Recent content by Paul Farquhar

That’s the source of the phrase. But genre crossovers in D&D are older than Ghostbusters.

But metaphorically, if it’s a PC species, it is. “Human” in this context, denotes personhood, not Homo sapiens sapiens.

D&D is about being cool and fun, not about being fossilised in the past. If something is no longer cool it needs to change.

Dehumanising is applied to any group identified as "not one of us".

According to Hollywood, English people are lawful evil. I don’t think that’s okay, and there are much worse real life examples.

10 mph is more like the open sided little trains you find in theme parks and other tourist places. Steam trains aren’t really much slower than modern local service trains. They were replaced because they need frequent resupply with fuel and water, not because they were slow. The last generation...

Yeah, the open deck sailing ship design doesn’t really make a lot of sense. It should be enclosed. On the other hand when trains were 10 mph 3rd class was in open wagons. In my campaign one of the PCs took over the helm of the enemy ship and rolled it, tipping most of the enemy warrior monks...

It’s currently popular, in the way pseudo-medieval knights were 40 years ago. Ditching the dragonrider subclass was stupid imo.

I made the ship my PCs "acquired" slower than normal too, as it was supposed to be an old tub. It may have been 10 mph, but I'm not very good at keeping track of my old notes.

The dragonrider fantasy is focused on the rider, not having an all powerful "I win button" as a pet. The important thing is having a scally pet that you can ride through the air on. It doesn't need to be powerful - indeed it needs not to be. No it isn't. Dragons are designed as monsters for a...

Amethysts are purple, ergo they are purple dragons, just not Purple dragons. And the original purple dragon wasn't a Purple dragon either, it was a Black dragon.

Math error I suspect. I noticed the 4 MPH given for airships in the 2014 rules was too slow for Eberron when I ran my Sky Raiders campaign. I forget what I adjusted it too, I don't think there was a canonical speed given in ERftLW. I drew a small older model airship deck plan similar to this for...

I certainly think the Dungeonland modules were the best thing Gygax wrote. He really lets his imagination rip (and shows a deep affection for an author that isn't called Howard or Burroughs). And I do think people need to be reminded that Gary wasn't Captain Generic. I think its way past time...

If a player was goofing around on their phone for two hours rather than being actively engaged with your game it sounds like your game was boring.

Sure, that’s one person’s explanation. It’s not wrong, but it is wrong to insist it’s the only explanation. That’s also not a rule. The original Planescape setting leaned heavily into a 19th century understanding of science, with its either and phlogesteron, and other stuff that had been...