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This might be especially true given the popularity of actual-play shows that focus on player (and GM) performance.

That's an excellent point, and I didn't mean to imply that. That said, "can't do math" and "read different kinds of dice results better than other" aren't necessarily the same thing.

I think it would be a good idea to keep neurodivergence in mind when designing dice mechanics, but I don't know enough about how different neurodivergences interact with that kind of thing. EDIT: To expand: is it easier for a person with autism (or insert neurodivergence here) to add the...

Found monsters, went into space!

I've toyed with the idea of getting rid of Proficiencies and just folding all that into skills. Are you skilled with melee weapons? Are you skilled with Mason's tools? Are you skilled at playing the lute? Proficiency Bonus becomes Skilled Bonus. Proficiency disappears from the game. Some of this...

So, they don't want to pay money to the people who made the shows that I pay a monthly fee to watch on their service. Cool. Got it.

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but Disney is pulling content from D+ and from Hulu, for...REA$0N$!?!? I guess it's for tax breaks, so someone who understands that should chime in. So, it's time to bump the following to the top of your watchlist: • Be Our Chef • Best In Dough •...

I talked to a web developer once, back when Amazon was still new-ish, about how hard it was to find dvd release dates on Blockbuster's website but how easy it was to find it on Amazon, and they pointed out that this is because Amazon started as an online marketplace, but Blockbuster started as a...

Two things that have worked in our group: Propose a game in a setting or genre that everyone in the group can easily glom on to. I ran a short run of Masks between D&D 5E campaigns. Masks is a teen super-heroes game that does that sub-genre incredibly well. It emulates stuff like Young Justice...

DS9 did that for me. Before people's heads explode: for whatever reason, somewhere in season 6 I felt like I was just watching it because it had "Star Trek" in the name. I just had lost interest. Go figure. But!!! A few years later a friend sold me on finishing up the series and loaned me his...

"Safe mode" is a really good way to put it.

I wonder if part of the problem was changing approaches to acting and directing, especially in Trek production circles. At the time of TOS, being animated and expressive was kind of the way you did things. Part of that is stage training, which was more common back then, part of it was working...

This is interesting! can you elaborate on what you think those would be, and/or what they would be like? Heck, start another thread if you want! I'm curious!

I feel a little badly that I haven't really seen him in anything else, and I'd be open to suggestions of something he's really good in, because I hear he's been really good in some things. He's just so incredibly dull in ENT. I can't remember a single dramatic or funny or poignant Archer...

I generally agree. I think the season arcs in both shows have felt stretched out and like they were playing for time. Maybe they should try do smaller arcs within a season, or shorter seasons.

In general they're just baked into each weapon, so there's only decisions if you can manage more than one mastery per weapon. I think just giving all martials combat maneuvers would achieve similar and more cohesive results.

It's definitely great time to be a Star Trek fan - and lucky for me, I'm one of them! I grew up on re-runs of TOS, and it was one of those very formative cultural, pop-culture things for me. The show and the fan explosion of the 70s - with novels, technical manuals, etc. - was probably my...

Seth McFarlane seems to be very talented, but the opening song-and-dance number* he did at the Oscars put him on my no-fly list. I don't engage with anything he's involved in. * TRIGGER WARNING: reference to depictions of sexual violence. EDIT: added spoiler-blocked explanation with warning.

I don't play D&D for the verisimilitude, but I do think the rest rules are weird and awkward. Maybe you could replace all that with some slightly expanded Hit Dice rules.

I'm not sure that's what the feat says: Mastery Property. Your training with weapons allows you to use the Mastery property of one kind of Simple or Martial weapon of your choice, provided you are proficient with it. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change the kind of weapon you chose...