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    Mercedes Lackey Ejected From Nebula Conference For Using Racial Slur

    For god's sake that word's part of the NAACP's name. It's in the title of Ntozake Shange's most famous play. It's anachronistic and no longer a preferred term, but unless it was used in the context of more racist speech, this seems like the kind of mishandled overreaction that can do real harm...
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    D&D General How "Real" is your world?

    My current campaign setting is a 4000 X 450 mile arc of unbreakable magic material with about 3 miles of biosphere on top. It floats in a inky void along with a sun and smeary stars that look more like comets. The whole thing is a construct about 500 years old (so the legends go). It's inhabited...
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    Destroying occult items

    Not all of DC. Just the Pentagon.
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    Destroying occult items

    Is throwing them into an active volcano too off-brand for the Mythos? Maybe sinking them into the ruins of Atlantis (which, of course, would be painted with a big Elder Sign).
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    Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

    Slap some ears on Kirk and he can pass for a Romulan!
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    Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

    Star Trek isn't about scientific and technological extrapolation. It's just not that kind of science fiction.
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    Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

    All part of the charm.
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    Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

    I loved this one. 'Mystery contagion' is such a classic Star Trek plot, and the way Ghosts of Illyria combined it with multiple character reveals and an admission (then condemnation) of the Federation's prejudice toward the genetic modified made it feel new. But totally agree that M'Benga and...
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    TSR The Full & Glorious History of NuTSR

    I recommend South America - Argentina or Brazil!
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    Does TSR3 Have Nazi Connections?

    Well this is certainly egg on Justin LaNasa’s face. Or should I say egg whites? Separated from the colored bits. Wouldn’t want to suggest any of that shameful egg-mixing was going on. It almost makes me wish he had a career in gaming to ruin.
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    Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

    I don’t watch shows I like as faithfully as you watch shows you hate, @bloodtide .
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    Now is the time for Enworld to expand into an untapped market!

    “Carousel begins! Roll initiative.” ”Twenty!” ”Natural?” ”No.” ”Okay the big laser crystal goes first, hits, and you take 100 damage.”
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    Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

    Remember when the Romulans didn’t have FTL drives back in “Balance of Terror”? I guess theirs was a very small Star Empire. Minor canon tweaks can be a good thing!
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    Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

    Welcome to the problems inherent in a future history first conceived 56 years ago!
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    The new Doctor has been announced!

    I thought Capaldi was magnificent and his run contained a few franchise-bests, like Heaven Sent/Hell Bent.
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Killed Walking Fortress, village saved! (the 'fortress' was an ogre howdah with 4 apprentice kobold sorcerers in it - not bad for 6 2nd level 5e PCs with an assist from some reluctant anthropomorphic animal villagers)
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    The new Doctor has been announced!

    Good Lord I'm two years younger than Hartnell when he began as The Doctor. I feel unstuck in time!
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    The new Doctor has been announced!

    Smith certainly did.
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    The new Doctor has been announced!

    I think it’s to write for a show that’s run so long and already told so many stories. But yeah, maybe less sonic this go round!
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    What are you reading in 2022?

    I’m still reading Spencer Ackerman’s Reign of Terror. It’s a fantastic account of the post-9/11 War on Terror and its effect on the US political landscape. Written by a national security journalist who is also an expert on the X-Men! I’m on my 3rd renewal from the library. It’s so infuriating I...
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