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One of my most recent D&D character designs was a fighter of Fey descent. One thing I did to reinforce that aspect was to borrow a page from The Bard’s character Robin Goodfellow, a.k.a. Puck (from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”), as well as other notable tricksters of legend, lore & folktales...

This is the ad in question; I will point out that while there was a tiny text disclosure that the ad was made with AI when broadcast on TV, there is NO such qualifier tag on the YouTube version. Personally, I don’t know what’s AI, though I strongly suspect the bear & the woman with the eagle...

Been saying that for at least a decade. Shortly thereafter, I made an observation: I could name dozens of works of fiction that presumed humanity had reached a post-scarcity (as we understand it) level of civilization, but couldn’t come up with a single full story about how the transition...

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The Mouse that Made More Noise Than Is Typical Discomfort and Disgust in Reno How Countries Accumulate Cash Edit: fixed a typo in the last title

We were actually at the same table, as I recall. A game of True 20, perhaps? I played a somewhat bombastic loudmouth of some kind of knight…maybe?

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TIL that one of my favorite New Wave bands (Devo) teamed up with one of my favorite classic rockers (Neil Young) to cover Young’s “Hey hey, my my” in 1977.

Terrance “Chet” Brooks has died. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/former-49ers-super-bowl-hero-215108540.html

The Manager of the Rings The Kitty, the Karen, and the Peculiarly Deep Closet FaceTiming With A Bloodsucker Heckraiser

Kind of like what Aeson was getting at, the Blaster Beam lets you generate those sounds in a controlled environment with the potential for easier sound processing. Also, the BB can reach notes most conventional instruments simply can’t.

Have you not met humans? Once a market is created for something- especially something scarce- there’s an economic incentive for someone to cut corners and ignore ethical concerns about sustainability. See mummies, tiger hides, rhino horns, elephant tusks, antiquities, and so forth. With a big...

The most obvious example- at least to those who frequent THIS site- is from the first Star Trek motion picture.

The Blaster Beam is an instrument used to create sound effects and occasionally parts of musical scores in sci-fi, horror & fantasy films, just like better known instruments like the theremin, apprehension engine, and waterphone:

Late to the party (again)… Across every edition of D&D I’ve played, DPR is something I only rarely consider. But even when I do, it’s not typically a deciding factor for me. I usually value character themes & development or having multiple and/or unusual ways to contribute to the party’s...

I See Good AIngels, I See Bad AIngels In a not-too distant future, technological breakthroughs in AI technologies reduced their energy requirements- even as processing speed increased dramatically- by orders of magnitude, leading to their widespread use and acceptance. Unfortunately, the issue...

This. You’re probably going to want access to The Complete Book of Humanoids at the bare minimum, and possibly Planescape as well. I’d also think you’d want to incorporate some kind of pact/oath-based magical deals, possibly up to the inclusion of Fey Pact Warlocks.

Andrew Ure has died. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/beloved-rock-frontman-found-dead-102537877.html

He probably does typical Dad things, too. Tells wolf puns & other corny jokes, sends younger wolves to their den, watches prey while standing, etc.