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I’m not surprised sales were bad in 2013. 4e had essentially been dead for several years by then, and 5e was still in the playtesting phase. There were no new, readily available D&D products to buy in 2013. The playtest era adventures were mainly for organised play or con exclusives etc.

It’s not until page 107 that we get an actual description of Flint: “The dwarf looked old, but then Flint had always looked old. His face, what could be seen through the mass of gray beard and moustaches and overhanging white eyebrows, was brown and wrinkled and cracked like old leather … The...

It’s interesting to see how arcane and divine magic have changed over the years. These days, everything’s just magic. But in the Chronicles, we have Raistlin stating that the blue crystal staff is not magical. “It is truly a sacred staff of healing, blessed by some god. It is not magic. No...

Agreed. I’m not running him down either. I still have a fondness for his art style, especially his landscapes. I’ve just been trying to argue the point that Elmore’s paintings are as much an interpretation of the story as a modern take would be. Moving on to page 35, we have the companions...

From page 28 of my copy of Dragons of Autumn Twilight: Caramon wants Tanis and Flint to guess who Tika is. She gives them a hint that Caramon once said she was so ugly her father would have to pay someone to marry her. Tanis replies: “Well, the years have proved him wrong. I’ve traveled many...

"Evolving" is the English word you're looking for there!

The main issue with Goldmoon is the Native American outfit that Elmore always gave her in his art. Weis and Hickman just described her as a fur-clad barbarian with silver-gold hair that was unusual for the "usually dark-haired and dark-skinned" Plainsfolk. At face value, there's nothing there...

I get that you want to see the characters exactly as you remember them. That’s nostalgia for you. The thing is, no new adaptation can ever be the same as the version in our heads anyway. Casting, budget, writing style: something will always differ. So if it’s going to be different no matter...

You're acting like your books would get magically rewritten to match the new version when you know perfectly well that won't happen. As I just said, the existence of the abomination that is Apple's Foundation TV series doesn't detract from my enjoyment of the original books. I can still enjoy...

Making a more diverse DL show that appeals to modern audiences does not take away "your thing" (the original books). Whether the existence of such a thing detracts from your enjoyment of that thing is entirely on you. I dislike the changes Apple has made to Foundation enough that I have no...

King’s Quest! That takes me back to my youth. I only ever played 4 and 6. Never could get Rosella out of that damned whale! I think I did eventually beat 6, but only after multiple retries. Gotta love those old games that let you progress only to get stuck because you didn’t find the thing you...

Most of which got reprinted / updated in the Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus adventure. I’m not sure what more there is to add to all that. EDIT: I’ve always equates BG with London. It’s got the fog and the clear divides between upper and lower classes, etc. Also, my understanding was...

Most of the actors are Māori, though, including some current and former All Blacks. Also, you’re talking about real world peoples. Yes, Wakandans are fictional, but they’re fictional Africans. The peoples of Ansalon are entirely fictional. I won’t be upset if they make Tanis a red-haired white...

Right. Yeah, I'm not waiting for GRRM to ever finish.

Yes, possibly. I guess Bran first starts visiting the past in season 6. I thought it was later because it's not until season 8 that he reunites with Sam, who has also been able to confirm the truth via the Maesters' records in Oldtown, and one or the other of them tells Jon ...

That's a good point ... but isn't the flashback in the show presented as Bran "time traveling" into the past? GRRM could have done that in the book, too, and since I haven't read them, I wouldn't know!

Haven't read the books, but yeah ... when the media made a big deal about how GRRM had agreed to let D&D make the show because they'd correctly guessed Jon's parentage, that was basically GRRM confirming what everyone already knew. Had to Google it, as I thought it was later than that, but...

I know that within the context of the story, he was a hidden prince, but from the viewer's perspective, he spent the entire show with a neon sign above his head declaring him to be the secret Chosen One. It was glaringly obvious right from the get-go that the bastard wasn't really a bastard ...

Wow. That's ... interesting. Especially given how DL's gods, even the good ones, are essentially jerks who nuke their own people as punishment for not being faithful enough. And I've always found the whole "We didn't abandon you; you abandoned us!" line to be disingenuous. I mean, the gods had...

As mentioned above, I think all of these options would be worse than simply having her be a whitewashed Native American. They would all make her even more of a white savior than she already is.