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As the doctor told the constipated man - This too shall pass.

You do realize that this is a D&D game, referring to a fictional universe, where nothing exists a priori (or a posteriori, for that matter).

Cynical, much?

Bah, humbug! Factual accuracy is overrated and unnecessary unless you're making a documentary. If it was good enough for Shakespeare to make someone sail to Bohemia (a landlocked country), it's good enough for me.

As I've noted in a few threads, this is just a little more of something which has generally been true of D&D in all its incarnations - D&D does not do reality well and has never replicated literary fantasy that well either. What D&D does quite well, however, is replicate mythology. Characters...

Beat me to it!

Perhaps it has no effect on you, but in view of your first sentence above, I have to label you as a man of great discernment, taste and sagacity.

Most of the time simulationist means "What the person currently using it wants it to mean." Kinda like "gamist" and "narrativist" and all of that other garbage. Hey, whatever works for you. Personally, I think there are all kinds of ways to be simulationist. It just depends on what it is that...

Rule 14 for retaining sanity on the internet - Thou shalt not care what opinion random strangers on the internet have about thee. Seriously, what does it matter if some poster (or many posters) on ENWorld think that you hate 4e?

Yes, you mentioned that to me, and no, I think I'll pass. It's the gin talking, man :D Hmm - come to think of it, that may explain why Lynch's version never did it for me. I don't drink enough alcohol. Maybe it's just me, but whenever someone compliments something by describing it as a "cult...

Yes, yes - it absolutely was! Any movie which can't be redeemed by having Sting in a knife fight just isn't worth it.

Some things never change. Would it help if I mentioned that what Rackhir (I should get you started on a Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Argonnessen) describes as bruising of an upper arm involved someone taking 120 pts of damage from one full attack? Probably not. But not to worry. The next update...

Bingo! I joke with my players that I'm Schroedinger's DM, because nothing in the world is set in stone until they're aware of it, but once they are it ties in seamlessly with whatever has come before. And, of course, if there's a contradiction, it means there's something inaccurate about the...

As noted above, their AC is high but not impossibly so. kenobi65 provided a CR 10 enemy with a +20 to hit. Another simple example of the same CR: Hill giant Bbn3 BAB +12 Str 30, or 34 when raging W. Focus +1 greatsword While raging, the guy's attacking at +25/20/15, doing 3d6+19 damage on a...

The summoning can be a pain in the ass simply because it eats time at the table, but none of the other things sound particularly difficult to deal with. It's easy to have CR 10 enemies who can reliably hit AC 30+, and if you're using spellcasters or enemies who use touch attacks, most of that AC...

A few hours later, the Angels are back in Flamekeep with Jaela Daran. After they explain to the Keeper about the portal and everything that they experienced, she nods gravely and says, “That is worrying, but not surprising. There will be more opening soon, I’m sure.” The little girl sighs. “The...

Learning Dutch to DM? That's hardcore - and dedicated! I'm playing in a Savage Tide PbP game, and we just got to Here There Be Monsters. I quite like that AP, and it's better than Age of Worms and Shackled City, in my estimation. Glad you're enjoying it. Have some more... * * * * * * * * *...

That line cracked me up :D

It may be a kneejerk reaction, but that's precisely the thought I had as soon as I read it.

Personally, I really enjoyed the movie, even though sailor boy and his love interest did little for me. Hey, it's a movie about killing people and turning them into pies! You can't go wrong with that, or at least not with me :)