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    General Questions For A New Book

    Standard IANAL disclaimer. Names from classic mythology are generally safe. Zeus, Apollo, Jupiter, Hector, etc. Names from older text should also be good. Think Bible era. I would avoid a direct reference to published settings. Don't call it Dark Sun. Cast it as taking place in a desert...
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    Itch.io is shadowbanning or deleting NSFW and LGBTQ content

    This tactic by Visa/Mastercard isn't new. Been going on in the US for several years. Discover has long been the card of choice in such situations but Discover was recently bought by Capitol-One(What's in your Wallet?) so that may change. Don't think Discover works in the EU/GB since it has...
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    So you're done with D&D but still want to play D&Dish fantasy...

    Lore is very portable between game systems. Not that hard to run a PF game in Waterdeep. Or Cidri, the primary world of The Fantasy Trip. I have an impromptu experiment going featuring PF1 and PF2. Two different GMs are running games and I have a similar character concept running in each...
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    Paizo Partners with Titan Forge and MyMiniFactory to Offer Premium STLs and Print-On-Demand Miniatures

    This. I have used coins, slugs, glass beads, etc to represent encounter critters. My red T-Rex D&D collectable purchased for $5 on the secondary market has seen many uses as a dragon, giant, or at least once a T-Rex. Most players would much rather have a close match to how they visualize...
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    Diamond Distributors Asks Bankruptcy Court For Ownership of Publishers' Consignment Inventory [UPDATED]

    Any info on the scheduled hearing today or if it even happened?
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    Which Chips (or Fries) Are the Best?

    Some of the best fries were had when I was a kid at the local Dixie Dog hamburger joint. When you ordered the fries, you could watch the owner put the potato into the magic curly fry maker and crank the handle. So really fresh fries. The place is still there. Don't know if they still hand...
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    Can you count?

    111101
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    D&D 5E (2024) Effects that kill you at 0 hp

    A combat encounter without meaningful risk is a waste of time. A risk free encounter should go something like this: "The party is traveling through the dark woods. A band of ogres takes the party by surprise. The party manages to kill the ogres with little trouble. The party divides the...
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    History Rhymes: Another Gygax Lawsuit

    None of my comment is directed at your write up. I think that is very informative and well done. I was expressing my opinion that the FB post isn't defamation and why. If I was on the jury, my vote would be no defamation. As for Causes of Action A, B and C, I would have to see more evidence...
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    History Rhymes: Another Gygax Lawsuit

    Standard IANAL disclaimer but I didn't see any defamation in that FB post. Just a softly written 'be aware' posting about a KS. It has several 'my opinion' and 'best of my knowledge' claims. Not statements of fact. The whole complaint has the feel of a deal gone bad in one person's view...
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    Help me brainstorm a grounded military mecha campaign set in the year 2050

    2050 is 15 years out. Watching how the Russia v Ukraine war is playing out, seems unlikely that anyone is going to invest massive amounts of money into large easy to hit high profile vehicles. Many current era tanks are more heavily armored then most classic mechs yet tanks have proven rather...
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    D&D General Eberron Hexcrawl Help

    Change the scale as needed. For travel 'To Get There', 1 hex per day works. Once you get to the area to scout, change the scale to 1 hex per mile. If they find something interesting or a place they want to explore in detail, change the scale again. If you use nautical miles, that one mile...
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    RPG Buzzwords that have effectively lost their meaning due to poor over-use

    Oh, you mean the new LotR movies, as compared to the older animated one. I have learned many new words reading through this thread. Look forward to using them often.
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    D&D General What to Do with a Dragon Corpse?

    Daggers from the claws and teeth. Rings from the bones. Perhaps type depends on which bone? Wings of flying from wing leather. Blood and other internal fluids - various potions and alchemical ingredients. Intestines - special bow strings or ropes. Some of the meat and organs may be much in...
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    Pathfinder 2E Challenge and XP are overstated

    1 vs Many has always been tricky to balance. Something as simple as a Daze cantrip can render the 1 mostly helpless for a round. Then the rest of the Many do their thing. But give the 1 enough stuff to balance and you risk the AOE that works from the 1 doing a TPK on the Many. Or a series of...
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    D&D General Can I use your character for an NPC in my new market?

    Val, 1/2 Drow female monk. Very Diplomatic. Quirk - if something/someone considers her food, she will return the favor. (was a 1-20 adventure path Pathfinder character. Party needed a face character so I spent points on Diplomacy. The Quirk developed in play as we several times encountered...
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    D&D General The Disappearance of D&D from Mainstream Retailers

    Back in the late 70s~early 80s, in my area we had a chain of stores called The Game Store. That was the primary place you bought your gaming stuff. D&D, Traveller, Star Fleet Battles, Squad Leader, etc. They carried a fairly deep selection and could order stuff not on the shelf. If you saw...
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    Paizo Inc. Names Industry Veteran Christian Moore as First Chief Growth Officer

    This sounds very similar in concept to the recent hiring by WOTC/Hasbro of "Dan Ayoub named as the new VP of Franchise for the game". Basically a single and primary point of contact for all Paizo products going forward.
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    Old shows that you enjoy?

    Pretty much any Star Trek. B5. Battlestar Galactica - both original and the SF reimage.(Galactica 1980 not so much). Xena. Hercules. Lost World. Continuum(spelling?). Most of the Law and Order stuff. Gilligan's Island. Buck Rodgers. Twilight Zone. Emergency!. Many more.
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    Stop Looking At Your Character Sheet

    You got off light. I would have considered something like Rock to Mud, Passwall, or the old reliable for getting past stone obstacles, Summon Earth Elemental and tell it to indulge itself digging downward. Did the party try any Gather Information type skills or spells? A fair number of...
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