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I believe it’s “Roll! Roll against the dying of the light!” Unfortunately, the DC just keeps getting tougher…

Fantastic post, per usual, but I feel inclined to quibble with this statement, because to me it's a classic example of correlation being conflated with causation. There are a lot of variables, and even before the Ebert incident, sales of D&D were starting to balloon. To me, it has the hallmarks...

I agree that it's all magic. Those more specific classifications still make a narrative difference for me - psionics in D&D annoys the heck out of me because in my head it is conflated with all the pseudoscientific psychic woo that some folks take seriously IRL. Similarly, one of my very...

I also got around to this Wizkids "spectral cloud" I got for X-mas. One of those paint jobs where you don't know exactly what you want, the initial steps do not go well, and then you are just trying to make it okay:

The myconid sovereigns from Bones 6. Soon I'm going to have to start on the smaller miniatures from that KS...there's a lot! Or I guess I could do the two massive dragons, but I kinda wish I had an airbrush for that.

Obligatory mention that old people have said this about every new communications technology since writing was invented. “But they won’t know how to memorize the epics!”

This is a bad call for most 11 year olds that I know. If the kid and their friends know enough to generate characters, then a simple levels 1-3 adventure will let them sit down and play right away. Frozen Sick, which is free on DDB, is the best I know, but there are plenty of others. If...

Same. That's already 100% more than my usual quotient of royal content.

I agree. The question I ask students is: are you working for the AI, or is it working for you? If it's writing the essay and you're delivering it, then you're working for it, and what's the point? If you're using it in a way that enhances your own learning or creativity, then that's usually...

You can put an original image into it and it can analyze it, which I find fascinating. I've also used it to create podcasts about study guides that I wrote for my classes. Most recently, I got it to give a 5 minute overview of our department goal setting strategies.

That's "differences from", you filthy Englishman. ;)

I have D+ and I'm still not sure I'm going to watch this. It looks really lame, and I think my spouse will hate it.

[eh, whatever]

This is possibly the most idiotic, irresponsible thing I've seen since...well, we live in the era of idiotic irresponsibility, so maybe since yesterday. But still!

As long as the psion is in a separate book that I can avoid, I'm happy for those who wanted it - best of both worlds!

And here I thought you were referring to Gygax's brief parachute pants era.

yes, I inadvertently wrote Greyhawk when I meant Chainmail.

Exactly. Like, if you want to horrify yourself, consider how many infants and very young children would have been suddenly locked in a home by themselves in a world collapsing in panic, and the grim fate that awaited many of them. I don't think a single one of the films or shows has mentioned...