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  1. Alzrius

    "I think Hydrogen is a rare element" and other science facts.

    I remember seeing a spell in a 3.X third-party product that essentially laid a "seed" for a location to turn into a diamond mine after several decades (or maybe it was centuries), with a note that dwarven clerics would cast the spell periodically, since otherwise most game worlds would likely...
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    I remember seeing his name on my copy of Warriors of Heaven back in the AD&D 2E era. The guy has had quite the career in D&D.
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    What are you reading in 2025?

    I just finished reading Metaphysics, by Aristotle...sort of. A friend of mine is moving, and is divesting herself of several things that she's decided aren't worth keeping. This includes a set of thirteen Classics Club books that her great-grandmother purchased when they originally came out in...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    I disagree with you there, largely because there's an awful lot of 3.X/d20 Modern-derived stand-alone RPGs that aren't labeled as "clones" despite being adaptations of the system (many of which only had a small number of supplements produced for them; sometimes the core rulebook was the only...
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    D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.

    Pathfinder is in no way a version of D&D 5E.
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    What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs

    Reposting this from another thread: Stephen Glicker of Roll for Combat has posted his thoughts about the impact of tariffs on the gaming industry. Long story short, this is bad (except for those who make books, as opposed to games):
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    "I think Hydrogen is a rare element" and other science facts.

    I remember that KoDT strip. B.A. was miffed at Brian's directing the group's starship through a nearby planet to skim some of its atmosphere (or was it water, I can't remember now) and have the ship's processors separate out the hydrogen molecules, which was what powered their engine. B.A...
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    Stephen Glicker of Roll for Combat has posted his thoughts about the impact of tariffs on the gaming industry. Long story short, this is bad (except for those who make books, as opposed to games):
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    What are you reading in 2025?

    I just finished reading Linda Rodriguez McRobbie's 2013 book Princesses Behaving Badly. This book is a collection of (extremely) brief biographies of women who were princesses—some legitimately born into royalty, some of whom faked their title, others who were dubbed "princess" by the press...
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    AD&D 2E [2e] Monster Mythology Update Project

    Congratulations on finishing this epic project! You've displayed an awe-inspiring level of dedication to this, and it's been a delight to see month after month!
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    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    I just beat Donkey Kong '94, which was recently made available for free on the Switch for Nintendo Online subscribers. I remember wanting to play this quite badly when it came out, but never having the chance (or the money) to do so. As such, it was great to have the chance to go back and do so...
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    RPG Sales of 2025

    Rarr! I'm A Monster Publishing is currently offering 40% off their entire catalogue (of over four hundred products) from now through the weekend! Tale advantage of it while you can! Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.
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    What are you reading in 2025?

    Slowly working my way through some larger works, I was "inspired" by current events to read Federalist Paper no. 29, by Alexander Hamilton. Without getting too political, this essay shows what the thinking was for the 2nd Amendment, which strikes me as being quite different from contemporary...
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    Is There Possibility of a PF1.5 or a 3.5 Revival? Whether Directly or Something With Similar 'Ethos'

    Yeah, even a glance at the feat trees in the Core Rulebook makes it clear that those are issues. Thinking back on this, I remember that it came about as a result of a conversation I was having with someone (though I can't recall when or with who, now) about making PF1 feats more like 5E feats...
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    Is There Possibility of a PF1.5 or a 3.5 Revival? Whether Directly or Something With Similar 'Ethos'

    I once had an idea of making all of the feats in a chain only require a single slot. Essentially, you bought the entire chain for the "cost" of one feat; the caveat was that you only got the benefits of the subsequent feats in the chain as you met their prerequisites. It essentially made the...
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    D&D 3.x 3.5e/PF/OGL Low-Magic Campaign Resources and Ideas

    Another potential resource for @_Michael_ for low-magic games: I just wrote a brief overview of a product that aims to make shields more useful.
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    What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)?

    I'm kind of cheating on this one, because I purchased Fat Goblin Games' Sidebar #1 - Shields as Cover (affiliate link) for PF1 a while ago, when they were having a huge sale on almost their entire inventory. However, I only got around to downloading and reading it now, so I'm saying it counts...
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