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I’d love to see the Beeb tackle the Dark Empire of Granbretan. I can’t remember, is the BBC itself satirized at some point in the Hawkmoon books?

“What part of I AM THAT I AM didn’t you understand?”

International cleric and robot trade.

Kate is like a cat in the dark and then she is the darkness.

Captain Free Speech is at again, eh?

The economics of filmmaking.

Hey, Larry suffered the great indignity of never being nominated for a Hugo for his books about shooting monsters with guns. Think of the suffering he endured. As for Elon... I'm kinda missing the days when he just missed the point of Culture novels.

No need to lawyer this (apologies to all the lawyers here). The rules in the books are subordinate to the social contract between the people playing. As it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end.

OK, Hokusai.

Johnny Appleseed, except for dragons.

My players care about my settings! I mean, a little. It’s really all I can ask for.

I miss the ever-so-heroic multi-day medical camping from the old Baldur’s Gate I & II games. Nothing says adventure like clicking the ‘camp’ button again.

"Here at Buffalo Wild Wings we're incorporating AI..." This is how CEOs have to talk right now. I'd call it a bitter pill to swallow, but it's more of an amusing pill that's probably illegal. Except for the energy and water usage involved in running generative AI systems, which isn't funny at...

Truth.

That’s technically true, but it elides the fact that D&D has always had PC level advancement as a core mechanic. The game is literally built around becoming action heroes/superheroes, like most protagonists in the inspirational reading. Unless you’d like to make the argument a 10th level PC...

Sure. Or course. I'm just not sure I want to mix PCs rebuilt using the 2024 rules with unmodified 5e PCs.

I’m still reading through the 2024 PHB but my initial opinion is, yes, this deserves to succeed. Not sure about incorporating it into my ongoing campaign, however. 2 PC subclasses (Swarmkeeper ranger & Path of Wild Magic barbarian) don’t exist (yet).

Good luck tilting at D&D! Say hi to Dulcinea and Rocinante for me. Also, maybe reconsider starting off with “what’s good for the gaming community…”.

I can't get Chappell Roan's "Casual" out of my head.

I do not think that is a good trailer. Especially given the Empress’s quality final episodes on DISCO with the Ed Asner-looking Guardian of Forever and weirdly poignant story of her personal growth set in the reliably violent and depraved Mirror Universe. That said, of course I’m going to watch it.