it’s a real PITA...

But that is exactly where I get the tonal whiplash from. The imperium is a comical satire of fascists lead by an evil wizard, but Andor...

Oh of course! No doubt in that! But usually it gets done in a more primitive and much cheaper version than designing with tons of...

This is very true, but @Retros_x has a solid point. The Empire may have a great number of supporters on a planet, and it would be...

This is a plan I had for a longer time too! Loved Pratchett in my childhood/teenage years. But because of my age I read the books in...

So while I was traveling, I finished Ursula K LeGuin's third Earthsea book, The Farthest Shore. I remember as a callow youth not liking...

Yeah, Sanderson (Mistborn, Warbreaker) was an example of good books and good details that I always reccomended. I also bailed after...

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...

What I'm seeing with my friends is that now 100% of us have been "taken out" by Book 3, 4 or 5 (Wind and Truth is 5) of Stormlight...

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...

Are you worried about Alzheimer’s? Kinda feel being able to publish at least 6 novels after the diagnosis is amazing which just goes to...

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...

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 finally finished Andor last night with my SO. It was really good! An actual good Star Wars series with great characters. But I don't...

I have a lot of fun at the moment with the new DK game for Switch 2. Its just bonkers fun done with Nintendo main team creativity...