Quote from: GeekyBugle on May 14, 2024, 07:08:36 PMYou totally need to see the Crow, the original one with Brandon Lee (RIP). Totally worth it and holds up really well.

The original is going to be back in theaters later this month (May 29th and 30th), so you may be able to see it on the big screen (!).

https://www.cinemark.com/movies/the-crow-30th-anniversary

Quote from: SHARK on May 15, 2024, 08:07:04 AM

Quote from: BadApple on May 13, 2024, 02:40:08 AMWhether you have a seasoned cleric that's heard so many confessions he's completely jaded yet knows his god is real and good, a young acolyte that's just been given his first assignments and is still full of idealism and hope, or a stogy academic that's been force away from his books to handle things the order needs done, you have the seeds of a fascinating character that can be a lot of fun to play and enrich the game play experience for everyone.

I very much agree, BadApple! Clerics are people of action, of determination, and leadership. Very purpose-driven, and motivated. Unfortunately, many gamers play Cleric Characters with that confused "Derp, Derp" look on their faces.

I think a common problem is that the religion of the game world is poorly defined.

For example, I played in several campaigns set in the world of Harn. In one, all of the PCs were clerics of Ilvir, a strange god who creates monsters. The religion of Harn is detailed and there are conflicting orders even within the adherents of a single god. In another campaign, I played a cleric of a splinter sect of the mainstream worshippers of Agrik.

In the D&D campaign I've just been wrapping up, religion and belief became a central theme -- as the characters were opposing a cult with charismatic leaders, and they had to argue several times with people and beings over proper belief and respect. The PCs were representing the Solar Empire - a fantasy empire based on the Incans, whose patron is the Sun god Inti - and the cult was ostensibly to the Moon goddess Mama Quilla, but they used false doctrine to twist the teachings.

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On the other hand, a few years earlier, I played a cleric for a while in a D&D campaign using a Forgotten Realms and published modules - and there, his religion was just for show. As the DM ran it, there wasn't any depth to church or mythology. I used some tag lines, and played my cleric as devout and forceful, but there wasn't any meat to engage with.

How long have they been there? Bobby's all grown up

Is there a fast travel mechanic in your TTRPG? Do you like this concept to allow characters to "get to the action" or is the journey more important in your games?

Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E138) Twilight of the Old Order "A rearrangement & enter Yotto"
 
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I just finished this movie. I enjoyed this movie. I had fun with this movie. I don't feel as my time with it was wasted.

And I do not see what the critics were talking about when they called it a bad movie.

If it keeps them away from Dark Sun, Mystara, and Birthright they can go ahead and devour the hell out of this setting as the locusts they resemble will.

Yes, I think you mostly did get those ones you got.

Quote from: Darrin Kelley on May 15, 2024, 01:44:23 AM

Quote from: Ratman_tf on May 14, 2024, 09:27:43 PMYeah. I bought the RPG because I wanted to give it a fair shot. Read the whole thing, understand it and maybe playtest. I also bought the GM screen with the pack in adventure. Oh, and the Autobot dice set. I still plan to get the Decepticon dice. Dice are hard (not impossible) to fuck up.
I haven't bought a thing since. They came out with a Decepticon sourcebook and an adventure that I know of. Not interested.

Well they screwed up the dice. Check the D4 out, then contact customer service for a replacement of it. I eventually got mine. They messed up on all of the custom dice in the first run. All 6 Power Rangers dice sets, the G.I. Joe dice, and the Autobot Dice Set. I got hit on all of them.

https://renegadegamestudios.com/replacement-d4

Well, shit...

I hate playing a cleric.  I guess it is because of the way clerics in the real world treated us D&D players back in the '80's. 

Now Paladins I really enjoy playing!

Quote from: Armchair Gamer on May 15, 2024, 10:50:44 AM

Quote from: BoxCrayonTales on May 14, 2024, 08:22:57 PMHow is that a bad thing? Numerous concepts now considered integral to the IP were introduced in reboots, like sparks, Primus, the primes, megatron's tragic backstory, etc.

   How is it a bad thing? Well, what color is Rumble?

And what is his alternate mode?