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Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, they're definitely good guys. It's the vilification of "those who made stuff I didn't like" versus the franchise being saved by "those who made the stuff I liked" that gets to me. The Mandalorian is great, but it does regularly stray into Fan Service: The Series...

If you're able to mostly keep to a regular schedule -- say weekly or biweekly -- then tracking resources between sessions isn't too big a deal. When I'm actually able to get a game going, what usually happens is that we'll play every 2-3 weeks for maybe 3 sessions and then life happens and then...

My wife has described arguments over canon as people arguing about which fake thing is more fake than the other. You might be surprised. I've seen plenty of people go off on how Lucas no longer understands his own creation, or how he hates or disrespects the fans. Nothing is likely to ruin...

This. At best, the novels were the "official" continuation of the story... until they conflicted with what George wanted to do. And at the time that Heir to the Empire was published, Lucas wasn't making any films, period. He never even read most of them. I recall that when Lucas was writing The...

Dark Sun 4e and Eberron represent my preferred model for all campaign settings. When a setting is published for a new edition of the D&D rules, start with the core ideas and history of the world and then re-imagine it and tweak for modern sensibilities (if necessary). Convoluted in-universe...

They sound a lot more like the party members from Planescape: Torment than the ones from BG and BG2 (in terms of not being a typical D&D group).

The Clairvoyant:

As a kid, I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure books. My mother used to get them for me at garage sales and flea markets. One time, she found a similar type of book series, called Endless Quest. I think this particular one was the first that I read in that series, although at one point I...

I have never "completed" a campaign, as either a player or a DM, going back to 1987. Every campaign that I've been involved in has simply fallen prey to real-life getting in the way in one form or another. It's probably important to note that I've spent exponentially more time reading the books...

4E really needed a couple of good adventures that demonstrated how to play to its strengths right from the start. I assume the fact that it didn't was a result of the rushed development timeline. This sums up my experience with 4E almost exactly. Except I only ran 8 sessions before we abandoned...

I was 12 when I first played D&D (Mentzer Basic Set). I'm turning 47 this year.

It's not wasted space, it's negative space. It's an important element in visual design. I find the 4e and 5e screens much more usable in play than any of the older screens, as I have a much easier time finding what I'm looking for. You can tell they're designed for ease and speed of use in play...

Yup, that's the first thing that came to mind when I read the subject...

I started with the Mentzer Basic Set, and we followed the default 3d6 in order method. Mostly. It was more like "3d6 in order, reroll or ignore anything below 10 unless the DM was watching that roll."

Rules lawyers have a tendency (in my experience) to argue about my interpretation or application of the rules in the moment, grinding the game to a halt. It's difficult enough to actually schedule a game session when all of the players can make it; interrupting the game and making everyone wait...

Yes please. :)

So you played the Avatar Trilogy of 2e modules then...

I think that it costs twice as many character points to improve a Force skill if you don't have a mentor. It's been a long time since I've played it (or even read the books), but I'm fairly certain that is correct. It definitely worked like this in the first edition game, but I'm not sure if...