Recent content by Clint_L

How do folks have access to this already? When I go to DDB, it says that the digital releases in two weeks.

The point of comparison was texts that add prequels about major villains (Paradise Lost give us Satan's backstory, the SW prequels give us Darth Vader's). Is there a single person who was desperate for President Snow's backstory? Is he really a compelling villain? The answer. based on the book...

That's fair; the battlesmith definitely feels like the most fully realized subclass.

I don't really undertsand the "artificer should have been a full caster" comment. My spouse has been playing a battlesmith for several years now in two separate campaigns, and I find it to be a very effective character. Outstanding at party support while still offering strong ranged offence...

I agree that the wording on brutal strike is a bit confusing in that it is not clear whether you can make a reckless attack just for the extra damage die, while still gaining advantage from another source (e.g. faerie fire). If I was a DM, I would allow it, since you are still giving something...

This is my favourite sentence from the article: "In a new study, Andrew Jackson—a research associate from the School of Informatics—explores reasons beyond the scientific or technological as to why time travel appears to be impossible (at least, in this reality)." So...not science. Not really...

I don't think it was ever an actual thing - I've never in my life seen or heard of anyone putting ketchup on iced cream. I suspect it was meant as a kind of parody, because Canadians do put ketchup on some things that Americans don't (most famously ketchup-flavoured potato chips, which I think...

I think the fundamental issue here is a discomfort with players wanting different things than the DM does. I think it's a control issue. And I've felt it. When you do most of the work and have a certain vision, it's frustrating when you have to rely on others to bring it to fruition, and they...

Finished the Hunger Games prequel, which took some time because I've been busy and the book is pointless. Collins is good at plot, so the action-oriented scenes were vaguely entertaining. The main issue is that there is literally no point - it's about how a narcissistic sociopath acted like a...

I think using words in a way that you know will be misinterpreted to mean a very specific thing ("your father is physically dead and another person, Darth Vader, killed him") is pretty much lying. The only conclusion Luke could have drawn was untrue. That's a lie. Using words that are...

It's still got my attention. I find Carol and the Hive Mind to be plenty interesting. And now I'm wondering about that South American guy.

I thought Boxing Day was originally British? When I was a kid, it seemed like it was a thing in Canada but not in the US.

Canadian Thanksgiving has a lot less cultural baggage than American Thanksgiving. It’s basically a family gathering time. There’s nothing about the pilgrims (obviously) or the nations founding, there’s no Black Friday, there isn’t chaos at airports, there isn’t even football, or at least not...

I’ve kept 1s as auto-fails because I have found that spectacular failures often produce spectacular story moments. At worst they add a new challenge for the party to figure out.

Hold on a moment. You’re now painting yourself as the victim, but this is what you originally wrote: In your original description, people are calling you names after you insult their preferred style of play. I dunno. This whole issue seems kind of made up. I don’t think there’s a rash of...