What we really need is some spunky team of elite misfits to sneak into Congress, and replace the bill with something better- like increased funding for the ACA. Congress will pass it and Trump will sign it and no one will ever know since they won't bother to read so much as two words from it till well after the fact

1st ed definitely had some of the best wondrous and cursed items. They went really bizarre and esoteric since they weren't nearly as concerned about "balance" back then

The bard in our game got in trouble trying to create theme music. They were entering a new town and he decided to pull an Aladdin style entrance loudly proclaiming who they were without realizing that there was a warrant out for their arrest what with them assassinating a (corrupt) noble in broad daylight in the last…

They could been decent in 3.5 but it required a lot of fussing around and planning, and even then they were better suited as a minority part of a multi-class. Now they're straight up good out of the box with no assembly required

D&D 5th ed is probably the easiest RPG to learn*, who would advise against that as a starting game? Not liking the fantasy setting is quite the sticking point though, as most of the more 'modern' or Sci-fi games are a bit trickier.

Paranoia had to be a one-off game since it didn't really support long form campaigns very well. None of West End Games systems were really conducive to extended play as they all seemed to be rigged more and more against you the longer you played

The insult ability is possibly the best 1st level at-will of any class. There's something about telling a "your momma" joke so bad it straight up kills a goblin that never gets old

There is a theory that the best party make-up in 5th ed is 4 bards and maybe one random other member, probably a monk since they're much improved too. It lets the entire party throw buffs and inspiration dice around like mad while still being solid at every skill and having solid defense and attack power.

Yeah, Uncanny Dodge is super good for Rogues if they're fighting one on one. Even denying them their ability to use Attacks of Opportunity it makes them pseudo-tanks which bolsters their survivability. The free disengage/dash action they get as well makes them super mobile too. Definitely a top-tier 5th ed class

Role-playing getting a little too real there. Though it does touch on a minor pet peeve I can have with groups sometimes wherein they let personal morals influence a characters decision to summarily dismiss a drastic action even if the situation called for something drastic.

Rogues are really good in 5th ed and possibly the highest damage dealers, even beating half orc barbarians. As long as you keep a friend nearby you're sneak attack damage is really high, and with the way crits now work if you roll a nat 20 you just obliterate things.

I can't believe its been 8 hours and all these replies and no one has said They Might Be Giants. It's like I don't even know the AV Club anymore.

It can't be the 30th anniversary of the show coming up. I still have the VHS of the TV movie that launched the original and I'm not… that… old…

huh, then Creative Assembly has been lying to me since they tend to always use the British pronounciations in their games and Total War: Rome practically makes the hard c its own syllable

The British go with MACK-d-don instead of having a soft 'c' like a sensible person

You literally have flying monkeys and you didnt go for the Wizard of Oz allusion? It was right there

Halfway surprising Trebek didn't go for the crazy British pronunciation of Macedonia. He had a golden opportunity to show off his accents and he skipped right over it.

I thought he recovered well after the DD hit considering it looked like he was dead in the water. He made the right move, if he had gotten that right he would have been in the lead going into FJ

They should have asked for the name of Alexanders father. It still wouldn't be very hard but c'mon, Macedonia=Alexander is just a gimmie

They'll just start citing the OED