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One thing I think we've all seen with bigots is that they might consider specific marginalized people that they know "one of the good ones" while spouting hatred about that same group of marginalized people in general. The ability of some people to see themselves as the good guys in a...

Within the first few pages of CSIO, it talks about his secret police. I don't think any good ruler has ever been described as having secret police. Sigh...at this point they really need to cancel the crowdfunding project. No matter how much they are fans of the original.

Eww, it's pretty gross. And it shows that the Bledsaws are unrepentant. Choosing to do business with them is a mistake.

Oh yeah, he had some solid ideas. But I got really tired of the constant clickbait titles. I think a lot of streamers do end up victims of YouTube's algorithm, especially the people that make it their entire or partial living, chasing what gets them the most likes and clicks.

Definitely. I've never been a fan of those sorts of videos, but my dislike was particularly exacerbated by hearing that Professor Dungeonmaster (and presumably others) come up with the clickbait title first, and only later on come up with the content. In my experience the easiest way to induce...

We enjoyed the heck out of it, though always got mad when my brother used the one special ability where you got to use your shoe to smash an opponent. That seemed particularly OP. Dragon magazine was great for introducing people to new games, whether they were TSR's or not. Some of those ads...

I never played Everquest, but enjoyed the heck out of Champions of Norath. BG: Dark Alliance 1 & 2 were such fun. Even though I played the SSI Gold Box games back in the day, this was the first time I felt the worlds of D&D really come to life in a videogame. Yes! They were a ton of fun...

A few years. I started with the Red Box in 86, and before 2e came out in 1989, had started playing Gamma World, Top Secret/SI, Call of Cthulhu, and Traveller. Also Clay-o-Rama, but I'm not sure that counts.

As a long-time cleric fan, I can't deny that just looking at this old table gives me a thrill:

I finished Leblanc's Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures anthology. The stories really span the gamut, from traditional cyberpunk to biopunk, to out-there W.S. Burroughs-style body horror/surrealism. I also finished Ray Kurzweil's The Age of Spiritual Machines. I think he was a...

There are some really cool looking gems out there. One wonders where Gary Gygax got his original list.

About the only thing that comes to mind easily is giving cleric PCs inspiration for following the tenets of their religion. I think back then people were grasping for greater character depth, not being just tokens being moved about a dungeon. But things were still evolving, the language and...

I go with the second method, but additionally add brief descriptions or even photos if I'm playing online. Because not everyone knows what chrysoprase looks like.

This has been an issue since the dawn of the hobby (or more likely, since the introduction of the paladin class). Paladin PCs have been harassing Thief PCs for decades. These days, I think it's on the players to figure how their characters work together. Because gaming is a group activity...

These days, unless you're AD&D, I don't want a system that makes me learn a ton of sub-systems and exceptions.

The Bridge of Sorrows is a crackling good cover. The way the lightning draws you towards the wyvern, creating a tension with the action in the lower left is pretty great. While I don't know about outright banning certain spells from clerics, I think that it behooves the PC to choose their deity...

I watched Alligator when I was way too young.

100% The original Star Wars trilogy would not have been the same without his music. It gives just enough time for the 20th Century Fox theme to fade away. Then a moment like a paused breath. And boom.