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It’s never going to stick just to the show/game without the author. Because nothing says “Eff you” to the people the people she’s actively hurting than discussing any of her new license products as if the big transphobic elephant in the room isn’t there.

What's the retcon? Harry makes his choice in the first book and Dumbledore validates it. He opines about sorting too early to Snape in book 6, if I remember correctly. Harry tells his son he can choose his house in book 7. Harry's morality and the morality of people close to him is all about...

Um... this actually IS dealt with. Harry chooses his house (by opting against Slytherin). Dumbledore underscores the importance of that choice and, later on, reflects to Snape that people are sorted too soon before their true nature is demonstrated. Harry eventually tells his awkwardly named son...

I think 5e.2024 has gone a bit farther down the road of nerfing monster defenses than I would like. I'd like to see lycanthropes toughened up again. Just having a lot of hit points doesn't exactly make them scary - not like them regenerating or strongly resisting non-silver damage does anyway...

The AL coordinators at Gamehole Con have been encouraging their DMs to put out the safety tools, so I have been even though they've never been used at my tables. AL may seem pretty mild but you do get a wide variety of ages and general players, so you never know what's going to hit someone the...

Big businesses may also have a lot of bureaucratic/managerial structures that makes catering to smaller, niche or fringe markets or other specialty or experimental projects too expensive to pursue for acceptable return whereas smaller businesses with less overhead have opportunities to excel.

Wow. Being turn-based is one of the definite engine improvements over Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. Considering 5e's casting times are a lot more compressed than AD&D's, maybe the issue would have been much reduced - but trying to target enemies with an area-effect spell with BG1 and 2 sucked and was a...

My guess is that IF they ever switch to Daggerheart full time, they'll still be under the Critical Role banner. They'll just say "nerdy-ass voice actors playing Daggerheart".

Christian Nationalist, James Dobson, has croaked. https://www.advocate.com/news/james-dobson-focus-family-dead

I've seen senses designated as "targeting" or "accurate" in superhero games (Champions and Mutants and Masterminds, respectively) to indicate that they're suitable for use in targeting an opponent with attacks. Normally, that applies to sight by default, but it can be bought with any sense in...

It would be... if someone were to actually do it. But I suspect it's not really a thing - particularly with playing the X-card. If someone approaches the table saying "Change this game!", presumably they're basing it on the description blurb in the event listing. And if you want a game changed...

Yeah, I'd say he's incentivized to having a rampage. Knowing how players like to be fully powered up, would it incentivize the rampage to the point of being treated as a requirement for a player who wants to be as prepared as he can be for the big bad? I'd argue that might be as distorting as...

Sure, but swastikas started as symbols of spirituality and luck and we all know what happened after they were appropriated. So for any of these situations, which history should be respected? History doesn't stop with something's origin.

Seriously, it's not that hard. Just call a 5 minute bio-break so other players can leave the table and ask the X-card invoking player what triggered it. You CAN and may need to ask that since it may not be obvious. You don't need to ask why they feel that way, just what needs to be changed. And...

I think there are problems with that sort of quid pro quo approach - engage self-loathing or the Yancy Street Gang relationship to enable Clobbering Time. Clobbering Time is one of the main things Ben does - but he does it whether he got himself (and therefore the FF) in trouble, or Reed did by...

When I ran to level 20 (Age of Worms), it was hit points, hit points, hit points. Granted, I had 6 players instead of just a more average 4, so I included more minion-type creatures to encounters to compensate. But standard hit points tended to be a bit thin for monsters even based on the custom...

No, we pretty much all suck. Best to shun us, really.

I think someone is engaging in white room theorycrafting to hide their distaste for a particular tool. Edit: Oh, yeah. Increasingly convinced it's all bad faith.

It has been my experience that most tables of players are pretty accommodating with the scenario they've shown up to play. They understand that it can be a bit linear or even railroady at times. They're usually game to cooperate. But occasionally, a group will get something stuck in their heads...

Good to see I'm not the only one viewing this series as the love-child between Alien and Blade Runner. :D