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One of the best DMs out there complimented the six players at the table. Like the OG CR cast, this may be another lightning in a bottle. I was thinking about who I would replace in this cast of six.

• You have Lou and Aabriya who have played with Brennan. And I bet he spent the most time with them regarding the story and implicitly trusted Aabriya to do what she had to do.
• You have three members of the OG cast to provide familiarity and continuity with the audience.
• Matt Mercer wasn't there which might have been too much a distraction. How do you DM when the creator of Exandria is sitting at the table?
• You have Luis who brought the Liam-level dramatic acting to the team.
• Lou and Sam

I'm mostly asking in the context of turn-based mostly symmetric games, ala Civ 6. And when I mean "good", I mean that it doesn't cheat.

Based on past posts, Pandora: First Contact has high praise having a good AI that doesn't appear to cheat. But the game gets mixed reviews. Yet Civ 6 has a widely ridiculed AI, but is loved.

I'm just curious to know if you play 4X games more like a wargame (i.e. enjoy the challenge) or perhaps prefer a less confrontational, easier going one.

I got fascinated by Fjord's falchion, did some Googling, and got confused about Shadowfell. Below are the "facts" I've gleaned. It could be some of them are wrong and hence my confusion.

• Fjord is a Hexblade Warlock, which is a subclass defined in Xanathar's Guide to Everything.
• A Hexblade's patron is from the Shadowfell.
• A warlock's patron is not a god. God's have many followers. Patronage is generally 1-1.
• Thar Ampala (from C1) was in the Shadowfell.
• The Raven Queen's domain is the Shadowfell.
• Gods in D&D are not all-powerful. They don't necessarily know everything.
• Shadowfell is the opposite of Feywild.

My first question is C1-related: How was it that the Raven Queen

I'm streaming DnD's Stream of Many Eyes and they have just revealed the core product: which is details on how to have a campaign in a civilized city. Since Matt is kicking off the stream marathon with the first game, could he have considered this when designing Zadash? Could M9 have a full campaign set entirely in civilization? Is that why it feels like Matt has such a fleshed out Zadash? Do you think he was inspired by this new "product" from Wizards of the Coast?

Why does Caleb know Celestial and Sylvan? And why does Beau know Halfling? Are there backstories for these languages or does D&D just allow players to pick any language they desire based on some ability score? All other languages make sense based on background (even Nott's knowledge of Halfling). Thanks.

I've been searching the web for an explanation of the Education Levels in the City Statistics screen. For example, what does an Education Level of 1.9 mean? Any help or pointers appreciated. Thanks.

Now that Lollipop SDK has dropped, I'm trying to see if there is a Snackbar widget, as specified in the Material Design spec: http://www.google.com/design/spec/components/snackbars-toasts.html#snackbars-toasts-specs

Currently, I'm using wmora's Snackbar implementation: https://github.com/wmora/snackbar