Recent content by Dire Bare

Meh. I grew up on the Mystara campaign, back before it was Mystara! Long live the Known World! However, you're reaching here. Sure, the action-figure characters were incorporated into the BECMI line in a handful of products, but it was done poorly and, IMO, didn't really fit. These characters...

Interesting. Re-imagining Mystara's shadow elves as shadar-kai, a different kind of shadow elf. It's worth mulling over as something to adapt if I ever convince my players to take a run through Mystara.

Maybe . . . In the 2014 core rule books, the Realms was not the "default" or even "example" setting, the multiverse was. Of course, most of the big adventure books were set in the Realms. Greyhawk isn't the new "default" setting for the 2024 core rule books, it is just the "example" setting in...

Grognip?

That, and when the author in question . . . or painter, in this case . . . clarified his thoughts that folks can interpret his art anyway they like.

Well, I'm still a slacker at least.

When they came for the straight white men, I said nothing. But, since I am a straight white guy, I get all confused when folks claim society is trying to exclude and demonize me.

As of May 9 . . . but your video was posted on May 7. After this discussion and your posting . . . I believe you. However, did WotC respond? Sometimes it can take a few days for any company to get back to you to resolve an issue. Your intent isn't to present click-bait . . . I believe you . ...

Oh, there is definitely reasons why YouTubers use click-bait video title screens, even with good intentions. I get it. I'm also tired of it and have (mostly) stopped clicking on them. Don't care WHY a creator is using click-bait, it will cause me to be much less likely to click the video link...

Oh I remember. Loud complaints on the internet. Again, hardly a majority of fans. Most fans were (and still are) completely unaware of the OGL issue. It was certainly enough of an issue to cause WotC to change course on the OGL. Folks dropping DDB subscriptions "like crazy"? Again, citation...

You haven't been reading the entire thread, have you. So . . . a website known for click-bait titles uses a click-bait title and that's a large scale assertion that folks think the original artwork is a "mystery" or "ambiguous"? Nah. We learned that the original art order from Gygax asked for...

The D&D audience is rebelling? Nah. I mean, some folks are certainly upset over the many blunders WotC has made over the past couple of years, sure. I'm not too happy with the company myself. But don't confuse some folks complaining loudly on the internet with the entire fanbase. Just...

Bookends? These are miniatures! How big are your books? While miniature companies will often create male and female versions of archetypes . . . like "male wizard" and "female wizard" . . . they don't often create male/female versions of the same character. I'm sure it's been done, but it's not...

It doesn't make sense to you. Makes sense to me.

Broken promises? Please. Missed deadlines? Sure. I miss deadlines all the time, it happens.