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Netflix produce almost nothing I like these days. And that which they do produce tends to be 1-2 series then cancelled. Almost all their...
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Don't you? That sounds awfully like Daggerheart or PtbA or Spire. What's the distinction you're making? I mean Daggerheart has you...
Aug 18, 2025
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Given Shadowdark's apparent continuing popularity it seems like as per Pathfinder 1E benefiting from 4E, people liked what they got...
Aug 18, 2025
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yeah, SD was timed perfectly to benefit from it. Not sure anyone else managed to catch that window at all though, rather than just a...
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So what is the figure for their licencing? Because it's below, like $20m, they're pretty much got to be counting the BG3 sales revenue...
Aug 18, 2025
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Wow I'm actually really surprised by how low that is for like, GenCon where you're looking at very serious RPG enthusiasts. I honestly...
Aug 18, 2025
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I'm sure that's true but given 20m+ of them are likely "people who played BG3" (given it hit 15m last year), and probably tens of...
Aug 18, 2025
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Which doesn't mean it isn't the majority of their licensing earnings or the like, just that they didn't name it - indeed I am not...
Aug 18, 2025
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That's why I said compare 2018 to 2028, not compare 2018 to 2025 so... not sure what your point is... could you explain? LOL no it...
Aug 18, 2025
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Well, it doesn't help that some people are simultaneously critical of D&D, but really vague about what parts they don't like and whether...
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So, base-12 for money because 12 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6 which is really handy when you may be making change by...
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I'd definitely believe that! 5E had a slow-ass start. Hell I didn't buy it for a long time. I think the big question will be after a...
Aug 18, 2025
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I remember a long-ago thread on maybe Shadowland.org or something (so like, probably 1997 or something) where people had to try and make...
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There's always been a tendency with NPC writeups to just write down whatever and ignore perfectly functional build constructs that any...
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Yup; in M&M, you also ran into some of the ways some offensive abilities interacted with Hero Points and GM Fiat. In practice after...
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