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tbf ARPANET existed long before Stephen King wrote the book and modern protocols that we still use today like TCP and ICMP were specified in 1981. Radio was already an old technology at this point, private/small scale radio networks were already a goal/wish, the technology wasn't ready yet (too...

I absolutely agree and I am extremely annoyed about DPR as main focus in a lot of discussions. Even if you focus on combat and leave out all the other aspects of D&D DPR only makes sense... for characters in damage dealing roles. Thats how we end up with "monks are super bad", but when I played...

Really interesting! I first stumbled unto this term when I watched and read "Attack on Titan" - while it has definitely a lot of conflict, it still has this 4 act structure where you have a halfpoint switch of perspective that completely puzzles you and when it all comes together the whole story...

I read a lot as a child and as a youth and asked myself 2 years ago - why do even 1 book a month seem like a big task? So i changed a few things how I spent my time. The big thing was deleting most social media and time limiting the ones I still want to use. Even enworld gets only 15 minutes per...

Normally I am not fussy and pinicky and I can accept that sometimes authors have to bent the story and plausability a bit, but this seems like such an obvious and big oversight. It contradicts the basic plot premise, not just some detail. It definitely would bug me! Or is this on purpose, to...

For me without the context it sounded neither true nor like an ideal, because as you say you can't really do that and the phrasing sounded almost like a criticism to me. "Forcing to belief" is not a phrasing I thought someone would use admiringly, or as an ideal. With the context, now it sounds...

Never read the books, but these kind of things also always bug me. I suppose from your phrasing, that part of is cover is not being able to cast spells?

Thats using one additional limited resource, so it should be better than regular casting. Plus it affect all spells, not just control, so weird phrasing here IMO.

Outclassed at control? what? wizards are THE control class. They should be outclassed at blasting, because damage dealing should be done by other classes, but control (and utility) is their bread and butter. I would agree that spell levels are unnecessary complex. Have one resource without the...

I haven't read the source book, but the quote did not sound like the description of an ideal to me.

The method is balanced, because every player can choose the same point spread if they want to. The results between player might be not balanced, but on the other hand players with classes that need to be decent in a lot of stats and players who can dump a lot can do that and don't have to take...

Yes, receiving. Sorry, English isn't my native language, sometimes I use weird or plain wrong phrases and grammar. Receiving reverence was the term I meant.

I started WoT #3 - it feels like the prose is more refined suddenly, it feels somehow elevated, but maybe I am imaging because I read a few other books inbetween. I find it also interesting that there is a little reintroduction of the characters in the first chapters, book #2 didn't had this...

I agree. I think the best way is to just take the game you like the most for its base mechanics (Shadowdark in my case) and then slap the jorney and domain mechanics you like onto them. Also you need to design a more open and sandbox campaign in general to support exploration. Personally I use...

Thats such a great idea! I have the same problem, fantasy names often sound too... fantastic to me. Like not based on any culture, just random syllables slapped on to each other. Translating to languages like esperanto or klingonic is inspired.