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Fun with Trigonometry In recent decades, most official maps of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting include graphics indicating the scale involved. Often, the graphic on a given map is a ruler-like bar representing a certain distance in miles. Older maps sometimes omit this graphic, instead...

"In the grim, dark future, there is only customs enforcement."

Daggerheart doesn't do it, but you could create a similar system where skill and circumstance modifiers are applied directly to the Hope die. If your bonuses exceed your penalties, Hope is more likely to beat Fear, and vice versa.

Minor nitpick, but the Multiverse doesn't contain everything. It contains everything which exists. There's no guarantee any particular universe actually exists in the Multiverse. In fact, some possible universes can't exist in a Multiverse. Case in point: any possible universe with the property...

It been quite a few years, but if I remember correctly... The PCs who were rolling attacks for individual bullets used the combat skills of the PC firing the bullets. The two combatants were using perception and defensive combat skills to identify and avoid incoming bullet trajectories. I...

Somewhat off topic, your comment gives me an excuse to mention my favorite RPG combat of all time: A long time ago, I ran a one-shot inspired by The Matrix using some version of the FATE system. The rules let me use the same mechanics to resolve any conflict, regardless of the time scale...

Space navies are probably the wrong tool for attacking and defending planets. But if two planets are competing for resources in an asteroid belt, they're both going to want to send (unmanned) space navies to secure as many asteroids as possible. You can't secure a space rock with orbital...

Plus a city of (half-)orc merchants in Vaasa

100% agree. I did notice that Icewind Dale: Rime of the Forstmaiden says the leaders of the Many-Arrow tribe periodically unite the orcs of the Spine of the World under a single banner, sometimes leading them through times of great peace. So there's at least a small chance the new books will...

This comment reminds me: When Lex Luthor returns in a later movie, I want him to have acquired a super-smart, hairless cat that's trained to counter Krypto's every move. Anything less and I will be disappointed.

Another case where I'm a bigger fan of the alt cover than the standard cover. I would also have accepted a cover with a stylized image of a kitchen sink. That would capture the theme of the Forgotten Realms perfectly. Plus, if it was a clogged kitchen sink, it would convey a sense of mystery...

Heresy! (Risen Sun Heresy from the Power of Faerun sourcebook, to be specific.)

You're thinking of the Greyhawk setting. The Faerunian god of the sun is Amaunator.

That's a good list. To get it down to twenty, I'd cut Ilmater, since he's the only deity you named who isn't a greater power.

Non-rhetorical question for anyone who doesn't like these covers: What would you prefer to be on the cover of a Forgotten Realms product? I'm genuinely curious.

Heroes of Faerun As I’ve mentioned before, I was working on the Forgotten Realms Travel Guide before Wizards of the Coast announced it would be releasing its 2025 Forgotten Realms campaign setting sourcebooks. In the wake of that announcement, I’ve been following the latest previews of the 2025...

Does anyone want to donate $1,000 to my Hawaiian vacation? I'll send you a picture of a plaque with your name on it sitting on a beach on Maui.

Not only that, but he's concerned about falling into a black hole because he would never be able to escape. Notably, he doesn't seem to think falling into a black hole would be fatal. Just something he'd never be able to escape.

Now I wish some version of that scene was in the film. That's the best explanation for that I've ever heard. Kudos to whomever wrote that issue of the comic.

As someone who doesn't really follow Superman or the DC universe, I'll offer a few thoughts about this movie as a sci-fi action movie in general instead of a Superman movie in particular: I'll start by saying the cast did well with what they were given, but the writing and directing didn't...