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That would be too much abstraction for my taste. When you're in combat, you should have only limited access to any inventory.

That sounds a bit like Neverwhere (1966). I wouldn't mind a setting based on some of Neil Gaiman's modern fantasy works.

If you had polished your social skills, wouldn't you expect to have additional discussion options not available to a clueless lout? No, because 'polishing' social skills only applies to those who are following the same etiquette you are developing. I can see skills like High Class Etiquette, which would help in specific social situations, but which would also be a hindrance if used in the wrong situation such as when talking to street thugs who think you're being snobby to them as a result of it. In that case, street etiquette or streetwise as it is more commonly known would be more applicable but using that on a noble would make you look like a lout. Nope. All you're talking about there is applying specific situational modifiers. You still should expect to have more options overall when you've enhanced your social skills.

If you had polished your social skills, wouldn't you expect to have additional discussion options not available to a clueless lout?

Lovely, but I want a map Josh... I think I'm going to pose that question in the stream thread... off I gooooooo Go ahead but they already answered that question. Josh said that they won't do the map, as they want to leave blank space for future creators, if the series will continue. They will vaguely reference places but not define them more than it is needed. During the Renaissance period, the world wasn't very well mapped out at all. Even the maps of explored areas like Europe were still a little dubious. So it makes sense that a lot of the world is currently unmapped and awaiting exploration.

Space: 1889 Both "historical" and "sci-fi".

Ambushed by a Giant Frog!

Mike Pence shows us how to lead in space... D'oh!

Get ready for robocommunism under Karl Marxatron.

Defender of western values... nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

My main concern is whether this change will make combat more like a random skirmish with everybody fighting in their own little island. That was my second biggest dislike of the DA:O game: you just couldn't hold a front, so tactics more or less went out the window. Even when blocking a door opening, enemies just slid around it. Bleh.

If you keep sailing in one direction, will you eventually run into the beer mug holding down the corner of the map?

The various European nations would have found other reasons to fight their wars. The Industrial Revolution would still proceed, inevitably leading to mass warfare.

Now 44 States Have Refused Trump's Commission's Demand For Personal Info on Voters I wonder who's left?

Craft missile enchantments that last for a combat encounter. Growth Spurt spell/potion to increase character size. Arcane ritual books to magically ward your ship. Non-combat mounts.

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The space alien invaders would have never been defeated at Roswell and now we'd all be slaves of the Galactic Empire.

A small but significant number of men have dropped out of the workforce entirely to play video games Oh nosss, the robopocalypse is upon us and it comes with DLC.

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Or this entire weekend...