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  1. James Gasik

    Tron: Ares | Official Trailer

    I keep asking myself why the series is still called Tron. Tron's role in Legacy was a terrible way to treat the character, and I don't even see how he could return if the studio wanted him back (I mean, there's probably copies like the Kingdom Hearts Tron, maybe Alan has a Tron 12.0 he's been...
  2. James Gasik

    Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers)

    I love this show so much. Anson Mount is quickly becoming one of my favorite actors. There's a lot of fanservice for fanservice's sake, but it's less jarring than the Kelvin timeline films for me. The timeline is screwy as heck, but at least they've set up reasons why. Encountering Trelane...
  3. James Gasik

    Tron: Ares | Official Trailer

    I was referring to whoever Jeff Bridges is playing in this movie. Obviously a program, and Flynn died in the last movie, so... EDIT: of course, who knows if this movie will even pretend Tron: Legacy exists, lol.
  4. James Gasik

    Tron: Ares | Official Trailer

    Wait, so Flynn made another CLU? Let's hope this one isn't crazy.
  5. James Gasik

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    It's a difference in philosophy. You've espoused a philosophy that you want the game to map to the setting. Nothing wrong with that. But the flip side of that philosophy is the idea that the setting should map to the game- that the setting reflects what the game rules model. And so, if one...
  6. James Gasik

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    Ideally, if there's something special about character classes as opposed to NPC "classes", I'd think that the PC version of something a random NPC has (that isn't granted by something a player wouldn't have access to, like species) would be superior anyways. Of course, that's assuming you think...
  7. James Gasik

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    Guilty about the checks. I'm still occasionally reminded by my players that there is no Engineering skill, and they tease me when I ask them to make a Reflex or Will save. : (
  8. James Gasik

    D&D General What if we gave dragonborn four arms?

    Thinking about it more, it's because they're player-facing. If a DM doesn't want to use vampiric roses from Castle Amber in his game, he doesn't have to- even if he's running Castle Amber, he could substitute them for something else. The players don't have any say in this process, and I don't...
  9. James Gasik

    D&D General What if we gave dragonborn four arms?

    Did someone say dragon cannon?
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  11. James Gasik

    D&D General What if we gave dragonborn four arms?

    I guess you could argue 2-4 based on stuff like this:
  12. James Gasik

    D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?

    Ever since I heard about it, I have to admit I'm intrigued by the concept of an ability draft, and I may try it the next time I have the opportunity.
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  14. James Gasik

    D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?

    I realized I posted in this thread, but didn't address what it was about! Mea culpa! So I like having more options for non-magicians. I like having something to do that isn't "I attack". I like there being reasons to choose weapon A or weapon B. So I'm for weapon masteries...but I will...
  15. James Gasik

    D&D General What if we gave dragonborn four arms?

    Dragonspawned? Dragonwarped? Dragonflavored?
  16. James Gasik

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    I'm not saying it's bad- the players get a buff, the monsters get some serious buffs (one of my players didn't believe me when I told them the Morlock that was kicking their butt in was only CR2!), but that everything is new and I haven't had time to see how it all works together. At least 2 of...
  17. James Gasik

    D&D General Weapon Mastery - Yea or Nay?

    I get the problem. If one character has to struggle to contribute to a scenario when another just waltzes through it, that can lead to frustration- and that frustration has to go somewhere. Typically, it goes towards either the DM for allowing the imbalance, the other player for being unfairly...
  18. James Gasik

    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Gladiator: The Narrative Dissonance

    I get that. But like I said, if I want to even pretend my campaign world makes sense, it becomes hard to justify where all these high level threats keep coming from, and why they always tend to show up in my party's path, lol. I know D&D is a game, and that's just how things have to be, but it...
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