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After reading the article linked in the OP, the below seems especially relevant" So yes, Meta's downloads definitely seem illegal to me (again IANAL, TINLA) and I would think that any LLM derived from it is not a "neutral" proposition but is also infringing ("fruit of the poisonous tree") but...

Ah, I didn't see that's where you were going with this. That makes it a fairer question. I did find an interesting article on the subject here: On Copyright, “Facts,” & Generative AI. I'll highlight a couple of excerpts here: I'm not familiar with the specifics of the Google Books case above...

C'mon Morrus, you know that's a "do you still beat your wife?" sort of question. Perhaps I should clarify when I made the statement above, every one of them was referencing physical books (I grew up before e-books existed - I know, I'm old!). I had a deep and abiding love affair with my local...

Misconception: LLM's store a copy of all data they were trained on, and therefore are prima facie breaking copyright if they do so without explicit permisssion. The Reality: LLM's do pattern analysis on the training data they are given. What winds up getting stored in the LLM database is a list...

Interesting set of House rules. I think a lot of people have latched on to "Free Object Interactions" as "You Get One of These per turn" when the RAW say that you get one FOI during a Move or Action and to make second interaction, you have to use your Action. I note your rules allow you to...

I rarely see this issue raised with dual wielders or two-handed weapon wielders, almost always, it's "sword and board" (usually making the argument that a shield stays strapped to your arm even if you open your hand to use it while spellcasting). I would simply apply a dose of common sense to...

N4 - Treasure Hunt - I've run it as a 1e module, converted it to BECMI, converted it to 3rd edition, and converted it to 5th edition; each time, it was done for a group of new players (though in a couple of cases this was done in a "guest DM/teach a group to play" role where I did not continue...

I stumbled across this and found it interesting as it feels like perhaps the "AI argument" is 100 years old. "Machinery is performing great service for mankind. But a Machine is not an artist. The high purpose of Machinery is to save Men and Women from ignoble and soulless labor, not to perform...

Was going to point this out as well. I found this link - Rotary Hand Bell - Bell sounds 60db alarm up to 35 meters - [HS-RHB] - which suggests a fire bell sounds at 60 dB at a distance of 35m (114.8 feet - for ease of use, I will call that 120 feet). At 60 feet, then, that bell would be 66 dB...

The problem with web 2.0 as I see it is that it is afflicted with a heavy dose of Dunning-Kruger. Almost never do I see someone say, “you know, I am not sufficiently educated on this topic to have an informed opinion.” Instead there is the attitude of, “well, I have a twitter (now X) account and...

This is an excellent question. Let's ask the 1E PHB, page 101, under the heading "Encumbrance"... with emphasis mine As others have pointed out, item "encumbrance" in 1e was never intended to be strictly equal to its "weight" - and 1e went out of its way to point this out! I imagine it's easy...

I feel like I most often fudge in my storytelling... if a player offhandedly mentions a cool idea like "I bet this BBEG was this other BBEG's apprentice" ... even if no prior relationship between the two existed in my head canon, BOOM! there is now a mentor-apprentice relationship. Basically, if...

It depends. WHEN PLAYING WITH MOST PLAYERS: When a die roll is being used to resolve a check where success/failure will be obvious (e.g., attack roll, saving throw), I roll in the open. When a die roll is being used to resolve a check where success/failure will NOT be obvious (e.g., Search or...

It costs money to run a website, and I can’t imagine with all the traffic ENWorld gets it is cheap. I don’t begrudge the ads, as Morrus puts in plenty of sweat equity to make this place worth visiting. I am NOT accusing you of this, but I should note I often see users complaining about site...

(Sigh) The one collectible that got away that I wish I'd held onto came into my possession when I sold my copy of DA4 0 The Duchy of Ten on eBay to a "Dave Arneson." I was a college student and needed to pay for gas money, so I cashed the check. About a week later I realized, "wait a minute...

Curses to the dragon! Curses to Slag!

Where’s “once per character?” I mean, unless you are playing BECMI and ascend to immortality your characters DO die eventually, right? :)

I have to agree. The chaos gremlin in me loves this scene so much (and thinks it is exactly what some of my past parties would have done).

Then there are all the things my wife rolls her eyes at… ]

Some a capella offerings… both light hearted and more serious. And one not a capella…