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    The EN World Selfie Thread

    Me with my wife — who isn’t called Gertrude II.
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    28 YEARS LATER - New Trailer

    Watched it this past weekend. Mostly enjoyed it, but was a little underwhelmed. I felt the pacing was a bit off, and didn’t really have much emotional investment in the characters. Ralph Fiennes was excellent, but that’s kind of a given. Felt more sympathy for the humanity of the infected...
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    Which summer movies are you looking forward most to?

    28 Years Later I'll probably watch Naked Gun because Liam Neeson does pretty good deadpan, although I don't think he'll carry it as well as Leslie Nielsen. Even though their names map well phonetically - that must be why they chose him to play Frank Drebin's son. Brad Pitt driving cars doesn't...
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    GM fiat - an illustration

    I don’t have any skin in this game philosophically, I’m pointing out differences in usage and reasonable inferences which can be drawn from words. To insist on a singular meaning for a word when it has a parallel negative connotation runs the risk of it being construed as a dog-whistle. To...
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    GM fiat - an illustration

    A disjunctive clause does not relegate the status of the second definition; both are coequal in applicability. Especially in a dictionary. "Arbitrary" is a primary definition of fiat according to Merriam-Webster. You are using fiat in an exclusive way. That's why people keep having problems...
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    GM fiat - an illustration

    As we're picking nits, Merriam-Webster gives the following primary definition of fiat: 1: an authoritative or arbitrary order: decree So there actually is a real difference in usage amongst posters in the Anglosphere here. And I think the pejorative connotation is pretty well established re: D&D.
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    What Published Modules Have You Run or Played Multiple Times?

    B2, B4, S4, G1-3, D1-2, D3 - all at least 3 times.
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    GM fiat - an illustration

    This is an interesting discussion, although the tone is verging on acrimonious in places. I find myself unable to decide if there is a meaningful difference between "DM Fiat" and "DM makes a decision" as the two ideas seem - speaking with natural language - synonymous in my head. If the...
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    how many of powerful beings and/or high-level characters do you think is appropriate in a typical fantasy world?

    A long time ago (1E era) I internalized a few general principles with regard to level demographics: (1) PC-class characters comprise 1% of the population (2) 50% of PC-classed characters are Fighter-types, 25% Rogue-types, 15% divine casters, 10% arcane casters (3) The prevalence of any given...
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    House of Dragons vs. Rings of Power (and a touch of Wheel of Time)

    There's still a good chance that Sauron's captivity in Numenor will be portrayed - although I'm confident it will be bungled, like the rest of the show. (I've expressed my issues with RoP in other threads - at length, quite forthrightly and unapologetically - and alienated a number of posters in...
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    D&D General What Does New Coke Tell Us About Designing for D&D

    I seldom buy coke, but when I do it has to be in the little glass bottles and made with cane sugar and not corn syrup. I like it ice-cold, but not over ice - which dilutes it unnecessarily. It's then a delicious treat. Just like B/X. /runs and hides.
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    The Greatest Literary Villains of All Time

    Anton Chigurh nowhere to be seen.
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    D&D General Can a Wish spell move a moon to cause an eclipse?

    Sure. But that’s not what I replied to. This is what I replied to: Which is why I wrote: Because, regardless of the metaphysics, the Babylonians understood that the Moon was blocking the light of the Sun.
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    D&D General Can a Wish spell move a moon to cause an eclipse?

    I don’t really think this is accurate. The ancient Babylonians understood well enough in the Second Millennium BCE that when the Moon’s path crossed that of the Sun then an eclipse would occur - to the extent that they could predict them years in advance. But such events were still...
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