Why reference the imperfect copies gen AI makes when you have databases of the real original artists and pictures and 3d scans of real things in the world out there to reference.
I think it is because one of these approaches requires skill and time, the other requires a ChatGPT subscription and George Jetson to push one idiotic button.
It makes people feel that they can contribute in fields where they were previously (and still are) useless.
Pandora’s box is open and will never close again.
Yes…but this Pandora’s box just had a fart in it.
We know we can’t put the fart back in the box.
We just want people to stop acting like it is about to revolutionize modern cinema.
All it is going to do is clear the room.
Good points. I feel like Fate does a better job staying in the interesting in-between for longer, and also supports “epic” stories a bit better (than other systems I have played).
But I haven’t tried to force Fate to support the newbie to epic growth, because the rulebook calls out that the Fate rules intentionally ignore supporting the ability to play as a helpless nobody.
Hence the number one rule: cool stuff should be done in the game, not your backstory.
I prefer Fate, where the rules practically require having cool stuff in each character’s back story.
Yes. That’s one reason that the Fate system basically disallows characters ever being low level. Low level starts aren’t actually particularly fun, and they can prevent characters from having diverse epic shared backstory.
I tolerate continued existence out of a morbid sense of curiosity.
That’s beautiful, in it’s own way.
I felt that way at one point. It led me, eventually, to moments that I later decided mattered very much, to me.
If I hadn’t had that morbid curiosity, I’m not sure I would have made it to those moments I now cherish.
Here’s to morbid curiosity!
“A wizards staff has a knob at the end.”
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
Do you happen to also use Arch?
No. If I did, I would say so!
Haha.
(Apologies to my arch-user peers.)
That could get old. But…
I play Pathfinder, by the way.
You might try Wayfinder.
It feels like classic World of Warcraft without the grinding for levels or loot.
You may want to check out the new “One Piece” game on the same engine. It has the same game play loop, interrupted by a surprisingly nicely animated story line.
What’s up with the Rust hate?
The Rust community keeps trying to rewrite key pieces of Linux that aren’t broken.
They probably have the right idea, in the long run, but it’s still fun to give them a hard time about it.
I expect that’s why the internet’s been falling apart lately.
I’m sure it is.
It’s been interesting to see people not really getting angry about it, yet.
a picture of Reagan with quotes of how Russia is the enemy, and tariffs are bad for everybody.
That’s particularly good.
Yes. Starfinder has planets, and some planets have caves.
Did you try being born ultra rich? I’ve heard it helps. I wish someone told me sooner.
That’s pretty funny, and a delightful invitation to check out your comment history.
Sadly, while I hoped to find a hilarious misunderstanding with She-Ra shippers, what I found was a habit of commenting with unusually combatative language. :(
Good luck with the She-Ra shippers, anyway.
this is a premium device
Paired with…
Doesn’t support SteamOS
Hmm…
Because buyers of premium devices famously have time to screw around with installers and OSes that aren’t their first choice…
I assume the logic is “every game runs on Windows”, but I feel like they understimated how sticky SteamOS is for folks who have tried it.
I experience so much more playing, and less fucking around, on my SteamDeck, than I did on my Windows gaming PC.
Not really, I suppose. But having it explicit can help players realize they have the option.
“Concede” is also handy for situations where a player feels that their character winning this particular battle would be out of character.
It’s a particularly helpful rule for cases where the player wants their character to do something particularly foolish, maybe to reach a specific story outcome, but still wants some influence on the final outcome.
It can go along the lines of:
Player: My character doesn’t have the brains to not start this fight, but even if we roll lucky and win this, it would feel broken. Can I roll an attack and then immediately concede?
GM: Sure. What would that look like?
Player: What if my character is disarmed somehow?
Etc.
I’ve seen where a few outcomes get discussed, and if the group doesn’t have a strong favorite, we just ranked them in order of luck, and then determined the full encounter with a quick single roll.