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Re: Doric and Simon. I absolutely loved this dynamic, though it plays against the typical cinematic shorthand. Simon likes Doric, but she’s not interested because his lack of confidence makes her sad. So he suggests recruiting her, but then he leaves her alone. He isn’t constantly trying to woo...

They also mention that the Emerald Enclave are against Forge’s taking over of Neverwinter. Which explains his hostility to them.

Finally, someone says it.

My most minimal expectations were that it would be a passable adventure story set in the Forgotten Realms with recognizable D&D creatures and spells. I was hopeful after seeing the trailers that it would have great comedy and heart, too, which it did. But I’m in awe at how they captured the feel...

I hear you. By any measure, 2nd Edition was a huge overhaul, far beyond anything they’ve suggested for 2024. Classes completely revised, entirely new initiative system, XP for treasure abandoned, monsters buffed. And yet, it seemed to me that even at the time we didn’t think of it as a different...

Seriously. The powers that be abandoned my D&D a long time ago, and it’s never coming back. It wasn’t personal, and while I may have felt a pang of regret when I realized it, I can’t even say I blame them. So many people have come to the game through 2e, 3e, 4e, and now 5e. Who am I to deny them...

Mainly because I have to turn off Roll20’s 3D dice because it makes the game lag too much.

That looks super fun, awesome, and waaaay beyond the capability of my PC to handle.

Creepy and off-putting halflings is completely on brand for 5e D&D!

Currently, it’s at 90% on RT, with 79 reviews (93% for Top Critics, with 14 reviews), and an audience score of 91% (94% verified audience with over 50 reviews). It needs one more review, good or bad, to be certified Fresh. RT aggregates the critic reviews as rating it a 7.5 out of 10 (7.4 for...

Well, I was being more Watsonian than Doyalist. Really I think it’s that they wanted a nice balance between magic-using characters and non-magic using characters, while also keeping explanatory lore to a minimum. I broke down and watched the final trailer, and I love that they actually used...

I have not seen the movie yet, but I’ve always assumed that in this particular campaign, Edgin’s bardic magic was just fluffed as being non-magical.

Only because “D&D Asset Retriever 2.0” would be too on-the-nose.

It's one data point, sure, but there are many others. Beyond other TRPG cafes, you have online session portal sites, conventions, and publicly available TRPG circles (i.e., clubs). D&D is always in the mix for all of these. It may not be number one, but it'll be number two, three, or four. I...

Yup. In the context of martial arts, I’ve said that the most Japanese dojo in the West is not as Japanese as the most westernized gym in Japan, and I think the same applies here. A D&D game by Japanese players is going to be more attuned to Japanese culture and tastes than the most historically...

5e is hugely popular in Japan. Let me refer to this thread. Updating it for the recently released 2022 numbers, it shows 1. D&D (all editions) 286 games 2. Shadowrun (all editions) 120 games 3. Sword World (all editions) 116 games 4. Pathfinder 108 games (I believe this is 1st Ed., as there...

Elmorean Realism. Though I must say the new D&D movie is much in my head for its aesthetic.

Well, that was a whole lotta nothing.

The reviews already out are pretty positive!

On the original question of whether 1D&D will create a significant divide, when I started playing, there was already a divide: D&D and AD&D. And then there was D&D, AD&D, and AD&D 2nd Ed. However, this was not really a problem, because while they games were all distinct (probably even more...