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I think this is illustrative of Soviet's point. Fictional heroes from the literature which inspired D&D have traditionally had many skills and been broadly competent. D&D siloed skills to create roles with niches, but in the process, once skills started creeping in with expanded classes...

Is being, say, 1 level ahead not "being better"?

Ok, but then do the humans get to just be BETTER than everyone else in trade for their limited class selection? And if so, does that mean the core four classes have to be weaker in trade? If so, of course, no one else will want to be one.

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True enough. He was awesome and probably stopped at least two TDs in the first half alone. We were saying if the Pats managed to pull it out he should be MVP.

I think a little from column A, a little from column B. Both defenses were excellent and aggressive. Seattle's O line, Darnold, and Walker were just good enough to make yards and get four field goals in the first three quarters. Maye and his were just not quite good enough to hold off the...

Honestly a pretty darn good game. Speaking as a longtime Pats fan (lesser Seahawks and Eagles, I also lived those places), it was disappointing to see Maye and his offensive line unable to step up and make plays, but Christian Gonzalez and a few of the other defensive players kept the game...

Just a tiny bit. I think I need to focus on the calorie intake to make real progress, but I'm trying to put in reasonable work.

They look good! Personally the best success I had with quickly doing "organic" figs (models where they are primarily flesh, fur, scales, horn, rather than metal or clothing) was to prime black, paint colors in brighter shades than I'd normally use, then do a head to toe dark wash. Then touch...

Schedule was tricky and I didn't get back in Thursday or Friday, but did do a moderate session Sunday, for the weekend. Went with a partner again, so that influenced exercise selection. Stair climber for a few minutes to warm up. Smith inclined barbell bench 100x12, 100x12, 100x8 +90x5...

True enough. Though D&D has never or rarely claimed to be a generic or universal RPG. It has attempted to cover a wide variety of settings, but a certain amount of setting expectation has often been baked into it, and explicitly so, from the start. Vance-style magic, for example. Clerics not...

Yup. Very common. I remember back in AD&D seeing at least one revision of it to be less extreme/powerful.

90% agreed, but you can also build a particular setting into a system. Like Dolmenwood, for example.

You're inserting an adversarial slant to this relationship that is really not warranted. If there's bullying involved, this is not a functional and enjoyable group relationship. Any enjoyable tabletop RPG relies on a healthy relationship among all the players, including the DM. There must be a...

I like games which have implied worldbuilding. I like how B/X making the core 4 classes all human and the demihumans additional options with more specific specialties pushes humans to the forefront of the game and entirely removes race/species/ancestry as a tool for min-maxing. On the other...

Yeah, it's a really good movie. He and Winslet are great leads, the supporting cast is stacked, the writing is excellent and Michel Gondry's visual style really ties it together.

Wednesday night squeezed in a decent session between work and D&D. Smith inclined barbell bench 100x12, 100x11, 100x8 +85x6 (comparable to last three set workout) Seated dumbbell inclined curls 30x8 (pause) +27.5x5, 30x6 +22.5x4R, 3L and 3 slow eccentrics L, then 30x4 +25x2 +20x3R 2L. Hadn't...

I first learned that it's a good GM and players which make the game many years ago, when I was a teenager. At Dragonflight, a convention held at Seattle University, there was a recurring game of TWERPS* called Vikings & Beekeepers. And it was one of the most popular events at the convention...

Even in most OSR games, if there are deaths in the majority of sessions character continuity will suffer (although you can substitute group continuity) and character advancement stall, and it frustrates players.

It looks good. I have a personal hang-up I've never gotten over of the replacement voices never hitting my ear right, sadly. For me Henson's Kermit is iconic and indelible.