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    GMs: What is your prep to play ratio?

    One thing folks often don’t get is the APs from Paizo (until the recent change anyway) is that AP modules do not need to be run in their entirety. When you skip the supplemental material you get to about 60 pages in a chapter and with minimal changes you got a stand alone adventure. I know...
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    GMs: What is your prep to play ratio?

    I use Paizo PDFs even when im playing on table top face to face and keeping track of all I need is rather easy and convenient that way. Prep is more or less just reading the material over and organizing it a way to use it as I need it during the sessions. I really dont know how they could make...
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    GMs: What is your prep to play ratio?

    That really sounds like dammed if you do situation. Folks complain that the adventure is a railroad if they can run it like a script, give them a kit and its not straightforward and requires too much work. 🤷‍♂️
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    GMs: What is your prep to play ratio?

    I really dont understand these critiques of modern adventures. I have never viewed them as scripts, but as kits. The supplemental material is a great bonus reading pleasure for me and a springboard for my own ideas to bring it all to life. I dont need to pay somebody for a map and list of bullet...
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    Your top 5 sci-fi movies (and why)

    looks at the above... Looks back at this and suddenly it all makes sense.
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    D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"?

    Im far more likely to buy into this arc idea than the absolutist archetype. The absolutists are the types that just declare things like "Tobin the palladin destroys all undead" and they proceed to do so regardless of context even if it means the only result is essentially suicide for dear Tobin...
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    D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"?

    This. My best groups do a lot of their "character" thinking out loud. You can explore just about any interesting group dynamic in this fashion. It can annoy folks who want spur of the moment decisions or to carry out secret agendas, though I think those things make a group RP exercise worse. On...
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    D&D General What are your reasons for doing something because "It's what my character would do"?

    Yeap I learned long ago there is no correct way to play a particular character. Everyone had their own interpretations on role play so I give a lot of leeway to folks as what I’ve come to see as common courtesy. Part of the fun is discussing and acting out the differences. Yes, the phrase is...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Can I interest you in some The Left Overs?
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    Why do we need thieves??

    I think the name “thief” Carrie’s a lot of baggage which is why modern takes use rogue or spy etc… I view the archetype as a character trained in chicanery, tradecraft, stealth, etc.. sure anyone could steal documents but folks with this training can do so without a trace and in ways regular...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Wow, that was 20 years ago,
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Ship was the pride of the American side coming back from a mill in Wisconsin
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    [Apple+] Slow Horses TV Series (Spoilers)

    Just finished S1 after a two day binge. I’m hooked. I figured as I love Oldman.
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    What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign

    DCC Dungeon crawling isnt really my thing. I enjoy it in a tournament see how far you can get in a night (or funnel). DCC is just loads of fun for that old school survival grind that makes dungeons more dangerous.
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    What was your 2nd RPG?

    Classic Traveller with the LBBs.
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    Spoilers Hey look, there's a new Robin Hood show coming with Sean Bean as the Sheriff!

    Im curious how many more corners Robert is going to be put into where he is forced to kill more Normans? It's not like Earl of Huntington needed anymore reasons to hunt him down.
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    Interesting same thing here only I think mine were DTs from lack of whiskey.
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    Burger me!

    Hard to imagine I’ve found velveeta in all dishes nasty. Though I do recall one potluck at work. At the end of the night there was still like 3 pounds of velveeta dip in a crock. Instead of using the trash to dispose, the person decided to use the floors kitchenette sink… Plugged her up like...
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    The Naked Gun | Official Trailer 2

    The original Naked Gun movie is a stone cold classic. Though the sequels were pretty bad (something I think people might forget) so I was willing to cut this “new version” some slack. I think Morrus is right that the original just had the right recipe to be something special even the brand...
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