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  1. billd91

    D&D 5E (2024) Specifying 5e

    The closest to what I've been doing is the 5.14, 5.24 construction. Though I've been spelling it out a little more as 5e.2014 and 5e.2024 because I'm not charged by the keystroke and I find it just a little clearer.
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    How can the tabletop gaming industry survive without China?

    Considering they're proposing really stupid levels of tariff on solar panels coming out of southeast Asia, no. I don't think there are feasible alternatives out there as long as they cling to trade war policies. While games may scoot under the radar with a shift, IF the facilities can be found...
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    What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)?

    I guess I'm on a bit of binge. I first finally bought Baldur's Gate 3 since my computer can now run it. Then I bought Domains of Delight off DM's Guild. And finally, when I went to Noble Knight to pick up the copy of London's Burning that came in (WWII air war game), I bought a Campaign Builder...
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    What Show Should Have Only Had One Season?

    That one's going to be a lot like the Red Wedding episode of Game of Thrones. If you know the source material, you knew it was coming. But if you didn't... ouch.
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    Best Star Trek/Mass Effect-like RPGs in your opinion?

    We used Star Wars Saga Edition for a Mass Effect universe game and it did pretty well. Biotic powers were just replaced with Force powers. But I'm not sure it would be too good a fit for Star Trek considering how non-combaty Star Trek tends to be compared to Star Wars (or even Mass Effect).
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    Star Wars Rewatch

    I think, for a lot of people, it made a good first impression after all the moaning about Jar Jar and the Phantom Menace. But I don't think it's a lasting impression, particularly not when you actually delve into it and give it some thought. Then it really does suffer.
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    Star Wars Rewatch

    I've raised two. And they were a lot nicer and more socially well-adjusted than Anakin (we won't compare mental health issues exacerbated by the pandemic - no, we won't).
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    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    More like waiting for an upgrade from my decade+ old iMac. Though I AM playing a bladesinger...
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    What Show Should Have Only Had One Season?

    My answer would be an unequivocal no. If the seasons between 1 and the ending were good, they were good. Full stop.
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    What videogames are you playing in 2025?

    I have now, finally, started Baldur's Gate 3.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Prepping for The Wild Beyond the Witchlight -- The Witchlight Carnival

    You could index the results "Weakling" "Puny Gnome" "Mighty Goblin" "Powerful Bugbear" "OGRE STRENGTH" or something like that by the results of the Strength check. Fail the base DC by more than 5 or so, you get Weakling. Fail by less: Puny Gnome. Barely succeed: Might Goblin. Succeed by 5...
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    What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs

    Allow me to point out [emphasis mine]:
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    What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs

    True, you do, however, get the results of a successful project. So it's not like investing the company so much as investing in a particular project.
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    Star Wars Rewatch

    If you ask me, the real story of Anakin Skywalker is what turned him from a helpful, relatively cheerful little sprout in Phantom Menace to the creep in Attack of the Clones. And that's the story that isn't told.
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    Spoilers Daredevil: Born Again (Spoilers)

    I might amend that and say that superhero characters, in general, tend to have power levels that vary widely with the writer working on them. So any variation in MCU depictions is pretty much par for the course.
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    What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs

    There can be a significant difference between a teacher who also coaches and a coach who also teaches. It's all in what their primary focus is and how conscientious they are with the kids in their care. Many teachers in my high school were also coaches of various athletics - and not just the gym...
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    What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs

    Same with Wisconsin in the 1980s. Kind of underscores how many kids either aren't listening in class or who forget what they learned.
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    D&D General 1e feel for 5E

    It is kind of weird the way 2e regressed in that way and 1e's Method I was moved to Method V. I suspect some influence from the BECMI line?
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