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You may be interested to know that locally "Bevois" is pronounced BEE-vis - and this is why: Bevis of Hampton - Wikipedia. It's quite an adventure!

Is this a rule of the game? RAW? Or a conventional play style? Or implicit to our understanding of what is an RPG.

Jonathan Tweet took the general idea with him to WoTC when he worked on 3e (with Monte Cook and Skip Williams). The d10 became d20 etc. etc. etc. See also: Jonathan Tweet: On The Origins of Ars Magica

I've noticed that "obliged" has been killed and had its stuff taken by "obligated" for no good reason other than language changes - but I had to say something when I hears someome talk about a king being "coronated" - as a verb not adjective.

Well, it's about being helped by a ghost.

Apols. Double post

In my experience, D&D is traditionally played in groups, at one of the players' home. Most weeks of the year, the group around theirs or at mine. One or two days a year in groups at a con.

And for the British now "corned beef" usually refers to what is elsewhere referred to as bully beef. Corned beef and cabage is unknown here AFAICT. Here's a very British corned beef recipe: Corned beef hash with baked beans. So - do dwarves or gnomes have tinned/canned food for iron rations?

What compensation would have satisfied you?

Possibly there are common patterns in comparative mythology?

Yes, I tend to agree but do you really think it's word that you could currently see used on the BBC, say on Mock The Week? I think self-censorship rather than banning would occur. The OED labels it as derogatory rather than inherently offensive but it's usage is lazy bint, fat bint, etc. I...

You know that bint is derogatory and marginally offensive in British English? It's not a word that I would use in front of my grandma if she were alive. It's from the generation of slang coming from soldiers. In this case, those stationed in the Middle East. So, a bit like some racial epithets...

Are you sure you want to say that in public? Apologies. I see that I skipped the second para to get to the Design Notes. My bad etc. Thank you to both of you for your kind words and atention. Much appreciated by this regular and loyal reader of your works. TTFN.

I think I did! That image isn't in the article. Did you read the edited version? The 1 is meant to be the explanation? Or hint? BTW. If he's falling, he's going to die when he hits the ground if it's more that 640 feet from Heaven to Earth if he only has resistance to bludgeoning damage.

Isn't he Fallen rather than Falling? It's happened; he fell.

And - interestingly (to me) - from an episode of Dr Who written by Ben Aaronovitch

Name of a paladin that I played 20 years ago - misspelled version of Ancelyn

You reach an equilibrium state by having the number of new players equalling the number of quitting players. (c.f. Games Workshop business model basically for boys age ~13 to ~16). The final steady state might not be what it is now but could be substantial.

Is it worth adding that SD & VM Steel (the low cost mail order specialists for all your board gaming/D&D needs!) became Esdevium Games (SD-VM) and is now Asmodee UK. AFAIK Dan Steel is still heavily involved with the company.

Boxing Day: For most people the big family gathering is Xmas Day but Boxing Day is a bank holiday, can be a quiet day, and there's no need to cook with so many lefovers around.