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The D&D comics were awesome, especially with how well they handled notable characters (Alias having to defend the credibility of her infamous armor- "it's enchanted." "Oh I'm sure it is!", and so on) while having an interesting cast- how often do you see a single-classed Dwarven Thief? A...

I used to go all-in describing gems and art objects, taking my inspiration from the tables in 2e's Forgotten Realms Adventures. Love that book. Anyways, I started to notice over the years that it was just taking way too much time for me to describe the treasure, and for the players to write it...

Bringing up Star Wars amuses me. I've played enough Stars Wars games to know that any character without force powers might as well be the everyman hero. You quickly get relegated to "guy who flies the ship" or some other trivial support role. The last time I played SAGA, I had a character who...

A player of mine had a similar argument when they Frightened a monster that was unable to see them due to Invisibility. "I would think they'd be more terrified of not being able to see something they're Frightened of, not less". We've since instituted what I call the "Slasher Houserule"...

They could, however, command you to fall prone, which doesn't even take an action.

Oh, the "No Profession" Profession? I mean, kind of, but it's really more about building a jack of all trades, as I recall. - I don't know about Fighter as an "everyman" per se, but if you have a character concept like "farmboy", "trail guide", "assistant pig farmer", "random modern day...

If characters go down in combat, Healing Word is the most efficient way to get them back up without minimal loss to action economy. If there's no time to take an hour off to recover from a fight, your healing options are pretty limited- potions at 50 gp a pop*, healing magic, or someone with...

I wasn't arguing that point- in that story, both Time Lords were piling on deus ex machinas to fight each other, as is series tradition. Doctor Who fans need to know when to take the story seriously, and not to. Moments of brilliance coexist with moments of sheer lunacy, and it's always been...

Sorry, I guess I shouldn't assume people grok these sorts of terms. I should define narrativium as well: An element that ensures everything runs properly as a story. For example, if a boy has two older brothers, chances are they will go on a quest. The first will be strong, and fail because of...

The Archangel Network, yeah. It's the same kind of applied phlebotinum as the Barber's "web of life and destiny" (I wonder how many people will get that reference, lol). Literally runs on narrativium! Which the show always has. Being annoyed at the ultra-soft "science" of the show becoming...

Or that time Ten went ̶S̶u̶p̶e̶r̶ ̶S̶a̶i̶y̶a̶n̶ supercharged his psychic powers just from having Martha wander around telling stories about him for a year. Hmm...

RE: No Gods in Doctor Who. Now granted, sure, most of the time, the Doctor doesn't face Gods. And what constitutes a God is up for some debate. But sufficiently advanced alien, etc. etc.. Xoanon thought it was a God, as did Rassilon and the Dalek Emperor. Kronos the Chronovore might as...

I guess it really comes down to this- how many short rests per game day is required to balance 6-8 encounters, if that's even an ideal we're supposed to strive for?* *There's been a lot of discussion on this point, I don't want to crack open that can of great wyrms specifically. About 18...

Do the new 2024 rules not have the clarification from Xanathar's? Resistance and Vulnerability: Here's the order that you apply modifiers to damage: (1) any relevant damage immunity, (2) any addition or subtraction to the damage, (3) one relevant damage resistance, and (4) one relevant damage...

Yeah I guess you're right. But Jodie's run was cursed. So many people just wouldn't accept her. The very idea of her portraying The Doctor was enough to make some people froth at the mouth. So I don't know if it was the format that was the real issue. But like with many things "Oh that run...

Yeah, because it's not just 2e, Non-Advanced D&D or even Buck Rogers- there's also Alternity, Amazing Engine, Dragonlance Saga, Dragonstrike, Gamma World 4e, and all the darned novels to share the blame for TSR's downfall. You don't need all those games to fail in order to crash a company. One...

There's also the occasional "trap" magic sword, with an Intelligence and Ego high enough to take over most player characters- Blackrazor and Ebonbane are classic examples (to a lesser extent, the Sword of Kas). What should have been a tool to benefit warriors could easily be used against them...

Well, I can probably explain that easily enough. Ravenloft campaign. (Though curiously, a few years back, a new DM was talking about a potential campaign he wanted to run, and didn't understand why a room of older gamers groaned when he said "Ravenloft", lol).

I wish we could go back to the old days, where a multi-part story could be an entire season unto itself. I don't even know why the format was retired, other shows do it today just fine.