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Sweet. Like I don't already own five copies of this ... but I'm still going to snag another one. Maybe it's time to host another LAN party.

As a 30th generation ninja, I have to wince whenever I watch Bruce Lee films. He obviously knows nothing at all about the super secret lost martial arts techniques of ancient Korea, as evidenced by the fact that he clearly cannot turn invisible, throw fireballs or raise himself from the dead...

My favorite is in Terminator 2 when they throw some Kevlar vests on top of the kid while he is curled up in the back fo the truck and he is sprayed repeatedly with submachine gun fire and not only is every bullet stopped without any of the Kevlar even budging but he is completely unharmed by the...

Yeah, so much missed potential there for those of us who like turn based RPGs. The 4e rules almost seemed like they were built from the ground up to be ported to a turn based CRPG. I remember they tried to do a Facebook game based on 4e rules for a while but they couldn't even pull that off -...

If that doesn't work, there's always Dr. Bluto's advice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uepFO4psgKE The DM drinks because you fight.

My experience with stuff like this is a lot of times the player has good intentions and doesn't even realize what a can of worms he's opening. Explain to him openly and transparently how it's your job to help him have his fun but at the same time also keep the worms in the can. Breaking the...

Being the kind of DM who hates to have to say no to any player idea, I would go with the player's idea for the custom spell system, but not use it exclusively. In other words, let him do what he wants but only a limited number of times per encounter or day or whatever. You can explain that...

One could say the same for Intelligence, but that's another conversation entirely. Sorry, couldn't resist commenting. :)

Well, that's true, obviously. But the Amazon thing, I can't remember which interwebs tubes I read that idea on. Might even have been these boards but probably not since a search didn't turn up anything.

Well, there was some talk about the Amazons being descended from Kryptonians. Don't know where I heard that though.

I'll echo many others here by saying it was by no means the best MCU movie, nor my favorite, but I was definitely entertained. I particularly enjoyed the solution to trapping the baddie at the end, though you pretty much knew there was going to be an infinite time loop situation somewhere in...

Ruled over by the mysterious, seldom-seen Artesians. If you get that reference, congratulations. You're old like me.

Somewhat OT, but IIRC, even OD&D and/or BECMI had that rule. I remember being surprised by that when I reread one of the older rulesets last year. I don't ever remember that we used it back in the day, though, because we didn't really think through the tactical positioning that much, nor did...

The more I look at this picture, the more I realize Jack Chick demonstrated perfectly the process of solving an out-of-game problem with an in-game solution. Was Jack Chick actually a closet (bad) DM?

RIP Jack Chick. As far as Dark Dungeons goes, I expected it to be hilarious but IMO it was meh, okay. Worth a watch if you can see it for free; I was entertained. Now I must go because I have to RPG EVEN HARDER!

Works fine for me today. I'm guessing it was a victim of the DDOS attacks that happened nationwide on Friday.

No, monsters are not the same as 4e - it's an entirely different game so the math is not the same; it's much simpler. It is NOT, contrary to popular belief, the 4e Pathfinder. It's a sweet combination of all the best things about 4e and 3e, IMO, with lots of extra opportunities for story...

Sounds to me like you need to play 13th Age. Seriously, I'm not just being trite. I'm a big 4e fan too but 13th Age really scratched a lot of the itches I got from 4e. It addresses each of the concerns you listed plus it's a lot easier to modify if you're so inclined. And did I mention...

Re the two hulls, maybe it's because someone thought it was a great idea for the ships to be able to separate their saucer section for whatever reason? Not very into Trek lore but I do seem to remember in one of the versions of "The Cage" they mentioned separating the saucer section, and that...

Congratulations. You win today's Internet, sir. Now if we're lucky we'll get some Grimace-Yetis.