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  1. MGibster

    Five Takeaways From the 2025 Monster Manual

    You're right, they don't really need to pay attention to the over 40 crowd. Oh, wow! I just noticed a little light blinking on the back of my hand. Does anyone know what that means?
  2. MGibster

    Five Takeaways From the 2025 Monster Manual

    D&D has a long history of using known words in odd ways. Where else is a kobold a lizard/dragon or dog man other than D&D?
  3. MGibster

    Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

    I don't think all our RPG maps belong to Judge's Guild, but I think perhaps all our base belongs to them.
  4. MGibster

    Do Tariffs Apply To RPG Books? Maybe, Maybe Not!

    This is what makes it especially difficult to plan. We don't really know what's going to happen next week let alone six months from now. When I read the OP I immediately thought of all those books published in the 1990s I'm convinced were designed to be read rather than played.
  5. MGibster

    Five Takeaways From the 2025 Monster Manual

    It was in the module and an old school one at that. I just didn't want to give the name away lest I spoil it for others. It's a surprisingly enjoyable classic. I'll see if I can make better use of CR at our next session.
  6. MGibster

    Five Takeaways From the 2025 Monster Manual

    Maybe I've been looking at it wrong. I thought a CR5 creature would be a moderate challenge for four level 5 player characters.
  7. MGibster

    Five Takeaways From the 2025 Monster Manual

    Violence against humanoids might be a problem, but if we simply reclassify the goblin into a different creature type than killing them isn't problematic. WotC is attempting to have their cake and eat it too.
  8. MGibster

    Five Takeaways From the 2025 Monster Manual

    I haven't used every monster in the book, but today my 5th level party encountered a Vampire Spawn (CR 5). The fight took place in a room with permanent Darkness cast on it, so the vampire had Advantage on all attacks and the players Disadvantage. Once more, the party was handicapped because...
  9. MGibster

    Overrated/Underrated Geek Media

    It also had Mathilda May running around in her birthday suit for a significant amount of time. And for a Cannon Film production it actually had good special effects. 10/10, one of the breast space vampire movies I've ever seen.
  10. MGibster

    Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

    I'm certainly no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure you have a handful of years to file a suit for copyright infringement. I think this is just a guy talking out of his rear end and nothing will come of this. Or at least nothing positive the current Judge's Guild if they try to pursue this.
  11. MGibster

    CMON Games In Trouble

    I've ordered two Kickstarters from CMON and they delivered both times. I'm sorry to hear they're in trouble.
  12. MGibster

    Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

    My attempt at some heated metal armor.
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  14. MGibster

    [D&D 5E] Shackled City & Age of Worms completed!

    Woot! I'm running my group through a heavily modified Age of Worms campaign right now. We're currently on a detour through White Plume Mountain right now. Glad you had a good time.
  15. MGibster

    Do All of Your RPG Maps Now Belong To Judges Guild? ... and more?

    Assuming Judge's Guild was the first one to use hexes for maps and random tables in this manner, it's been almost fifty years since such things have been in use. It seems like it's a little late to start worrying about copyright claims now.
  16. MGibster

    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    MW5: Clans has a more narrative campaign mode. One nice touch is the dialogue from Smoke Jaguar characters demonstrating they really don't understand the Inner Sphere or how they fight wars. The Clanners are very concerned about not wasting assets and are horrified at the dishonorable...
  17. MGibster

    Star Trek OS Revised

    I've only a seen a few of the remastered episodes and I thought it was okay as they didn't really change the nature of the story. As Leonard Nimoy said, "The episodes that were bad then are still bad today, and the episodes that were good then are still good today." It's a little jarring...
  18. MGibster

    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    I can't exactly trust my star's AI and the spheroids' main tactic is to throw wave after wave of mechs, tanks, and air support after me.
  19. MGibster

    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    I'm playing Mechwarrior 5: Clans, and while it's okay, it's getting a bit repetitive. In pretty much every battle the strategy is to have everyone in my star (squad) target my target, lather, rinse, and repeat. It doesn't help that most all the missions feel alike whether it's a patrol...
  20. MGibster

    What Is A Superhero?

    In the Hush storyline, Batman suffers a fractured skull, has bone fragments removed from his brain, and is back to crime fighting about a week later. Everyone advises him he needs to rest, but nah, he's got this.
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