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I’m with you. The softcore porn added absolutely nothing to the story or gameplay. Particularly the puerile stuff. If it had been taken out nobody would have said. “Yeah, it’s was ok, but what it really needed to be A++ was a bugbear doing an ogre doggy style in a barn.” Worth also saying...

Taking a billion in revenue is absolutely not the same making a billion. The retailers take their slice, then there are the marketing and distribution costs, then there is the cost to actually make things and support all the employees who are making the thing. They will make enough to keep them...

In games I’ve ran I’ve seen a Barbarian - World Tree - which I am fast coming to actively dislike. A dwarf Fighter, a Rogue and an Evoker. Other than the barbo it feels pretty smooth.

Good Question 2025 was a good year I would say. I’ve phrased it as the Stop, Start, Continue approach we do at work. Stopped (or should have stopped) I backed the 2nd edition Alien RPG kickstarter. With a wash of enthusiasm. Then when I started reading around some of the previous 1e modules...

Interesting. How did that come about? Were they pick up games in a store/online or was there just a lot of changes in your group?

How on earth have you managed to play 26 characters in only 14 months. That’s like two characters a month! To answer your question. Wizard. 100% of my 2024 time has been spent on Wizards. Well one wizard to be precise. An illusionist. Has been a lot of fun. He’s made it to level 13 and still...

Because it was Hrothgars singing that proved Grendel, or because they slew her son?

Yes, I’m all for letting monsters be monsters but exceptions are always interesting à la Eberron. I’m interested in how a monster or interaction with a monster can tell a tale about people rather than just be something to slay in a dungeon. I think my follow up to your example is why is the...

As part of my ongoing re-read of the Witcher series (finished the first book and onto the number two) I was struck by how much I liked the weaving of monstrous creatures with ordinary people. Very few monster stories stood on their own… there was always a curse, human failing or attempt to use...

Keep em coming. Very interesting stuff. It’s a great team of writers.

Feels like Mechanus. Not sure if that was the intention. The nice thing about maths is that it happens without needing to be thought about. The underlying maths exists whether we concentrate on it or not. I play a bit of poker and one absolutely viable way to play is to know the various odds...

I always thought Pathfinder did some good opening scenes. Rise of the Runelords starts at a market featival Curse of the Crimson Throne starts with a tarot reading Kingmaker revised starts with a ceremony Serpents Skull starts with a shipwreck Skull and shackles starts with a press ganging...

It’s a great adventure Heart of Vane.

I have often opened with a combat in the past but now I have moved away from that. It sets the tone that combat is the main schtick of the campaign and in D&D I try to actively fight against that.

Worth saying that @GuyBoy started his Vecna campaign in a novel way. Each PC was a member of a different adventuring group on a different world. We each represented that archetypal character, arcane spellcaster, divine spell caster, warrior etc etc in our respective groups and took our actions...

Bang is good. There will certainly be a bang in that scene. One of the travelers is badly wounded and there are things out there that can smell blood. I think it all depends on how well the players know each other and the setting. If you go too disruptive for new players who don’t have a...

I recently re-read Blood of Elves from the Witcher series and was struck by how it started. A dozen travelers sharing a campfire on the roadside for security, warmth and company. Sharing stories of what was going on in the land. Various tensions and themes that were going to crop up in the book...

I’m a big fan of Varkenbluff Museum from Keys from the Golden Vault. Evocative location with a lot going on. The Casino, Stygian Gambit, is also really good fun. I also really enjoyed the city of Nangalore from Tomb of Annihilation and the Tomb itself. I really enjoyed the Amber Temple in...

He’s absolutely right. 🙄

Fight Club with chaos cults.