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  1. Aaron L

    Overusing Coincidence in Game-Related Stories

    Seriously? The idea of the king being at an inn incognito with an assassin after him, and the PCs "happening" to be there to rescue him, is coincidence so bad as to call it "DM Cheating?" To most other people that's called "running a D&D game." Do you prefer games that are all random chance...
  2. Aaron L

    Mythological Figures: Merlin Ambrosius (5E)

    Ack... in D&D terms Gandalf is a Deva, disguised in the form of an old man, wearing the artifact Narya, the Ring of Fire. "Devas are angels who act as divine messengers or agents to the Material Plane, the Shadowfell, and the Feywild and who can assume a form appropriate to the realm they are...
  3. Aaron L

    Watch These 4 Trailers for Ravnica

    Ok, that sounds pretty cool then. Even if I don't like the setting it sounds like it should have plenty of cool/weird magitech rule stuff I can swipe. :)
  4. Aaron L

    The Castlevania Chronicles – D&D Edition

    I'd portray Belmont as a Ranger of the Monster Slayer archetype (from Xanathar's Guide to Everything,) with Undead as his primary favored enemy. That archetype was pretty much designed as a vampire slayer, and it fits the Belmont family as professional vampire/monster hunters perfectly. That...
  5. Aaron L

    Watch These 4 Trailers for Ravnica

    Ok, so I know nothing about MtG or Ravnica, and when I saw the cover for the Ravnica book I thought it was a cyberpunk fantasy setting. If that isn't accurate, then the cover is very misleading and I will be extremely disappointed.
  6. Aaron L

    News Digest: Witcher, Warhammer, Wrath & Glory, and Wizards of the Coast Game Announcements, and mor

    Ha! The Death Saves website has that awful moral panicky "D&D causes suicide and murder!" 60 Minutes segment with Gary from 1985 running fullscreen when you go there. Both hilarious considering how big D&D has gotten now and how utterly empty all the accusations obviously are, but also...
  7. Aaron L

    What's This Mysterious D&D Book? [UPDATED!]

    Heck yeah. I'd had a chunk of about a good 60 pages falling out of the Spell section of my PHB since just a few months after I bought it in 2014, and just last month I sent in a help request to WotC with pix of the pages falling out. They sent me an email the very next day asking for a pic of...
  8. Aaron L

    Everybody Cheats?

    Wow, so many people who nobly never, ever cheat! And they never masturbate, either!
  9. Aaron L

    UA: Giant Soul Sorcerer

    This would be GREAT for a Norse type Barbarian/Sorcerer mystic warrior.
  10. Aaron L

    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Giant Soul Sorcerer

    This would be GREAT for a Norse type Barbarian/Sorcerer mystic warrior.
  11. Aaron L

    Flipping the Table: Did Removing Miniatures Save D&D?

    Never used minis. Every time we've tried them they've changed the game into a chess match instead of an RPG. Hate them.
  12. Aaron L

    Making A Wish Creates New D&D Monster In Mordenkainen's

    It makes me think of the Commeson, or Superhuman Water, that created the Fake Vegeta in Dragon Ball Super.
  13. Aaron L

    Do We Still Need "Oriental Adventures"?

    D&D is such a culturally accurate portrayal of Europe that I am astounded Oriental Adventures was inaccurate! Seriously, D&D is a hodge-podge of European myths and fantasy (is it England? Germany? France?) that an Asian themed setting should be the same. The name could change, but please...
  14. Aaron L

    Whatever Happened to D&D's Underdog?

    My problem is that I really despise the idea of characters starting out as skill-less goobers and suddenly acquiring abilities with minimal training. Especially when it comes to magic. The idea of "young wizards" repels me. I remember in 1st Edition where the minimum age for Magic-Users was...
  15. Aaron L

    Asmodee North America Acquires Mayfair Games Assets

    If only this would mean that DC Heroes would be republished! Man, that is still the best damn superhero game.
  16. Aaron L

    News Digest: Star Wars Reprint, John Carter Quickstart, Industry Hires, Clue Movie, CMON Goofs, and

    The Kotahi pic looks like they're going with a Son Wukong/Son Goku concept for it, and with the joke about it being a hairy monkey creature that explodes with rage that just feels appropriate since that seems like a very fitting description of a Saiyan. They took a joke Wikipedia entry, and...
  17. Aaron L

    Unearthed Arcana Spores, Brutes, and Inventors: Unearthed Arcana Brings You Three New Subclasses

    I think the Brute re-skinned as the ultimate master warrior, being just better at everything through sheer skill and willpower (a Batman-style Badass Normal) is much more fitting to the great mechanics, and I am going to use it as such. Nothing about it particularly says to me "mindless brute...
  18. Aaron L

    Face The Brutality Of The Dark Sun Campaign Setting

    Last summer I bought a mint condition Dark Sun Boxed Set for 50 bucks on eBay. I keep it in a safe place. :)
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