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    What are you reading in 2024?

    I discovered this late last year and have torn through the series in the last few months. I'm due to check out Amongst Our Weapons (book 9) this weekend from the local library. I found it fun, immensely readable, and the voice and some of the "misses" in the language improve as it goes on...
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    Geek Confessional Thread 2024 [NOW 2025!]

    Here's my big one: The Lego X D&D crossover SHOULD be everything to me, but I just can't pull the trigger on it (and believe me, impulse buys are NOT the issue). The build, the aesthetics, the minifigures themselves...everything just seems varying degrees of "Off." I had enough LEGO VIP points...
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    D&D General D&D Cartoon Characters In WizKids 50th Anniversary Miniatures

    This is literally what just happened with Wongo's mace in the Tomb of Annihilation campaign I'm in.
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    D&D General D&D Cartoon Characters In WizKids 50th Anniversary Miniatures

    LOL. Can't argue with that! In the meantime, you could try to pick up Masters of the Universe: Battleground (Masters of the Universe: Battleground) and paint He-Man as Northlord! :) (And in my defense of NOT spending money, I DID just pick up the Beholder and Displacer Beast actions...
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    D&D General D&D Cartoon Characters In WizKids 50th Anniversary Miniatures

    And, don't forget, he was way back in the "War Drums" set too! :) (I keep going back and forth on if I want the "League of Malevolence" set. It's nifty, but none of them fill a needed niche in my minis library other than nostalgic recognition.)
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    D&D General LEGO D&D minifigures -- pics of all 12

    Like @Velderan, I can also vouch that it works. I used the scan-the-QR-code trick to find the Noir Detective in the most recent series of Collectible Mini-figures. But, it was TEDIOUS. Some of the QR codes did not print very dark, and there's a lot of tipping and turning to get the camera to...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Are Paladins Merely Mediocre Multiclass Fighter/Clerics?

    Hunters Mark should be a class ability. Yes, I know there are reasons why it's not, but frankly all of them ring hollow to me.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Are Paladins Merely Mediocre Multiclass Fighter/Clerics?

    I haven't made it far jnto the thread, but the idea of ranger-as-martial-focused-druid is intriguing food for thought.
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    Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks

    Bad movie geography is always fun, but no--I've completely missed Due South. Thanks for the example!
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    Your most pointless TV/movie/book nitpicks

    Oooh! I have one! I just finished "The Killer" with Michael Fassbender, and a segment was filmed right up the road in a habitation or town I know (and I was driving through the filming site daily at the time). Well, this town is supposed to be "a stone's throw" outside New York City, but as...
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    D&D 4E Ben Riggs' "What the Heck Happened with 4th Edition?" seminar at Gen Con 2023

    I played Scales of War all the way through, and I did buy the PH/DMG/MM, but I'll admit, that's only because I found them at Border's Books (before they went under) in a slipcase for 40% off with coupon. I'm pretty sure the rest of my party just used Insider.
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    Dragonlance Kaz The Minotaur Comes to 5e For His 35th Anniversary

    Back in the day I was all about Kaz and Dragonlance Minotuars, especially the League. I will be buying this in a heartbeat.
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    Random Geek Media Trivia Thread

    I always enjoy these casting gags, like J. Jonah Jameson ALWAYS being J. K. Simmons, no matter the universe/timeline.
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    Random Geek Media Trivia Thread

    One I like to share with my students when we study "The Great Gatsby": Before they would be Scott Lang and Mitchell Carson in "Ant-Man," Paul Rudd and Martin Donovan appeared in the 2000 A+E "Great Gatsby" as Nick and Tom Buchanan. Rudd and Donavan's "Ant-Man" co-star, Cory Stoll (Darren...
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    The One Ring’s Tales from the Lone-lands Release Date Announced

    I don't know what customs or shipping costs, or exchange rates, would look like, but Free League's website offers "Brazil" as a shipping destination.
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    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse Review

    Yeah, I'm basically a Fry "Shut Up and Take My Money" meme every time Free League announces a new One Ring product (and Vaesen, Tales From the Loop, Alien...)
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    D&D 5E (2014) WOTC Possibly Removing "Druids" for Religious/Cultural Sensitivity Reasons

    Apropos of nothing, "Onate's Foot" was one of the first episodes of "99% Invisible" I listened to.
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    The One Ring’s Tales from the Lone-lands Release Date Announced

    Remarkably, this one simply went up for sale, no Kickstarter. I preordered in June, I think. I've flipped through mine a little, and completely agree with @Mikeythorn : completely beautiful (like all Free League's One Ring stuff). So, I've only read half the first Adventure and the last...
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    I'm ready for a new Star Wars RPG

    This is exactly what my impression was after running the Rebel starter set. I felt like my party struggled with the improv element of the FF system rolls, and I chalked it up to almost all of them are coders or engineers (of all flavors).
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    RPG Evolution: When Gamers Retire

    If no one does it by the time I do retire, "Senior Retirement Dice" (large face) may be a market niche to be explored and tapped!
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