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I thought nobody remembered that... I actually just rewatched a couple of episodes (from an old VHS! I am not sure they ever released...
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Sounds like they couldn't think of anything more interesting than helping the single PC not to die, and to beat a few more checks. If I...
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Nothing has changed over the last 51 years. There is hardly anything RAW that makes sense after a large enough amount of scrutiny and...
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You having to wiggle and push it a couple times IS one check.
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I am a "you get one try for the party" GM. To roll again,the PCs have to change the circumstances.
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I wonder if anything has changed over the last 11 years for anyone? I seem to go with more of a penalty for failure now. Miss the open...
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Sorry for the second reply, but I just wanted to say thank you for that bit of information. I asked Gemini this question: "Hi Gemini. I...
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LLMs as a GM
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Sounds great. My experience was not that great tho... A couple of months ago I asked Copilot to create an adventure and run it for me...
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Just wanted to share my experiences at having an LLM (in this case, Gemini) act as a gamemaster. I have completed five sessions, each...
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I don't see anything wrong with having some encounters here and there which are beyond the reasonable combat capabilities of the PCs...
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Fortunately my group appears to be generally wise enough to flee when they need to. I will neither confirm nor deny that past experience...
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Again, that is where the game master says, "These rules are poor. If the players want to FLEE, they must FLEE to x distance or hours away."
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I always point to, and try to use, 13th Age's Flee/Retreat rule. From their (new) second edition draft: From 13A 1e:
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I just tell them after a couple of rounds that they should run away. Similar to how I just tell them their opponents armor class after a...
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I generally consider "winning/losing" as succeeding or failing quests objectives, but it's a range of outcomes, not a simple black or...
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