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Today, 04:51 PMGloatingSwine replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsIt's worth pointing out that the main "power" of the One Ring is to twist people's wills to that of its master. Sauron isn't a danger because he's...47 replies | 1900 view(s)
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Today, 12:39 PMGloatingSwine replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsThe Uruk-hai are a distraction in this. Saruman is only intending to fight Sauron at all if he gets the One Ring. If he doesn't he's angling for a...47 replies | 1900 view(s)
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Today, 06:34 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Players want to overthrow a king and install democracy. What can go wrong? ;) in D&D 5e/NextAnyone who thinks an elective monarchy would be *less* murdery hasn't played enough Crusader Kings. Can't lose a vote if your rivals have an accident...34 replies | 3310 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:32 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThe whiskers are evoking those on Koi. Which can turn into dragons if they try real hard.74 replies | 2256 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 12:33 PMThe success of Baldur's Gate 3 is a reason to sell Forgotten Realms in a separate book. Never ask for money once when you can ask for it twice....39 replies | 3481 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 10:51 AMThe Infinite and the Divine is about Statler and Waldorf incarnated as immortal robot skeletons perpetually bickering with and pranking each other.9 replies | 498 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 10:56 AMI dunno, I was channeling Private Frazer.20 replies | 1184 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 10:44 AMThis sounds like trying to solve out of character problems in character. Which is doomed. Dooooomed.20 replies | 1184 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 09:38 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThough medieval depictions of things that actually existed also got pretty wild. Possibly because they were being drawn by a monk who had never seen...74 replies | 2256 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 08:12 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsNo but he did helpfully ignore everything that had been written since the 11th century as being modern rubbish.74 replies | 2256 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 06:14 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Introducing a Fantastic Religion to the Players in Roleplaying GamesThe important point is that in a polytheistic religion everyone has a relationship to all of the gods all of the time, because they're real and they...28 replies | 2270 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 05:36 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Players want to overthrow a king and install democracy. What can go wrong? ;) in D&D 5e/NextThe main thing that will go wrong is that if there isn't a firm desire from within the populace* for democracy, it will fail to take root and will...34 replies | 3310 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 12:51 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Introducing a Fantastic Religion to the Players in Roleplaying GamesEvil gods is another D&Dism that’s worth doing away with. Polytheistic belief systems don’t tend to have evil gods, they might have ones...28 replies | 2270 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 11:51 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Introducing a Fantastic Religion to the Players in Roleplaying GamesTBH unless you're all scholars of Greek history and mythology they're basically using whatever fictionalised version they've picked up from pop...28 replies | 2270 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 04:46 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextFinding berries is also a matter of knowing which ones are nutritious and which ones are poisonous. Same with other foodstuffs, you have to know...90 replies | 5194 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 04:34 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsI think this is a perfect encapsulation of what I was talking about when I said people brought expectations to Hancock that stopped them seeing what...131 replies | 7508 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 06:00 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextMan, sure sounds like this is the sort of place where a set of abstractions would be helpful to let players know how they might be able to interact...90 replies | 5194 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 04:57 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsI think Hancock is one of those movies that's been reassessed over time now that people have figured out what it actually is as a movie and are...131 replies | 7508 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 11:00 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Arguments IN FAVOR of keeping hide/move silently and spot/listen/search separate? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Are their options constrained by being seen vs being heard though?79 replies | 4343 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 10:38 AMThey should probably kick themselves for not hashing out at least the broad strokes of who's playing what in session 0, at least. "We're playing...92 replies | 6324 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 10:29 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Arguments IN FAVOR of keeping hide/move silently and spot/listen/search separate? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Another thing is that splitting the rolls only produces a uniquely interesting outcome vs. combining them if the nature of failure meaningfully...79 replies | 4343 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 05:38 AMTBH I think based on an exchange earlier part of the problem is that he's putting the information into the mouths of NPCs, rather than filling the...512 replies | 29185 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 04:35 AMMost of the "Talk to your players" advice in this and other similar threads are about situations where the DM is authoritative and it's better for...512 replies | 29185 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 10:33 AMContext and location and history are the fundamentals of this whole shebanc. And the dirty little secret is that most people are not sufficiently...92 replies | 6324 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 05:05 AMChangelings' relationship with Banes (the spirits that possess humans to make Fomori) is a bit weird. Destroying everything would be bad, of course,...512 replies | 29185 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 04:09 PMYes, it is. The problem is an out-of-character problem. Brian the player at the table can't think of other actions to declare for his character...512 replies | 29185 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 03:53 PMThat's another "keep the game flowing" thing though. If they're not coming up with anything on their initiative, go round the table and put each...512 replies | 29185 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 03:23 PMThis is why you solve this with out-of-character confirmation. Brian misunderstood the spell in a way his character would not have. Telling him...512 replies | 29185 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 01:07 PMYou should probably check your assumption that sexual violence in conflict and captivity is something that happens only to women. It isn't and never...11 replies | 3194 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 06:36 AMWell yes, there is an assumption that the nature and operation of the spell is transparent to the players before they decide to learn it, rather than...512 replies | 29185 view(s)
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