Recent content by Willie the Duck

Yes, we (US) call our beer, uh 'spigots' (to use a third term both nations probably know but use less frequently) 'taps' instead of 'faucets' (and say that we have kegged beer 'on tap'). We (well, some people here) also tap maple trees for the precursor to maple syrup, have 'wire taps' in our...

As in, from some sort of tap? It wouldn't be the first time two unlike things related to a single topic shared the same name. FWIW, I live in the middle of midwestern middle America and have heard soda fountains sometimes called soda machines. It is the converse (having never heard them as soda...

Interesting comment right after a run of Buckeroo Bonzai references.

Looking at the Chainmail rules, the instance where 'class of armor' is referenced (Individual Fires With Missiles) lists classes of armor as 1-8 (unarmored, leather, chain, and plate; each with- and without- shields). Shifting that right one nets you the 2-9 we see in oD&D. I don't see anything...

Here is my hot take (for a theoretical game re-work): make stats matter less. At least to your class's main task resolution (combat to-hit and damage, spell to-hit or save DC). The primary determiner of your main class tasks should be your class and level, full stop. Attributes should handle...

This is true. However, the rules for priests of a specific mythoi do show up in the core books -- the DM just has to draw up their own death priests (it has the rules about such priests, but without specific examples). They might be persuadable to use the L&L version, or just one similar to it.

You just reminded me that John Lithgow looked like a 50 year old man from ages 30-70. Such an odd superpower.

Assuming for the sake of argument that the stuff in the glass is Pepsi or some other Coke-like product not produced by Coca-Cola as part of its 'Coke' line of products, then it is (for me, hopefully obviously): Not a Coke (a specific branded product). Is a Cola (a flavor/style of carbonated...

It can be combined with True Strike. That said, it seems very strongly like it is intended to be used with martial classes with 2+ attacks who want to use a casting stat as their attack stat. And it works: Wis rangers, Cha paladins/valor bards, and Int-eldritch knights are all do-able with...

No specific mention.

That and/or they do so instead of an attack, instead of along with one.

Personal conjecture: I suspect that Gary kinda defined his view on dwarves, elves, and hobbits/halflings back before thieves existed and clerics were still kinda new/focused on Sir Fang, so it was Fighting Men and Magic Users. There he saw the elves as 'the' magic user race. We've heard...

Yes, but the Alaskan sized king bed is 108"x108" (11664 inches-square) compared to the meager 80"x98" (7840) of a Texas King. As per usual, Texas is 'lower-48 large.' That, or we'll say the Alaskans need more space for extra blankets. Reference for metric/non-Americans: Alaska: 274cmx274cm...

As I said, it is the way that many of us played TSR-era D&D bitd. However, the game rules presented did not always comply. Assumption that frontline fighters will try to be in as heavy armor as possible, death at 0 hp, lack of non-lethal damage, slow natural recovery, careful tracking of...

I would have to agree. I would have this in the job description of this kind of role for every stage of the game's life cycle. I think I'm at the point where my position is that D&D'24 could well be a disappointment, and/or 6e could very well be on the way, but the evidence (or at the very...