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Oh boy some true horror stories here. Book burning? That is never a great idea. I feel blessed to have none of these stories, I guess the blessing of being young and being born after satanic panic in a time when the hobby and nerd culture in general were more accepted. My parents were completely...

Its neither the mods fault nor the users fault here that AI discourse dominates the tech sector, animation included. If a movie or game used AI is an important topic for many consumers for different reasons. To expect that this topic gets not discussed for one of the most successful animation...

I do know absolutely nothing about the textiles sector but I know enough about motorized vehicles and their importance for supply chains that I would bet money that they get used in textiles sector. If you know enough about the tool, you don't need to know the domain of the user to answer if...

This spring I wrote and run a mystery game that I've written using the guide of the Alexandrian regarding mystery games. To break it down to a bare minimum: Have for every bit of information you want the players to learn at least 3 spots/scenes where they can learn it. It worked so good, I was...

I watched it with my GF - we liked it and we still catch each other humming the songs, but I thought it was a bit overhyped. It was ok and entertaining, but once the freshness of the premise cooled off it felt like a very traditional tropey story and movie. I liked some of the visual gags...

That sounds such an awesome session and IMO special achievments like that are definitely worth bonus XP! I also really like the bonus XP for confirming secrets as truth or myths/lies, I will steal that!

I have run it twice and I also think its quite generic. The villain is quite bland and badly introduced. The NPCs are boring for the most part. But the single chapters are good well-designed adventures, I think thats why its quite the good introduction. My favorite part to run was Thundertree...

Off-topic, but Mystic Arts truly is one of the best newcomers to TTRPG content creator scene. I really dig his videos. A lot is "basic training" for DMs, but presented in such a good way that even as an experienced DM its just a joy to watch. And you still get to know some new tricks, at least...

My anwer was also not about Tucker specifically, but you asking when do you stop overtuning the encounter via "non-CR" methods. I also don't think you should modifiying the CR, because these tactics are not really making a mathematical mapping possible. You just have to use CR as starting base...

whenever you want? When its good enough? There are no holy rules about tuning encounters, you do what you think what is best for your game. If you think your players enjoy the challenge of kobolds being very tactical with their traps, do it. If you think your players prefer simple hack n slash...

This how it was always for me. I like listen to podcasts etc, but fiction audiobooks I just cant stand. I don't know if it is the same for you, but I think its because the narration takes too much away from my own imagination.

I would love a new action economy and overworked math, especially less HP bloat. Anything that makes combat more fluid and faster too. New resource management like slot or pip inventory or anything else that makes resource management worthwile again, because IMO its needed for exploration...

I am planning to run a Shadowdark West Marches game starting in Autumn and are very excited to see a big D&D streamers take on it. Of course the whole scheduling idea is irrelevant to them, but I am very excited to see how they bring this sandbox game and different player groups together.

You can always take the new mechanics and use old flavor and lore. A new take is needed so we don't gloat all the time in old creations that are getting reheated and -hashed without any new influence. I will always prefer new takes over repetition and never understand how fandoms enjoy wallowing...

Read "The Looking Glass War" by John Le Carre. Ooph, this was a tough read. I think this is a bit underrated because it is more difficult to read than "The Spy from the Cold" and has less dramatic and theatralic story beats. Its probably one of the most realistic books of Le Carre according to...

Sometimes I wish we had downvotes button here. Well when the campagin starts, I am pretty sure you we all will see that you can not do what Brennan does.

This is precisely what I thought the common definition to railroading. I was confused when OP stated there was no definition. Using that definition, railroading is not a playstyle but a bad DM practice that often but not exclusively appears in the playstyle of linear games. Linear games are an...

I just think its boring storytelling to have ALL people from one civiliation to be evil. I prefer villains/factions that are enemies of the party because of their actions, not because of their skin/hair color. I always thought that this is common sense, but posts like these show that people...

Its fascinating how widespread the damages done by the pandemic are. Every few weeks I learn about another consequence of the pandemic, even years later. Anway, thats interesting to read, I guess I will skip on that one too. But very looking forward to Broken Earth and her upcoming work.

That is good to hear that Broken Earth is better because I already loved the city we became! Thought it was indeed a clever concept and fun read. My main gripe was when I remember correctly that the lovecraftian aspect didn't really work for me somehow although I loved the whole lovecraftian...