Recent content by Retros_x

Definitely! The dangers of AI are there, but they have rarely anything to do with super intelligence.

If its any comfort to you: we are lightyears away from real superintelligent AI - contrary to what the tech bros and hypefluencer are trying to sell us (or on the other hand doomsayers like the authors of this book). Current AIs are very high-scaled and sophisticated statistical models for...

Isnt that mechanic a general mechanic that works outside of combat too? But even if not, it is a different mechanic. I precised my point, that combat vs sport is mainly about balance, about symmetry. In combat as sport combat is symmetric, balanced and all your options are present on your...

Hm. On the one hand I like your ideas. On the other hand I wonder - is it actually a third missing mode or is it a complete different category? The former two modes are concerned with mechanics, mainly balance. Combat as war means unbalanced combat, players need to use every dirty track. Combat...

Agree, but this makes me a bit disappointed about Andy Weir, to bring the topic back To Hail Mary: The book never felt to me like one of those kind, as others pointed out, it put science instead of violence as primary conflict resolution in the focus and hits so many other spots. I am still...

I find it always so weird when well-spoken people assume they can write/act with "politics removed" not realizing their own deeds are full of politics. Its such an easy bias to overcome and I always wrongly assume that educated people know about it.

I chime in here: I think I personally would loved to be oath more than just a limitation - break it or lose abilities. I don't know what exactly. Or maybe in combination with holy quests: The paladin must always have one quest ongoing and when he succeeds he gets some sort of bonus or feat or...

I've read the first "The Expanse" volume. The first chapters were some of the strongest I've ever read - I was INSTANTLY hooked. So good. I also enjoyed how effortless the worldbuilding was woven in the tight and fast-paced plot, exposition done right. But in the middle it kinda lost its steam...

I have a relatively long German name so I just scribble something unreadable to spare us all the 20 seconds it would cost me to sign in a readable way.

I did run SKT back in 2018, unfortunately we never finished - it was my college group and it split apart because of graduations, moving away etc. What I remember is a good thematic core with some amazing setpieces but such a thin campaign layer. You really need to work to get it going, connect...

have fun the first season is something else

I think a lot of new DMs that came to the hobby during Covid are "trained" now.

Half the fun of rolling is rolling at the table with everyone involved! At least thats why I do in games where we roll. This sounds intriguing, do you have a system that fullfills this vision of complex creation and simple/roguelike feature based progression? Absolutely agree. Tropes and...

Acting might be some of the most misunderstood professions. I read so often so many bonkers takes on acting, it doesn't surprise me that someone gets aggressive towards those ICE actors.

Thats a great point. When I started DMing D&D I saw dungeons more as a neccesity from time to time and it was mainly OSR design that made me excited about dungeons.