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I didn't want to get into this with the previous thread, because it lends more respectability to Maher's opinion than it should be due, but I think the majority of geekdom "adults" just fine. (I perpetually hate that phrase, but more for the reduction of maturity to a simplistic phrase and...

I would also challenge the claim "inaccurate." :) In my high school years, I saw plenty of myself in aspects of Sheldon, Howard, and Raj! Overly pedantic, slightly neurotic, painfully shy around females -- every bit of it. (However, my mother didn't have me tested, and I never found courage with...

Looking at the stats, it mirrors the experience of the vast majority of my gaming life, throughout about seven editions of the game’s over 35+ years. I have a binder of characters from my basic and AD&D days — only 2 hit 9th level, the rest are 7th and below. Of my 3e, 4e, and Pathfinder days...

Anyone who holds up Shakespeare or Dickens as their examples of superior adult literature really misses their original context as the most mass-market and low-brow of entertainment, same as Comic books and other pop culture staples are being looked at by Maher in this context. The Iliad and...

This actually refers to the branch that are more mercenary and less Bane-worshipping, the “Black Network” faction. Unfortunately, what killed the PC was a Grey Ooze that they ultimately ran from, and who got away into the sewers — everyone in the enemy faction they attacked has already been...

It made an appearance in every one of our campaigns when I was younger; there was exactly ONE campaign that it didn’t wreck. :)

I was hoping for some creative ideas from this artesian idea well of a community ;) much thanks in advance. Situation: the PCs are all affiliated with (tightly or loosely) the Local Zhentarim faction in the Waterdeep campaign i’m running for them. One of the PCs died in their first mission. Due...

I would happily watch ANY OF THESE on Adult Swim. :)

This also means that I’ve been playing D&D for about 38 years now, which is longer than most of the people I work with have been alive. I LITERALLY have dice older than them... ...I’ll just be over here eating my Halos while muttering about kids these days and AC that goes upwards... :) More...

He fills his foes with hot lead, and hopes they don't fill him with cold iron!

Heroes in a Body Bag — CYBER POWER!

Fantastic Magical Detective Dog - coming soon to Disney XD! :)

Would that be one of those Festhalls with the red lamps out front?... I don't know if my players are going to go all in on chapter 2, but I did inform them to be thinking in their backstory about a reason that each of their characters want to make a name for themselves or become established in...

I also need to bring up that there are a LOT of checks where there's nothing by the rules stopping every single member of the party from rolling to attempt the task at hand. Perhaps things like deception or diplomacy might be problematic if more than one person attempts it, but perceptions...

Weirdly enough, I've never found this to be the case ("The DM-controlled character/critter is rarely viewed as a party member...a player-controlled character/critter is often just as loved as a PC."). If a player is playing them, they are usually an extra set of hands on a piece of paper...

The only game I have ever "left" D&D for for any length of time has been the Star Wars Saga Edition back in the 2007-2008 timeframe. It's the only one my group was so interested in they voluntarily asked to play it, and I ran more than one six-month campaign for it. Most everything else has...

I'm more along the lines of Charlaquin, in that I play it fairly strictly for that (VSM components + Warcaster), though I haven't had anyone yet ask for investing in some kind of special equipment or "painting their holy symbol on their weapon/shield" kind of stuff. Mostly, spellcasters in our...

Sounds like you either had a good DM mentor along the way, or managed to figure out the proper nip/tucks to the system yourself in order to be a good DM. :) Forums like these are awesome, but they are by their nature anomalies - from what I can tell, the vast majority of DMs out there in the 3e...

To be fair, it was pretty good advice for life, too. :)

There was an article in player’s handbook II back in the 3.5 days about playing a Marshal - and it gave good advice about how to be a leader without being a jerk. It advocated things such as recommending others’ plans, praising successful performances, damning terrible decisions with silence...