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I will be very, very surprised if the grandiose plans of WotC, Hasbro, Mearls, etc. come to fruition. We never likely to see a return to the numbers of players (particularly new ones) that D&D had in the early days. The same goes for their big multi-media push. I really doubt it will do as...

The fact that he took part in dog fighting to begin with says something about the type of person he is. That alone is enough to shun the guy. What if he had raped someone, or murdered a child? Do you think that a rapist (or child murderer) is ever going to be a person you could trust or want...

It seems to be a mandatory inclusion for almost any fantasy RPG, unfortunately. I always check out the fantasy games that don't include them.

I have no problem with those. There is a strong degree of separation between her and the eventual story, unless she was completely rewriting them (as opposed to editing). I'm not saying that people in general should shun her books. I'm just saying that if I were reading something by her I...

We will have to agree to disagree about that. Deliberate cruelty to any living thing is, to me, a sign of a cruel person. Though culture plays a strong role, in the end it gets down to what choices an individual makes. In Vick's case, he knew it was considered horrific by the vast majority...

For me, it depends on what the head of the company is doing with my money. Ten years ago I became aware of where Cathey was spending his profits, so I haven't gone back there since then (even though I love their chicken). Even though most of the stores are franchises, some amount of money...

Yes, that is one solution, and may be the best one for him. I was simply stating how I handle such things. The OP might want to reconsider his approach to such things in the future. If I somehow ended up running a game that included a jacked-up character, I would simply adjust the game...

My campaigns always have a sandbox element to them. I may plan out an adventure, but I plan out several more that can occur if the characters choose to head off in another geographic direction. When push comes to shove, I improvise. I don't come up with a single solution to mysteries or other...

I tend to make permanent magic items - particularly weapons - pretty scarce. I want players to have to work hard to get them, and to appreciate what they have. It's the same principle as not overloading children with masses of toys at Christmas. Limited use potions, scrolls, etc. tend to be a...

I finally took a look at F.A.T.A.L. a few weeks ago. It's more funny (in a sick humor sort of way) than anything else, because it takes things to such an extreme level of ridiculousness.

Yeah, it is. Back when that edition was new and I was playing it, we thought nothing of it. It doesn't seem odd to me now, either. Prostitution is an extremely common thing, and has been for as long as we know. They don't call it "the world's oldest profession" for nothing. At various times...

Just tone down the encounters a bit.

In ANY game I run (Pathfinder or otherwise), a PC starts out with how much I agree to give him/her, and obtains no more wealth, equipment, magic items, etc. than I decide to make available in the game. I don't believe in pre-set levels of wealth that characters "should" have - I don't let minor...

I can generally separate the author from the work. When making purchases, though, I refuse to give money to anyone who I think is actively harming others. I have never read Marion Zimmer Bradley's work. Knowing what I know about her now, though, I have no interest in ever picking up anything...

A person who would EVER take part in that voluntarily is inherently a very bad person. I would never knowingly give money to someone who was that deeply evil inside. He may have "turned over a new leaf" publicly, but whatever lack of humanity he had that led him to think that dogfighting was...

Music and singing is fine, and was in the book. The dish juggling part just looked silly, though, and the theme park ride down the river in the barrels was made to look sillier than it had to be. I'm not saying The Hobbit movies are bad movies, but they were too campy in many places for my...

Yes, I have read them. I read them the first time back in the 70s. The Hobbit was not as silly as the movies have made it out to be.

The singing/dish juggling scene leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. They would probably have a really good movie if they put the whole Hobbit trilogy together and cut out all the silliness.

Yeah, I'm pretty skeptical of their ability to achieve the level of success they want with that.

In many businesses, things start to go downhill (for both customers and employees) once stock is offered to people other than the founders and initial investors. When you get boards, power struggles, and an ridiculously high emphasis on single quarter results, everything changes. TSR made a...