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I'm not very familiar with the D&D 5th edition skill system (and my familiarity with the Pathfinder one is probably a drawback here), but what do you do if the monsters are trying to ambush the party, or somebody is using sleight of hand (either directly against them, or to quietly draw a weapon...

That's a very impressive collection of clipboards.

That link doesn't explain why the cost of making the movie isn't deductible anyway, even if they release it. If you are in the business of selling movies then the cost of making them is clearly an allowable business expense. I can speculate that not releasing the movie allows them to claim...

That reminds me of something posted a long time ago, about a 3rd edition game. A new player joined the group and wanted to play a Wizard. The DM spent a long time explaining how he was very harsh on wizards - in particular there was no such thing as a generic "spell component pouch"; the...

That can't be right. I'll accept that they get the tax deduction earlier if they bury the film, but the cost of making the film has to be deductible eventually.

Amazon etc. make lots of profits, but move them to places where they don't have to pay tax on them. Seems like it's the same thing, but it isn't.

There's some very strange rules in the US tax system, if that's the case. I'm sure the intention was not to incentivise NOT releasing films. Still, Hollywood seems to live in a world of its own when it comes to accounting, since none of the films ever make a profit (hence big stars insisting on...

Star Wars bed sheets needed to be higher up the list.

And the thief character seemed to attract a certain type of player - one who liked skimming treasure "off the top", and sometimes even outright stealing from the other characters.

I don't know whether your experience is unique, but I wouldn't run a 5e game with your players. Is it just 5e that brings this out in them, or do they ignore time pressure in any game they play?

I didn't vote, as I don't run 5th edition D&D. If I had voted, I'd have gone for "yes". In some of the Paizo adventure paths there are lots of "filler" combats where the monsters are only there to provide the XP necessary for the PCs to be at the "correct" level when they start the next...

Monte Cook (I assume, accidentally) claimed the name "dragon" was product identity in the Iron Heroes Bestiary. I didn't realise he was following in the proud footsteps of the TSR legal department.

I do find it annoying when an RPG product has obvious errors in it that anyone other than the author (because proof-reading your own work is hard) would have spotted. Finding a spouse/sibling/friend/gamer/kindly stranger willing to read through the document before publication can't be that...

I'm also very new to this type of game (and this thread has been very helpful, thank you). Can I just clarify that (usually, anyway) the only way the GM knows in advance that the ship is crewed by droids is if the PCs found it out as part of their preparation? But the GM might have thought of...

Splinter of the Mind's Eye was the first, as it was going to be the low-budget sequel to Star Wars. Once they realised they had a hit on their hands, and could get a much higher budget for the next movie, they came up with The Empire Strikes Back instead.

I enjoyed the first one, but I found the sequels too "Young Adult" for my taste - there was nothing about them I can specifically criticise, and they did a good job of fleshing out the setting, but they seemed to lack a certain something ("bite"? "weight"?) that I can't really articulate.

It took me a very, very long time to "get" Fate. I think playing a great deal of D&D 3.x and Pathfinder (and often taking it way too seriously!) was a big handicap for me. Maybe the people who go to cons have the same problem? Or perhaps it's just that pre-gens aren't a good fit for Fate...

I think Fate could do a good job of allowing cunning mundanes to stack advantages enough to take out a superhero, whilst suffering brutal consequences like "shattered leg" in the process. It also allows the mundanes to effectively draw power from their hate by invoking their various "Iron Man...

This is getting a bit off topic, but I struggle to design characters when I'm not familiar with the genre. Especially with something like Fate, where coming up with Aspects and Stunts is a lot easier if you know the genre. I've enough experience of role-playing games that I'm happy I can get by...

I'm familiar with the last two, but I'm struggling to identify the first one. Do you mean "Falkenberg's Legion" by Jerry Pournelle? (It doesn't match either of your spellings but looks like it might fit.)