Recent content by mamba

Midgard Worldbook has some maps (regional, town), but it is not an atlas https://midgardmap.koboldpress.com/

I am mostly going off 2e, fine, so there is a slight chance then, that does not really change anything about my argument that it is far from guaranteed / highly unlikely that you know messengers. Not sure why you think this is important to point out, it changes nothing relevant. it isn’t, It is...

that sounds like both you saying it is nonsensical that it works when the characters wants it to and at the same time saying that it will happen then… I agree with it being nonsensical, I disagree with just looking the other way so I do not notice that, which seems to be what you want to do…...

it is not illogical, as long as 'occasionally' does not turn into 'every time they try, no matter where they are'

no, my ‘problem’ is that when the player ‘establishes fiction’ as you call it, I expect it to make sense / be explainable in the world by something other than a one in a million chance If I did not care about that, then sure, why not know someone wherever you are and search for them. If you do...

Star Wars existed before midichlorians, they were not mentioned once in the original trilogy. I guess I also disagree about the speculative science part here, there is nothing remotely scientific about m. in Star Wars. They do not get explored in any way, they are just used to handwave away how...

how so? Star Wars is not even sci fi… it is fantasy in space. Star Trek on the other hand is sci fi. Aasimov’s Foundation is sci fi. No one will mistake Lord of the Rings for sci fi… I’d like to see you make that case if all fantasy is scifi

yes it is nonsensical. There is no difference between knowing them everywhere and knowing them everywhere the character uses the feature. For the latter to be true, the former needs to be true, or you are incredibly lucky, neither of which makes sense yes, seriously, it makes no sense...

Quite the asking price, that is at least 4M for the nostalgia / history

missing the point by a mile. What are the chances you will know someone in the town when the town you get dropped off in is random? If it happens to be Barcelona, sure, you know someone. In the other 10000 possible places you know no one however, so what are the chances for a random town?

which begs the question whether Star Wars even is science fiction… A knight with a sword rescuing a princess from an evil sorcerer…

I have too, if this were the primary cover I’d say you have a point, to me alternative covers are more free to ‘experiment’ however

I agree, I like the cover and it is not representative of typical D&D. I don’t think it has to be either, if you want that you can go for the regular cover. Chances are people buying the alternative cover in FLGS already know what D&D is like

they feature gold dragons, because of the 50th anniversary

it frequently is, if you have been playing for a while, but why even bring it into the mix, to me nothing is gained by that There will always be cases where I am not certain, and now I have to look in two or three places for it… Do I find Draconians under Dragon or Monstrosity