I love the Almond rant so much because every time i hear it I just think about one episode in CR campaign 1 where the entire cast is eating wings while playing like oh how times have changed
Brennan saying he will try his best all the time in the "2nd place" game while sabotaging the dance challenge is the most dual-faced shit i have ever seen.
"You can't avoid what you don't know you're trying to miss." Yep, that's fate for you. The man clearly has a classical education, if not formally, then definitely through reading on his own!
I've said it in response to #6 before and I'll say it again: World building, setting building, NEVER STOPS. Been working on my own since 2017 and there's now six 5-subject notebooks full of details from campaigns and my own musings that are sitting on my desk. All filled to the brin with another being started on. That Matt can condense Tal'dorei and Wildemount to a book each is a damn *achievement*.