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Today, 12:57 PMI didn't say it didn't work as a description of the films. I mean that it also necessitates the flaws in the Jedi Order of the time (and most...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 12:15 PMA tragedy isn't just when the hero loses. A tragedy is when the hero inadvertently brings about his own downfall, usually by the very effort he makes...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 10:52 AMThat's no moon, it's an idiot ball!575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 09:28 AMWhich is simply an assertion that George Lucas is incompetent. Why is any scene in the movie? Surely because silly old George just forgot not to...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 09:07 AMYou've missed the second part of the quote, I see. When you're assessing movies you need to proceed from the position that everything is there for a...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 08:03 AMRight, but I'm not saying the characters are "being completely stupid". I'm saying that their training causes them to be unable to think certain...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 07:50 AMThat doesn't mean he knows why the hole is there and is collaborating in a bit. He's going to ask Yoda because he can't think of a reason for it to...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 07:43 AMNo, that doesn't track, not exactly. Obi-Wan has no other reason to be in that room because he goes specifically to ask Yoda about the case of the...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 06:24 AMAnd also to at least Obi-Wan himself. He thinks something is afoot, but the obvious-to-a-child explanation "someone altered the archive" doesn't even...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Today, 06:06 AMWe see that in the movies, with the fact that Kamino was erased from the Jedi Archives and it was an inaccessible thought to the trained Jedi that...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:57 PMIt doesn't. It's actually the only response to the build that preserves it. There are three paths here. 1. Use normally difficult traps...137 replies | 8677 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:01 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)It's in the in-game book "The Monomyth". Anu/Anu-el/Ahnurr is order and permanence, Sithis/Padomay/Fadomai is chaos and change. Most Tamrielic...619 replies | 16120 view(s)
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Yesterday, 06:26 AMWe return to the simple truth that the Emperor, as presented in the OT, was not an insanely powerful evil space wizard. Sure he was a powerful evil...575 replies | 19893 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:40 AMProbably because they've been trained to think like that by DMs who did screw them like that, even if they weren't trying to. It's already a natural...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:18 AMYeah, I mean that's the thing isn't it. We're back to trust. If the players don't trust the DM they won't engage in a Guy Richie Planning Montage...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 05:30 PMA low casualty engagement for the Imperial Guard, you mean.132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 10:38 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Zodi Streams: Princess Peach Showtime! (Shin Super Princess Peach) in Gaming (Other)Only the first game actually happened. Every one since is a ceremonial reenactment.19 replies | 667 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 09:20 AMThat's why they've found someone else they think is willing and able to do it. Well it sounds like that's what they're going to do, but with...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 09:06 AMWhich is where we're back to trust, but also literally every story about the Fae ever making it exceptionally clear that you should never get...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 08:59 AMThey're also unable to reward the help in any way. They're children. They have no direct way to act on this problem, so they can't even meaningfully...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 08:47 AMWhich implies, of course, that there were no answers to the question that would have been useful to the players, and they are in fact in a no-win...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 08:35 AM"The situation" they're asking for help with though is that there's a nest of Fomorians in their actual home. They're not just trying to protect Muir...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 08:04 AMThey don't know about the freehold though, they don't know there is a shared location. That's why I say the only way they could produce the password...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 07:35 AMThe thing is Talakeal is expecting the players to give information that the Court will use to understand that it is their fight, but the players...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 03:34 AMSounds like they have nothing to offer. They're poor kids from the projects with no material or spiritual resources and no pertinent information,...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 05:39 PMThis is where the Changelings should be naming their price though. If the Changelings had specific knowledge of what was being asked of them, but no...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 03:08 PMYou need to communicate your expectations clearly. If your NPCs need more information have them ask specific probing questions intended to elicit...132 replies | 5061 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 04:41 PMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)Also the Hist aren't even the only sentient trees. There are other completely different ones in Valenwood. Though they're rare and not connected in...619 replies | 16120 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 09:30 AMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)Black Marsh has a near infinite capacity for resistance to invasion because the central swamps and marshes bear such prolific and varied diseases and...619 replies | 16120 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 04:55 PMGloatingSwine replied to a thread Stormcloaks Or Empire (One Of The Three Certainties Of Life) in Gaming (Other)The Legion has garrisons all over Morrowind (because they're supposed to stick out as an occupying force) but the Ordinators still exist as the...619 replies | 16120 view(s)
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