Recent content by Parmandur

OK, now I went down the rabbit hole. November 25, 1783 was the day when British forces left New York City, and was widely celebrated as a holiday, Evacuation Day, for nearly 100 years, along with earlier Calvinist originating Thanksgiving celebrations celebrated at the state level in late...

It was part of the economic stimulus plan President Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt introduced to turn the Great Depression around. It is designed to soup up the Christmas spending season, and has worked for nearly 100 years to do so.

I love it when the art direction does stuff like this.

The big release of the year is going to be the Mistborn RPG.

The number of named and detailed NPCs in the FR is a miniscule fraction of the whole population.

I mean, to nail the Traveller vibe, the rules are going to be different enough to make it as steep a learning curve as learning Traveller rules...?

Yeah, just seems like a fraught enterprise that ks likely to end up neither fish nor fowl. If they pull it off, could be great. If it ia not readily compawith other 5E material, however, seems like a peculiar enterprise. Yeah, I also wouldn't forsee any confusion there: Traveller 5 is not the...

He really did impress me when he was one of the first to break out previews for the new PHB, giving a non-sensationalized or emotive take that gave the changes a fair shake.

I love them both, but they juat don't fit. 5E sci-fi is totally doable, but it would necessarily be kind of a high-powered gonzo Sci-Fi...which is not Traveller. It is not a heroic story milieu, not in the same high octane action that 5E provides at least. You know what will be a good fit for...

I mean...sure. But why?

On the subject of Uk'atoa (Uk'atoa), the very first thing Darrington Press provided was a board game with this jaunty theme song (a sea shanty, as was the style at the time), prior to amy cartoon show:

Went back to the UA where the Fathomless was introduced @plecostomus , and yup, the cause and effect from Mighty Nein to the published option was noted at the time:

He also tends to eschew historonics, drama or clickbaiting by and large. Stays fairly chill, even if I am not into his particular brand of analysis, I respect the lack of toxic behavior.

Yes, exactly. Warlocks get 9th Level Spells.

I'll be honest, as somebody who loves Traveller and 5E...this is confusing.