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Also, you know, nazis... The nazi salute and the roman salute are one and the same. That bit of trivia may not be top of mind for the average person, but once you see the roman salute, there's no mistaking it. I doubt any artist would make that particular mistake (unless they're REALLY...

Spat with a mod. Probably shouldn’t discuss it here beyond that. Edit: there was a thread in the meta forum about it. Might still be there.

Dude, you threatened him with being booted; that's hardly "pointing a thing out". You've got a pretty heavy hand as a moderator, and considering the way you also actively wade into controversial topics as a poster and take sides (usually on the side I agree with, but that's neither here nor...

That’s a good answer to my question. I accept that could easily have been the intended meaning of the post.

I came to the opposite conclusion, but I acknowledge that it’s somewhat ambiguous. What direct bearing do Zeus’s infidelities have on Aphrodite’s if they aren’t husband and wife? Anyway, I’m sorry for somewhat derailing the thread.

Fyi, Zeus is her father, not her husband. Her husband is Hephaestus, who is also her brother. She cheats on him with her other btother, Ares. Zeus’s wife is Hera (though he had another wife before, whom he ate and who continued to live on inside his head, providing him with advice).

Pretty sure this list only ranks things that were released in 2019. EDIT: Parmandur's explanation is correct. I was making an assumption, but I think I was wrong.

I'll say it again: you're being super pedantic and effectively "gatekeeping" the use of the word tradition. It's pretty clear what the poster was saying: "I wish the next release was for a setting that I already know and enjoy; something that gets the nostalgia flowing; something drawn directly...

That's a pretty severe misreading of their post, and needlessly confrontational considering the conciliatory tone of the post to which you are responding. D&D has built up numerous worlds over its long history. The entire corpus of these previously established worlds is the "tradition" to which...

Man, you must be trolling. I have zero interest in Critical Role or the new book, but I can admit that it's probably going to sell like hot cakes. You are very out of touch.

I don't think you know what a preorder is.

Hey kids! Get off my lawn! Back in my day, a penny would buy you a whole moon pie, and you'd still have enough leftover to buy a whistle!

Correction: Critical Role is the most successful TV show Kickstarter. The most successful Kickstarter overall remains the Pebble Time at over $20 million, which incidentally was launched by a guy I was friends with in high school (fell out of touch; only see him once every several years now...

No, because they represent a particular fantasy archetype that resonates with me: the of-both-worlds-but-belonging-to-neither outsider. They don’t overlap with regular orcs and elves in that capacity, so they’re in the clear. Basically, if you have too many different exemplars cluttering each...

I’m not a big fan of Goliaths. I prefer to have bright lines between fantasy archetypes. When you have too much overlap between different races, classes, monsters, etc. they all start to lose their raison d’être. For me, Goliaths are too much of a poor man’s giant that make real giants less...

Did David Berkowitz play D&D? Edit: But ok. There are deranged and depraved people out there who will commit heinous crimes, ostensibly in the name of satan. I don't think that really changes my point: just because a few "satanists" may have played D&D, that doesn't lend any credence to the...

Dude, there are "satan worshippers" (real people who are a member of a "church" of skeptical atheists that don't actually believe in the devil) and there are "satan worshippers" (fictional boogeymen that congregate to drink the blood of virgins at midnight). Real life members of the satanic...

I'm 99% certain you are misstating Canadian law. It's been a few years since law school, but as far as I can recall telling the truth is an absolute defence against defamation. I believe the real difference between defamation in most Canadian jurisdictions and most American jurisdictions is the...

He also appears to believe that any alleged inconsistency in the conventionally accepted timeline is direct supporting evidence for his assertions, as if there are only two possible versions of events—his version or the conventionally accepted version.

Good luck! Try not to make the same mistake I did if he doesn't appear to actually listen to you or directly address your criticisms. It's become apparent to me that the OP is very comfortable making strong assertions on the basis of not much. He genuinely doesn't appear to understand why his...