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Still no darn chest soreness. :LOL:

Big same. One of the reasons I'm reluctant to let go of photos and possessions. Because of the memories they're tied to or can invoke, that I might not otherwise be reminded of.

Sure. And that's the intent of the thread. It just seemed evident to me that there's a common and recurring situation Whizbang was mostly likely reacting to (but not directly responding to, thus avoiding an unpleasant interaction). That's the most likely scenario, especially since we know...

I kept up the motivation and went in again last night for a quick session, upper back and shoulders. Face pulls three sets, machine shoulder press three sets with a drop set on the third (got more reps than last time), and three sets of machine rear delt flies (also more reps than last time with...

People not knowing what they're talking about BECAUSE they've only played one or two games and are ignorant of huge swathes of design is an endemic issue in casual RPG discussion. 🤷‍♂️

It's a digression, certainly, but sci-fi is about ideas, and questions like the one we're discussing. Wall-E is one of the movies people have talked about as a favorite. We got here because someone brought up that Wall-E showed us a world where humans are freed from the need to work, and...

This makes sense. Honoring the original title of the OG Ranger's ability, but not giving nearly as huge a damage bonus, while making it super easy to know when you get it. I'm sure some grognards will still complain about not being able to cuisinart miscellaneous humanoids, but this is good.

I feel like you're reading too much in here, Umbran. I don't know what he's choosing not to respond to. And he's explicitly not gatekeeping because he's commenting here rather than replying to them, right? If it was a post along saying something as untrue as "a class and level system is...

Makes me wonder if Tom Stoppard took any inspiration from that for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. The play debuted just 8 years after The Hidden Fortress...

Meaningful work absolutely adds to psychological fulfillment for many, if not most, people. Even less-meaningful work does for a lot of people (no guess here as to %), because being productive is a positive feeling, and for many people spending time with a cooperative team helps fulfill social...

Arguably there's no LFQW in old school D&D in the first place, given the fragility of M-Us and the ease of interrupting their spells. And the way saving throws progress, and how Magic Resistance works. M-Us get absurdly powerful spells at high level, but they don't have all the other factors...

So by that light is not Aragorn Tolkien's Mary-Sue? He's certainly more perfect than Conan. Or maybe Beren, whose name Tolkien had put on his grave stone? Sorry for the digression, but writing a man you wish you could be is not what a self-insert means.

I've always seen it less about refereeing than about A) spells doing increasingly world-altering things which open up completely new tactical options and strategies at higher levels, while Fighters are often stuck just swinging their sword more times and having more HP, and B) Systems which...

Conan isn't Howard. It seems pretty straightforward. He doesn't look like Howard or talk like Howard, he doesn't have Howard's name or a background or a history similar to Howard's. A lot of authors have written heroes whom the authors wishes they could be, or be like, but that's not the same...

Appears that Bryce at Tenfootpole hasn't gotten around to it, but there are definitely some reviews which pop up with a quick Google inquiry.

He's what Howard wished he could be, but he's not a self-insert.

Had the energy and time so went back again last night (Wednesday). As an experiment (and in the hopes of inducing some actual chest soreness, which I virtually never get), I hit Smith barbell inclined bench again and did the same weights for the same sets (three, drop setting on the latter...

This version of the chart is 23 years old now! I remember when I was first reading Brunching Shuttlecocks, back in the late 90s.

Heck, I could have actually just googled it for the image.