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Look, I don't know what to tell you if you can't imagine how programs that respond to and interact with people in thier own frame of reference are powerful and useful. We have literal decades of sci-fi that highlight the ability to talk to a computer like a person and get a cogent response. This...

Alright. @Gradine has convinced me. I am playing Expedition 33 next.

That's fine and seems simple. But what about the data from message boards, like this one. If OpenAI makes a deal with ENWorld to use all the contents of these boards in their training data (not insignificant) am I, Reynard, entitled to some of that money (proportional to the amount of words of...

I am pro ORC. If you took someone else's design in order to create your game, you should give back. I HATE that Monte Cook spent 20+ years feeding off the OGL and refused to give a single thing back to the Open Gaming Community.

It is an interesting question. Generative AI is an unambiguously powerful and useful technology. But it requires a huge amount of data to train. So, how do we (as a society, I mean) build it ethically? You see lots of people just dismiss the technology completely based on how it was created...

As a mood, but I don't think DH is going to support it mechanically.

Thanks for the detailed reply!

But you don't need a Tomb Raider RPG for that. A lore and art book will do.

Out of curiosity, what are the mechanics/rules differences between Outgunned and Outgunned: Adventure. Is this a Edge of Empire/Age of Rebellion style situation, where they are trying to sell you the core rules multiple times, or is there a good reason to separate them?

So there is no mechanical implementation there, just GM advice? That seems to be a pretty standard interpretation of "failure" these days.

Again, the "D&D art style" has changed over and over again through out the decades, and at times was itself multiple art styles built around different aspects of play. I do find it interesting that some people are so impacted by the art that they will throw out a ruleset they like because of...

Can you explain how that works. I admit that I did not give it a deep read so maybe I missed something intriguing.

Fantasy Name Generator dot com. It allows you to pick cultures, real or imagined, so you can stay consistent if you want. Invaluable resource.

I would use SWADE, but Outgunned is the new hotness and has fans here. I did not see anything in the quickstart that would make me switch from Savage Worlds though.

for no/low prep play, they also need to be accessible and easy to use. I found old school books of tables to often be a slog to use.

I get you. But I would be hard pressed to not "cast forward" based on the things that have happened. I tend to think of RPGs as episodic TV shows with some "mythology" episodes, and consistent factions are one of those things that starts to ask for some "prep" depending on the specifics. "The...

I actually think it is harder because you should be thinking about all the connections and moving parts in that location, and how the last session would impact those things. That's prep. But an episodic travelogue? The only consistency is the PCs and those are player responsibilities. The GM...

I am a 1 and 2. I really like tables. If for no other reason, they spur creativity. But really, they keep me from defaulting to my preferred tropes. We all have preferences and biases and it is really easy as a GM or even a freelancer to choose the easy path. Tables (especially for "weird"...

I mean, it's the conceit of almost every licensed game. Star Wars? Luke is busy? DCU? Batman has a thing. Etc. I don't know how this is a criticism of this particular brand.

I mean, if TR isn't distinct enough for a game of its own, neither is Leverage or Firefly.