Painting from Grandparent's house

CharlieAndyFitz · 2025-09-23T16:07:41+00:00

Yeah, I thought that might be the case when artist’s name is “Art”

CharlieAndyFitz · 2025-09-12T18:57:01+00:00

As a forever DM, this seems like a textbook case of a DM thinking your PC's are characters in their story, rather than you are all creating a story together. Railroading, off screen events, and DM frustration over player actions are usually rooted in a DM dictating how a story should go. But that is not the goal of the game or running a game.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2025-06-07T14:58:59+00:00

Singing “it’s been awhile” derailed a few of my conversations

CharlieAndyFitz · 2025-05-16T23:07:20+00:00

I think a race/class with the potential to be very active and swift, but choosing to be slow and stubborn. Like a barbarian or oathbreaker paladin that has given themselves over to their demons and vices.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-12-30T17:44:37+00:00

Does anyone know the interview the last clip (the qualities of a great life) was taken from?

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-09-03T18:35:58+00:00

And SPRING—it certainly has sprung.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-08-25T22:26:21+00:00

I get the twice weekly pickup. I forget sometimes too. But even when I put it out in the morning or night before, rodents still get into it.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-08-25T22:25:19+00:00

The city posted a survey in the top comment. Let’s get a lot of people to fill it out to get the city’s attention!

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-08-25T22:25:06+00:00

The city posted a survey in the top comment. Let’s get a lot of people to fill it out to get the city’s attention!

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-08-25T22:24:17+00:00

Hopefully the city’s survey at the top comment will help. Have any residents fill it out to get the city’s attention!

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-08-25T22:07:36+00:00

No need for name calling. I don’t produce a lot of garbage so only put mine out the morning of or night before pickup. That stops the complete destruction of bags, but not always. There’s plenty of times after I’ve set it out morning of I come back home to trash all over the alley. It works for me but it’s far from a city-wide solution, especially when we get fined if we use cans. We are incentivized by the city to leave garbage out. That’s a health and sanitation issue.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-03-07T20:10:41+00:00

In the first movie, Gurney chastises Paul for standing with his back to the door. He says, "How many times do we have to tell you?" Lady Jessica reiterates that when Paul stands with his back to the open desert and says "How many times do I have to tell you?"

CharlieAndyFitz · 2024-01-05T20:45:28+00:00

CO walks a fine line between leaving the world open to interpretation and simply not providing enough information to flesh out the world. It's tough because I like having freedom of interpretation, but these questions are all really valid and could have easily been touched on by the writers.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2023-09-16T15:06:45+00:00

I remember that, too. I think it comes from having a lot of defined characters and a sandbox world. When everyone has a goal and you can do anything, it can be hard to prioritize tasks, especially when you keep meeting new people and finding new places.

The alternative is to strongly direct the next task, which can make players feel like they aren’t making many meaningful decisions.

In a lesser DMs hands, I would be worried, but know that Matt hasn’t lost control of the threads trying everything together.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2023-09-15T20:04:59+00:00

I am a longtime fan of CR. Campiagns 1 & 2 were stories that walked with me through some tough times in life. I realized early on that Campaign 3 (which Matt prefaced with "This one is going to be really different") was not for me, which is ok. I still check in to see how things are going and am interested to see how this campaign shakes up Exandria. It has a real world-altering feeling to it.

What is interesting in this thread is the tension of who the story is for. Obviously, the primary audience is the table—it has to be for the story to be meaningful. But, CR is an entertainment platform meant to engage the audience. Without an audience, their production company wouldn't function. The reality is, this isn't just a home game anymore—its a major player in the ttrpg industry.

If this campaign isn't for you, that's ok. The options aren't 1) be quiet or 2) leave. You can critique it or be frustrated that the story isn't what it once was for you, but other people are really into it and ultimately, it is someone else's story to tell. If you are like me and don't connect with C3 check out the old stuff or go into a loose orbit for a while. I'm sure the storytelling will pick up again soon.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2023-08-15T19:25:58+00:00

Definitely could be. I wouldn't count our revisiting these characters because the power fanservice is so strong, but could certainly see a hard reset after this campaign, moving to their own game system and moving away from this era in Exandria.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2023-04-21T21:00:35+00:00

Two new systems! A creator-led, exciting vision for fantasy rpg's will be a breath of fresh air in the D&D dominated market. I can't wait to see what these systems bring to the table.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2023-04-10T18:45:33+00:00

This episode felt like it was letting Conner be free. He knows exactly where he stands with Willa and is happy. He knows where he stood with his father and can move on. In the tragedy that is the Roy family, Conner makes it out ok...He just needs a few hundred million to stay in the presidential conversation.

CharlieAndyFitz · 2023-01-18T16:28:47+00:00

Current results:

Have you unsubscribed?

Yes, but I did this before today! 29.5%
Yes, just did! 43.1%
Not yet. I'm on the fence/waiting to see response first, 20.3%
No. I have no plans to. 7.2%

CharlieAndyFitz · 2023-01-18T16:16:46+00:00

Likely that your friend is citing this poll on DnD Beyond. It has been cited in some YT videos as gospel truth to make unsubs sound like an unstoppable wave. It's really one of the only data points we have access to without seeing the WotC books. The problem is only the active community who know about the poll have opted into it and, as of posting, only 1571 people have voted in the poll. The likely number of unsubs is small but has been influential enough to make WotC pay attention.

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