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Sure, yeah. A nice satisfying soreness confirming that I put in some hard work. I don't want to be debilitated (except for a few minutes after a hard leg exercise). I've gotten it regularly in my arms and back and legs, which are all areas where I've seen better growth and development than my...

It's lighter and funnier than Ex Machina, but still dark and good and well-written.

I bought it a couple of years ago but haven't made the time. Definitely on the list.

Those are all great. Ooh, it also reminds me that I need to show Ex Machina to my brother and our friend we watch movies with pretty regularly. I just showed them Companion the other night, and they quite enjoyed it.

Well, you're required (by forum rules) to tolerate it to the extent of not creating a conflict over it. But of course, that's the original purpose of this thread.

Are you being hostile for any particular reason? Or did you maybe choose the wrong word? I'm not being deceptive or misleading. You seem to have a giant excluded middle in between your two extremes.

Sure. Just noting the common element of both stories involving a couple of peons getting caught up in great and dramatic events, and us seeing them through their eyes.

Still no darn chest soreness. :LOL:

Big same. One of the reasons I'm reluctant to let go of photos and possessions. Because of the memories they're tied to or can invoke, that I might not otherwise be reminded of.

Sure. And that's the intent of the thread. It just seemed evident to me that there's a common and recurring situation Whizbang was most likely reacting to (but not directly responding to, thus avoiding an unpleasant interaction). That's the most likely scenario, especially since we know...

I kept up the motivation and went in again last night for a quick session, upper back and shoulders. Face pulls three sets, 30x30, 30x30, 35x30 machine shoulder press three sets with a drop set on the third (got more reps than last time), 60x12, 60x12, 60x10 +50x4 and three sets of machine...

People not knowing what they're talking about BECAUSE they've only played one or two games and are ignorant of huge swathes of design is an endemic issue in casual RPG discussion. 🤷‍♂️

It's a digression, certainly, but sci-fi is about ideas, and questions like the one we're discussing. Wall-E is one of the movies people have talked about as a favorite. We got here because someone brought up that Wall-E showed us a world where humans are freed from the need to work, and...

This makes sense. Honoring the original title of the OG Ranger's ability, but not giving nearly as huge a damage bonus, while making it super easy to know when you get it. I'm sure some grognards will still complain about not being able to cuisinart miscellaneous humanoids, but this is good.

I feel like you're reading too much in here, Umbran. I don't know what he's choosing not to respond to. And he's explicitly not gatekeeping because he's commenting here rather than replying to them, right? If it was a post along saying something as untrue as "a class and level system is...

Makes me wonder if Tom Stoppard took any inspiration from that for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. The play debuted just 8 years after The Hidden Fortress...

Meaningful work absolutely adds to psychological fulfillment for many, if not most, people. Even less-meaningful work does for a lot of people (no guess here as to %), because being productive is a positive feeling, and for many people spending time with a cooperative team helps fulfill social...

Arguably there's no LFQW in old school D&D in the first place, given the fragility of M-Us and the ease of interrupting their spells. And the way saving throws progress, and how Magic Resistance works. M-Us get absurdly powerful spells at high level, but they don't have all the other factors...

So by that light is not Aragorn Tolkien's Mary-Sue? He's certainly more perfect than Conan. Or maybe Beren, whose name Tolkien had put on his grave stone? Sorry for the digression, but writing a man you wish you could be is not what a self-insert means.

I've always seen it less about refereeing than about A) spells doing increasingly world-altering things which open up completely new tactical options and strategies at higher levels, while Fighters are often stuck just swinging their sword more times and having more HP, and B) Systems which...