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Actually, you're human. I think a more apt version would be if you were a merman - half human, half fish. YMMV

I think the issue here is George Lucas specifically negotiated for the rights for toys. Possibly as a way to make more money that no one else valued as something to haggle for. Even better than that, look into how much money Sir Alec Guiness would have/did receive from Star Wars? By the time...

I wonder how many creations or inventions you see in the world like this, because it really also sounds like the Apple story with Jobs and Wozniak.

Exactly. One of the reasons was the invasion mechanic. In the 80s(?) they didn't think you'd try to commit genocide on a nation. The mechanics went like - Territory A can hold 8 people. There are 8 Greeks. You move 5 Germans into it. You each lose a person until the total was 8. So it...

"Civilization by Avalon Hill is an innovative board game with rich, strategic gameplay, embodying the rise and development of ancient civilizations. Players take on the roles of bygone cultures, expanding their territories, building cities, and trading commodities, while enduring calamities...

I hate how hard people want to go into the 'subvert expectations' thing in recent memory. I've never really thought about it until I'd discovered the podcast Babylon 5 For the First Time where two Star Trek guys finally sit down and get into Babylon 5. There are certain things they talk about...

You have to admit he was dead-on when he reviewed Pink Flamingos: I am not giving a star rating to Pink Flamingos, because stars simply seem not to apply. It should be considered not as a film but as a fact, or perhaps as an object.

Exactly this, I think. If hypothetically they brought back Dark Sun, they'd absolutely bring back Brom, even if his art style had changed to be more manga look and no longer looked 'Brom/Dark Sun'. And we'd be in the same boat we are now

I totally understand that, but my situation is that the more downtime I have between projects or work activity, it becomes increasingly hard for me to get motivated and have initiative to accomplish anything. Does not matter if I'm at my cubicle job or my grocery job - I'm terrible when famine...

I've been reading these comments, and I have been amazed at how composed and level they've been compared to OGL 2.0. Clearly, people aren't aware OR it hasn't clicked in people's heads about the costs

I think what will be interesting is if Lost Mines (original) remains available for beginners.

They probably are, and I think that's why it's kinda relevant. Yes, it's protecting the park and operators, but it's doing it by drawing attention to circumstances that could/will cause harm, and you are opting in (giving consent) to . I'll give a relatively local example. The haunted house...

Not everyone is going to feel that way, especially if it's a character they've spent years on and collected various 'good' items on. When you're level 10, are you going to want to swap and get, per DMG p 38, 500gp + 1d10x25gp, plus normal starting equipment? Doubt it. You're going to want to...

What would your feelings be on this if by turning into a tentacle monster, you no longer can wear armor? You no longer have appropriate appendages to use your weapons or most skills? You no longer know the proper somantic gestures? What's your buy-in threshold for that?

While D&D doesn't 'hurt anybody', I will absolutely push back about things not being harmful. 'Bleed' is an absolutely real thing. I've seen it at tables, I've seen it online on MUDs/MUSHes. Seen it on MMOs. And I don't mean 'bleed' in the sense of Chick Tract 'Oh no! Blackleaf!' but in...

We had this regarding drowning come up in my gaming group. Apparently one of the players, a good friend, had really buried back memories of losing a friend to drowning. And that's not always a topic that comes up in Session Zero. I've had to swerve mid-session during my Eternal Winter game...

I think the problem with that has always been baked into the system even since Basic. Gygax's entire philosophy was that any PC is always innately different from an NPC of the same heritage. Generally named NPCs got to have character classes and levels, but the rest were all zero-levels. I...

HP Lovecraft's Nemesis combined with Billy Joel's Piano Man.

I feel a snag here is playing with people with limited experience often increases the amount of time they stare at their character sheet looking for the answer. Hell, I've been playing since '82 and I still catch myself doing that, moreso with systems I'm less familiar with

Boy. Castle and City sure take me back. I discovered them right as I was really getting into D&D