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Does no one remember the Pandorica Opens/Big Bang when the Doctor uses the belief of all humanity to reset the entire Universe? If thats not cosmic magic what is? Matt Smiths Doctor was arguably pushing the Doctor as virtual god as a core theme -then giving us the whole Silence plot to have him...

Interesting that UK Mothering Sunday is a religious feast day supporting the Mother Church whereas the rest of the Commonwealth follows the secular US tradition. Funny how these things happen

I think its more fun to give monsters things like evasion and repositioning abilities or use cover and hide and terrain advantages, make combats dynamic - use lair actions for everything

Process is different but why should the outcomes be so? An alchemist creating a vial of alchemist fire is different to a wizard casting a fireball afterall And DnD already has tech masquerading as magic items - like Googles of Night Vision

It was Mothers day in NZ, Australia and Canada too - when is UK mothers day?

why? as you say a fantasy science isnt that different to a magic so why would the Archimedes death ray be any more disruptive than a staff of fire? The Archimedes Ray is utilised in the Malyasian movie "Malay Chronicles" where it is ship mounted and used to set an invading fleet on fire, fun...

in Medieval times everything that involved some formal knowledge or skill was referred to as science, its only after the 17th century that the word gets its more restricted meaning

Mechanics Ars Mechanica Artifex Engineer (or Ingeniarius) - Da Vinci was referred to as Ingeniarius Ducalis (the Dukes Engineer) I like Artifex myself

I do like when they dip into different cultural traditions when crafting storys for the show and having an African focus given the origins of the new Doctor was nice (even if it was a bit of a kitchen sink Africa). the term gods has been used throughout the history of Doctor Who and never...

The ghost of Sergei von Zarovich - a noble, devoted paladin with a radiant heart, he now has a chance to stop the cycle of corruption started by his brother

Advice to GMs - Dont give too many magic items out and it wont be a problem Attunement means that item powers can be gated behind level and stat ranks, I like legendary weapons that have influence and narrative "worthiness" gates too. I also think that all magic weapons and armour should be...

The Normans were led by knights in armour focussed on mounted cavalry formations, building castles and open field tactics, Wales unfortunately -for them- is rough and mountainous. The Welsh were small bands of rangers in the forest and hills, they knew their territory, used guerilla tactics and...

Capaldi also had a few multiparters, but pretty much the whole new Who has been 'cursed' in some views. The big era of multiparters was Tomm Bakers 4th Doctor 40 years ago

The actual United Nations told BBC they werent allowed to use United Nations for Unit anymore, so I was surprised when they referenced Geneva. Either theyve resolved something or its just a sneaky nod in order make UNIT International again (leaving Torchwood as UK specific) or the Disney...

Player Guide DM Guide/Advice with Introductory Adventure Main Adventure with thematic handouts and maps A Gazetteer/Setting Guide (with more encounter hooks)

yes this board does skew that old - young people use those new fancy instagrams and discords and what not not that 87 is all that long was it? I was 15 in 87! anyway I do like PDFs and your earlier point about experience milestones letting you set your own pace works well when you can get...

Yeah I prefer flat systems where PCs develop organically rather than jumping levels, so a good adventure doesnt need explicit level gain to be fun. For DnD Id focus Adventures within tiers rather than spanning level 1 -10 to get impetus

Hmm I hadnt picked up on that detail (probably because of all the costume changes) but the Doctor being in white and Mrs Floods white coat at the end of last season do make a possible link. Also considering that despite the death of Sutekh we are still getting stories of the "gods of chaos"...

You're correct and if the Doctor had been present, he probably would have stopped Kate from doing it, but he wasnt there - and Kate went too far (even her right hand man Colonel Ibrahim says it). It will be interesting to see if Kates dark turn is explored further - especially now that UNIT has...

he found it half-buried in the black muck of the river, where the low tide drew the cities breath away, baring its ribs and detritus to the fingers of its most desperate scavengers. The boy felt it hard and cold in the silt, long as his forearm and carved from fine ivory, with holes drilled...