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I picked Yes, there are intelligent aliens there, and they have contacted us or been here, mostly because how would we know one way or the other?

There were shots that worked beautifully, and a few that didn't quite work for me (mostly around the edges, where the de-aged face met the actual filmed head and body), but overall it was really impressive. I loved it.

Christopher L. Bennett's Star Trek novel Ex Machina. It takes place maybe a month after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and does a really good job of incorporating the repercussions of events and character development in that movie. It does the same with the TOS episode "For The...

Well, I guess I know where some of my next paycheck will be going!

I'm not remembering a moment where any muscles would even theoretically need to be enhanced - what scene and what character are you referring to?

This is an excellent resource, Egg! Thanks!

Not suprising, but it's interestingt o see how most of the top 10 are existing IP (Batman, Hellboy, Avatar, LOTR) and well-established creators and publishers of quality products (Monte Cook, Kobold Press). Consistency and quality matter!

I identify with all of this: played a lot of Champions and Hero System back when that was all the rage, and I've run Masks and it's amazing. I would never run a Hero game again, but I would play in one. I won't run Masks again, either, but I'd play. As for my white whale: Something I've had...

I like the Last Stand and the Martial Action features for Fighters. Last Stand just makes sense as a basic thing trained fighters in a heroic setting should be able to do. Same goes for Martial Action, and it gives them more bonus action options - but just a few; one of the attractions of...

For better or for worse, I think this is my default way to run a game. Sometimes I use a published adventure as the scaffolding to hang scenes on. It's just convenient: the adventure has one or more possible sequences of events, maps, statblocks, etc., but mostly I'm interested in "cool"...

Immovable Object on arch-devil's mace!

I love that this exists, and I will probably buy it come payday. The odds of getting someone else in my local group to run STA is diminishingly small, so playing it this way is the best I can reasonably hope for.

From what I gather, Tolkien's elvish (specifically Quenya, I assume, but maybe other elvish languages) has two words for "hope". One means hope based on an reasonable understanding of how things are likely to play out. The other is a different kind of hope, a hope without any reason to think or...

Tolkien has this wonderful, distinct structure for the characters' experiences in The Hobbit and LOTR: harrowing trials, followed by suprisingly comfortable stays in safe environments, followed by the need to continue to the next harrowing trial, etc. The comfortable stays are often a surprise...

Please keep us posted on your progress with this!!! I lean toward wanting a spell-less ranger, with spell-ful subclasses fur those who want that. 5E's interest in dealing with the challenges of nature and travel is so anemic that it's no surprise the ranger feels weird. I get why they chose...

Regarding theater chains and such: our two local theaters are both AMC, and if I have to see that Nicole Kidman promo one more time I cannot be held responsible for my actions. So much so that we drove twice as far to see DoD, in far more comfortable seating, with better sound, and for less...

Good points! It was a big budget for a movie that Lucas had a hard time getting a studio to commit to. After the success of the relatively low-budget, very relatable American Graffiti ($777k budget, $140 million box office), I suspect studios wanted more of that from Lucas - not some weird...

I'm not sure the OT is a fairy tale - or at least I don't see it that way. I see it as more like something from mythology or legend. Regarding Luke, there are plenty of heroes from legend who make a big mistake after their big victory. I don't have a problem with Luke's fall 20+ years after...

Thanks for that! Looking at the goliaths write-up in that playtest packet, I think what they've done is pretty elegant. My write-ups were in the 2014 style, with a few additional traits for each "sub-race". I kind of prefer having the latter, with more ways to differentiate them, but they...

Did I miss an announcement that this is what they're doing? I mean, it makes sense, I just don't recall seeing that. I home-brewed a full array of half-giant subraces a few years back, so I'm curious to see what they do with this.