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The real question is, would you rather fight 100 flying-lemur-sized sky bison, or 1 sky-bison-sized flying lemur?

I can't speak to how well 5e would work with dark sun, but 5e is very much about epic heroism. Levels 1-3 exist entirely as an introductory system to avoid overwhelming new players - IIRC, there are official suggestions to just skip them if playing with experienced players. Additionally, they are designed to go incredibly fast. The meat of the game really starts after that, and the characters quickly catapult to functional super heroes.

I'm hoping the op was purely going for comedic effect, cuz saying all three wanted "freedom and equality" is pretty far off the mark

Amon was hiding behind a message of "freedom and equality" in a blatant power grab, trying to establish himself as the only bender remaining, and thus nigh invincible

Unalaq didn't want "freedom and equality" - he was like the people who think we should fix global warming by killing all humans. His only redemption is that his extreme perspective was potentially heavily influenced by Vaatu, but that seems a bit of a stretch...

And while you could argue that Zaheer and the red lotus were for "freedom and equality", it was by equally murdering anyone they didn't like. Much like Kuvira, it was "I know better than everyone else, and thus must force my opinion on the rest of the world through rank violence."

And while I agree that Kuvira was an awful dictator and despot, comparing her to Hitler is overdoing it. Could she have gotten there if unchecked and given the correct pressures? Maybe. I highly doubt Hitler would ever have acknowledged his wrongdoing and tried to atone, though.

My 5 year old and I are loving it. He opens all my cards (he had a great run of getting me new, awesome cards from packs and wonder picks this morning). And I enjoy the simplified battle system - it's easy to just puts around and try out silly deck ideas against the AI opponents. I will say the format is a little too skewed by ex cards, but I suspect that's probably true for the full game, as well (not that I would know, given that I haven't played in about 20 years).

Very impressive breakdown, and it looks like you've built an awesome foundation. I'm excited to see where you might take this going forward - different ship wreck types seems like an obvious next step, but I can see the potential for a whole lot more. Maybe this system could be used to improve things like trail ruins and other archeology related structures? This is very cool. Kudos

It also seems like there's some sort of unlock mechanism for what civs will be available for you to choose from in the next era - you'll assumably have to do certain things in an era to unlock specific civs for the next era

I NEED IT!!!

Log Horizon

First, stop the author from committing tax fraud, so he can finish the series.

Second, greatly reduce the amount of time each book spends recapping previous books. It gets really annoying - as the series got longer, we spent more and more time in recap.

I'm about done with Winter, the last book in the primary Lunar Chronicles quartet. It's been a really great read thus far, like the rest of the series. I'm excited to see just how the big bad gets their comeuppance, as well as what becomes of the cast of characters. Then I'll be on to the two addendum books to the series - the first is a series of short stories, but I didn't know how they relate yet. The second is a novela about the backstory of said big bad, which should be intriguing.

Wait... But what buttons are missing that you actually use?! Maybe I've just gotten too used to my remote, but I don't think I've ever wanted for another button on the remote, aside from maybe a source button.

I finally picked up Cinder by Marissa Meyer last Thursday. I knew immediately that I was going to want to read the whole series, so ordered them to be shipped to my house. Unfortunately, I finished the first book on Friday, and my package still hasn't arrived. I was able to check out the 2nd through Libby, but I read that in 2 days as well, and the 3rd is checked out through my library, so I'm stuck waiting for the shipment.

In the meantime, I started reading Top Ten Games You Can Play by Yourself In Your Head - I found it through a random role playing game blog, and bought it on a whim. While I support expanding your imagination, and the games and structure included do seem pretty entertaining, the author has managed to write the most pretentious book I've ever encountered - it's insane.

So, to take a break from that, I'm rereading The LEGO Book - LEGO's retelling of their history. I've read it once before, but it's been a while, and it's a pretty fun walk through the history of the company, from tiny wooden toy shop to globally dominant construction toy company.

I just started Ordinary Monsters, by J. M. Miro. Too early yet to have any real opinions, but it feels like it's setting up an intriguing story, so I'm looking forward to getting further.