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    Pirate Borg: Buried in the Bahamas

    Bautista lends a hand with the boat and looks at Desiree and says, "Tecnicamente, foi o tubarão que cometeu o assassinato."
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    Are you ready for some Football (Americano)!

    Rough being a WR this year in the NFL.
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    Battletech Public Playtest Thread

    As your appointed Comstar sideline reporter im pleased to announce playtest package 2 This time mobility rules! There is a lot going on here compared to last time so ill do it item by item. Water mobility changes. No longer a PSR for walking in water per hex, or at all. Can now run in water...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    This was definitely true at the onset of diet sodas. Very much a for women product. Which is why it was so funny when my buddy and I asked why there wasn’t a diet beer? Though there has been a softening of this idea that beverages are famine or masculine. Seltzers for example caught on with...
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    Paul Thomas Anderson Movies: Ranked! (And discussion)

    Swap Ryan Reynolds for Sandler for me. So, while I enjoyed the film I can understand where you are coming from.
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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    Yeah some folks just need an element to grab onto. They prefer to be reactive as opposed to proactive with the GM. Neither is right or wrong but you will struggle in a game that doesn’t cleave closely to a particular genre convention or has a power increase progression system. I’ve also seen...
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    How long before VTTs support TTRPGs with AI GMs?

    Could certainly help with the “GM shortage”. What will be really interesting is if AI starts shaping GM behavior of actual humans. 🤔
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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    Yes, you nailed it. The beats Traveller and it’s setting go for wouldn’t be popular dramas until decades later. Empire in B5, rag tag crew keeping a ship flying in Cowboy Bebop and Firefly. Mysterious missing species in Mass Effect. Etc… I was drawn to Traveller cause it left a lot of the...
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    What is your favourite part of TTRPGing?

    I like the crunchy wargame bits and the role playing. I enjoy creating worlds, spinning up engaging plots, and acting out NPCs. I also really enjoy playing a character exploring a world and leaving their mark while building them mechanically. :cool:
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    haha this reminds me of a discussion with a buddy 20 years ago why low cal beer is "light" instead of diet.
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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    It had the opposite effect in my early games. Folks just wanted to find the best trade route as adventuring was too dangerous! I think folks often confuse career paths in Traveller with class in D&D. Honestly, Traveller careers are just skill delivery systems with events to flesh out how the...
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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    Yeap, I knew a few that loved that granular aspect. I just felt it was too distracting from what I wanted to do which was adventure. Though, I see some silmilar lines forming like the old school survival sim vs modern adventure plot style of gaming. I think some of the rub here might be that...
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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    Oh...yeah... I kinda blocked that freight part from my mind but I know exactly what you are talking about. Not only did some of my early groups abandon any adventure as "too dangerous to risk our mortgaged ship" but figuring out caro/goods/lots/planet markets ate so much game time...
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    Spoilers Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    It did feel a bit clumsy in the writing. I think they meant for it to be a bonding and learning moment for Odo, but yeah...
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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    Im curious what those rules were since Mongoose hasnt really changed much of the Traveller base?
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    D&D General Charisma Checks gone Horribly Wrong - Can you Relate?

    I think the issue is looking at info being gated like a room with a locked door. Simple roll, simple open. Simple diplo/intimi/bluff get info. For me its more of a social exploration experience. The opening check might simply be for the starting disposition of the NPC. The conversation still...
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    Traveller: the iconic science fiction roleplaying game

    If I had to guess it was more about relating the RPG to media being consumed by folks. There was a fantasy explosion in the 70's that D&D lead right into. Then, in the 80's video games like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy took the formula and trained youngsters on how to do it. Which led into the...
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    Will the complexity pendulum swing back?

    Thing is YZE games are unique in experience compared to one another despite sharing a foundation. YZE works in a way that I believe FFG Gensys was intended to work. Or I should say it works in delivery in ways 5E reskins don’t.
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