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    General video game discussion

    I can't remember who suggested it, but someone suggested I try Call of Duty: WWII. It's currently on sale on Steam for 67% off. I snapped it up for NZ$36 instead of NZ$108! Will give it a spin over the weekend. (Currently on a Stardew Valley binge.)
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    That's part of it. A person arguing in bad faith is set in their opinions, they want to "win" the argument no matter what, and they're not going to let any pesky facts or logic get in their way. They may also use under-handed tactics to "win".
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    D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?

    Unfortunately for me, that DM decided he preferred using XP. He also insists on always starting at 1st level because "that's where the fun is". I left the group mid-year and haven't looked back. In fact, the longer I've gone without being a player, the more I've slipped into forever DM mode. I...
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    D&D General XP: How Do You Like To Earn It?

    As a player, I prefer milestones over XP. I'm a power gamer by nature, and I find that when the DM uses XP, it's almost like a drug. I just want more so I can keep leveling up. Milestones, however, are more story-based. They make it so leveling happens when you achieve a goal in-game. I find...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    Yeah, the fact that this thread is mostly an argument about prices and not about the DLC content says a lot about the latter.
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    New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators

    That could be interesting, especially since they were only introduced into TNG and DS9 to set up Voyager, but then Voyager dropped the whole thing almost immediately. So the Maquis kind of popped up a few times in DS9 after that but mostly got ignored until they were completely wiped out by the...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    I wonder if this is another Elemental Evil Player's Companion ... i.e. the salvageable remnants of something originally intended to be much larger and more comprehensive.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Lorwyn: First Light has been released

    The issue is that the Dash action doesn't, by itself, let you move. It just gives you "extra movement for the current turn". So the question becomes: is this ability intended to make it so you can move immediately as soon as Initiative is rolled but before your turn comes up in the round...
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    New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators

    Yes. I think I've said elsewhere that the SNW cast could tell new stories set in the TOS time period that weren't covered by the TOS episodes. Yeah, sure, it would look weird watching them together in chronological order, but eh ...
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    New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators

    Yeah. I mean, Star Trek Beyond came out nearly a decade ago. The Kelvin timeline got a brief mention in a Star Trek Discovery episode but otherwise it might as well not exist any longer. As much as I enjoyed the films for what they were and would happily watch them again should I feel the urge...
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    Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

    I think that's the reason why Ewan McGregor's little stuttered "That business on Cato Neimoidia doesn't - doesn't count" in Revenge of the Sith bugs me. I'm pretty sure George left it in there because it sounds like natural speech ... but because it's the only example of its kind in his Star...
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    D&D 5E (2024) PAX WotC Dungeons and Dragons speculation thread.

    The 4e preview books were player-facing, as were some of the digest-sized books. The preview books were pretty short. Maybe not the digest-sized ones, but they would've been a lot shorter if they'd been full size ... Murder in Baldur's Gate and Legacy of the Crystal Shard each came as two short...
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    D&D 5E (2024) PAX WotC Dungeons and Dragons speculation thread.

    4e had some - a few were those preview books and then there were some digest-sized ones towards the end. The Nentir Vale monsters book has a soft cover as well. 5e had a few during the playtest period (Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, Murder in Baldur's Gate, and Legacy of the Crystal Shard).
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    IN REMEMBRANCE--2025

    Australian Paralympic gold medalist Paige Greco has passed away at age 28. She had a medical episode at home.
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    New Star Trek Movie Coming From D&D Movie Creators

    The transporter gets a virus and starts spitting out copies of Ortegas until it fills the ship with them. Is the “Year One” SNW spin-off still just something that the actors want to do? I, for one, would like to keep watching this cast play Kirk, Spock, Chapel, etc.
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