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I don't think he was at that one.

I went to a Star Trek convention and a guitar convention as a young adult. Haven't been to a convention since. So I guess in that sense I've been a grumpy old man since I was about 20 years old?

Meanwhile, I'm still stuck halfway through season 3. I think I made it further than I did back in the 90s but I just haven't found the motivation to pick it up again. I've been busy with other things.

None! We don't really get many conventions here in New Zealand. Plus I'm not a big convention-goer anyway. Don't like the noise or the crowds.

I think what I'll do re: the beginning of Pharaoh is have Amun Sa's ghost only be visible at night. I'll have the Infinite Staircase door open into an empty, plundered Valley of the Kings-style tomb in a hillside. They won't be able to see the pyramid from there. I'll say it's mid-morning when...

A lot of what’s in both of Keith Baker’s 5e Eberron tomes comes from his blog, so if you want a preview of what’s in the books, just check out the blog! I would say the vast majority of both books will be useful to you for lore. You can ignore the 5e mechanics for magic items and stat blocks...

Uh, the picture shows Ryan Gosling with a kid. Maybe he’s going to be teaching the kid how to be a Starfighter pilot?

The 5e version doesn't specify, but the original version does: In the midst of the vast desert sands, the last relic of a dead civilization stands before you. Surrounded by the broken foundations of a once mighty city, the great pyramid itself rises up from the sands, looking barely touched by...

I suppose so. And then when they get there, they find him waiting for them so he can gesture at the pyramid before turning and walking away "in search of more travelers".

Tom Phillips, a New Zealand man who has been on the run from police with his three young children since 2021, was killed during a shootout with police early this morning. Tom and his children have been hiding in thick bush in the rural central-west region of NZ's North Island. There's been a lot...

Just looking at the original. The wilderness hex map has no scale, but the text talks about humans being able to cross a hex in 2 hours at their normal 12" speed. Using 5e's travel pace rules, that would make each hex 6 miles across. There are four points on the map (labeled 'J') where the PCs...

Yeah, I'm looking forward to that one. :)

Interesting. I loved the three far future seasons. It felt MORE like Star Trek to me. I was just sad that the seasons were so short and we didn’t get to see more of that far future.

I’ve got the tin can set that has two DVDs in each case. One DVD has a cropped version of the original theatrical release; the other DVD has the special edition version.

Yep. No, the issue is that it seems like the pharaoh’s ghost would just keep on walking non-stop, but the text says he arrives at the pyramid “the next evening”. That to me suggests a whole day of walking (or close to it). Con DC starts at 11. If you walk for 24 hours after you’ve already...

Oh yes! I’d forgotten about that!

New question about Pharaoh. The text seems to indicate that the PCs wander around aimlessly for two days before Amun Sa appears. He tells them his story then turns and starts walking toward his pyramid. It says he reaches the pyramid the following evening. Since he is a ghost and is more or less...

Eberron: Forge of the Artificer. It was supposed to come out last month, but a production error has delayed it to December. It’s designed to complement Rising from the Last War, not replace it, by updating dragonmarks, the artificer, Eberron species and such to the revised rules and providing...

The thing that irks me the most about the SE changes to IV are the CGI elements that are very obviously pasted onto the film. That and stuff like Greedo shooting first (and Han’s head moving unnaturally to “dodge” the blaster bolt) and the scene with Jabba where Han “steps on” Jabba’s tail...

I feel you! I really do. If I ever get the chance to run Curse of Strahd again, I intend to either ban all races with darkvision or make it so their darkvision is severely limited. That being said, I have found that the 5e rules around light still work fairly well. Darkvision turns darkness...