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Yeah, I've played in a couple of D&D campaigns using Magic canon/background as the settings. One tried to adapt some mechanical elements as well and didn't really work. The other just used the setting(s) (multiple planes; this was a 4E game running Paragon to Epic, and we got limited access to...

Heck yeah. I am reminded of a Reddit post from some years ago about giving your DM ways to threaten and personalize a plot or game to your characters.

McClane goes to great lengths in the movie NOT to be the one to take on the bad guys. To get the local cops on it and to duck and hide until he's basically forced to take them on himself. Matt Colville used it (in a video on engaging players with plot) as a prominent example of a protagonist...

I am reminded of how The Nightmares Underneath, as part of character creation, asks you to explain either A) Why the character is compelled to fight the nightmare incursions, or B) Why they are unable to hold down a normal job and are thus forced into an adventuring life. I've noticed this...

Saturday got in and did three rounds of machine triceps extensions with drop sets, four rounds of machine biceps curls with drop sets, and three of machine leg extensions with drop sets on the last two. Got my quads good and wobbly, and still feeling some ache today. Good tips, thanks! I...

All of this. 7 PCs with 12 levels between them? So averaging just over 2nd level? Yikes. I'd be hesitant to even throw L5 monsters at them without clear ways to avoid the fight.

How so? When I got 2E I found THAC0 a welcome rationalization and convenience compared to the combat matrices I learned on from BECMI and 1E. I do think descending AC in general is counter-intuitive, though the Target 20 variation makes it simpler and more straightforward, especially if you...

I think it probably had the most actual players in California, less so outside that region.

Ja. That was one of the sales/market penetration advantages of the Basic/Expert and BECMI lines, that they were also sold in toy stores and big department stores. Though my local chain book stores (due to the Random House distribution deal, IIRC) and toy stores in the 80s also had some AD&D...

100%, although with the caveat that they introduced recurring saves (with frequency dependent on subject's Intelligence) in Greyhawk in 1975. So they realized how nasty Charm Person was pretty early.

Using longer song titles might make it easier for me. Fall Out Boy: ""I've Got Darkvision and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth" A Perfect Circle: "Counting Bodies Like Orcs to the Rhythm of the War Drums" Death Grips: "You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money But I Know What...

Crumbling Castle by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard doesn't need a name tweak.

I'm glad you find it so! I'm having a terrible time at the original assignment, but I've really enjoyed Loot the Body since I discovered them a few years ago.

Or you could just listen to Loot the Body's nine song concept album about Expedition to the Barrier Peaks.

There is not, but as those rules are written aimed at newbies, they felt the need to explicitly state this kind of thing. :) Yes, assuming that for the purposes of the rule in question that "fighting" means attacking with a weapon or something other than a spell. Yup. Which would make it...

All good! Not taken as arguing but I appreciate the clarification. Yeah, it's a funky thing and I was assuming search was just giving us different results, not any actual controversy.

Both Tuesday and last night I did my current basic dumbbell work upper body routine for 3 circuits - flat bench, inclined curls, and seated lateral raises all with drop sets. Last night I was determined to hit triceps as well but people kept jumping on the machine and taking a while, so I...

I wonder if it's one which was edited down. I seem to remember (back when I still regularly watched network TV) that sometimes shows would have a longer theme and later in their run it was truncated/edited down. I assumed because an episode ran a little long or the network was trying to...

I was going to write something like Law & Order bass line has entered the chat, but double-checked and the L&O intro is also just under a minute. :LOL:

I've always seen "fighting" here being a specified kind of action. Attacking. So there's no issue casting while engaged, you just can't attack and cast in the same round. Some spells (like Cause Light Wounds) would be impossible to use if you couldn't cast them while engaged. Others, like...