The metagame artifacts from pf1e were my favorite way of implementing home rules. No, your wizard buddy didnt suddenly become comatose because their player had to do something IRL, the Scar of Destiny whisked them away at a bad time, just as it always threatens to do to you.

i think its really funny that netflix, a company notorious for canceling stuff affer like a season, has decided to take on adapting the longest anime/manga

TV comes on, TV goes off. You can't explain that.

these arent new or noteworthy features for a bethesda title? Even morrowind had housing and jail

I'm no anthropomologist by any means so take what I say with a grain of salt, but I'd figure its the other way around. People raised in contact with more diverse groups of people (eg. raised in a city) are probably more likely to become left-leaning, where people raised in a more homogenous environment (eg. small towns) are more likely to become more right-leaning

What do you mean "dont turn it into a weapon," i have a dedicated spot on my action wheel specifically for turning things into weapons. My barbarian buddy can do it as a bonus action

unironically, this has become my favorite approach to character background over the years. Build out what the character can do, first, maybe pick a theme too. But create the character you want to play when you're at the table. The first few encounters are a great forge to make a character from, and then you can extrapolate and improvise from there when necessary.

Lick one of these himalayan salt lamps or fuck off

The idea that familiars cant activate items is so arbitrary, I let them use the alchemist's elixirs for them since that's arguably the primary reason an alchemist would create a familiar in the first place. And fuck it, i'll let them reload a crossbow too, why not.

I think you've nailed it by outlining the worry of kids without an income of their own - if you can't buy what you want whenever, game length is a plus, but when you've got disposable income, summer sales, the odd free game, and new good titles coming out all the time, brevity's more valuable than each game being a forever-game.

It's gotta be a mix of both. If there aren't frivolous side tasks I can do, a game feels empty to me, but without a primary set of goals, it feels aimless. Games that combine the two are my white whale. I want to defeat the big evil with fishing minigames and trading quests.

~~I can't find it now~~ (found it, check comment below), but when I first learned about peertube, i found my way to this strange, almost otherworldly video. Everything was blurry and dark, and the sounds of tearing fabric were ever-present. I have no idea what it could have been, but it had this distinct feeling like I shouldn't have been watching it. I think about it every now and again.