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This is what the BECMI edition Expert Rules from 1983 say about fighters building castles: "A fighter with enough money may build a castle regardless of level. When a fighter reaches Name level, the character is eligible for selection as a Baron (or Baroness)." But neither my example nor yours...

I don't own Xanthar's. Looks like I'll have to check it out.

My concern would be that the Bastion rules get all the designer attention at the expense of the other downtime rules, yes. Do I know for sure that will happen? No. That being said, I have no evidence that the existing downtime rules are being expanded, and I have documented written evidence that...

It's entirely possible I won't see options I like in the final product. All I can do is express my preferences in WotC's surveys, encourage others to do the same, and hope for the best. I do hope D&D 2024 has rules I enjoy, because that would make it easier to find a gaming group. But I know...

Your observation speaks to my problem with the Bastion rules. Where are the rules for the run-of-the-mill pub? Will those be making the cut in 2024, or will the Bastion rules eat up all of the page count in the new DMG? I really hope these Bastion rules don't end up consuming the entire...

There are rules for running businesses in the 2014 DMG. I certainly hope the Bastion rules aren't intended to replace those existing rules in the 2024 DMG.

This one sentence from the new Bastion rules guarantees those rules will never see use in my game: "Unlike basic facilities, special facilities can’t be bought; a character gains them through level advancement." Note that "special facilities" include Stables (minimum character level 9th) and...

As an aside, I don't understand how opt-out features are even remotely ethical. Silence isn't the same as consent.

Presumably, there has to be a human writing prompts somewhere. It can't be AI turtles all the way down.

Back in the day, when I looked at the maps from the first the Dark Sun boxed set and the "Valley of Dust and Fire" adventure, it occurred to me that the entire Dark Sun setting described up to that point would fit almost perfectly inside the Anauroch Desert in the Forgotten Realms setting. I...

That should be this app's official slogan: DALL-E 3. You might need to refine with "smaller ears." (TM)

Just curious. Has anyone with an account asked for an image of an ugly elven woman?

Now I want to play a necromancer carrying a staff with an incorporated rat.

Agreed. I would love it if there was an AI this powerful which used an ethical (public domain/copyleft/opt-in only) training set. Heck, I'd probably even support something like that on a crowdfunding site if it looked achievable.

Does anyone know if there's an app that can tell when an image is generated by an AI? I'm planning on publishing a large RPG sourcebook on a shoestring budget, and I would love to use some (ethical, non-AI) stock art. Unfortunately, based on what I'm seeing in this thread, I can only assume...

Is it the sorcerer? It's the sorcerer, isn't it? [/me being facetious]

Well, there are also Druids currently living in the real world, so...

The logical part of my brain is reserving judgment on this whole situation. The creative part of my brain is imagining the following conversation taking place in a Netflix boardroom: Netflix Suit #1: "Bad news guys. The screenwriters' strike is over and we have to pay them for their work, now."...

You are correct. It was 4e where gnolls were playable. (And here I was, thinking I didn't remember anything from 4e.)

I can't speak to 4e, but gnolls were Humanoids in MM 2014. They were even playable Humanoids in Volo's Guide to Monsters. But when the Volo's stat blocks were reprinted in MotM, gnolls became Monstrosities. EDIT: Apparently, I can speak to 4e. When I was thinking of gnolls being playable, it...