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That was my whole point. Diet Coke is more bitter, so the flavor profiles would imply the opposite demographic split. But the actual split and marketing is based on the naming and branding, not the flavors.

Dr. Pepper Zero is the only canned soda I keep on hand routinely. And 2L bottles of Coke Zero. But 90% of the time I'm having lemon seltzer, so I go through diet soda quite slowly.

Which is kind of hilarious considering how more bitter beverages like whisky or beer are often culturally considered more "manly", but in this case it's the word "diet" being considered more feminine than the word "zero", regardless of the actual flavors. Pure marketing to cultural conditioning.

Kaor! As Willie pointed out, cutting the alcohol from N/A beers does mean they're normally lower calorie than actual beer. People aren't expecting beer to be sweet, so there's not so much sugar. Mocktails OTOH... There's a very distinct bitter tang to Diet Coke for me which isn't present...

I dig the double scout idea. That's pretty sweet.

Better than Paksenarrion?

But Critical Threats are a 3.x mechanic! ;) (And Menace is a Magic: the Gathering keyword/creature ability).

My understanding is that the GMF has broken out of stasis and started getting things done since Paul Stormberg took over from Gail as Chair in 2020. I don't know if they've released any comprehensive updates about the finances or what's become of the funds which were originally raised back in...

"[Mechanic name here]: THREAT OR MENACE?'

I think it also helps that many of the talents include an element of choice (like the ability increase ones, or a bonus to attack rolls which lets you pick melee or ranged), and that they're pretty much all fundamentally "you get better at your job". 31/36 possible results on the Wizard table...

Not offered without any reservations about semantics, and aware that the term has been stretched a bit since Ben Robbins first articulated the concept, but I think we're stretching the term "West Marches" a bit there. West Marches refers to an open table campaign with variable attendees from...

Yeah, definitely got my attention!

If you lose the condescension and engage with a slightly more humble attitude, it would be more pleasant for everyone involved.

Some things that take out your light would hit all of them. Others, like a monster attacking a torch-bearer or throwing a bucket of water on him, would only affect one.

"Hippo, what is best in life?" "To crush your enemies, to drive the tour jeeps before you, and to hear the lamentations of the tourists."

I saw this happen live and in-person once. Thankfully I was on the other side of the enclosure from the people experiencing it... more viscerally.

I imagine Whizbang would probably have noticed if all the tension had been removed by their modification, so I suggested a possible explanation for why they're apparently not seeing the effect you speculated on.

Probably less so if Whizbang is consistently attacking the light with monsters and environmental hazards.

I favor Ulsio. Nice. Jorune is cool, but definitely has issues. Ben Laurence of Mazirian's Garden and Through Ultan's Door fame teased a really cool-looking OD&D hack version of Jorune on his blog over several articles a few years ago, but I don't know if he ever finished it. Sounded super...