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mikertrice

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Lecturer in Rhetoric. Parageographer. So very many children.

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Looking to commission some art in a variety of genres for some RPG projects. Are there some go-to venues people like to use?

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Oh. Canada.

SJohnRoss ,
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@mikertrice ?

The mystery illness thing? The Lebanon evacuation? The Argentina match? The price of Timbits?

mikertrice OP ,
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@SJohnRoss NHL

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So the D&D and STEM series has 8 scheduled interviews.

Folks, I'm gonna need to name this series.

mikertrice OP ,
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@SJohnRoss That sounds like quite the story! I was the scholarship type, though I lost it after two years and became the retail scholarship type. Luckily state schools were more affordable in the the late 90s.

SJohnRoss ,
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@mikertrice The really interesting stories happened while skipping school. But that's even more of a tangent so I'll spare you. 😅

Anyway, I'm very relieved it's not ALL D&D folk. That would be miserable.

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Asked ChatGPT4 to give me 12 dwarven names with short back stories and a hook each.

All 12 names were from the Hobbit.

Asked it to try again with no Tolkien names.

3 of the 12 were from the Hobbit.

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice Definitely, plus wikis and forums.

artemis ,
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@Tim_Eagon @mikertrice
To be fair, the Tolkien estate doesn't own most of those names because Tolkien lifted them straight out of obscure mythology.

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Looking for scientists and engineers who play to interview for a new audio series.

PM if you're interested.

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Keep trying to think of an IP where I genuinely care about the canon, and all I come back to is if Shakespeare improved via adaptation, how am I supposed to care about canon?

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice it’s more and more evident that canon has become so important nowadays because it’s a way for nerds to establish dominance over other nerds.

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@Tim_Eagon @mikertrice I don't see it this way. For me, if I'm going to spend the time with something that builds a world and has characters I care about, then I want those stories (books, shows, movies, etc.) to matter, always

I don't want to spend my time being invested in something that is going to be retconned to suit a new generation of fans OR the whims of a new storyteller. Don't change what is established, and expect us to just roll with it. Invested time matters and should be honored.

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Wayfair sells thrones and I want to buy one for the office that students can sit in during conferences.

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One niche that I'm thinking about leaning into is doing 15-20 minute interviews with scientists, engineers, and researchers who play . Talk about what got them into gaming and also what they work on.

Good fit for me. No clue if there's an audience.

mikertrice OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon dozens of us! Dozens!

Fortunately, it would just be fun to do, so it'll likely happen to some degree.

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice Yeah, but we're really invested!

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I still enjoy the oddity that, in my two gaming groups, I'm about 15 years younger than the average in one and 15 years older than the average in the other.

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice How did that happen?

mikertrice OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon Moving across country just before 5E broke big.

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Sometimes those three hour D&D battles are a nightmare. Other times, like tonight, they are an absolute hoot with sooooooo many death saves and moments of genuine suspense. Battle of Yester Hill was one of those.

Paladin, druid, & mage kept the foes engaged while the rogue infiltrated to steal the magic gem of grape growing. It took the rogue over 10 rounds to pull this off, and the prolonged distraction battle was tooough. Paladin went down twice & at one point stabilized on a 2-2 split

mikertrice OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon Barovia needs its wine!

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice Don't we all!

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I actually get why a lot of people might be disappointed in The Acolyte, but if you always wanted a late-90s Star Wars tv series, you are in for one hell of a treat. Digging the SG1 or Farscsape-light vibe.

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@Tim_Eagon @bedirthan Definitely the writing, but I do think the Volume is a visual director's nightmare.

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice @bedirthan If I remember correctly, Deborah Chow had worked on a couple of episodes of The Mandalorian, so you'd think she would've been more familiar with the technology. That said, even though I think the writing was the primary problem, the direction in scenes like the kidnapping of Leia, the first confrontation between Vader and Kenobi, and the Imperial assault on the rebel probably weren't caused by the Volume.

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Tubi is streaming UHF, right?

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice according to my app, it is.

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Just gradually morphing into that wizard from the unearthed arcana cover.

mikertrice , to random
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Revisiting Star Wars prequels

Phantom Menace: Fine for 6-year-olds.

done

mikertrice OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon Though she never moved on to the next two films.

Tim_Eagon ,
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@mikertrice I mean, it only gets significantly worse and then significantly mediocre after that.

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Druid in Ravenloft game: "I dunno, these servants of Strahd don't seem as tough."

Six seconds later half the party is unconscious.

(They managed to secure the winery in the end.)

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@Tim_Eagon Mage had just accessed fireball. Paladin was enjoying his second attack per round. Lots of early success before they found themselves in rough bottleneck.

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@mikertrice Good old action economy.

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