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Today, 03:38 PMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterInteresting. I've never heard "rescue" as a verb for the owner's exchange with the shelter. That's always been "adopt" in my neck of the woods. ...401 replies | 22537 view(s)
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Today, 01:57 PMIonathus replied to a thread The Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power Season 2 [airs August 29th] in Media DiscussionsI watched the first episode and liked it, though I never built momentum and fell off watching any more. It had a fun ethereal quality to it that made...11 replies | 419 view(s)
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Today, 01:54 PMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterWe're going to a baseball game this week as part of a work thing. A lot of people joke about baseball being boring, though that's kind of what I...249 replies | 4435 view(s)
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Today, 10:44 AMWhat the others have said, more or less. I never constrain my players on what they can or can't know, suggest, or believe based on their PCs' ability...19 replies | 671 view(s)
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Today, 09:52 AMI'm a big fan of technology but weirdly, I use very little of it for my campaigns. Most of it is Word/Google docs where I write out the text of...9 replies | 329 view(s)
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Today, 09:40 AMWithout knowing the specific text you're referencing, I can't give more direct insights. But this topic sweeps through the forums every couple of...12 replies | 999 view(s)
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Today, 09:25 AMSure thing, I'm glad it helped! Best of luck with your campaign :smallsmile: I'll be curious to hear your experience as a seasoned player taking...9 replies | 329 view(s)
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Today, 09:17 AMIonathus replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsI would love a thoroughly-researched book on the evolution of Santa Claus's "look." Specific examples of works that standardized this or that...22 replies | 575 view(s)
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Today, 09:15 AMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly Banter"With no clear distinction between them" is the sticking point for me. When other popular reviewers like Pitch Meeting or Honest Trailers "miss the...401 replies | 22537 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:37 PMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterYep, exactly. The first few videos were funny to me, back when they were like 3 minutes long. It's entertaining when the "sins" are nitpicks, or...401 replies | 22537 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:01 PMSimpler is better for a first time DM. You honestly can't get too simple. A billion campaigns have started with Lost Mines of Phandelver as a...9 replies | 329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:17 PMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterYep, entirely optional. The very first step of it (getting the mask with the finnicky Goron-rolling challenge) is necessary to get the game's...401 replies | 22537 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:59 PMIonathus replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsYou know, I genuinely forgot there was a dragon in Beowulf. My memory was purely Grendel and Grendel's Mother, and while I knew there was reference...22 replies | 575 view(s)
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Yesterday, 01:38 PMIonathus replied to a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWell, Smaug is best dragon, so clearly all the rest have been imitators. Therefore, Tolkien must have come first. When was Tolkien? Middle-1600s,...22 replies | 575 view(s)
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Yesterday, 01:25 PMIonathus started a thread What work cemented the visual look of western dragons? in Media DiscussionsWas it Smaug? I'm guessing it's Smaug. The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas is often said to be the codifier for many of the popular culture...22 replies | 575 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:26 PMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterThe most annoying part of it in my experience (having experienced a similar-scale loss to Peelee's at a similar time in my life) is that very few...401 replies | 22537 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:01 PMI'd known nothing about the management and ownership conflicts of the TSR era until my wife got me the Art & Arcana D&D coffee table book a few years...853 replies | 100681 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:16 AMYep, these kinds of things are crucial - and exactly what knowledge-based skills are for. Some are common knowledge, some are obscure, and some are...21 replies | 1518 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:10 AMI really, really like this approach. As a DM, when a player gives me a backstory hook like this, my first instinct is often to just have assassins...7 replies | 1186 view(s)
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Yesterday, 08:33 AMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsThe commentary I usually see is that the first half of the movie was really good, and the second half ruined it. But I like your take on this better....111 replies | 6207 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 03:35 PMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterGuilty as charged :smallcool:249 replies | 4435 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 02:15 PMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterThe place I grew up in, when someone new moves to town, the community teaches them what to do WHEN you hit a deer — not if. There’s a reason our...249 replies | 4435 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 01:07 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterI only found out about the northern lights storm an hour ago. If I’d had a day or two to psych myself up, I’d probably be out in the dark countryside...249 replies | 4435 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 12:43 AMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsOoh! I remember one! I watched Hancock, the bizarre superhero film, in theaters on a random day while trying to kill time until my mom finished...111 replies | 6207 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 12:35 AMIonathus replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterA løøm once bit my sister…401 replies | 22537 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 10:20 AMIonathus replied to a thread How long would the Earth last if the sun became a black hole? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyYeah, this is my thought too. I think any proposal that "a small population could survive off geothermal", while technically true, isn't realistic...25 replies | 1346 view(s)
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2024-05-10, 10:10 AMIonathus replied to a thread Ionathus's Random Banter #249 -- Directionless Rambling Is Now Mandatory in Friendly BanterAnother really compellingly done "toxic" marriage in my mind was one in Better Call Saul: Jimmy and Kim. I like how Kim's suggestion of marriage...249 replies | 4435 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 04:47 PMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsYep. Doctor Who is the campiest of the camp, and you really do have to go in knowing that. It does occasionally produce some real gems, but you have...111 replies | 6207 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 04:38 PMLotR movies I would rather watch: Gandalf: The Lost Years Aragorn: The Later Years Merry & Pippin Go To The Pub Four Times in One Day Tom...20 replies | 1483 view(s)
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2024-05-09, 03:23 PMIonathus replied to a thread Works where you were surprised to learn you were in the minority of viewers in Media DiscussionsInteresting. Every mention of the film I've seen focused on the social commentary being hamfisted and very blatantly a 1-for-1 real-world parallel to...111 replies | 6207 view(s)
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