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The original quote: "Dungeons - the Underworld - are the Realm of Chaos. Chaos doesn't make sense" If it doesn't make sense, it can't be extrapolated from. Any learning from this location is inapplicable to any other except perhaps through random chance which means players cannot build...

Eh, "The Underworld is Chaos and thus inherently unpredictable" has a different problem. To wit: it discourages and/or prevents players from looking for/finding common threads to exploit. Many of my dungeons end up with both internal themes as well as common shared design styles. Observant...

Does the world contain the possibility of PC wizards? Are they going to be given the same flexibility? If the answers are yes and no respectively, I hate that particular form of hand-waving.

I'm a big fan of Andre Norton, but Quag Keep was... below her average work. I hope the movie avoids the device of trying to insert gamers inside the world. The second option is how the D&D movies have done it so far; mentions of D&D locations and personaolities (Barrier Peaks, for example)...

Which part? Because I certainly could go hoarse trying to list all the fantasy movies better than D&D. It'd probably take many hours over several days.

I can see that. I'd be tempted to pick 2-4 items that are scarce in the current environment whose presence is important to counter misery and only grant a 'true' rest if they are present. Water in the desert, decent food under siege, etc. Alternatively, build a list of 6-10 and grant a 'true'...

If I were to try, I'd probably use exhaustion as a later penalty. Start with making it require resources to achieve a "true" long rest -- say a good meal, decent amount of water to drink and wash, and a warm dry place to sleep. If you go more than 48 hours without a "true" long rest, your...

I'm not going to keep digging through scholarly articles. Feel free to do your own research. Immunization Action Coalition says: How long does immunity from influenza vaccine last? Protection from influenza vaccine is thought to persist for at least 6 months. Protection declines over time...

I was out yesterday and saw a guy with a beard who had the mask covering the beard, but not his nose and mouth. I guess the beard was sick and needed the restriction more than he did?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23399423 The timeframe was <100 days and the geographical position was unchanged. I.e. same strains prevalent. And another: Waning vaccine protection against influenza A (H3N2) illness in children and older adults during a single season. - PubMed - NCBI...

M Masks work poorly with facial hair. It's hard to get and maintain a proper seal.

They're testing against the same strains. No mutation.

A pretty good approach with limited downsides. As the PCs progress, the low level useful spells will become ubiquitous, but higher level spells will only be shared if they are considered must-have and every wizard picks it as one of their leveling choices.

Just buy a blank spellbook and make your conversion copy there. Then copy that safe spell to your regularly used book. That has to be safe or PCs can't have backup spellbooks. That would be terrifying to a wizard because something sometime is going to trash your only copy and then you are...

A combination of exploration and intrigue. Where the focus is "What is unknown?" and "How can we take advantage of it?"

Short of receiving oxygen / ventilation, hospital care puts you under observation to check if you need the former. There aren't any treatments other than mechanical intervention. Once you need oxygen/ventilation, not receiving it kills you.

There was an interview with their epidemiologist yesterday...https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01098-x Apparently part of the problem is they didn't think they had a legal right to order entire cities/regions to close.

There's been a bit of sniping at the federal level but so far it is controlled. The don't get complacent messaging has been around don't break self-isolation yet. That sort of message will become a really hard sell by August if covid-19 seems to be reasonably well-controlled. My experience...

Yeah, I've been paying attention. Each province has been given the go-ahead to relax on its own terms though. I suspect social isolation will begin the relax by end of May at current trajectory. If the surge tails off nicely through the summer, humans being humans will relax and become...

My current fear is a new surge coincident with seasonal influenza starting in late November / December pushes everyone back into isolation by Christmas.