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  1. GreyLord

    General star wars talk/discussion/complaining

    I'd say exactly this. If they had replaced it with something people loved (and normally, when you continue on a characters progression, rather than regressing most of them, people will love it a lot more) rather than what they did, I think people would have loved Star Wars even more than they...
  2. GreyLord

    Gaming/RPG Fiction Should Make A Comeback

    As someone mentioned previously, Black Library seems to have a lot of fiction still published. Of course it is Warhammer Fiction, but it is connected to the series. We've recently had Dragonlance and a novel or two for D&D as well (though some of it was for the film).
  3. GreyLord

    Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* | Big Game Trailer | In Theaters May 2

    Looks better than FF at least. (Maybe thats because I just don't really dig the retrovibe the FF trailer had or something...not sure, but this at least looks better)
  4. GreyLord

    D&D General Chris Perkins and Stan! - previous D&D edition thoughts

    Iterative attacks are still in 5e. Like, they can even start at 2nd level for some classes, and are much more of a pain to remember (is it a bonus action or not? Can I use this bonus action for this or this?) than even 3e was! Things that limit movement and square movement also... Still...
  5. GreyLord

    D&D General Chris Perkins and Stan! - previous D&D edition thoughts

    Not really. I can show how it's related (and even show how characters, such as Fighters and such have similar bonuses at each level), but BX absolutely did NOT have Bounded Accuracy. Not only did they not say it directly, but nothing was limited in how high your bonuses could go in any...
  6. GreyLord

    D&D General Chris Perkins and Stan! - previous D&D edition thoughts

    3e was made to be played super loose, which came to bite the creators of it hard. 3.5 they tried to make far more defined. 5e can't be played as loose as 2e, and how massively limted (+4 point range) they made bounded accuracy kills any chance of playing a lot of it like 2e to even begin to...
  7. GreyLord

    D&D General Chris Perkins and Stan! - previous D&D edition thoughts

    It's absolutely there. People just choose not to use it, which they could also choose in 3.X, but it's absolutely there in 5e. Where do you think the Sorlock or other things come from. 5e's advancement is basically the same as 3e (and the rest of WotC's XP) which is either milestone or from...
  8. GreyLord

    D&D General Chris Perkins and Stan! - previous D&D edition thoughts

    5e is more similar to 3.5 than 2e, any day of the week. It's far more a successor to 3.5 (and 4e even, where do you think bounded accuracy comes from???) than anything from TSR. Similarities in rules, ideas, and how things work (HP dice keep coming, multiclassing, Feats, etc) are all more...
  9. GreyLord

    D&D 5E (2014) So 5E is the Successor to AD&D 2nd Edition? How and How Not?

    5e doesn't feel like anything related to 2e at all, to me. The closest one might say would be the sub-classes/archetypes each class gets in 5e, at least in relation to Kits (though Kits were not mandatory in 2e and you could play the game just fine without any kits at all). The very limited...
  10. GreyLord

    Are Orcs in the Monster Manual? No and Yes.

    Funny Story (not so funny at the time). Minus the Social Media, that's almost exactly what happened. 2e took out the Terms of Demon and Devil, Assassins were taken out as well as Half-Orcs, and wild shenanigans happened! It took years for a proper assassin (and the monk) to be released again...
  11. GreyLord

    RPG Evolution: You Can't Just Buy Hasbro

    Jeff Bezos may not be that bad, TBH. He may seem to have fallen off the rocker recently, but he got his start because he was really into books (like...really...really into books, think the nerdy kid who reads all the time type of book lover). He also enjoys a good fantasy and likes a lot of...
  12. GreyLord

    RPG Evolution: You Can't Just Buy Hasbro

    In a nutshell... It's hard to buy something outright, if it's not for sale outright. Sure, you can buy bits and pieces of it, but buying all of it (or at least a controlling interest)...if no one's selling it, that's going to be a tough thing to buy. That said, I've divested a bit of Hasbro...
  13. GreyLord

    Star Trek and Idealism vs cynicism

    Naw, I'd say it's more like making James Bond the good guy (though, in theory, though a fictional character, he actually does far far worse than anything we've seen Section 31 do at times).
  14. GreyLord

    Star Trek and Idealism vs cynicism

    I haven't seen the movie. I don't have a problem with the idea of Section 31. It's like acting like Western Nations don't have things like the CIA and Black Ops, or that Britain doesn't have the equivalent of MI6 or SAS. They do things that we like to pretend don't happen in order to continue...
  15. GreyLord

    New Rising Partner's 15 billion Bid Could Derail Skydance Merger, Star Trek's Future In The Balance!

    I think one of those individuals with Project Rise Partners (who is one of the richest in the world) is also a large Star Trek Fan. I suppose that means Star Trek's future is in the Balance, but it also means that Star Trek is one of the central reasons for the individual to be interested in...
  16. GreyLord

    Shadowrun: How can they properly use Native Americans?

    Ah, history. We imagine scenarios that could never be, but thinking on it can be fun. First...I do NOT agree with the Cause of the Southern States during the US Civil War. I do NOT sympathize with their reasonings for rebellion, and I do not think they were the good guys (they were the bad...
  17. GreyLord

    Watching films at the cinema - also, RIP David Lynch.

    I have a TV that is bigger to watch (as I can sit closer to it) in appearance than most movie screens. I also have my own personal projector and theater if I want to watch it that way. I still go to the theater. I can honestly say that the only movie I think was valid to be watched in the...
  18. GreyLord

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Everyone Knows | Disney+

    THE Spiderman show is Spiderman: The Animated Series (1994 -1998) I've seen the older series, and it was also good, I saw the Spectacular Spiderman and it was also fun...but this one...this one IS the Spiderman series that is Spiderman. This ad doesn't make me feel like it will replace the...
  19. GreyLord

    Paizo Pathfinder Quest

    If you see it first, post the link here. I'm so ready to back this. Hopefully it's not one where I back it and it takes so long to create it that I forget I even backed it in the first place (has happened with a KS or two). Still going to back it regardless though if it hits crowdfunding.
  20. GreyLord

    D&D 5E (2024) The Two Forgotten Realms Books Were Not Finalized At Their Announcement, Artificer & Species Could Still Be For It

    It could be that we see how the setting books will work from here on out. In general, it has been typical for a race to be introduced per setting, though exceptions were had. We could see one, or several races and perhaps a class or two (most likely at least a few subclasses/archtypes) I'd...
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