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Full agreement there. While I think they bungled the ranger in particular, cleaned up rules for initiative and surprise in 2e were much easier to actually work with rather than work around. The thief was much improved (though still on crappy saves). And having non-weapon proficiencies in one...

But those are the narratives people romanticize. And there's a significant element of truth to them - that's the benefit of having such monstrous opponents dominating the timeframe, other ills and even a bit of divisiveness pale by comparison. I can see why it's attractive for romanticizing...

Sure they do - but it's all pretty selective exactly what they romanticize. Cities burning, families displaced and separated, rationing, the threat of German invasion (plus actual American GI invasion)... lots to not feel nostalgia for. On the other hand, a sense of national unity and purpose...

It's less about history not mattering as much as we already have quite a few facts about the situation that indicate TSR was on the brink and ousting Gary may have extended its life about 10 years. So what do we really need her perspective for? What's missing mostly is Lorraine's perspective on...

Because it appears less active? Keyboards may not technically be more active, but the foley artists get to make sure there is a flurry of clicky keyboard noises that emphasize "something is happening". I think it certainly does more to that effect that rubbing a mouse around the pad and...

But that assumes there's a case that needs to be put forth at all. What should she care about the feelings of a bunch of nerds carrying on and fighting issues from the last century? The misinformation spread around by the Gary loyalists and rumormongering gamers is taking up less and less of the...

I'm pretty size agnostic as long as they aren't too big and heavy. PF1's Core Rulebook was a lot to lug around so I thank them for being PDF-pushers so I could put it on my much lighter iPad. I don't want to haul a coffee table book around just to game.

I don't think the idea should be to link a mental with a physical, per se. Rather, they can be paired as offense vs defense. Like so: PhysicalPrecisionMental Offensive AbilitiesSTRENGTHINTELLIGENCECHARISMA Defensive AbilitiesCONSTITUTIONDEXTERITYWISDOM The defensive abilities are used...

Yeah, fool for trusting your players to handle things in good faith rather than take advantage of your mistake. You may look back on this as being a bit cringey, but your players were the ones who were dicks.

And I wouldn’t rule out the social pressure of expectations they would do something to recognize the 50th anniversary.

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It's easy enough to adapt the toxic waste:New Jersey: : lawyers:California joke... Why does Australia have the worst venomous animals and Britain have the worst TERFs? Australia chose first. Only a smidge more seriously, that wouldn't be a bad idea (particularly since the food has gotten a lot...

<does a double-take> What thread am I in?!?

So.... the kids today are like us? I mean how many of us older people like current hit music the same way we did with the music we listened to when we were kids? How many of us feel that the version of Scooby Doo we watched as kids was better than later versions? It's all the same generational...

They got printed in multiple locations. My were printed in the USA.

I think that's part of the point. There are many levels at which gears are turning to bring us to the Rebel Alliance - and there are points at which they intersect such as Cassian Andor himself. Some are quietly but achingly turning in the halls of privilege like the Mothma estate on Chandrila...

I think there's substantial backward compatibility and I think it was a worthwhile goal. I'm currently running two games with 2024 rules and PC classes/subclasses but 2014-based adventures. I'm using updated monster stats from the 2024 Monster Manual. Things are working just fine. It's just a...

For all the fuss they went through back in the day to deny her being technically a bard but her calling herself a bard... why not just make her a bard?