Recent content by Charlaquin

It’s entirely possible! I just think there is a strong tendency to treat “the algorithm” as some kind of vengeful god that grants viewership when properly appeased and takes it away when angered. Nobody really, thoroughly understands how the algorithms work, and while changes in their priorities...

Especially now that the new DMG is actually readable!

D&D YouTube has been struggling lately. A lot of creators blame it on changes to the algorithms, but personally I suspect that between the OGLpocalypse and the fracturing of the 5e fanbase in it’s aftermath, there’s just less demand for D&D YouTube content than there was between 2020 and 2024.

Yeah, that was my reaction. Like, not knocking the quality of the piece, but the subject doesn’t really scream “Greyhawk source book” to me

1 new spell is good. More HP and nothing else? Snoozefest.

I have mixed feelings about the quantity of character abilities/features/powers/spells. On one hand, yeah, characters from 3e onward just have so many, it’s often hard for players to remember their own capabilities, which is unnecessary. On the other hand, I as a player would always rather get a...

Yeah, I remember the rumor having been that they were already working on 6e, and that 6e would be OSR inspired. I never believed for a second that would happen. A parallel “Basic D&D” line seems more believable, but still very unlikely. Luke working on a Greyhawk supplement though, totally...

That would make sense

I remember a while back some of the OSR fans were speculating about Luke being in talks with WotC. They convinced themselves it was going to be a new, OSR style edition which was obviously unrealistic, but this does explain what was actually going on there.

AI companies: “wouldn’t you like an unpaid intern who’s wrong about everything, incapable of learning new skills, and needs to drink six bottles of water every time they answer a question?” Corporations: “you had me at unpaid.”

Mmm... I see what you're saying, but the consequences of people's bodies getting flabby are ultimately personal to those people. The consequences of enough people's minds getting "flabby" can easily become global. We already have a massive problem of anti-intellectualism leading to a widespread...

That’s a very good point. I’ll amend my statement; the technology may or may not be inherently harmful to users. But, the way many people are currently using it does seem to be quite harmful. Cognitive debt and “AI psychosis” (I think there’s a less alarmist technical term, but I don’t recall it...

Yes, it was very short

“Dumber” is a reductive phrasing, but it does very much seem to be the case that regular LLM use limits people’s capacity for critical thinking.

And nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can’t play basketball! (I’m joking of course, this seems perfectly reasonable, especially since skeletons are generally on the weak side for warlock familiars)