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soviet replied to the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets?.This makes a lot of assumptions about what RPGs 'must' cover, including combat systems, resource management, bespoke subsystems, and... -
soviet replied to the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets?.I published such a game. My intent, and as far as I understand the intent of other such designers/publishers, is not to create something...
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soviet reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets? with
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"Simple rules, deep implications" (quoting Jon Hodgson) EDIT: Also, I am interpreting "generic" to mean "in general". "Generic rules"... -
soviet replied to the thread AI/LLMs AI art bans are going to ruin small 3rd party creators.Well, much of nature is alive, so I'm not sure about soul. I also don't believe in a divine creator. But the process that creates birds...
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soviet replied to the thread AI/LLMs AI art bans are going to ruin small 3rd party creators.AI art will never be good because it will never be art. It will have no soul or creative expression. It will only ever be a 'will this...
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soviet reacted to Pale Violet Light's post in the thread AI/LLMs AI art bans are going to ruin small 3rd party creators with Like.
When I check the sources in Wikipedia, they have (so far) always been consistent with the information provided in the Wikipedia article...
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Mostly I don't gate information behind rolls anyway.
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soviet reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Having been a friend of Steve Perrin, you can make an argument that its a D&D offshoot, but I think once you've done that the argument...
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soviet replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.No worries :)
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soviet reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Oops! I hate when people do that! I was only trying to agree. :)
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soviet replied to the thread Shadowrun deserves better.All I ever knew of Shadowrun was i) the fantastic Larry Elmore cover that featured in every Dragon magazine at the time, and ii) the...
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I suspect I don't really disagree with you here. I was mostly addressing some corner-cases.
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soviet replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.You just repeated my own point back to me, but in a tone of disagreement.
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soviet replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.I don't know what you mean. Most indie RPGs will have a single writer/designer, maybe two. If there is a studio full of people, unless...
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soviet replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.To modern day sensibilities some of the things in the Bible are a bit unrealistic.