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  1. Mistwell

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

    Explain why you'd choose to replace a female Marvel character's existing backstory with the backstory of the male version of that character instead of going with the Marvel existing version of that backstory for that character. I'd like to hear why you find that to be a compelling practice, and...
  2. Mistwell

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

    Umbran THE CHARACTER ALREADY EXISTS AS FEMALE IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE AND IT WOULD BE INSULTING TO USE THAT CHARACTER BUT THE MALE VERSION'S BACKSTORY. It's anti-representative to change an existing female character's backstory to instead be the male character's backstory, particularly when the...
  3. Mistwell

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

    The female Surfer doesn't make that sacrifice in the comics (not even in the What If? version). So it would be a pretty odd change to go with the female version but with the male backstory. Again, I'm fine with them going with the female version of the character. But, don't make it just a...
  4. Mistwell

    Trailer Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Official Trailer 2

    Oh man my daughter (age 13) would be so down for that! She adores the two recent Ghostbusters movies, went dressed as Phoebe from Ghostbusters for Halloween, and saw the new Beetlejuice movie 5 times.
  5. Mistwell

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

    Regarding gender: I do think gender plays a meaningful role in the story of Surfer over the years with his romantic life and its involvement with his decisions in the comics. He only makes the sacrifice to become the Silver Surfer in exchange for Galactus sparing his love Shalla-Bal, and that...
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    What are you reading in 2025?

    Whoops wrong thread
  7. Mistwell

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)

    Just setting it in the 60s, with the "City of Tomorrow" vibe, is a big win in my view. And I am a huge FF fan. It's the one comic I've never stopped collecting in terms of back issues, though it's getting rather expensive now that I am only missing issues with single and double digits to their...
  8. Mistwell

    What are you reading in 2025?

    I am a fan of The Whistler and listen to it on Radio Classics (Sirius/XM). That, and Suspense (And X-1 and some of the detective shows like Johnny Dollar).
  9. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    What are your issues with Moon Bard? I thought they look really solid.
  10. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    Purple Knight: I appreciate some have issues with the change to the theme of this class, and I am hoping WOTC can explain the shift in approach in a context which can fit with the prior theme well-enough, or adapt the approach to something more on-theme. For example, perhaps make the dragon a...
  11. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    Oath of Noble Genies: I like the theme, all the powers align with the theme, but I think it's a tad overpowered. I'd trim it back a bit. Example, they currently can use light armor with their bonus to AC from Charisma power, and I'd probably flip that to no armor. Maybe the auto-grapple and...
  12. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    Everyone made more money in the transfer from TSR to WOTC, not less. TSR was about to go bankrupt and disappear, and WOTC rescued them from oblivion and revived all their lore. But really, I am not going to engage with this analogy further. It's frankly obscene to reduce the concept of...
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    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    Knowledge Domain Cleric: This one is too generic and bland for me. I don't really understand how many of the abilities really tie back to the theme of Knowledge. I'd much prefer if they went more in the direction of Monte Cook's old Akashic class. Make this the class that is basically the magic...
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    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    Referring to Purple Knight. I don't recall the 2e Purple Knight for PCs, but my memory of that era is more hazy than any other era because I never got a chance to actually play in that era despite owning some books.
  15. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    College of the Moon Bard: This subclass, so far, is pretty darn powerful at all three subclass power points. In terms of theme, I like it. Monshae Isles is a celtic themed region, and this feels adequately celtic with folktales-drive powers. Moonshae Folktales: At 3rd level, Tales of Mirth...
  16. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    While fluff text originated then, I think the first player class for it originated under WOTC with 3e? Further, as WOTC took over with TSR employees still on staff replacing primarily the executives who had been hired from outside TSR to begin with, I'd say they're just a continuation of the...
  17. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    Naw, they're mostly rituals, which Wizards will have in abundance without the need to prepare them. It's sort of catching a cleric up to where wizards are already at with some ritual utility spells. Which makes sense for a class like this.
  18. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    It's WOTC's native country and if they want to put up a casino on their tribal lands which used to be hunting grounds, that's not colonial it's their right. To put it another way, I find your misuse of the concept of "colonial" at best distasteful and out of place in a conversation like this...
  19. Mistwell

    New Unearthed Arcana Released, With 8 New Forgotten Realms-Themed Subclasses

    A Scion of the Three/Bladesinger multiclass has a lot of synergy. Human, Alert and Magic Initiate: Wizard for True Strike Scion Lev 3: You want to target a bloodied creature, so Dex not as important but still secondary for AC. Teleports linked to Int Spellcasting tied to Int True Strike for...
  20. Mistwell

    D&D General Ray Winninger on 5e’s success, product cadence, the OGL, and more.

    I think you'd compare to the comparable time period because that's a simple reference that people can understand, particularly if they were not already aware (like you and I) that later years had much stronger sales. Comparing start to start for an edition is easier to explain, and marketing is...
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