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Today, a stretch of river. Much like the English canal system, there are bridges and tow-paths.

I'm interested to see what form BG4 takes. I'm also interested in seeing what Larian's next game turns out to be. However, as the saying...

Yeah. Shouldn’t have bitten. Why don’t you learn Sword.

Actually changed my mind. I’ll bite. You're clearly invested in this topic, but you're coming at my post like it's some kind of naïve...

Resistance is not immunity. Hobbits are resistant to the magical corruption of the sort the rings subjected their wearers to. Not the...

Given how both Bilbo and Frodo were corrupted much more subtlely and slowly, it's hard to square Sméagol's corruption into committing...

what i got from that scene in the movie was in those first moments the ring was actively trying to influence him, after he had it in his...

I don't know. Catch a fish and eat it seems pretty high up on the list.

Plus, even at his lowest, Gollum's goals were much smaller in scope compared to what Gandalf or Galadriel would have done.

That's the wrong question. The correct question is why the ring's corrupting influence, so strong it could turn Galadriel and Gandalf...

I can see how someone seeing him immediately murdering his friend might think it corrupted him immediately. Is corruption like being...

Hot take. The players DO care. They just don't know that they care. In my experience those extra details from world-building make...

This is making me nostalgic for the days when elves, dwarves, etc. were all known as "demihumans."

Species as class alone doesn't get you that. But neither does saying "elves can be about class". It's the start of worldbuilding, not...

I've seen species as class expanded far beyond "elf" and "dwarf" to reflect the many other professional options. You don't have to do it...