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It's a common enough playbook. You gin up a controversy of some sort, raise an army of thugs/clones, send them into sensitive areas where they will meet opposition, then declare martial law as the situation deteriorates. Boom - you're Emperor!

Perhaps, but it's not like Luke deliberately accessing the Force when he blew up the first Death Star. It's not something Han invokes consciously as a character - Han's player is the one who spends that meta currency.

I agree. To add more examples: Fame and Fortune points appeared in Top Secret back in 1980 - though I believe they were limited to just saving your agent's life. James Bond 007 took their Hero points a step farther by allowing them to be spent to improve success levels on tasks.

And, yet, it's also a pretty common setup. It's definitely convenient to play at a GM's house since they can set up ahead of time and have ready access to any sources they have without having to lug as much with them. And that may then also mean they have refreshments on hand and have to clean...

Adventure Paths are not railroads.

Since 3/5 of the party is running on fumes (at best), I'd prioritize getting out for a long rest. If the secret way is fairly secret from the dungeon's denizens, I'd take that way. I'd consider devoting the druid's 3rd level slots to upcasting some healing as well.

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Well, vive la différence, right? For people who like the detail and crunch, it's not unnecessary. It adds to the experience. Ideally, there are games for everybody's preferences. People who like deeper military logistics can play Campaign for North Africa. People who don't can play Axis and...

At this stage in my life, I've been playing a lot of halflings alongside my humans. When I was younger, it was elves, then half-orcs, then dwarves, now it's halflings. And my halflings are hobbity - they're barefoot and they like their food/beer, comfortable surroundings, and a good pipe.

You know, aside from looking kind of dopey and comedic, the Bakshi version still captured Sam's essential character.

But then there was that one guy who wanted join the game to play an "enigmatic force of nature". He was extremely quirky, totally OP, and, for some reason, wore big yellow boots. Fortunately, he left the game after only a couple of sessions.

Maybe you should scroll through this Tumblr for a while: @reasonsmysoniscrying · Reasons My Son Is Crying

I don't think it's at all extreme to say "I've had enough running D&D for a while. So if you don't want to play Star Wars and would rather play D&D, that's fine, but I'm going to leave it up to one of you to DM for a while and I'll be on the players' side of the screen."

Kinda sad so see how pointless obstinacy can affect other people. And that's about the only way I can describe it - pointless obstinacy.

Knowing you need help is the first step to healing yourself.

And I doubt he would even think of it as gaining for himself at other people's expense. From everything I've seen, listened to, and read, virtually any gain anybody else could have gotten would have been at his expense in his mind. After all, he was TSR and TSR was him, right? EVERYTHING anybody...

Joyless? With Friar Tuck gleefully confronting Folcanet with "Welcome to Hell"?!? I think not.

Wait. There are posts in this thread that AREN'T hyperbole?!?

If a player is absent but we have enough of a quorum to play, the affected PC just kind of hangs out in the background - not really taking part in anything. For my 6 player group, if 1 or 2 are missing, they just carry on as if they're a 4-5 PC group until the player is present. There are times...

I think the nature of the individual task is getting kind of muddled here. There are some tasks where I think a group check would be appropriate, where treating things as a help action would be more appropriate, and some where neither really applies. Take the door opening issue. For one thing...