Recent content by Willie the Duck

The (giant mutant nuclear) space attine ants.

While we are listing out important things to know, it should be mentioned that were you to do this when applying insulin, you could go into hypoglycemic shock (and then both of you could be in danger). Also, epi pens have a shelf life (12-18 months from manufacture), and although studies have...

I played a ton in the 90s. I think Umbran's comment about it being "both the best RPG, and also the worst, depending on who was running and playing" is incredibly accurate (for all of White Wolf World of Darkness, but Mage in particular). This is a game that needs everyone on board with trying...

It's hard to decide what is most iconic to 3e. For many, it is the feats. For others, the formulaic calculations of cost-of-magic-item-by-plus, wealth-by-level, challenge-ratings, etc. For many, I think it is the character build-choice decisions. Many of them are going to directly conflict with...

Shaping up nicely. Few things I noticed or would suggest: For druid multiclass, looking at the spells each Circle of Land selection gives might be beneficial. Wayfarer background has typo: "and THEVE'S TOOLS." In the Nick+Hunter's Mark section, there is the line "But what if you get Hunter's...

I'm a little confused. I haven't re-watched the episode, but from the description it sounds like the guy was relaying the story about a tattoo he got when he was a teen that was cringe-worthy in the fiction, is that right? Isn't that our modern interpretation as well? This seems less like a '90s...

Just a note: Unless they have randomly stumbled on the same naming convention as someone else, Genghis Don has been an active D&D message boarder (at least over on Dragonsfoot) for several decades. But you are correct that D&D has been a terminology minefield since the very beginning (thinking...

Fiiine. But let the record show that I had some really good suggestions!

Yes, we (US) call our beer, uh 'spigots' (to use a third term both nations probably know but use less frequently) 'taps' instead of 'faucets' (and say that we have kegged beer 'on tap'). We (well, some people here) also tap maple trees for the precursor to maple syrup, have 'wire taps' in our...

As in, from some sort of tap? It wouldn't be the first time two unlike things related to a single topic shared the same name. FWIW, I live in the middle of midwestern middle America and have heard soda fountains sometimes called soda machines. It is the converse (having never heard them as soda...

Interesting comment right after a run of Buckeroo Bonzai references.

Looking at the Chainmail rules, the instance where 'class of armor' is referenced (Individual Fires With Missiles) lists classes of armor as 1-8 (unarmored, leather, chain, and plate; each with- and without- shields). Shifting that right one nets you the 2-9 we see in oD&D. I don't see anything...

Here is my hot take (for a theoretical game re-work): make stats matter less. At least to your class's main task resolution (combat to-hit and damage, spell to-hit or save DC). The primary determiner of your main class tasks should be your class and level, full stop. Attributes should handle...

This is true. However, the rules for priests of a specific mythoi do show up in the core books -- the DM just has to draw up their own death priests (it has the rules about such priests, but without specific examples). They might be persuadable to use the L&L version, or just one similar to it.

You just reminded me that John Lithgow looked like a 50 year old man from ages 30-70. Such an odd superpower.