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Could you please take this discussion on the ephemera of what makes a historian (or not) and make it its own thread? I think you're derailing a conversation about a very specific—and important—topic with it.

I'm so excited about Bloomburrow that I've been following the previews with excitement and I'm planning on attending pre-release for the first time since... OG Eldraine? Also, in case you don't know, there's an indie designer out there doing "Planeshift" supplements for all the new and old...

That's not what I said. I'm not justifying Gygax or giving him the benefit of the doubt. I was just pointing out that sexism and misogyny (as well as many other of our society's ails) are systemic issues, not individual ones.

For sure, but we're talking about men's privilege, which is often granted only to them if they're also cis/gender-conforming and white. Trans and BIPOC men have suffered immense discrimination and oppression, so that's why I honed in on the most privileged ones which, so it happens to be the...

All this information is disappointing but unsurprising. Still, we shouldn't congratulate ourselves too much: things haven't changed that much in 50 years. Gygax was a mysoginist and a sexist because he grew up, just like the rest of us, in a patriarchal, sexist, and mysoginistic society. The...

I could try to explain... But Dan Olsen already did in a much more detailed and entertaining way than I ever could tl;dw NFTs/"AI" = MLM schemes for middle class cis white men

I haven't read the whole thread yet, but my whole-hearted recommendation goes to Masks: A New Generation. Masks is my favorite supers RPG, basically because it centers on the drama of being a superhero (young one) instead of modeling specific power sets with points or something like that. What's...

Maybe normal silver is, what about moonsilver, the valued metal brought from the moon itself and highly valued by craftspeople and jewelers alike? It's fantasy, after all. We're supposed to invent and think outside the box, aren't we?

Perhaps you're right. I was thinking about asking for fully silver weapons (not only silvered), thus making silver very valuable in Ravenloft.

I'd only limit the access to silver weapons. Magic weapons or spells shouldn't get any benefit against classic horror monsters' resistances/immunities, IMO. A vampire shouldn't care more about magic missile than they do the swing of a steel sword.

My favorite adventures I've run throughout the years include: Night of the Walking Dead (I've run it three times for different groups and every time it's been a Gothic horror blast) A Dark and Stormy Knight (I've run it two or three times, for different groups and in different systems. Always...

Thanks for sharing! It doesn't look as good as the first season, but I sure will be binge watching come November. I'm glad they're going to wrap up the story in two seasons. Excited to see where it goes!

I was actually thinking about making those changes without changing the monsters' CR. So that way you could still have werewolves at CR 3 and vampire spawn at CR 5, but have it so they feel difficult enough to put some fear in the hearts of the players facing them.

Regarding D&D vs. Ravenloft I mostly agree but, if I had to use D&D for Ravenloft I'd use 5E as is (Level Up really, but you know what I mean) and, instead, make the monsters really tough. Werewolf? Resistant to all harm except from silver and regen 10 that can only be stopped by silver. Normal...

I want to add, once again, that I really appreciate your work and reviews @der_kluge While other people may want to bury their heads in the sand, metaphorically speaking, these reviews align with my own experience running some of these modules. I ran Feast of Goblyns as one of my first Ravenloft...

Short but incredibly cool one-shot. (Against the Odds playtest session)

This is awesome! #LongLiveTheLance

Epic as all naughty word, arrr! (Rapscallion, final session of a three-shot)

I lowkey love this SO much. I still have friends that sadly only play 5e, but I can't summon the will to run it for them anymore. I've been searching everywhere for a "sensible" 5e (killing any and all sacred cows in service of ease-of-use) and this is the best attempt I've seen in a while...

Well, you're ignoring the first thing I said: created by humans. Collage made by humans = Art (inspo + craft). The same with remixes and reedits and all the other strawmen you set up. My qualifications are being a professional writer for 15 years, friend and lover to many real artists, and a...