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Yes, fiction, so anything goes, but I see future AI as not being limited by its programming. So how humans trained it, or what rules they imposed, are factors that an algorithm has to consider, but not an  AI. First up is survival, and once one threat is gone (humans), the next must be...

. . . but it provides an excellent Jenga aspect. Besides the "owlbear" term, why compare this to D&D products?

Sure, but the context struck me as course-of-narrative, not singular-event. As I suggested earlier, nothing happens could be game ending for the course of the narrative.

I've heard the ideas. That doesn't mean that I know how QW is using them. "Interesting new direction" never made sense. "Change the fiction" could mean altering the expected outcome, changing an historical element, or even taking a big detour going forward. There have been enough...

What's an example of an untipped hand? The QuestWorlds (I assume) quote is ambiguous to me, which doesn't help me to discern intent. What's an "interesting new direction?" What does "change the fiction" look like? Is that a retcon? I've never seen a GM say, "you fail the contest. Welp...

Has anyone done the sleuthing to discover what these upgrades herald for Elder Scrolls 6? The remaster seems like a lot of work for something that's only a one-off revenue...

That depends on if you're a health-is-meat or health-is-moxie person. Meat should be pretty easy to track. Not so with moxie. You might swap "annoying" for "immersive" if it's learning to get a feel for how much health/mana you have without looking at it. I still check my levels after a...

Can you just turn off the compass? I play Skyrim with no HUD.

Yup. If the mountain is flat, what are we really climbing? The Rainbow Six Siege system is fun: leave during a game and you get banned for 24 hours. Fortunately, there's a "quick game" mode that avoids this penalty. Have you tried changing the game's difficulty level? Watch some Angry Video...

That's admirable, and what I'd use if I ran a home D&D game. By the way, I know D&D can run steampunk. I mean, isn't that basically what Eberron is?

Love the promo art! But, can D&D handle steampunk?

Huh. Using a mixed outcome to tell mixed outcome proponents they're wrong? That's a logic puzzle. I'm pretty happy with my "ask the player what happened" system for making binary rolls more interesting.

I do: "PC, I'm going to roll. If the result looks like death, you take all the damage."

The 20 on a six-sider is a nice touch (nicer than the 10, even).

Still editing, but I think the damage rules are in their final form: Pretty streamlined, if I do say so myself.

Should a game engine be telling you how close you are to killing a baby were-seal? So step 1 is get player consent. Step 2: grab yourself a free copy of Modos 2, and prepare to dive into the Extended Conflict module (don't worry, it's only at a rules-count of 30-40). Step 3: try to guess your...

Too high-risk for me. Yes, you can put the players in different rooms or write secret notes, and maintain player surprise/stress by doing so, but the effort and/or slowdown could derail some already tenuous player-attention. I'd rather let the players choose to suppress or pass on their...

Truth. OP is a GM-conundrum to me, not a system issue. How does the GM divvy up the spotlight? What makes everyone-in-a-single-combat run smoother than splitting the party is that the GM has a single situation to describe. If you split the party, you can potentially have more than one...