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I think you generally see less countermagic in Magic these days because of the pre-eminence of Commander as a format. Counterspells show up less there because one-for-ones are inherently less useful in a multiplayer format. You still see some of them played, but more as emergency buttons ("No...

So, going back to 1e? It was intentionally above the curve. But the curve was in the wrong place, leading to fireball being fine-ish anyway. PCs have similar hp, yes – slightly more because the floor is higher (rogues and bards have d8s, and sorcerers and wizards d6s, but that's a marginal...

Yeah, that sounds about right. I just wanted to make sure you didn't expect "the Viking RPG" when it isn't that.

You'd love this place where I used to live: Though back then it was a more raw concrete grey.

Pretty much, yeah. And he also mentioned something about it scaling at +2d6 (and magic missile at +3 darts).

The only game I've seen that really gamifies that kind of stuff is, of all things, Underground. Underground is a sort-of supers game set in the dark future of 2021 where you play gene-modified veteran soldiers who aren't quite right in the head, partially because of trauma from the wars they've...

His main argument is that after seeing the game in action blast spells, particularly AOEs, are underpowered in general and that fireball is closer to where they ought to be. That's not the stance they had when designing 5.0, but over time at least Mearls has come to that conclusion. Part of the...

I wouldn't get my hopes of Norseness up too high. My recollection of Trudvang from back when it was released in Drakar och Demoner 6 is that it was pretty basic fantasy with a bit of a Norse touch to it, but not going for any kind of authentic viking/norse stuff. It's probably closer to later...

I prefer malaphors.

Sounds pretty square.

I never really got into Trudvang, but my understanding is that Paul Bonner is to Trudvang as Brom is to Dark Sun, diTerlizzi is to Planescape, and Reynolds is to Eberron.

Earthdawn has threads used for spellcasting, but that's the opposite effect. In Eon, it's an explanation for why you can't just take more time to generate magic power for your spells, while in Earthdawn it is specifically a casting time mechanic.

The Maquis, along with the Klingons, served to put enough pressure on the Cardassians to make them make some choices in later seasons. But it would have been interesting to see them explore this some more. Hmm... goes to look things up on Memory Alpha Oh, that's interesting. Apparently the...