Recent content by Paul Farquhar

Throwing money away on lizard folk earns triple xp. I thought everyone knew that rule.

I had a friendly vegetarian mimic in the game a couple of days ago.

5e makes no distinction between divine and arcane magic. Magic is magic.

At one time there were plenty of competitors for that niche. Luck? Maybe, but if one of the other early hominids had won, would there be any significant difference? Of course, the idea that a planet can exist with multiple advanced tool users could exist is nonsense. One would inevitably have...

I think the point of something like this is to provoke the viewer to find their own interpretation. The show itself is a liminal space. Liminal spaces can be uncomfortable because they do not offer certainty. But a few other things I noticed: most of the characters are female. There is talk of...

The idea that any adventure will be a perfect fit “off the the peg” is outlandishly improbable.

This is quite real-worldish. Compared to most real species human senses are lousy. They replace them with technology and a symbiotic relationship with another species (dogs). It turned out to be an effective survival strategy.

Maurice.

He’s a space cowboy.

Barbarians don’t wear armour so the enemy has a reason to attack them instead of more vulnerable party members. The role of the fighter is to stand around being ignored by everyone because of their obviously high AC.

Flumph.

Isn’t that standard?

Oh no, this was sometime in the 80s.

Taking hits.

Not in Wales.