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    Your top 5 sci-fi movies (and why)

    I asked the same question re Godzilla and King Kong Id say Kong isnt - theres no science in that monster, its pure pulp fantasy but the atomic radiation warning in Godzilla pushes it to yes.
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    Your top 5 sci-fi movies (and why)

    Metropolis Planet of the Apes (Heston version) Mad Max Rocky Horror Picture Show Terminator Notable: The Blob, Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet, They Live, Short Circuit, Back to the Future, Total Recall I consider Star Wars more fantasy than Sci-fi so it didnt make the list :)
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    AD&D 2E Jakandor

    is the Internet Archive legal? you can read it there
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    D&D General Where did I get the demiplane Charontlis from?

    Genshin Impact has a Papilio Charontis quest where the player explores the border between the realm of the living and the afterlife. Have you played that game?
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    Who's on your geek Mount Rushmore?

    First mention of Harryhausen - he was my number #5
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    How Do You Like Your Steak?

    medum rare or charcoal 'Pittsburgh' been getting lots of venison lately so medium rare, quick fry
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    What does a tank graveyard mean to you in your game?

    I participated in a oneshot 'rail wars' game where I was inspired by the song Sixteen Tons to create "Old Mama Line" -an old rusted train golem, an original track layer who lies hidden half forgotten in the canebreak of the scrapyards. Noone goes there, she's tough, dangerous and full of ancient...
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    Who's on your geek Mount Rushmore?

    which does raise the point of - just what is and isnt geek culture, and does it differ between differing communities? Black Geek culture in particular is relevant here as the likes of Biz Markie, Fresh Prince Will Smith, De la Soul and more recently Childish Gambino made the stand of reclaiming...
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    Who's on your geek Mount Rushmore?

    Homer - it was the Greek/Roman myths that first sparked my interest in Fantasy The Brothers Grimm - their collection of storys is the true wisdom literature of Western Civilisation Edgar Rice Burrows - Tarzan got me in to Pulps Danny Kaye - first actor of whom I was a childhood fan, sparked my...
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    D&D General Where to start with Mystara?

    yeah I assumed they want to get a feel of the Mystara World not a new rules set the OP explicitly says that the only Mystara product they have is 2nd Ed. AD&D Monstrous Compendium - which leads me to believe they do not want to do the full BX/BECMI dive.
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    D&D General Favorite Creepy Monster To Run?

    I'd take inspiration from the Batman villain, give it a 20ft Spore Cloud attack (DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened), the ability to Disappear into fog, becoming heavily obscured and moving freely (no opportunity attacks), and a nightmare image illusion causing psychic damage oh and a...
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    D&D General What's your view on a pirate-driven campaign?

    English raiding of Hanseatic shipping on the Flemish and Baltic coast was rampant, in the 1400s and through the Hundred Years War. as was piracy in the Mediteranean. For DnD I have no problem with ships having access to Greek Alchemist fire, chinese rockets, primitive cannons, achimedes solar...
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    Christmas Songs from the Southern Hemisphere

    Fair enough, but all this make it on to Christmas Albums and even televised via Christmas in the Park events. The whole Christmas song industry is pretty niche
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    Christmas Songs from the Southern Hemisphere

    yeah Christmas where the gum trees grow has a whole verse calling that out "From England came our Christmas fare They even said what Santa should wear But here down under for summer’s cool Santa should dip in a swimming pool"
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    Christmas Songs from the Southern Hemisphere

    a man named Pukunui should know Pukeko in a Punga Tree! Mele Kalikimaka was once kinda popular (though Bing and the Andrew Sisters are a bit dated now ) Aotearoa New Zealand Christmas in New Zealand - "the time is right for barbecues and swimming across the bay" country singer Dennis Marsh...
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    D&D 5E (2024) There is sauerkraut in my lederhosen: Snarf's Guide to Using (and adjudicating) Skills in 5e

    Not even that. I think they should broaden Backgrounds and have all Backgrounds grant a Lore Skill and a Professional (Technique) Skill. So if someone has Horse Breeder Background that automatically get the Lore (Nature) and Profession (Animal Handling) if they're a Healer they get Healing...
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    D&D General Where to start with Mystara?

    Croatians are Slavic living in the Balkan Peninsula and indeed had a Byzantine ruling class = so Dubrovnik fits well But yeah Ylaruam was mostly Arabic, but Turko-Persian makes a better geographic fit
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    D&D General Where to start with Mystara?

    The Vaults of Pandius has an adventure where you get to Save Aleena (you get her resurrected) and Castle Mistamere allows you to track Bargle down for revenge or justice. The thing I always loved about Karameikos was that it had a strong Eastern European (Slavic/Balkan) feel to its culture...
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