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Not so much "restrained" as "restraining". The seventies were a strange time.

I think one problem is that players sometimes tend to think of a stand-in DM as "doesn't really count". It's a free pass to wreak some havoc. The cat's away and all that. This, coupled with the idea that "anyone who stands in my character's way is automatically evil and deserves to die" will...

I saw him live a few months ago. He was hilarious, but like you say, not very Grandma friendly. I've also seen Dara O'Briain's last two shows live. He's still one of my favourite comedians. Lately I've been watching lots of Kevin Bridges on YouTube. I think I've exhausted all the Danny Bhoy...

To quote the Adam Ant song: "Bang bang, you're dead, Did not, did too..." As a kid, I played soldiers, cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, and all kinds of other games with my friends. It always ended as soon as the "shooting" started, because everyone always insisted that they'd hit, but...

Years ago I bought a showerhead off Amazon. For weeks I'd get recommendations for more showerheads. Like I collected them or something.

"Don't hit your players" might not be the worst, but it's pretty useless. At least give me an alternative.

"You're doing it wrong, you should be doing it the only right way, by which I mean my way." And anyone who says the DM has to create an immersive experience for the players.

Yeah, when the Terminator starts enforcing the "no politics or religion" rule, there aren't going to be many repeat offenders. I could actually live with that.

Are there any rules about AI companies mining online information for training their software? Do they need permission?

At least we don't have to feel like Edgin with the Intellect Devourers.

... And the only way to "win" D&D, as per BECMI, is to start at level 1 and reach the highest possible level as an Immortal twice. Let's see an AI hang on to its playing group long enough to manage that!

Well, the Rise of the Machines suddenly seems more interesting. "Foolish humans, prepare to die! Make a Reflex save and then roll for initiative!" (Actually, I always say the Rise of the Machines started a long time ago. But instead of Terminators, they're killing us through high blood...

A bit ago we had a series of necromancies from something like 18-20 years ago. This barely counts as a necro.

Yes, the World Serpent usually doesn't have any (and swims, if I'm not mistaken). I know that Fafnir crawls, because that's how Sigfrid manages to kill him (like Turin, he stabs the dragon's belly). I have a vague recollection of the Beowulf dragon flying, but that might just be from...

PS Hope you get your results soon, and that it's nothing too serious.

Ooof, yes! The only time I've had an anaesthesia that didn't hurt (to remove my bonus wisdom tooth) the nurse deliberately injected it very slowly so it started numbing the area straight away. She said most doctors, nurses and dentists just inject it too quickly. Of course nowadays I always...

I started with the audiobooks, right from the start. Listened to every single second while I was on my daily constitutional. I made it as far as the start of Book 7 and realised life's too short to spend another 100 hours of Perrin moping about Faile and Rand moping about everything.

Yeah, the other day I bought the owlbear* from Amazon.nl for 30 euros. *The white one. Apparently there's a black one on its way.

So a mimic diceling has in fact been announced: https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Dicelings-Collectible-Converting/dp/B0BKN236LC/ref=sr_1_6?crid=220IVH1B7UC15&keywords=diceiling&qid=1681740339&sprefix=diceling%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-6 In the meantime I have the black dragon, the beholder and...

I owe it to 15-year-old me to see whether there's a way to order from Europe. And to make sure my wife doesn't throw them away on sight.