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Yesterday, 01:01 PMI mean, the real world 'polite societies' considered themselves and their actions to be Good, and their victims to be Evil, so rebranding to Law vs...39 replies | 2579 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:00 PMA lot of people seem to be missing the subtext, though admittedly the subtext can't be gone into without talking about real world politics and...39 replies | 2579 view(s)
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2024-05-31, 03:23 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThe issue with 40k numbers is more a guardsman thing, where a planet's worth of infantry is roughly the same as the total armed forces of the real...441 replies | 19484 view(s)
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2024-05-30, 06:19 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsI would assume Watto pays protection to the ruling Hutt on Tattooine (at the time of the Phantom Menace I think that's Gardulla the Hutt or...441 replies | 19484 view(s)
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2024-05-30, 12:45 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThing with Watto is that I don't think he's meant to be all that good at business anyway. He's the equivalent of a sleazy used car salesman, or...441 replies | 19484 view(s)
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2024-05-30, 11:19 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsPricing in star wars is all over the place. A freshly made B1, admittedly a terrible droid for most purposes but actually pretty good for menial...441 replies | 19484 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 06:45 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread Girl Genius XXXIII: Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside in WebcomicsIn fairness, this is probably better than letting her wake up in an unfrozen Mechanicsburg, because at least this way she only has one direction to...61 replies | 3925 view(s)
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2024-05-28, 10:04 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread What in-world explanation do you use for "adventuring party sizes"? in Roleplaying GamesI've never encountered a good reason in setting to not have a medley of hirelings running around making us more of a mercenary company than an...46 replies | 3046 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 08:07 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread Girl Genius XXXIII: Plotting, ranting, and menacing the countryside in WebcomicsIf I were to hazard a guess the modern usage of cake to refer to sweet, often fluffy, baked desserts is probably derived from using it to refer to...61 replies | 3925 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 12:24 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsI come at them from a kind of folklore standpoint, so least important feature is the size, then the wings, then the breath weapon, then the legs. One...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 04:15 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsTo elaborate, things like the Tarrasque were part of the random assortment of monsters that were at one time called dragons, despite the early...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 04:01 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread What Have You Been Painting? Miniatures in Gaming in Gaming (Other)Thanks. :smallsmile: Muted colour is semi-intentional. Was originally going for a more bright yellow, but I couldn't get it to work on the...49 replies | 4777 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 05:59 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What Have You Been Painting? Miniatures in Gaming in Gaming (Other)Been working on some stuff for my Mousillon army. First actually finished model is a metal paladin on foot with hand weapon and shield. Got some...49 replies | 4777 view(s)
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2024-05-17, 05:01 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThey are a D&D thing originally to my knowledge, but one that's spread to other D&D influenced media. Winged snakes with feathers crop up in a few...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 07:08 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsMechalich brought up the idea back on the first page, and it does seem solid. But the wikipedia article does suggest the changes to heraldry,...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 04:20 PMI like both, but I slightly prefer Heathen British Magic.1472 replies | 130759 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 02:02 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsOracleofWuffing beat you to the joke. :smalltongue: Dragons with huge tracts of land aside, I'm not sure the mesoamerican critters are usually...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-16, 12:23 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsThe whiskers are often something like catfish barbels, but the mane and frills towards the back of the head, on the limbs or along the spine are...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 04:03 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsIn Calder's case the way the two fore bulby-bits are drawn looks more like how hair would be drawn rather than tentacles or spines, they even change...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 02:34 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsCalder does seem to be among the rare modern exceptions to the general decline of mammal bits. Warcraft dragons are in that boat as well, with some...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 01:24 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsIt kind of matches up, things like Rankin Bass's cat-Smaug was from 1977, and kind of the pinnacle of mammal/reptile dragons, and there was a big...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 12:11 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsI would guess sometime in the 1800s, probably as part of an illustrated children's book. The look had definitely taken by the 1900s, it pops up in...111 replies | 4192 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 08:27 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread Miniatures Warhammer 40k Tabletop Thread XLIV - "Take a Shot of Paint Water" in Gaming (Other)With the Eldar they also don't actually have perfect foresight, their visions are slightly clearer than those of human psykers, but still not...89 replies | 5148 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 04:54 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread Miniatures Warhammer 40k Tabletop Thread XLIV - "Take a Shot of Paint Water" in Gaming (Other)In a setting confirmed to have time travel, isn't it reasonable to assume the timeline already incorporates any efforts by time travellers to change...89 replies | 5148 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 03:29 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread Miniatures Warhammer 40k Tabletop Thread XLIV - "Take a Shot of Paint Water" in Gaming (Other)I think interpreting the Chaos Gods as omnipotent and omnipresent but not in concert is the most reasonable interpretation of some of the things...89 replies | 5148 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 05:11 PMGrim Portent replied to a thread Miniatures Warhammer 40k Tabletop Thread XLIV - "Take a Shot of Paint Water" in Gaming (Other)There are probably lots of pivotal moments, but none of them are the pivotal moment that would allow Order to overcome Chaos. Save a planet or two...89 replies | 5148 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 09:40 AMGrim Portent replied to a thread Miniatures Warhammer 40k Tabletop Thread XLIV - "Take a Shot of Paint Water" in Gaming (Other)All instances of backwards time travel I can think of in 40k take the form of closed time loops, where going in back in time enables the events that...89 replies | 5148 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 08:28 AMI think nomadic races can be well suited to an air affinity theme. Off the top of my head I would go for centaurs. Open plains and mountain plateaus...30 replies | 2608 view(s)
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