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Even by pure ANH, Luke’s dad (even before he turned out to be Vader) was an active Jedi Knight, fought in the Clone Wars, and conceived Luke before he died. Though, as pointed out elsewhere, those things didn’t have to happen as close together as they wound up being depicted in the prequels.

On knowledge of the Force, the Jedi, etc.: In the original trilogy, Luke has heard of the Clone Wars and maybe knows that Jedi Knights fought in them (he initially denies that his father could have been one, but doesn‘t ask what they are). He does ask what the Force is, doesn’t seem to...

Note that 4e encounter powers and dailies (the source of that terminology in the D&D lineage) actually were short/extended rest recovery, with short enough short rests that you were assumed to do one after every fight. And while I misinterpreted Basic D&D's per-day spells as "they literally...

Whether they withheld information surely depends on when they made this decision. At one point they seemed to honestly believe they could just swap out licenses and PF2 would be fine. Then it may have occurred to them that, while the core mechanics are likely safe, things like specific spells...

Heh. The culture shock would be hilarious, though one could also play up the personal tragedy. Any other friends or siblings who didn't go to the amusement park with the gang would be middle-aged, possibly with teenagers of their own. Parents would be elderly or even dead. And of course, the...

Then one hopes they also return to the 80s, shortly after they left, not forty years later.

It amused me that during the whole “moviegoers are heroes” thing, Sophia Lillis and Justice Smith are just smiling uncomfortably and not saying anything. Obviously they just had a bigger main cast than the bit was scripted for, but I like to imagine them being lIke, “Okay, I’ll sit there, but...

Yeah, but Starfinder goes further than even most D&D derivatives in that area. Even the normal weapon lists are leveled, with different science-fictional adjectives indicating more advanced forms of people-hittin‘ hammers and whatnot. It’s odd even by D&D standards.

Yeah, but THOSE publishers can easily release under the ORC or another, non-WotC license, since WotC only cares about clamping down on D&D IP. Having to do so is an annoyance, but not nearly the problem that the "de-authorization" is for D&D 3PPs.

People have recreated pre-3e editions, which had no SRDs, from the 3.5 SRD under the OGL. While there are changes, OneD&D, from what we've seen so far, isn't so big a change from 5e-2014 as to make that impossible. Enough of the core of D&D is now available for anyone to work with that they...

It was made under the OGL and originally used D&D-derived terms and mechanics, though it has increasingly moved away from even those similarities. The point is that M&M was most definitely a game (at least originally) that meant to advertise itself as easier to understand for people familiar...

It still manages to have "Millions die by fire if I am weak" (thought by Superman while tanking a nuclear missile, an act that, it is implied, might actually kill him and almost does). Miller definitely treats Superman poorly for much of TDKR, but that bit shows he has at least some inkling of...

There’s an online tool that automates the 2e charts here. http://peterstribe.com/crystal_sphere_generator2.html Just skip the bits referring directly to the crystal shell and the stars upon it if you’re not using those.

The tweet combines lore from three different editions, written by different creatives over decades. It may be helpful to show that problematic elements have long been present in this species’ description, but people are responding as though it’s all from the new Spelljammer. The “uplifted slave...

There are two different issues being discussed here. The original claim was that one could judge “compatibility” between 2014 and 2024 material based on whether AL allows both to be used together. The argument against that was that AL play is already different and more restrictive than home...

What’s the word on Legends of Grayskull? That’s the one I’m looking forward to most.

Sure, they are a slice of different players, but they play the AL way, with all its rules and restrictions beyond what the rulebooks say, because that’s what AL requires. What evidence do we have that a significant number of them play with AL restrictions at home? The argument is whether...

“Lifting” aliens from UFO lore is hardly unique in gaming (or movies or TV). Of their many sins, it is surely venial.

You couldn't do that in OG Spelljammer either. Wildspace stops at the boundary with the Flow outside. The difference now is that the thing outside is the Astral Sea.

Since you're here, sir, a question. I know there were fake "Michaels" running around on the internet for a time after your name was first dropped as the new PR guy -- there was considerable disbelief at first as to whether you even existed -- so maybe I ran into one of them. But I asked someone...