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We all started with max HP at level 1, which was a common convention in 1e, and our characters also had better ability scores that you get from standard array as we used one of the options from the 1e DMG. Rolling for HP at level 1 was not typical back in the day - that’s more of an 0e thing...

I’m sure folks once said the same thing about printed books. eReaders have saved me a fortune, a ton of space, dramatically lowered my carbon footprint, and adjusted with my aging eyes and wrists. When I travel, I have my whole library, and if I need a new book while laying on my patio, I buy...

Buns gotta be toasted.

I'm not planning on multi-classing my current character, but she's a monk and it's a long-running campaign with intent to reach level 20. I really wanna play a level 20 monk with the 2024 rules (technically, I've already done it, but only for a one-shot, not as a full journey). I think my...

American cheese isn't my favourite, but it works on cheeseburgers and I have had many good burgers that used it. My preferance is a medium aged cheddar, but, you know, almost any cheese has its charms. Even velveeta can be tasty in a properly cooked grilled cheese sandwich, as long as the bread...

I want to push back on the supposedly lethality of old school games. I've played since early 1e, and we had characters who lasted for years. In fact, even if a main character did occasionally die, raise dead-type spells were quite obtainable. And it wasn't just my group; campaigns running for...

This conversation has me really wrestling with how to discuss overtly political art given the forum rules. It has been argued that all art is political, but generally you can discuss, say, Andor without getting into the specifics of of the fairly obvious but coded commentary on today's political...

Yes. Look, we're treading close to politics now, and I've already been accused of rooting for the genocide of Japan (???), so I have to be careful what I write, but the rhetoric used in the film, and the general plot of the film rehabilitating the reputation of the Japanese military, as if they...

That’s quite an interpretation of what I wrote about the film using rhetoric that echoes that of the Japanese Far Right. If that’s how you read me, then there’s not much point in continuing.

To be fair, if I was lucky enough to still be playing with all my buddies from back in the day, and still having a good time, I wouldn’t feel much incentive to swap editions. I swapped because I largely fell out of the game and then came back for 5e because my kid wanted to play. And now I run...

Who says I don't critically examine other cultures, including my own? I can assure you that I do. But that's got nothing to do with this film, which specifically uses some language that echoes WW2 denialism from the Japanese Far Right, and a plot that serves to rehabilitate the Japanese...

Liking new things takes effort, and the latest research shows that the cognitive reward (literally, the dopamine rush) we get from new learning declines with age. So liking new things takes even more effort as we age. Then I think it basically becomes a cost/benefit analysis to most people. For...

A burger is not a sandwich! I will die on that hill!

I always turn King of Tokyo into an RPG, and annoy the other players by insisting on speaking in character (I'm always Gigazaur) and on declaring my own win condition, which is always to finish the game with the most power-ups. My Gigazaur is generally a pacifist, and it really cheezes the...

The thing with white room examples is that you can come up with a scenario where almost any spell or combination of spells, abilities, etc. can seem OP, and that is true of circle casting as well. But when you start mathing out more typical situations, I'm not seeing it as particularly...

Agreed! They’re one of the most popular classes with new players, and more variety would be great! BTW Jester is half-Tiefling and half-Genasi.

Man, there were so many Canadian tourists there this summer it was crazy. It became a destination of choice for people cancelling US vacations. It’s quite a contrast, but I absolutely loved it. And Porto was the best.

Also this. I’ll play any class in any campaign you want. And while I like to argue and discuss on the forum, but I swear that IRL I am as congenial as you can imagine.

It’s not a full campaign, but I’ve never played through the 1e Tomb of Horrors despite owning it all through my 1e years. I’d love to do it at a convention or something.

In my school campaign, which uses DDB and the 2024 rules, one of my players wanted to make an Echo Knight, but couldn’t. Strange. The campaign is set on Exandria, and I triple checked and made sure that CR options were toggled on. I have all the CR books, and several of my players have played...