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Jumping around in time & space is also something that happens in at least a couple of V:tM's most immediate fictional influences- The Vampire Lestat and Time Enough for Love. Lucy sounds really cool.

Agreed, and I expanded on that in an immediate edit. Eh. Sexual violence as perpetrated is not quite the same thing as how common or accepted the presentation of it in media is. James Bond novels were still common and uncontroversial light reading when I was a kid. Fictional heroes (not just...

Certainly, although Danielson was also talking about a period predating the site by a couple of decades, and our present discussion by more than forty years. Selection bias certainly could be a factor between my, Ruin Explorer's, and Voadam's experiences vs what Fine observed 5-10 years...

Not that I disagree, but TBF their unusually spacious home/comfortable living circumstances is still pretty consistent with live action sitcoms and family dramas. Homes and living situations being unrealistically nice and big enough to shoot in, in TV shows, has been a trope for decades...

Got back in last night and did a pretty baseline session before D&D. Four sets machine pec flies with drop sets on the latter two, three of machine biceps curls with drop sets on the latter two, and three of machine triceps extensions with drop sets on the latter two. Hoping to get back in...

I agree that as a younger gamer coming into RPGs in the 80s, sexual violence appearing in games I was involved with was very much the exception, and fellow adolescent players who thought it appropriate fare made me and by brother (my main early gaming buddy) distinctly uncomfortable. One of the...

@Steampunkette @Ruin Explorer @Clint_L @Voadam I got sucked into revisiting this thread from last year today, and remembered that we had a general discussion about how uncommon sexual assault was in our gaming experiences, compared to what the article reported from Fine's book. That reminded...

People with a grudge against Gail or whatever and who can't resist sounding off would be inclined to do that regardless. Asking people to please refrain is definitely not an invitation. Any more than posting the rules on this forum is an invitation to behave contrary.

THAC0 was a bit of a simplification from the tables with their repeating 20s. Most players clearly got the hang of descending AC and the needed calculations, but there was always a sub-set who had trouble with it. There was almost always one or two at the table who had issues with the...

The amount of actual murder (as opposed to subdual) can vary from campaign to campaign and character to character. Especially in 5E where you can almost always choose to knock people out. And being discontented doesn't always stem from tragedy at home. As we've seen a bunch of examples of...

Smart to autoregulate like that. Not that I feel like I can tell you anything ( :LOL: ), but definitely smart to listen to our joints!

That's been mentioned a few times in this thread. The President of the GMF also informed us in an earlier post in this thread that $18k was raised and donated by WotC from these reprints.

To my understanding this plaque was installed in 2009. The 2012 fundraiser was by the Gygax Memorial Fund (with support from WotC) for the statue. The GMF has made limited progress on that in the ensuing years but has now re-launched their efforts.

Yeah, I've played in a couple of D&D campaigns using Magic canon/background as the settings. One tried to adapt some mechanical elements as well and didn't really work. The other just used the setting(s) (multiple planes; this was a 4E game running Paragon to Epic, and we got limited access to...

Heck yeah. I am reminded of a Reddit post from some years ago about giving your DM ways to threaten and personalize a plot or game to your characters.

McClane goes to great lengths in the movie NOT to be the one to take on the bad guys. To get the local cops on it and to duck and hide until he's basically forced to take them on himself. Matt Colville used it (in a video on engaging players with plot) as a prominent example of a protagonist...

I am reminded of how The Nightmares Underneath, as part of character creation, asks you to explain either A) Why the character is compelled to fight the nightmare incursions, or B) Why they are unable to hold down a normal job and are thus forced into an adventuring life. I've noticed this...

Saturday got in and did three rounds of machine triceps extensions with drop sets, four rounds of machine biceps curls with drop sets, and three of machine leg extensions with drop sets on the last two. Got my quads good and wobbly, and still feeling some ache today. Good tips, thanks! I...

All of this. 7 PCs with 12 levels between them? So averaging just over 2nd level? Yikes. I'd be hesitant to even throw L5 monsters at them without clear ways to avoid the fight.

How so? When I got 2E I found THAC0 a welcome rationalization and convenience compared to the combat matrices I learned on from BECMI and 1E. I do think descending AC in general is counter-intuitive, though the Target 20 variation makes it simpler and more straightforward, especially if you...