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Retros_x reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread "You meet a mysterious stranger in a tavern." Origins? with
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Meeting a mysterious stranger -- or even meeting the new adventuring party -- in a tavern or inn has become a common fantasy and sci-fi... -
Retros_x replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.I know that is what you said, I was disagreeing with it :D my ranking is Short/Deep (Elegant in quality, Elevating/Inspiring as effect...
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"I like...big books and I cannot lie, little bitty books just make me cry. Reading short stories just makes no sense, gimme that tome...
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Retros_x replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.delightful its not the term I would use haha. I just hate thick books that don't have much too say, its a waste of time. Delightful is...
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Another side-effect of doing that gig for like fifteen years is that I mostly can't listen to people talk as a pleasure thing, whether...
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Thinking more on Anathem, and it is really striking to me how much of a throwback sci-fi novel it is in terms story structure. When you...
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Retros_x reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread What are you reading in 2025? with Like.
He was writing it in an early version of a serialized format, so even more than with Dickens, there's no reason for Cervantes to wrap...
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I haven't read Don Quixote for reasons, but I will point out that it's really early in the development of the Western novel, and kinda...
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Retros_x reacted to Scribe's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
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Retros_x reacted to Afroconan's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
I saw somewhere "Warrior of the Drunken Fist" and I think it fits perfectly. Warrior of Intoxication sounds like someone who eats bad...
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Retros_x reacted to Jefe Bergenstein's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
Changing Way of the Drunken Master to Warrior of Intoxication Monk feels like a bad parody of a sensitivity reader suggestion.
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Retros_x reacted to Morrus's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with
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Warrior of Intoxication Monk (formerly Way of the Drunken Master)… man, poetry is dead! Who named it that? -
Retros_x reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
The subclass has never been about actually being drunk, and still isn’t in this UA. If you read the description, it’s still about...
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Retros_x reacted to renbot's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
The I-can-stop-anytime-I-want-to monk
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Retros_x reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread New Unearthed Arcana Brings Back Five Subclasses with Like.
Warrior of the Chronic Hunger Warrior of the Snow Piles Warrior of the Ecstatic Communion Real Mage: The Ascension vibes here. :)
