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  1. Clint_L

    D&D General WizKids Issues Refund for Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Boxed Set

    That's fair. I buy singles on occasion - I used to buy more, but prices have gone up and given the scale of my collecting, Kickstarters and similar options are far more cost effective.
  2. Clint_L

    D&D 5E (2024) Our book just launched on D&D Beyond - AMA

    Just bought the Coastal Adventures book - it's great! Perfect bite-sized adventures with story hooks that let them drop into any campaign, and that can be developed into more extended adventures if the DM wishes. My question is: are there plans to release more of these on DDB? Specifically, I...
  3. Clint_L

    Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

    I hope they are doing well - I really love their work, but their past few years have been rough, and now they are dealing with the tariff situation. I haven't heard any rumours about a Bones 7, and we probably won't until there is some kind of long term tariff solution worked out, as they are...
  4. Clint_L

    eBook Prices - Is it just me…

    I switched from Kobo to Kindle because it saved me money and allowed me to track my reading more effectively. I'm not at all fussed about licensing rather than owning things like books, music, and movies. Unless I'm teaching them, in which case I use physical copies, books are generally one and...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Guess the next 3rd party D&D Beyond book.

    True, but DDB users like me can certainly make our requests heard.
  6. Clint_L

    D&D 5E (2024) Guess the next 3rd party D&D Beyond book.

    I just bought one of the one-shot adventure books that came out today - they were a nice surprise to see pop up, and are the kind of thing I can really use for impromptu games.
  7. Clint_L

    D&D General When We Were Wizards: Review of the Completed Podcast!

    I think the podcast makes it pretty clear that Gygax was intentionally blindsided at the end. Yes, he was very much responsible for the circumstances, but I think it's fair to describe the execution of the plan as "skullduggery" (also agree that it's a great word!). I still don't think it was...
  8. Clint_L

    The Last of Us (HBO Max)

    If it's my kid, it's not even a choice. I'd kill them all. Edit: Also, that last episode. :cry:
  9. Clint_L

    Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th

    I'm of mixed feelings on Daggerheart. I'm a Critical Role fan, but D&D has so much inertia that it would be a lot of work and expense to switch to another fantasy RPG. I also think it is a more challenging ask for my school beginner campaign. Part of the pleasure of Critical Role, for me, is...
  10. Clint_L

    Critical Role Announces Age of Umbra Daggerheart Campaign, Starting May 29th

    I don't think any of them were wealthy before the show hit it big - the stories of their home games often mention Mercer's small apartment, and all of them were working voice actors and basically hustling for a living. Successful in their field (except Ray, who is a bit younger and was just...
  11. Clint_L

    Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting)

    My general sense is that we hit peak D&D miniature about 5 years ago. Since the pandemic, Wizkids and Reaper, the two main sources, have both seemed to be in gradual decline, and both are less represented at local hobby shops.
  12. Clint_L

    eBook Prices - Is it just me…

    Our school librarians are the copyright police, and you don't wanna mess with them! This is not because they are corporate shills, but because they don't want us to get sued.
  13. Clint_L

    eBook Prices - Is it just me…

    I general, I pay about 40% of what I do for physical books, so no, I have not shared your experience. Discworld is an incredibly best selling series, so there are a lot of copies available out there; that probably keeps prices very low on physical copies. I mostly read new books, and they are...
  14. Clint_L

    D&D General WizKids Issues Refund for Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Boxed Set

    Depends. I've repainted many Wizkids PPM. For some, it's better to just prime them again and start from scratch. These guys, for example: And for others you can use the existing paint job as a base and fix it up: The level of challenge kind of depends on your experience and how much time you...
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  17. Clint_L

    D&D General WizKids Issues Refund for Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Boxed Set

    I'm not sure what you mean by "a more realistic price." I assure you that I track what I pay for miniatures and 1$ per miniature is my benchmark for whether or not to back a Kickstarter. And that is irregardless of size. For example, I am paying just under that for the recently closed D&L...
  18. Clint_L

    D&D General WizKids Issues Refund for Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Boxed Set

    This is obviously a question of subjective tastes and standards. My main criticism of Hero Forge is that, given the very high price tag by miniature collector standards, there is a huge disparity between what the customer designs and orders, and what they receive. I consider the miniature shown...
  19. Clint_L

    D&D General WizKids Issues Refund for Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Boxed Set

    There are as many approaches to doing TTRPG battles as there are GMs, and there is no right way or wrong way. I'm certainly not going to criticize folks who love and collect pre-painted miniatures (PPM). They are not well painted by the standards of hobbyists like me who enjoy painting...
  20. Clint_L

    What are you reading in 2025?

    Finally reading Atonement. I kinda thought I had already read it because it was all over the place a few decades ago. But I have a student starting their extended essay on it so I decided to re-read and…nope. Hadn’t read it previously. I’m pretty far into it and it’s really leaning into a very...
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