Recent content by timbannock

Hope it works out for you! That said, that would get me to do the exact opposite of signing up early. The Gord books did not age well at all IMO :ROFLMAO:

Not to be a negative nelly -- but I am -- but man, I was hoping the Trolls would do a real edit on the Castle Zagyg stuff. But clearly they are just using the same overly verbose formatting as the previous Yssburgh and Upper Works versions with a fresh coat of paint. Knowing they are working off...

Always binge, IMO. I can't retain enough information over weeks, so if I can't watch something basically nightly to push through it, I'll forget some important element and be let down by an emotional hit that doesn't land with me due to faulty memory.

I actually just recently watched it. It was a fun ride. The ending was a little meh? to me, but not so much that it influenced the fun I had with everything preceding it. Knowing there's an S2 actually makes me more excited because maybe I'll get an ending I appreciate a little more. The...

Watch interviews with him. Guy is worldly beyond his years.

All for this. My only hesitation -- and it's not even vaguely enough to stop me from checking this out on release day, mind you -- is that it'll be interesting to see if it feels like a "complete" film. Kane's stuff is incredible, overall, but the piecemeal nature of his storytelling up to this...

That, Vast Grimm, or Star Borg, especially if you want the ship combat side of things.

I've posted about it on my site actually: timbannock.com Overall good. Prep was honestly super easy. Players are a little undecided about the time it takes you build each dice pool, so after another session or two we'll put it to a vote whether to continue with TOX or go with Shadowdark...

The makers of Esper Genesis also got to come full circle and make the Phantasy Star RPG using a 5E basis, but it seems like what little discussion surrounds it is pretty muted. I was hoping it would go for a streamlined 5E, but it doesn't sound like it went that route -- I can't really seem to...

Similarly, Cory Ellison from The Morning Show. Takes advantage of both friends and enemies for personal gain, tells the truth just as often as he lies in order to gain an advantage, and both has a nose for seeking out and sows chaos in order to both take advantage of it and sometimes just to...

But the 59th time will be SO DIFFERENT!

The massive volume of prestige classes in 3E (especially in its earlier days) can provide a lot of indicators. A great many were born from 2E kits, various factions, and loads of cultural material from Greyhawk's lore.

I don't do crowdfunding anymore because of this feeling.

The playtest being released at all -- certainly in its then-current form, but really at all in any form -- is what strikes me as very strange in this story. It adds the third narrative about writers not being paid and really confuses the whole thing. If it was a revenge-release, then I guess...

Precisely this. It's a step away from the "auto-win" combos and "everything's a net positive" in D&D (outside of pass/fail checks and several other things, I know, but I mean compared to earlier editions). Each of your 3 actions in a round is a clear choice because you not only weigh action vs...