Recent content by Maxperson

How is this ANY different than if I look at a piece of art and use that for my inspiration to paint something similar, but different? It's not just copying artwork at that point, because I'm directing the fine tuning myself until it gets it right according to MY vision. If my vision is similar...

There are two ways AI can be used with regard to artwork. 1) You can ask the AI to give you a picture of a female elf with a sword and bow, etc. and let it just give you a picture. That's the AI creating the artwork, and it takes from other artists. That sort of art should be banned as it's...

Which is fine. The one DM that had magic-mart also did not find it to be broken. However, there were multiple folks in this thread talking about how spellcasters were broken because they could make a ton of scrolls and buy any item. If you 1) view it as broken, and 2) set up the circumstances...

And yet I only played with one DM who ever played that way. Magic item purchasing is like 1e demi-human level limits. Most DMs I played with didn't want to play a game broken like that.

Typically, wizards would do something like the following. I'll use a 5th level wizard with an 18 intelligence. First Level: 4 Magic Missile Charm Person Mage Armor Shield Second Level: 3 Invisibility Scorching Ray Knock(if no rogue) Third Level: 2 Dispel Magic Fireball That's a variety of...

Yes, but that's a DM created problem, not one the game creates. If the DM hands those items out like candy, has magic mart, and/or just pauses the entire world while the party creates items, then you get that problem. If you don't, the problem doesn't exist.

Other than his last name, what gives you that impression? He has been designing products for many years and while I don't know how good they are, I certainly haven't heard anything bad about them. If WotC had announced that they were hiring Luke Cagney to create some Greyhawk products in that...

You could also do Knight of the Great Kingdom, Suel Arcanamach, Agent of (whatever the Scarlet Brotherhood is renamed), Pact of Iuz, Knave of the Bandit Kingdoms, and tons more.

You aren't understanding. Yes, you had utility spells. No you couldn't use them to be the rogue, the fighter, the ranger, and fill all the other holes in the group. You simply did not have enough slots. Once you memorized a variety of combat spells, a variety of defensive spells, you didn't...

I think I grasp how things can be altered and used in ways other than how they are designed.

How much can something really age in less than 24 hours. :p

I could change names and a few details and introduce them in any of those settings as a brand new faction, or one related to an existing faction such as black robed wizards in Dragonlance. I don't see why other DM's would be unable to do that.

Even if it is FR specific, all you have to do is change some names and minor details and you can generally plug whatever it is into any setting you want.

Wait. They make a Dungeon Master's Guide!?