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  1. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    I know that Paizo is just as bad as WotC, but WotCs continued idiocy has, for the first time, driven me to play a different game. I'm not done with D&D, but I want to give PF2 a shot. In fact, I just put in an order for every PF2 hardback that's been printed....I'm going to have a lot of...
  2. Grabbit Allworth

    Kickstarters

    I went a bit crazy with it and bought 3-5 of every mini they have in production. That's obviously completely unnecessary.
  3. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    The whole "Now, now guys...let's just all be friends," approach has achieved absolutely nothing. In fact, it's allowed the wack jobs to push deeper and deeper into every aspect of culture. I have a lot more use and respect for people that actively take an aggressive stance against the...
  4. Grabbit Allworth

    Ashes of Creation

    He's not an idiot or bot, he's clearly got a number of mental-illness'. Sox, you're wildly delusional, man.
  5. Grabbit Allworth

    Kickstarters

    My $1400 Skinny Mini package arrived and they look fantastic. For those of you that want an extremely good-looking and economical option over traditional tabletop minis, give them a shot. I can't recommend them highly enough. The art online doesn't do them justice. P.S. I have zero ties to the...
  6. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    Yep. Bio-essentialism is one of the fundamental elements of the game because it's necessary to mechanically differentiate one race from another, but that gives the blue-hairs seizures. The aesthetic differences between races can be interesting, but it's not enough. Furthermore, people tend to...
  7. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    You're automatically disqualified from my table for using the word "cis."
  8. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    I give my players a number of options when it comes to Hit Points and each option has its own pro/con. 1. Roll normally. 2. Roll, but do so splitting the die in half. For example - a Barbarian doesn't roll 1d12, they roll 2d6. 3. Take the average. Lastly, if the player chooses to roll and...
  9. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    Yep, it's completely different.
  10. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    4e had a few mechanics that were definitely good (skill challenges being one of the best) and I continue to use several of them in my 5e campaign. However, the system as a whole is too 'video-gamey.' When 4e was being developed the entire TTRPG genre was being gutted by MMORPGs. MMOs were at...
  11. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    Are you saying that you're not a fan of a defined start and end point? If so, there are definitely groups that play extremely long-term, open-ended games like that, but you're a tiny, tiny minority of players. Though it's more of a consequence of how difficult it is to keep a core group of...
  12. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    How much experience does the DM have? Now that I think about it, that's really not relevant until we know how he intends to handle it.
  13. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    It certainly can be if your DM is ultra-soft and it basically ends up being a major character boost with no repercussions. That's a huge mistake, but it's not my game.
  14. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    Lots about him I like, but lots more about him I don't. I've seen enough of his Tweets to know that he's just another brainwashed woke sheep with a terminal case of TDS.
  15. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    I'm not surprised at all that your DM wasn't prepared for you guys to lean in to it because the rules for Lycanthrophy in 5e are kinda scattered around. Not to mention pretty lame. Your DM probably knows this and wants to introduce something a lot better than how it's handled officially. There...
  16. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    Today I learned that both Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins are gay. I knew about Crawford, but didn't have a clue about Perkins. It might be because I don't use social media at all. Regardless, I was still surprised I wasn't aware of that fact. Also, both of the primary individuals in charge...
  17. Grabbit Allworth

    Rajaah's CRPG Blog

    The Abyss would w I'm curious why you feel this is true because Paizo is just as bad as WotC and worse in some cases regarding "the message." Paizo is definitely down with getting in step with the woke cult. To provide some context - I haven't played a single game of Pathfinder, but I own...
  18. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    To answer your question - In my opinion, the Abyss would win because it would likely come down to a battle of attrition. And though the Hell's are massive planes with some incredibly powerful inhabitants, demons/devils require souls to be created, but the Abyss is effectively endless and the...
  19. Grabbit Allworth

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    One of the primary reasons we haven't seen games keep pace with the cost of everything around them is the fact that digital distribution is how most games have been purchased for the last decade. It's a lot more expensive to physically produce and ship games than have customers download them. A...
  20. Grabbit Allworth

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    I give absolutely ZERO fucks if you, or anyone else here agrees with me or not. My confusion is about why my dislike of the movie has been such an issue with a few of you.
  21. Grabbit Allworth

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    Do you expect anything less from that compromised site? The only audience that could have seen it en masse at this point are journalists and they're obviously on board with the forced diversity, the emasculation of the male characters (quoted as intentional by the producers), etc. etc. However...
  22. Grabbit Allworth

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    I admit that my review of the movie was, maybe, a bit too critical, but I stand by the fundamental points made. I'm a D&D superfan and watching the IP get devoured over the last 10 years by the woke cult has made me disproportionately reactive. I have zero tolerance for woke bullshit. In fact...
  23. Grabbit Allworth

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    I genuinely did too, but it's complete trash. The IP cannot or will not take itself seriously long enough to break away from the "hurr, hurr - isn't that funny" garbage that has continually plagued D&D on TV/big screen. The acting is terrible, the story is entirely predictable/boring, and the...
  24. Grabbit Allworth

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    Yes, it is.
  25. Grabbit Allworth

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    Eh. I've been talking about it in a few Discord channels for the last hour and a number of people have made the same argument. I guess it's just me and the people I choose to play with because I definitely don't enjoy or play D&D games with that goofy shit.
  26. Grabbit Allworth

    Dungeons & Dragons (2022)

    I watched a leak of this movie this morning and it's complete shit as many of us predicted. D-tier acting, boring plot, forced 'diversity,' etc., etc. Save your money. Trust me on that.
  27. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    I'm going to update this as I find more. Abyss: 1. For Duty and Deity (2e). 2. Tales From the Infinite Staircase (2e). 3. The Rod of Seven Parts (2e). 4. Dead Gods (2e). Hells: 1. Descent to Avernus (5e). 2. Crown of the Oathbreaker (5e). This campaign is massive at over 900 pages and the...
  28. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    @Rajaah I completely missed the part where you asked for not just PC games, but modules that take place in the areas you referred to. There are numerous examples. As previously mentioned, almost the entire module of Descent to Avernus takes place in Hell. There are a lot of others, but it'll...
  29. Grabbit Allworth

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I did play ToB. Agreed. Absolutely, I did. In fact, it's been 25 years since my playthrough and I have a hard time remembering a lot of the details, but I'll never forget how amazing the two games were. I'm not going to lie and say that I am not a little bit spoiled by the fidelity of modern...
  30. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    I can't remember any content that takes place in the Hells/Planes other than the examples you gave. However, I haven't played the majority of those games in years; some decades. So I could be missing something. It's not "D&D," but the Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous fits the bill later in...
  31. Grabbit Allworth

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I've played and beaten 99% of iso-rpgs ever made, but I only played through BG I/II once when they were originally released in the 90s and this thread is making me incredibly nostalgic. I'm very tempted to go back and replay the pair, but I'm deeply afraid that a replay could ruin the...
  32. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    Indeed it was. I always felt that it wouldn't last so I downloaded a tremendous amount of D&D content before it got nuked. There's still wayback machine snapshot of the old Trove, but the amount of content is limited.
  33. Grabbit Allworth

    The D&D thread

    Unfortunately, it hasn't returned.
  34. Grabbit Allworth

    Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian's new CRPG in the vein of Baldur's Gate

    Without the Co8 patch, it's unplayable. Fortunately, it's easy to find.
  35. Grabbit Allworth

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    I don't have anything to say other than this is a fair comment.
  36. Grabbit Allworth

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    My buddy and I finished duo'ing the Legendary campaign last night and a couple parts were fairly challenging for two people. Like others have said...there are some bright points, but so far I'm genuinely disappointed. Witch Queen really raised the bar and maybe that gave a lot of us...
  37. Grabbit Allworth

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    I haven't finished the campaign yet (though I did hit 1750 fucking around) because my buddy and I always do that content together, but despite having fun I really, really dislike the aesthetic of the expansion. I was concerned with it watching the trailers, but hoped that the faggy neon purples...
  38. Grabbit Allworth

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    The Neptune guys remind me of the Silverhawks cartoon from the 80s.
  39. Grabbit Allworth

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    I think they're trying to shoehorn in 'him' being non-binary.
  40. Grabbit Allworth

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    Having fun so far, but do the graphics in the city area where you first come into contact with the Strand powers feel really lame and dated to anyone else? It looks like something from 2010 to me.