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Agreeing to much of the rest, but this probably would have been a bad idea. There is no infringement here. A dispute over possession of the cards is not a copyright issue. No cause to take down the video. Claiming that there was a copyright violation where there was none seems quite wrong. (I...

That would work better, at least to me. That’s a positive assertion of what happened. It’s direct and unambiguous. It’s also falsifiable. WoTC has more reputation on the line in making such a statement. TomB

Agreed. I do think the response was unfriendly (at the least). I lay fault on both parties. TomB

Eh, poor resolution reproductions are probably not infringing. In comparison, if he had other cards past embargo that he owned, he could legitimately post images of them if he were selling them as singles. TomB

Not being "stolen property" does not mean that he is entitled to keep the cards. He doesn't have to send the cards back. The friendly thing to do is call the sender and tell them of the incorrect delivery. The sender has the burden of retrieving the cards. My (unsure) understanding is that...

Eh, this is not a copyright issue. A review is an allowed “fair” use. Also, a physical product carries certain rights. If he had digitized an image in full resolution and put that out that would be infringing. I thought he received the wrong product? In such a case it seems he is not...

I dunno. I can’t speak to the veracity of what was stated to have happened, but if Mr. cannon’s wife requested that they leave, and if they physically prevented the door from closing (which means they did not leave), and they did so while armed, I’d say they ratcheted up the threat to criminal...

Ah, I see. The Beyond version seems to be a ship killer. What happens if a 10’ wide trench is created across a ship? What if the ship is more than 10’ wide? TomB

I’m trusting the text at dandwiki.com In the spell Description is ‘wide’ the width of the parting? Or the width of the body of water which is to be crossed? In the second case, part water coils not be cast on the open sea. I’d give ships caught in the area of effect a chance to be either...

Why not? It's your drawing -- you can do with it as you will. Actually, how was the AI trained? If the AI was trained on data which was appropriated, that is problematic. If the AI was self trained, then I don't see a problem. TomB

Additional text removed. I’m approaching this from the point of view of a software professional, to whom copyright is an important issue. The first quote is moving too quickly over a huge part of the problem: Not obtaining a clear right to use posted work. The basic rule here is if you can’t...

What I remember from my RM days is that such a scene would require a lot of GM rolls that were mostly hidden from the players to determine what the nomads saw and how they reacted. This would take a few non-interactive minutes of GM time. I suspect the lack of drama arose from the very...

Or, it could sloppy reuse of text from prior editions! That gets my vote. That text directly and unambiguously implies that teleportation is a form of interdimensional travel. However, that idea seems well scrubbed from the description of the teleport spell. TomB

This was to address an earlier discussion in the thread. There was an argument that teleport required movement of some sort between the points. That is, continuous motion along a path. For example, a dip into the ether, or into the astral or shadow planes. Various forms of teleport spells...

But but but, in the phrase "instantly transports you", does that mean "transports you continuously along a path"? Conversion into energy and cross to alternate dimensions seem precluded. But is "continuous motion" necessarily included? Is that meaning to be used for understanding...

I think there is a language / terminology issue here which is causing problems. On the one hand, travel that begins in a location and that reaches a different location generally is required to have transited along some continuous path between the two locations. That's how everyday motion...

Sure. Wanting to do something and having to do something are different matters. I think the problem is that earlier editions of D&D, there weren't many options intermediate to death, except for the GM to intervene. Realistically, how many monsters take prisoners? How do you work around death...

I think we are in agreement? In a game with light story investment, death or any of the other catastrophes can still mean an interruption of play. When an encounter can run for hours, an early death means being unengaged for hours. In a game with heavy story investment, the consequence is an...

Well, “stop playing”, as I’ve seen it, means being taken out of play for anywhere from an hour or for the rest of the evening. That depending on the players speed at creating a new character and the ability of the GM to put the new player into play. ”Stop playing” also has meant returning to...

Maybe. But, this seems a system problem. When a system permits random deaths, and if a random death can upset a night of activity, I place blame on the system. A system which contains the possibility of large mishaps should have mechanisms to keep players in the game. This is a problem of...