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And, somehow, I don't expect the regulators to be neutral arbiters in all these shenanigans.

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There are things I'm noticing about this season. 1) The aging of the kids in the main cast is even more visible than it was 3 years ago. This is perfectly understandable but for some of them the changes are much more noticeable this time. That's neither good nor bad, but it is just a little...

It's far better than Paramount being the buyer. They've already turned CBS News and 60 Minutes into a joke in their pursuit of mergers. They deserve nothing.

I never considered the maps going to a 5 foot scale instead of 10 foot to be much of a consideration. The 5 foot scale on the maps just makes it easier for the DM to translate onto a battle map for playing with tokens/minis. Plus, there are still plenty of maps out there in modules using...

Ah, verisimilitude in setting vs game play - the conflict of the ages within D&D. Do the monsters (or lord of the castle) live in a setting designed to improve their defense or one designed to let PCs use their powers and abilities? I get that this is a game and players want to have fun with...

They are not trustworthy because they are powerful. They are powerful because they are trustworthy. That's a repeated element in Lord of the Rings. Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman, Isildur, Denethor, Fëanor, the Sons of Fëanor - all powerful individuals - most of the pre-eminent powers in Middle Earth...

Wow! That's some passive-aggressive pettiness, and I should know, I've been doing the exact same thing for a while now! :ROFLMAO:

If a game or, more specifically, a rule or element within the game is simulative I take it to mean that it gives a significant nod toward verisimilitude in how it behaves or its properties, how it works - even if that means there's some imbalance in game play or inconvenience for players. And...

Now where'd I leave my fainting couch?

I always have a fondness for "Fox on the Run".

Age of Worms would make for an interesting series - and with enough variation in environments and events as well as a building conspiracy.

"Happy Christmas (War is Over)" may be peak Lennon preachiness, but that's one reason I like it. That's kind of his thing for a lot of songs and I'm totally here for it. But then, that's also why I often like Christmas songs done by rock artists - they are a bit more likely to question things...

I think zakael19 is on the right track in the sense that the thing that makes setting lore matter to the players... is the players. It could be by direct investment of effort through shared world-building as in zakael19's post. But it could also just be attitudinal whether directly invested or...

I'm not sure I'd be able to stop slapping a player who tried that in front of me...

Some corner of the internet is probably not getting along with the 5e.2024 rule set considering druids now get a wild companion.

Say it tain't so!

That may be true for Cook, but there are other tales of independent adventurers out there in the age of exploration and colonialism. I did a little looking around at possible sources for Kipling's The Man Who Would be King and there are a number of people who would fit the bill for truly being...