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I didn't take much in the way of specifics from that other than that "The Ninth Ray is much better than rays one through eight, so we don't intend to let anyone else have it". What isn't explained is the need to work through a patsy (a rather uner-utilized character himself) rather than simply...

I think this is one of those movies that has a big identity problem. It's not really a light-hearted thrill ride in the vein of "Raiders" or "Pirates". You're not laughing constantly at lovable, quirky characters right before gasping as they go over a waterfall or narrowly avoid being swallowed...

I don't go shell out cash for a movie with plans not to enjoy myself. I doubt that many other people do so either. Rather, they have standards and the movie simply doesn't meet them. That is all fairly self-evident, which leads me to the unfortunate conclusion that you're trolling for criticism...

In the traditional sense of "stupidly high" or "stupidly expensive" or "stupidly popular". Meaning something equivalent to "in excess of what a rational assessment would justify".

So the Therns in the film are no more meaningful even to someone who's read the books? They're just inscrutable bad guys whose existence should be accepted prima facie on the metafictional basis that movies need prime-mover bad guys? Oh, well, in that case, who needs coherence? What a thrill...

The camera is now 5MP. There's a 4G option. That's about it. And for a stupidly high number of people, that will be enough.

Went to see it with a friend. Had more than person snoring behind us, and lotfs of foot traffic during the film as well. Some fun action scenes, but on the whole it was a total mess. Sequels will be unlikely, I predict. Who or what are the "Thurms" supposed to be? They're on Earth, they're on...

Awesome! A thread where we get to gripe about George Lucas! This is the sort of thing that unites us as fans. It surrounds us and penetrates us, it bind us together..... ....aw shoot. Who am I kidding? Every little snarky remark that springs to mind has already been said a million times. Guess...

From a simulationist point of view, does it make sense that characters are frozen in time whenever it's not their turn? Does it make sense that the players can simply rush past front-line enemies to get at the squishy caster in back? I actually really don't like how AoO's were implemented in...

Wasn't that an old Ted Nugent song? "Cat-Stacked Fever"? :)

Well, the PHB 2 revised large sections of the stealth section--sufficient that it should have reprinted the section in its entirety. Instead, it required consulting both. Y'know, stealth has been all but abandoned in the group I play in. The main reason is that it seems to work out in...

No, he's not right. If he said the stuff you said, he shouldn't quit his day job. He's way off the mark. Of course, I don't have access to this video, so does he explain how exactly "powerfulness" relevant to how boring or exciting a character is? One of the problems we have with modern RPG's...

Some things here I agree with (like easier-to-skim monster stats) but on the whole I think this represents a bunch of minor concessions that need to made by gamers, not the system.

It's not a general problem. In fact, like I touched on, it's generally good that heroes spot things instead of missing them. But things traps and lurker-type monsters are blunted by having even a single character that's awesome at soptting danger consistently in every situation. That's one...

Let me say something that goes entirely against the direction to which RPG's have evolved: I'm not crazy about havin a dedicated attribute that's used to make all checks for detecting things (i.e. Perception skill). Why? Having perception function as a skill unto itself has the de facto...

As I alluded to in the OP, 3e had a very cut-and-dried approach to traps. They have a little stat block including a Search and Disable DC. That's it. Adventures published would reinforce this by providing no details on a trap besides it's stat block. Essentially, the point a trap is not to...

Well, cloud-based computing also sucks some eggs here in the U.S. But sales weasels know what buttons to push. Tell administration that it will save them a fortune, and people will assign techs to do proofs-of-concept. Of course, these are the very techs who may stand to be laid off if the...

Hate to get off topic, but this was 1st level characters we're talking about? Even with good stats, low-level monks do lousy damage and their flurry of blows put their attack bonus significantly behind just about any other front-liner. Strikes me as odd is all.

I can only repeat what I said: we're not talking about a misanthrope or bully by any means. It's just a simple matter of being concerned with you want and not particularly concerned with what other participants might want. If one of'em wants to play a halfling wizard, he or she is free to go...

Suffice to say, perhaps I'm simply not as fortunate as others have been. As to online behavior, don't be so hard on yourself. It's hard not to engage in pedantry when you're trying to speak your full thoughts on a subject. At least most pedants feel obliged to be articulate. I'll take that.