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I'm not sure how interested I am in getting it for myself, but it looks really, really nice!

I really appreciate these insights. I've read through a lot of LU, but only used bits of it: traps, because they're easy to integrate into O5E; and exploration challenges, same reason. Those worked quite well for me, and of the two I especially like LU's approach to traps. But I haven't played...

60,00- is the attendance number I remember from pre-COVID, and as much as I don't mind crowds at all that was too much even for me. 85,000 basically 150% of that, which I can't even wrap my head around. My favorite thing about GenCon was the exhibitor's hall. I just love seeing all the amazing...

That's insane. I went to GenCon every year since it moved to Indianapolis. I went whichever year was their first con since COVID, and was struck by how manageable it was with half the pre-COVID attendance - which just convinced me further that normal GenCon was too big for me now. I won't be...

There's a very racist, cultural-ist "garbage in, garbage out" problem with most automated recognition systems, be they visual or linguistic. For now, yes.

The best use I've ever seen of ChatGPT has been on the Cinematic Universe podcast. When they were reviewing episodes of the recent Secret Invasion series, the were so frustrated with the execution that they asked ChatGPT to generate plot synopses from basic prompts, and those synopses sounded...

Thanks for the excuse to post what I've thought about posting this whole thread:

I do this regularly and have no problem with it. As a GM, if I think ogres are cool and I have a neat idea for how to run them and use them to move things forward, I'll get them in there somehow, regardless of the PC's decisions. I'm there to have fun, too, and if I think my ogre encounter is...

Yeah - it's always the "End-Times" - that's the whole point of end-of-the-world stories. If it weren't, we wouldn't keep telling them.

Generally my eyes/brain can't not see these kinds of flaws, which is a problem when I'm trying to enjoy something. I didn't notice the voice discrepancy (I assume you mean Harrison Ford's voice as WWII-era Indy sounding too much like old Harrison Ford?) like you've noted and I've seen others...

I picked Yes, there are intelligent aliens there, and they have contacted us or been here, mostly because how would we know one way or the other?

There were shots that worked beautifully, and a few that didn't quite work for me (mostly around the edges, where the de-aged face met the actual filmed head and body), but overall it was really impressive. I loved it.

Christopher L. Bennett's Star Trek novel Ex Machina. It takes place maybe a month after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and does a really good job of incorporating the repercussions of events and character development in that movie. It does the same with the TOS episode "For The...

Well, I guess I know where some of my next paycheck will be going!

I'm not remembering a moment where any muscles would even theoretically need to be enhanced - what scene and what character are you referring to?

This is an excellent resource, Egg! Thanks!

Not suprising, but it's interestingt o see how most of the top 10 are existing IP (Batman, Hellboy, Avatar, LOTR) and well-established creators and publishers of quality products (Monte Cook, Kobold Press). Consistency and quality matter!

I identify with all of this: played a lot of Champions and Hero System back when that was all the rage, and I've run Masks and it's amazing. I would never run a Hero game again, but I would play in one. I won't run Masks again, either, but I'd play. As for my white whale: Something I've had...

I like the Last Stand and the Martial Action features for Fighters. Last Stand just makes sense as a basic thing trained fighters in a heroic setting should be able to do. Same goes for Martial Action, and it gives them more bonus action options - but just a few; one of the attractions of...