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  1. Benjamin Olson

    Spaceballs: The Sequel...

    There was also "Paws of Fury" a couple years ago, an animated samurai homage/remake of Blazing Saddles with anthropomorphic cats and dogs, which he executive produced and voice-acted in. I don't think it's really about a paycheck. I think it's more about a now 97 year-old man (with a birthday...
  2. Benjamin Olson

    Poll: Heavily Non-Canon Star Wars

    Personally I think I'd prefer an equivalent set-up of "would-be hero turned and brought darkness to the galaxy" somewhere in the old republic era (or whatever distant Star Wars era you prefer), without the need to involve major iconic franchise characters in key roles. It's way less pressure on...
  3. Benjamin Olson

    D&D 5E New Monster Manual Cover

    Oh, okay. I'm in the "fine with 5e and don't want anything to change" camp. So it sounds like it's probably still just a (to me) crappier version of 5e that adds nothing I like better (other than, it seems, the cover art). Good to know.
  4. Benjamin Olson

    D&D 5E New Monster Manual Cover

    Okay. I kind of figured it was all along. But I got a new job as a teacher in a remote village, disconnected from my D&D groups, overworked, and often without internet, and haven't really followed the development of 2024 D&D at all since April or so of last year, and back then everyone here...
  5. Benjamin Olson

    D&D 5E New Monster Manual Cover

    Well that's cumbersome branding. "Hey what edition are we playing". "We're playing the 2024 revisions of the D&D 5e core rulebooks!" Presumably "OneD&D" was just a nightmare I had.
  6. Benjamin Olson

    D&D 5E New Monster Manual Cover

    So far this cover art is my favorite thing about 6e (or whatever it's called now).
  7. Benjamin Olson

    Wizards Goes Big with Vecna: Eve of Ruin

    Thumbed through it at the bookstore the other day. I mean they definitely went big, I'll give them that. But all the worst aspects of WotC official adventures for me revolve around shoehorning in "big characters", and this adventure seems to treat that as the main draw and selling point (I...
  8. Benjamin Olson

    D&D General Deleted

    The Paladin is based on medieval literature and ideals of knighthood, not on medieval history. While I don't remember as much as I'd like from my graduate reading on the subject, one thing I remember multiple historians noting is that the literary knight actually arrives shockingly fast...
  9. Benjamin Olson

    Why doesn't WizKids sell 3d print files?

    I think the standard 2 pack of minis retailing for $5.99 or whatever is the bread and butter of Wizkids, and I don't think it makes economic sense for them to undercut the retail sales of those. I would guess it is hard enough to get enough store space to display much of their range with the...
  10. Benjamin Olson

    Kickstarter "The Gamers: Dorkness Falls" Kickstarter has launched

    Well suddenly it got some momentum again today. It stalled out for like three or four days and I was getting worried. I've never been so invested in a kickstarter, but then again I think this is the first time one for something I've really cared about has happened and I actually became aware of...
  11. Benjamin Olson

    How many RPG dice do you own?

    50-75 for my own use and about 150 more I bought in bulk when I was running games for a Summer camp.
  12. Benjamin Olson

    Trailer Alien: Romulus | Official Trailer

    I guess "Alien 6 (but actually maybe 7, 8, or possibly 9... depends what you count" wasn't a punchy enough title.
  13. Benjamin Olson

    Dark Sun in Dragon magazine

    That was definitely what piqued my intrigue as well.
  14. Benjamin Olson

    D&D 5E What Do You Not Like About The 2014 5E DMG?

    The main thing I didn't like about it (back when I bothered to use it) is that I'd have to lug it around if I wanted the catalogue of magic items, which I used several times more often than the rest of it combined. And having had the strap of my favorite backpack break because I was lugging to...
  15. Benjamin Olson

    Dark Sun in Dragon magazine

    For my part I'm okay with both Darksun and necromancy of 20 year old threads, but I see why some people might not be fans.
  16. Benjamin Olson

    Kickstarter "The Gamers: Dorkness Falls" Kickstarter has launched

    For several years now I have checked in on the Zombie Orpheus scene every few months primarily just to see if literally this exact project was ever happening. I totally would have missed it if you didn't post it here (and in the same week I logged back in for the first time in most of a year)...
  17. Benjamin Olson

    Create an RPG multiverse from scratch

    A multiverse is what you create to form a shared continuity of existing properties. Nobody wants a multiverse just for a multiverse's sake. I would suggest that Big Game Company is just kneejerk following trends without understanding them, and that they'd be happier if we started with just one...
  18. Benjamin Olson

    D&D 5E Shield vs Protection from Evil and Good on a 1-level Warlock Dip

    In 5e the answer to "Shield or other 1st level spell" is basically always "Shield". Every argument for why Shield is less optimal on X build basically just argues it down to only being the best pick by a little rather than a lot. The only reason to not choose Shield is that you are bored of it...
  19. Benjamin Olson

    Whistle blower says non-human bodies recovered from crash

    I mean, it's not if they have some sort of sci-fi solution to trivialize the vastness of space. But it's a schelp beyond most people's comprehension to haul a meaningful amount of anything even to the next star system over, much less to a distant one, under any propulsion method conforming to...
  20. Benjamin Olson

    D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Hit or Flop?

    That was about what I was imagining. It gets bonus points for the fact that Simon and Doric are the characters who have gotten less spotlight time and who seem to have more character growth ahead of them, so the cheaper option also feels narratively justified.
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