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And half-orcs can pass as big, ugly humans, according to older editions of the game. so if orcs don't exist on Krynn, there is not even a name to give to that half-orc other than "ugly human".

Lord Soth needs a Draco-mech army.

Yep, because as common and uninteresting as orcs have become, if a game needs them to "make it more fun", then it must be a very bland game to start with, and there a lot of other niche and underused creatures that can replace them. Note: this is from the point of view of someone in the hobby...

Well, they are and aren't. The smaller creatures running around in Moria are generally called goblins, and then the larger ones hunting the Fellowship, the ones that kill Boromir, are generally called orcs, and then the even bigger and smarter ones are the man-orcs, or Uruk-Hai, created by Saruman.

I don't remember this much fuss when WotC published Mythic Odysseys of Theros, which definitely restricts which creatures/PC races exist in the setting.

Eh, when it comes to fantasy games, I never play human PCs. I am one in real life, so why the heck would I play a fantasy one?

Orcs are old and tired and boring as a race and concept. They do not exist in my fantasy homebrew, either as antagonists or as PC options.

The garbage that is the Vancian magic system. We could not stand the "fire and forget" part of it, so most of my old groups ran magic in the way that would eventually become the sorcerer.

Branching into video games: Aerith (Aeris) is murdered by Sephiroth

You know what the whole "prisoner in charge of the other prisoners" thing made me think of right away, which younger folks would not see, if they don't know their history? Concentration camps and how certain Jewish prisoners were put in charge of keeping the others in line and behaving.

One thing I did forget and found again when searching is the two prequel novels for two of the movie characters. But that is generally not the type of tie-in merchandise I was thinking of.

Never saw either of those. Are they officially licensed/made by Hasbro or some Etsy knock-off thing? Edit: found the cube. https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-Gaming-Gelatinous-Collectible-Compatible/dp/B0B5JLLB5C?ref_=ast_sto_dp

The numbers look raised up, so nothing to fill in to make legible. Maybe some paint and brushes used for miniatures to make the numbers more visible?

@darjr I think you and the rest missed the other thing about these. As far as I can tell, they are the first officially-branded movie merchandise. Time to start a thread to track all the movie tie-in announcements? :)

Well, this show is certainly slowing back down again, almost as bad as the first two episodes. I almost did not even finish the latest one.

Except that will all change with the Disney+ deal. That starts with the three Tennant specials and then continues with the new Doctor, so comparing to past performance outside the UK will be difficult, especially since I don't think Disney releases streaming numbers the way Netflix and others...

So no watching the MCU or Star Wars shows or the Willow or Percy Jackson series (once those start)?

Hard to say and would have to check back on the other Ant-Man movies, as it seemed to imply that he was protected from the Snap while he was in the Quantum Realm, so the Quantum Realm may be unique. The next question is whether the Kang they meet there is a good, neutral, or evil version. We...

The Plus for this (heh) is that this new deal will reach many more markets than BBCAmerica and other outlets ever did. The UK and Ireland will still watch on BBC, but the rest of the world will get it on D+, and assuming Star, the international version of D+/Hulu for more adult stuff.

Not upset, just the usual typed word not representing intent. It was more coming out of you saying "Article?" like you did not know what an article was. lol