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@CorneliusC65914 @lady_valor_07 Such majestic creatures.

@lady_valor_07 Haggis

What does your Country have 👀

@lady_valor_07 Only one endemic mammal. This fellow.

@memeslich Moving on from *just* being adventurers into being more than that. Of course that started to go a long time ago, certainly wasn't a notable part of 3e or 4e either and arguably shoved aside into Birthright in 2e days.

What's something about AD&D you would bring to the current Dungeons & Dragons?

@Real_J_Mitchell @memeslich I'm sure slaughtering the inhabitants of a land, taking their stuff (sometimes including the lad) and making yourself rich isn't any sort of political statement. Unless you're one of those natives and Manifest Destiny/European Imperialism is happening to you.

@memeslich Different editions are always going to be different. The main thing all editions of D&D need is to steer completely clear of all real world politics. You can't have immersion in a fantasy roleplaying world when you're worrying about real world politics.

@PaulRStanton I grew up in the 1970s with the three-day week, power cuts, the 'Winter of Discontent' and when I started looking for a job in the 1980s sky-high inflation and 3m uneployed. Can't say I miss that much.

HOW MANY OTHER BRITISH PEOPLE AGREE WITH THIS?

@pureMetatron These aren't patriots. These people are trying to ensure that the blame for the decline in living standards most people have suffered in the last 40 years is the fault of immigrants instead of the super-rich hoovering up a larger share of national wealth than ever before.

I'm not British but I remember living in England in my late teens and unfortunately that England doesn't exist anymore. I hope you British patriots can bring it back one day. All the best of luck. You have my full support. Starmer is a disgrace.

@DungeonNoir It's pretty good at a lot of things. Which means I usually find there's a game which is more specialised at doing whatever I want to do a bit better, Own it. Never actually play it. Not because it's bad, because it's not been my first choice for anything so far.

Any opinions on Savage Worlds?

@DungeonNoir I liked Grand Duchy more. Several big sources of conflict (and hence adventure) were removed in Kingdom; and then there were other cases where everything stayed in stasis and the book just added 10 years to the age of the people involved. Very pretty though. Good - not as good.

@TimothyNewman3 You didn't like Karameikos?

Do you dare?

@nonregemesse Purely on aesthetics, I'd go with the one on the right. But I'm not sure that it's a fair comparison taking the high end feudal aristocratic cavalry in their best panoply and comparing them to a more standard soldier. Roman cavalry parade gear is very flashy indeed.

Aesthetically, which of these do you prefer? (Poll below)

@TheBigPlus1 @nonregemesse I'm not 100% certain that's a Roman. The muscle cuirass suggests Greek/Mecedonian, and I was thinking Companion cavalryman.

@nonregemesse I thought it was only the Emperor who was allowed to wear purple?

@Matt_Pinner 18 Missing out on Blockbuster and Owing an Encyclopaedia.

7 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?🤔

@DungeonNoir 1e is the Adventures edition - lots of those, settings an afterthought. 2e is the Settings edition. Lots of them and more. BECMI is the Mystara edition (obviously the best). 3e is the edition of FR and/or Eberron. 4e is Points of Light. 5e treats FR as the default setting.

I always thought 2E was for the Realms. Does anyone use it for Greyhawk or should it be kept in 1E?

@pureMetatron They coexisted for centuries in the Ottoman empire. But when they're being used as an excuse for Nationalism (on both sides) that makes it a lot harder.

In your opinion can Christianity and Islam coexist? Be honest.

@Soaringeagle45 David Attenborough. If only it was young DA instead of 90+ Da. But if I get the animals, there's a pack of wolves that I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley on the way.

Bonanza…like my chances 😂

@TimothyEveland Well, I've got a mug. Prince Potemkin, who I am reading a biography of, has an army with 18th century equipment. And if it's only him, access to guns and swords. I don't think I'm going to have much of a problem.

You have two things to help you get past these guards. 1. The closest thing to you with a handle on it 2. The main character in the last book you read How screwed are you?

@DungeonNoir Mystara and it's sub-settings; Birthright; Eberron. Also played some adventures that had an official location in GH or FR, but in homebrew settings. And a littile in Pellinore from TSR UK.

Which official campaign settings have you played D&D in?

@memeslich They live peacefully (though rowdily) with their Elven neighbours, many finding work in heavy labour and the dirty jobs that elves prefer not to do. Canonically, at least. Although there might be more than one Orc society, humans have that.

How would you describe orc society?

@MongoosePub Wonder if it's possible to get them working on modern machines? Be fun to play again.

Been rooting around in our deepest Traveller archives - and look what we found! #ttrpg #TravellerRPG

@memeslich Yes. There's this thing called surrendering and paying a ransom to get away that people should try out if they don't want their characters to only have the options of victory or death.

Should DMs kill player characters if the dice demand it?