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I liked the way Fre League did it with Alien starter set - inasmuch as if you wanted to keep playing their cinematic scenarios being released, you could just use the starter set rules and core book not required. The core book would give more options, and allow for more free form campaigning...

For me, I feel that type of quantity doesn't quite match up to what I'd like, albeit I understand why they do it they way they do. My preference would be a bit less adventures, and a bit more lore / setting type books instead, though on that note happy to see the two forgotten realms books...

Assuming WEG is West End Games - they didn't do a Star Trek RPG did they? Only Star Wars. Similarly FASA did Star Trek, but not Star Wars. I wonder if prior poster is confusing Star Trek for Star Wars in the prior post, thinking Aramis was talking about Star Wars RPG, when talking while...

I think though there is a difference between saying the rules are there to make a game, and not accurate model physics/ economy, and saying that means the players are supposed to be uber powerful squashing everything along the way.

Ah found it, while unarmed you take a -3 penalty to skill checks

Minimum starting skill is 7 though isn't it? So sounds like something happened to drop it, else bug, rather than getting it down wrong initially.

This is where IMHO Herbert muddies his own waters. Dune then Dune Messiah were looking to show the dangers of putting trust in / following heroes, but then later books suggest Paul and Leto were right to do what they did, and humankind would have lost a lot of lives or gone extinct if they...

while I don't have a problem with the changes Villenueve made, I'm not sure he achieved this part that well, or at least he triggered an abrupt change. There seemed to be a pivot point after the Harkonnens raided that Femen home, where the Fremen wanted him to go south but he didn't want to...

Rome did get to 1 million at it's peak, so twice the size in a place that is more advanced and with magic available doesn't feel too much of a stretch to me.

I was wondering whether Part III will just be Messiah, or incorporate Children as well - especially with how II ended and Chani leaving Paul, could leave room for Paul to become the God Emperor instead of Leto.

Just on this part - my impression was that Herbert was saying that Paul is a hero, but that heroes aren't necessarily good - a warning against hero worship /charismatic leaders. “The bottom line of Dune is beware of heroes. It's much better to rely on your own judgment, and your own mistakes.”...

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One thing I like with some of the older special effects, and for me this is especially true when comparing the original The Thing vs it's sequel/prequel movie - the practical effects in the original made the alien more 'alien' as such - it didn't move as creatures on earth do. Whereas the...

I love this book, a really cool setting book to my mind that opens up lots of possibilities.

I don't think I can do a top 10, and doesn't look like I've watched as wide a range as others, plus I'm quite aware at this point that for most part for movies / books I'm not a good judge on overall quality, vs whether I just plain enjoy it, but he ones that tend to stick in my mind as good...

I think it is mainly referring to the stuff covered in this one below: https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-historian-benn-riggs-on-gary-gygax-sexism.705192/ Where Rob Kuntz called the following (or some part thereof) slanderous: "Well authors Jon Peterson and Jason Tondro mention that early...

For the movie, I agree - I think book is more nuanced and explains why he didn't go with fellowship (would essentially be a big glowing sign, especially as got nearer to Gondor / Mordor, for Saruman and Sauron) - but potentially was used as one of the false trails given instead to suggest ring...

I agree with this and @Micah Sweet's other post around what can also lead to greater differences, I do think in DnD though we haven't really seen as much differentiation as could be the case under those circumstances. the Player's Handbooks tend to only have humanoid races, and a lot of the old...

I think one thing that in theory should make Sci fi lead to more differences, is that different planets/ moons etc would have different qualities which would lead to life developing quite differently, both physically and mentally (I liked the three body problems glimpse at sentient life on a...

I didn't think anyone was arguing that the warlock should start already powerful, just whether they should have had to have chosen their patron at level 1 or not. A5e could have the patron selected at level 1 or level 3, and neither option would prevent it following the narrative for levels 1...