The Gaming Den

Can you not do "Orc to get 19 Str" to bypass the whole percentile system? I mean obviously, you still have to roll an 18 or whatever. I'm away from my books but I don’t think half-orcs were in the Players Handbook. They were in the Complete Book of Humanoids and they do give you a +1 Str,...

Damn, I don't think we'll have another chance at getting our backpack here. I am looking for adventure, so I think we should go to the Adventurers' Guild.

2nd edition Call Woodland Creatures came with a percentage chance for the creatures to be in the area. If you cast it a couple of times, you'd get a Treant companion. And then any number of Fighters in the party were pretty much worthless. Was a treant companion better than an 18/00 Dart fighter or...

Agree. Report the theft.

Agree. Explode the docks. I feel like we're going to see our backpack of we keep our eyes open.

Looks like we may be able to ask all our questions. Some of them make us look a little dumb. He already mentioned Salacoins when he tried to sell us a map, but it might be worth asking more.

What coinage (204).

Finding work normally would seem the best best, but I vote for coinage. (Does anyone else think Amonour is a portmanteau of "Honour" and...some other word beginning with "Am"?) My thought is that it combines the Latin Amare (Love) [or French Amour most likely/Spanish Amore] with...

We're going to need some money. I think we should ask where we can find work (97). With an Uncle Bunkle and our love of the Windswept plains, I suggest the name Lee Miles. Lee is the protected space (as in from wind) and Miles is the first name of the boy character (played by Macaulay Culkin) in 'Un...

I feel like it's worth a rewatch at home now. But I guess I didn't buy it when it came out on DVD. I'll have to see if it's streaming or if it's possible to buy movies anywhere any more.

Not really a loophole. If someone is convicted of a crime that includes jail time (like robbing a bank) they may also have civil penalties (like restitution). The bank probably doesn't care how many years someone stays behind bars but does care about getting the money back. These can be handled toge...

Expanding from the nature of an adoptive relationship, I think that it opens up some possible dialog about what it means to be in a 'toxic relationship'. One of the things that I put a lot of store in is evaluating criticism. If someone is invested in your success and wants good things for you, thei...

Over the past month I took the kids (16, 12, 8) to two movies: Kung Fu Panda 4 (72% on Rotten Tomatoes) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (45% on Rotten Tomatoes). Since they're both sequels I wanted to talk about both of them. The following may have some spoilers. Ghostbusters I like Ghostbusters (19...

It's been a month since it became clear that, barring any major health changes, 2024 would be another Trump versus Biden rematch. With months to go most polls tell us that voters just aren't tuned in or following things closely - which is totally normal. Since most voters know both candidates from 4...

While the image source is embedded in the images and can be seen easily by anyone quoting your response, I'm a little wary of having this posted without attribution. Source.

I'd like to thank you, too! Especially with extra hoops to jump through to post I know it was a lot to track everything. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next one.

Are you able to answer questions about the book for sections we didn't explore? I'm most curious - if we hadn't paid the giant in food it would have been a more difficult fight but he would have agreed to a favor if defeated him (ie whether we bribed him or not had no bearing on his willingness to h...

I think we should use the Potion of Power for Tideus (+2 Attack +3 Stamina). This is probably the last battle, so we should use the Greater Healing Potion (+5 Stamina) for ourselves, as well as one of the Potions of Power (+2 Attack). Finally, if we can, we should use Fire Oil (3 stamina damage) on ...

I can see the "In the Trenches" forum in the main section (both when I am logged in and logged out), but when I click it, I get redirected to a link with the address http: //www.tgdmb.com/phpBB3/500.shtml with the "The requested page could not be found." error, which occurs when...

I think giving him the hovers is the only meaningful way to move forward.

Zherog has been alerted. I don’t know how long it will take for him to figure something out, but I know he's aware and will do what he can. Edit - If it helps Link to [Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 69 – Crystal of Storms . Zherog is smarter than me but it occurs to me to ask - when you're logged out ...

I want to say great, but obviously it's not. The fact that it's repeatable across browsers means it should be something that can be investigated and hopefully solved.

I can't see the In the Trenches forum. I can see every other forum (as you can see from the fact that I'm posting in this one). I can see the individual threads in In the Trenches if I go straight to a URL for one of them that I already have. But clicking on In the Trenches gets me, "The reque...

That was my intention, yes. Bring Vizigg the Candle.

I'd prefer to turn the black candle quest item in immediately, but I think I'm outvoted.

Random lever pushing always makes me think of Mystery Men.

No, I won't. I'm not particularly concerned about inaccurate descriotions of my policy preferences, and there is virtually nothing anyone on this site can do to cause me outrage.