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  1. Clint_L

    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    It really depends on the DM. I think a high level adventurer could be mean just about anything - pop culture is full of heroes who choose to live anonymous, quiet lives. Just because someone is Level 20 on their character class sheet doesn't mean they are a big deal in that world. Season 3...
  2. Clint_L

    Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

    I can't disagree. I love the sound of it, and those opening lines, but by the second verse it's, yeah, pretty preachy in a very unoriginal way.
  3. Clint_L

    Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

    Strongly agree on the former, but hard disagree on the latter - it's one of the few Christmas songs I somewhat like. Edit: the lyrics are kind of basic and on the nose, but I've always loved the wistfulness of the opening verse, "So this is Christmas / And what have you done?"
  4. Clint_L

    Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

    Streaming might be a factor these days, but the UK Christmas song phenomenon has been around for decades! It seems like one of those peculiarly British traditions. Not that you don't get holiday songs in every language and culture, but the specifically British Christmas song thing, where even...
  5. Clint_L

    Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

    Christmas songs in context are fine: being sung by carolers, little kids at parties, or at church, for the religious ones. Wonderful, have fun. They're basically novelty songs. "(Last) Christmas" is certainly a Christmas song not just in title and setting but also in motif (gift-giving). Its...
  6. Clint_L

    Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

    I just think they're mostly uninspired and uninteresting, if not downright annoying. "Jolly" is not a very compelling emotion for a song, IMO, and the religious ones aren't really for me. Most are just not good songs, and get played because they're part of the whole X-mas marketing racket...
  7. Clint_L

    Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

    I love George Michael. Just not this song. But I kinda hate conventional Christmas songs in general.
  8. Clint_L

    Whamageddon (Last) Christmas

    I’m pretty safe. I keep a large Xmas playlist for my class and that song is not on it. I don’t listen to the radio and I avoid shopping malls. The bars and restaurants I frequent wouldn’t play it. So unless it comes up on a YouTube video, I’m going to avoid it for another year. It’s also less...
  9. Clint_L

    D&D 5E (2024) So the Armorer still need be Wearing before Don his armor.

    I too have had that happen. The whole fun of an attack when the party is unprepared is that they have to come up with ways to compensate.
  10. Clint_L

    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    Nothing. Zero assigned reading. I describe the setting in session zero and answer any questions they have during character creation. The world unfolds as they play through it.
  11. Clint_L

    RPG Evolution: Gift Ideas for Miniature Gamers (2025)

    What's the quality on those Under Dusk miniatures? I bought a set of Wildspire miniatures because they were cheap and...you get what you pay for. If you're only interested in tokens for tabletop use, then they're probably good enough, but don't buy them for a serious miniatures afficionado...
  12. Clint_L

    D&D 5E (2024) So the Armorer still need be Wearing before Don his armor.

    The steamer trunk is just one interpretation. It's not in the rules or anything.
  13. Clint_L

    D&D General Your last adventure in photos.

    My last home game had the party first hunting a couple vampires, which took them through the backstreets, the sewers, and then finally to a fancy hotel. Our brand new player, first ever game, made a bard, almost died, was alive at one hit point and then polymorphed herself into a giant ape and...
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  17. Clint_L

    D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

    So, I'm not quite sure what you are getting at here. I'm trying not to interpret it negatively, but it doesn't read as super inclusive. I run a pretty PG game, both at school (obviously) but more or less at home, as well (just the way our tastes run - occasionally there's a bit of sauciness...
  18. Clint_L

    Ravenloft, the Movie

    I would be cautious about eradicating entire species (families of species, actually) that have been around far longer than humans and are integral to many ecosystems. Besides, only three of the hundreds of species of mosquitos are a problem for humans. Wouldn't it make sense to focus on...
  19. Clint_L

    Do you observe Thanksgiving?

    I. Freaking. HATE. That. Song. I would have to murder the downstairs neighbour, were I in your situation. No other option. At Thanksgiving I like to think about the things I have to be thankful for. I'm adding "not having gnarlygninja's downstairs neighbour" to my list.
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    Ravenloft, the Movie

    Because it's apropos as a deconstruction of Dracula tropes and also super entertaining:
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