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It is "often claimed" but like, it's kind of total bollocks that only New Yorkers of the most chauvinistic kind really believe, because like, neither of those things are actually distinctive to New York, let alone NYC. I mean, I've been to NYC many times and eaten many bagels there. They taste...

Re: adventuring, it is as Peep Show put it: If there's no criminal or quasi-criminal element (such as trespassing, tomb robbing, etc.), is it even adventuring? Certainly in the real world virtually every person who has ever been labelled an "adventurer" could easily be labelled a "serious...

100% hard disagree. My experience is that there is absolutely huge overlap between the two groups. The idea that they have "separate and distinct preferences" doesn't seem even slightly true to me. And that as @Neonchameleon says, the rare math kids who have zero theatre kid in them typically...

Sure, but this game is usually pretty good about explaining new concepts in ways that are zero-confusion, and I think adding a couple of words is better than relying on 5E-esque "precise wording interpretation", which 5E demonstrated at great length does not work well for a lot of people...

Good general concept, but I think they're going to need another balance pass or three. Vampire - Seems pretty balanced. Werewolf - Pretty extreme curse for a less-great-than-it-sounds benefit. +1d10 attack/damage in werewolf form isn't much better than a lot of combat-oriented Druid forms, and...

I don't think there is, actually, not that does trading and stuff, the sort of people I know I should have heard of it. But I'll keep an eye/ear out in case I just wasn't paying attention. Re: unincorporated association - yeah it would be perfectly legal to do it, it's just I've never heard of...

Yeah, if that - like even with the tail and wings it doesn't look like it weighs as much as as the male human Fighter in the same picture (who is, admittedly, a big lad), let alone the rest of the party. Yeah as kids in 1989, that's absolutely how read it, like these people were kind of idiots...

I don't think "art done by committee" is a common complaint now either. Rather design of D&D by committee has been a common complaint (and often an unfair one) since 2E. I mean, like, even if you don't like the current pieces, they don't look "done by committee". Art and design done by...

Nah I appreciate the advice and it makes sense. I haven't sold anything on eBay for like a decade or more and then it was only 1-2 things. Ahhhh that's really cool - I don't know anything like that round my way (North London) but it could easily exist and I just don't know because I'm in my 40s...

Some confusion on whether Itch delisted Mouthwashing - devs say yes, Itch claims no.

Yes, probably. "lots of people who seem to have decent taste" can be extremely, extremely wrong.

As someone who has never done that, but has thousands of RPGs, what methods do you use? Certainly FLGSes in London aren't going to "trade" you a used copy of an RPG lol, so presumably you're talking Ebay etc.?

I would argue it is significantly larger now. Not only is the population a lot higher, but the basic barrier to entry to getting art out there and seen by people is significantly lower, and women and minorities have fewer barriers to entry now. There's a reason the same few artists were used...

We kind of do actually - you can read the merchant agreements on the Mastercard and Visa sites, so we don't have to speculate entirely. I haven't read the Visa one's penalties yet, but the Mastercard ones are basically "nuclear bomb" level. They can: 1) Fine you hundreds of thousands of...