Recent content by Clint_L

Yeah, so there's a lot of new and inconsistent canon right off the bat but that's okay so far; in my head I'm just compartmentalizing it as an alternate universe. I really liked the first episode; riffing off The Day the Earth Stood Still aims the plot squarely at those Golden Age roots, but the...

Both excellent points. I forgot about the latter. I still go to book stores to browse titles to download on my Kindle, for which I feel some guilt.

I'll complain. It's one thing when a talented chaacter actor ages but still has their chops. It's another thing when an action star ages, because their chops are intrisically linked to their physicality. In the right role, this can work (The Wrestler), but I don't need to see John Matrix...

I note that one thing most of us who've used funnels have in common is that we didn't use full 5e rules for them.

My experience contrasts with yours. I am a book lover and read a LOT. I have a collection of old, leatherbound books in my classroom, because I love them and I love the tone they set. And you can have my Kindle when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. I don't notice any difference in retention...

Fair. But can you sort through 40+ books worth of monsters to find just the right CR 6-7 fiends for a specific encounter and have the encounter pre-prepared and ready to run, tracking initiative, health condition, and abilities of all participants, in less than 5 minutes? The DDB Encounter...

I think one fundamental issue is that AI has forced educators to confront a fundamental flaw in how we teach, which is by assessing product rather than process. (e.g. to assess your learning, you write an essay and I mark it, on the principle that the essay is a good reflection of your personal...

So, I can't speak to your personal experience, but I have a lot of professional experience and just did a conference with a lot of other educators, and I can assure you that AI uptake amongst high school and college-aged students in university prep classes is near 100% after rapid acceleration...

I'm backing for the PDFs, which look fantastic!

But this isn't about history, it's about corporate economics. Which is normally very risk-averse and prefers slow, predictable growth to taking big swings. All WotC/Hasbro are doing with the OneD&D "evolution" approach is treating D&D like any other product, as opposed to the TSR approach, which...

We do plenty of handwritten assessments because their IB exams are handwritten (the essays referred to above are multi-draft research papers). My 12s are writing another handwritten practice essay tomorrow. I’ve still had students cheat with AI, such as one I busted with a phone on her lap. But...

4e is a good game. I don't want to get into the pros and cons of 4e, or 5e for that matter, because I think it's besides the point. The issue we are exploring is what is likely to be the direction of D&D in the future, and I only mentioned 4e as an example of what happened the last time WotC...

Using AI is very widespread in high school. This is a significant and time-consuming issue at my school, where plagiarism can cost a student their IB Diploma. However, there are lots of ways that students can productively and legitimately use AI to improve their writing. Here's what I posted to...

Where are we getting this "the first year of 5e was really weak." My recollection of the numbers that we've seen and of interviews with developers is that 5e was strong out of the gate, and accelerated with Critical Role and Stranger Things. I'd like to see some actual numbers. It is also...

The last time WotC substantially changed some D&D mechanics was 4e. That worked out well for Paizo. How did it work out for WotC? That's why every statement WotC make about the current rules refers to "evolution" in some way. They have zero interest in breaking what they've built; they are more...