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Archive - Jan 7, 2005

snopes.com: Key Mistake

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Fri, 01/07/2005 - 2:00am

A news story draws inspiration from an urban legend in which a golfer swears off the game for life, throws his golf club bag into a pond ... and forgets his car keys were in the bag with them Read the full story.

Thoughts on Eberron

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Fri, 01/07/2005 - 2:00am

When Eberron, Dungeons & Dragons' latest campaign setting, was announced, I was less than excited. Descriptions of it -- with its "lightening road" trains, airships, and various "modern" convinces powered by magic, struck me as being too much like "magepunk", and too little like fantasy D&D. And there was the spectre of the Forgotten Realms, Wizards of the Coasts' last high-magic campaign setting, which I've always found to be a wonderful playground for uber-powerful NPCs, but not so much fun for players.