Recent content by Paul Farquhar

I’m not going to enjoy the collapse of any company and the job losses of the people it employs, nor the knock on effects for the smaller companies and specialist retailers.

The financial reports, showing that the only reason the company is in the black was down to the massive success of BG3, the desperate attempt to monetise 3rd party content production, the top execs leaving for other companies, the failure of the movie, the reckless investment in video games...

When you see it it will be too late. The tabletop game is worthless, it’s only the brand name that has any value. And without a big company promoting tabletop gaming the smaller companies that ride in it’s wake will fail.

There is no such thing as “objectively” in art. It is, by its fundamental nature, subjective. It’s the effect on the viewer that is “real”, not what was in the mind of the artist at the time. That’s why great art tends to be ambiguous (see Mona Lisa). In this case the artist managed to be...

What’s not to see? He’s a good liar.

But at the time they were supposedly disbanded, Jedi activity is clearly increasing. The younglings who escaped the purge are growing up and becoming a threat. The inquisition would have needed to operate for another 20 years to finish its job. Then it could have been disbanded.

Yep, which was why I suggested -3 BBY.

There are no inquisitors during the final season of Rebels, even though there were Jedi on Lothal. Why not? And inquisitors are replaced according to the canonical Fallen Order games. And why disband the order just when it would be most useful? Unless something had gone badly wrong.

You mean like the knife wielding clowns that are currently gruesomely murdering the Ravenloft Carnival performers in my current campaign? We can do a bit of slasher. Don’t split the party! My players are much more frightened of the clown than any dragon.

This is exactly correct. Hasbro is in a very vulnerable position at the moment. A hostile takeover is very likely at this point. It has a lot of IP assets that would be worth far more broken up and sold off.

It would be profitable enough as just one product line amongst many. It’s nothing like profitable enough for a trendy flagship brand that is supporting the company whilst other lines are making a loss. Popularity is fleeting. You have to capitalise on it whilst it lasts.

I’m sure WotC know it all too well. That’s why they are looking for other ways to monetise the brand. They simply can’t really on only about 20% of the people who play paying.

When do you think the last episode takes place? I would put it around -3 BBY, since inquisitor thingy doesn't seem to be around during Rebels. But that would make Barriss around 33, and she seemed to have aged more than that. About the latest date would be +4 BBY, which would make her 40-ish...

I, err, must have missed that memo. So far as I can tell, the module doesn't state a level range, unless it is in small print on the back cover.

If you like lore, there is lots in that book.