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Thumbs up just for the Josey Wales callback.

For OSR? We play OSE (Old School Essentials) or just straight B/X.

If the -29% drop of Friday is consistent for the whole weekend, then the movie can expect another $4 million this weekend. It has dropped about 30% each week over the last 2 weeks. That could put this weeks total (Fri-Thur) at $7M, and next week's at $5M. For an ending on May 4th at a domestic...

I really think all the 'talk around' in here is the disconnect between 'financial flop' and 'critical flop'. D&D:HAT is a financial flop. It will fail to earn its budget during its theatrical run. The streaming contracts or Blu-ray sales may help to near a break even point, but that is not...

It's pretty well known that the theater takes about 50% of revenue and the studio gets 50%. So, on a $150M budget the movie needs to make $300M or the studio lost money (not counting accounting gimmicks). Add to that the marketing cost (at least $25M, possibly as high as $50M) and you see the...

This almost 100% I tried to get my players into Traveller years ago. They balked after session 1. Having to figure out how much fuel per jump to get from A to B, how much cargo they needed to pay for fuel, and the 'lets find cargo' mini game, just killed it for them. I ran a fleshed out...

Gygax on Alignment: LAW Reliability Propriety Principled Righteous Regularity Regulation Methodical Uniform Predictable Prescribed Rules Order CHAOS Unruly Confusion Turmoil Unrestrained Random Irregular Unmethodical Unpredictable Disordered Lawless Anarchy GOOD Harmless Friendly Kind Honest...

I would suggest people read Gygax's article on the 5-point alignment in Strategic Review Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1976). He spends several pages (with charts, tables, and paragraphs) discussing good vs. evil, and law vs. chaos. He even gives a list of traits for each of them.

Lawful Evil could be seen as Star Wars' Empire, or the Roman Empire. It is structured, it has clear laws and ordered society. But it is also cruel and direct: "We crucify criminals" "The penalty for unpaid debts is slavery" etc.

We played a game about a decade ago, where I was a Lawful Good Paladin....but in that campaign, LG meant feeding the poor, protecting the weak, and smiting all opposing religions no matter what alignment they were. For the One True Church!!!!!!

This can be a problem with the 9-point alignment system. Where does Lawful Neutral stop and Lawful Evil begin? Where does Neutral Good become Chaotic Good? But I don't think we're talking about those gradients (are we)? I (at least) am talking about the differences between what is Good and...

It is the DM's world. The DM acts as the divine being and director for the world. If a character constantly steals, murders, and lies, but declares he's Lawful Neutral, the DM should and can decide the character is NOT Lawful Neutral. Especially in the realm of clerical spells, divine gifts...

I think I'm in alignment (see what I did there!) with @Lanefan. The player writes down their alignment. If they consistently go against the alignment, the DM can and should advise them they are not acting according to their professed alignment, and they are acting more "X" (whatever "X" is). If...

I'll be honest. I"m not their target demographic. I'm a 50+ year old white guy who plays B/X D&D. I'm not their customer base, nor do I want to be. WotC D&D holds no magic for me. What I wanted was to protect the 3PPs and the OGL. That is done. Now I'm happy.

I haven't played WotC D&D at all since 2020, and only played sporadically since 2018. I was angry with them over the OGL and 3PPs. I find 3PPs and OGL material much more creative and usable than anything WotC D&D puts out. I am not currently a WotC customer, am not part of their target...

LG-CG-N-CE-LE It adds a good-evil axis on law and chaos

I like OD&D's and B/X's L-N-C alignment system. But I'm starting to really like the 1976 Strategic Review and Holmes 5 point alignment.

And there isn't much 'Forgotten' about that realm anymore. I feel they've really fleshed out that world to the Nth degree.....

I feel that for most of the OSR community, that would be acceptable. Create a 1.0(b) OGL that is stated as "irrevocable" "perpetual" and whatever other language deemed necessary, and covers the 3.5 SRD only, or just excludes the 5.1 SRD. Would everyone be happy? No. Some want in on the 5e gravy...

This man understands CorpSpeak. In all fairness, I really don't think WotC cares about 3PP and the OSR movement. It is chump change. I really think this is about their business plan for a WoW-ification of D&D (VTTs, microtransactions, online only play, etc.). They want a virtual only D&D (no...