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The concept of being "too big to fail" They control supply of goods that are essential to the economy to the extent that disruptions to the supply has major social and political fallout. Further they are invested in a network that influences communications/information, giving them leverage in...

The Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan - set on Silicon Island off the coast of China where oppressed workers work in massive E-waste recycling plants, owned by the islands native clans processing mostly American junk. Environmentalism, Labour rights and Colonialism in Chinese Cyberpunk.

The United Fruit Company is up there too - its the reason Banana Republics exist

One could certainly cast the EIC as a Megacorp, especially as its Royal Charter gave it powers to build forts, collect taxes and make its own treaties in pursuit of profit. It took 3 - 6 months for communication to move between London and India so the Nabobs on the ground were essentially...

I think the numbers are just shorthand for descriptors and they really should mean something. For instance a Dextrous character might move with fluidity, skipping through a crowd like a bird, whereas a low dex character, might stumble through, being pushed and maneuvered around as the crowd...

I agree Wisdom is challenging. One combination I like is the high Wis low Int character - one who is perceptive and insightful but not good at academics or deduction. I'd phrase things as them noticing little details and asking questions "theres a thing over there, so what would happen if we...

heh, I thought Bobby was a strange name for a Vulcan, but he did look like a Bobby so I decided it suited him :) good point about the X-Men parallel too, convenient for the writers when they have a bunch of Aliens (and programmable matter) who can do anything the plot requires.

Poor Bobby, he really wasnt a dick! great episode overall, nicely done bringing various backstory and villain threads in to focus. Not so sure about the new Banshee powers getting pulled out though, but heh, it was a cool bit of deus ex machina. One thing I was wondering though is what are the...

Heh, fair enough. I mainly asked because I like making poached pears with cream cheese or with brie.which isnt too far from apple and cheese sans Pie crust. I did wonder if verdigris was some obscure old medieval ingredient, but ae, verjus makes more sense:) Dwarves being tolerant to lead...

No but yes, my cosmology is Panentheistic, the thoughts of the One manifest as twin streams that flow in all directions spiralling into infinity. The interactions of these Dual Streams give rise to forms and realities - the domains of existence. Clerics choose their domains and manifest small...

what is verdigris? and where is that dish from? *I only know Verdigris as the green patina of oxidised copper, which I thought was toxic

oooh! Lorwyn gets a Podling chorus!! I would love to see a Dark Crystal set or even adding Gelflings and Skeksis to Lorwyrn

Apparently, Nemo was originally envisioned as Polish striking back at the Russian Empire, but Vernes publisher baulked as France and Russia were allies at the time. Verne stripped out the overt anti-imperialist details and later switched Nemo to Indian prince, since sticking it to the English...

14th century in England so closer to 650 years:) But apples originate in central Asia (The city of Almaty, Kazakhstan claims to be 'Father of Apples") and have been eaten there for maybe 8000 years including in an 'apple cake' which is a flat and pie-like :)

I can think of quite a few adventures that mention Apples, Sunless Citadel features them, Phandalin has an Apple orchard and even Curse of Strahd makes passing mention of them. I've had PCs explore a haunted Apple Orchard, and a Wassailing of the Apples is an annual festival in one of the main...

a good thick dollop of cream is much better :) Cheese goes with mince or steak pies

dead trees I suppose. Deforestation and chemical treatment are major issues in woodpulp paper, especially as sustainable alternatives exist (bamboo, hemp, cotton fibre) and then you have alternatives like calcium carbonate (stone paper) and digital E-paper devices or as suggested Meta-glasses

The only human I can think of is Odysseus - who lies constantly, is capable of cruelty and heroism and is loyal only to his idea of home. Tom Bombadil - Helps the hobbits, doesnt care about Sauron, doing his own thing Loki and other Trickster gods - they help and hinder in equal measure...

yeah I was amused when I drove away, but experiencing it for the first time was a little discombobulating, just an unexpected detour in to the uncanny valley funnily enough my reaction when reading this was to think "I wouldnt want a robot giving me a message' but then I recalled my last visit...

I'm assuming its a reference to Hasbro gets hold of Harry Potter merch rights, which means an MTG set feels inevitable