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I can't remember...I started that chart probably about 10 years ago, so don't know what my reasoning was. Probably should add it, though of course the 2013 stuff is the least necessary for the chart.

Underrated: The Batman (2022). I don't think this is poorly regarded, but I don't think it gets enough credit for being such a good film despite being a few years in the shadow of the Nolan trilogy - and still feels distinct, even arguably more "Batmany" than any other film version. Plus, Robert...

Smudging sage so that the Illuminati ritual of half-time won't infect my family's subtle bodies.

Still one of the greatest superhero flicks of all time, and one of my favorite childhood films - I re-watch it every few years (along with its sequel). I still cringe at the "Can you read my mind" scene, though.

Furry plants?

Underrated: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I just don't get the hate for this film. Or rather, I think much of it is based on the silly notion (especially prevalent at the time) that the One True Way to make a superhero film is the MCU formula which, in hindsight, got tedious. BvS is epic...

Today I learned that Qwen is quite pleasant to use, and helpful to work a problem or get guidance. It is rather striking how responsive it is, even towards conversational discussion. I'm very leery of AI in general, but had a quite positive experience exploring various topics.

It is just a trailer, but man does that feel like it brings the joy back into superhero films. Looking forward to it.

Part of the joy of reading is that I get to enter the mind of someone else. I don't need (or even want) the events of the story to mirror my own personal worldview. Sometimes that can be nice - for instance, reading an author who sees things similarly and/or I think I would like personally. But...

Well, here's a screenshot of my first version of it that is semi-complete (color-coded by campaign setting). I was re-formatting it with a second version, but never finished it.

Thanks! Out of curiosity, are dwarves, elves, humans and orcs roughly similar in total population? And how big is this region?

This reminds me what occasionally happens with self-publishing: if it is popular enough, a big publisher snatches it up and (re)publishes under their imprint. Obviously rare, but not entirely so.

Been thinking about humanoids lately for some reason (how could that be?!) and was wondering: What are the general demographics of humanoid species in your campaign world? If you don't have a homebrew, feel free to speculate on a published setting or the hypothetical "archetypal D&D world" as it...

I tend to prefer a more subtle approach, through implication ;)

Hmm...I could see them doing so selectively, but I don't see them re-doing all the story arcs. I've seen "Universes Beyond" mentioned, but don't know what it is beyond inference. Is there a link I can check out? Again, I could see them doing some of both, but think they'll feel obligated to...

Yeah, I'm not super picky about stuff like iconsistencies and errata...I mean, I probably spent 10% of my childhood hours poring over Gygax's books, so have low baseline expectations for D&D professionalism ;). I personally don't like the lack of humanoid entries - it just seemed too obvious...

Sounds cool. Do you have your own epic rules? I still wish WotC would boldly go into really epic and even immortal rules, even if few ever play that way. I still have fond memories of their first RPG book The Primal Order, even if I never actually did anything with it.

Some of you might remember the charts I used to share, that look liked this: I actually did them for every edition, though I was in the process of revising them a few years ago and got bogged down in 2E and gave up. Anyhow, I tried updating this one as a reference point for discussion, namely...