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Working towards things offscreen prior to getting higher-level Bastion abilities is nowhere near as cool as getting small, incremental Bastion abilities onscreen prior to getting higher-level Bastion abilities.

Is Netflix claiming EGG violated an NDA clause by displaying material approved for the GAMA trade show while attending the GAMA trade show? Or is Netflix claiming EGG violated an NDA clause by displaying material approved for the GAMA trade show somewhere else after leaving the GAMA trade show?

This goes back to an older conversation which isn't currently relevant, but since you were curious: I was responding to a series of posts which seemed to be discussing historical precedents for proposed game rules in older editions. In that specific context, the newest rule covering the same...

Tier-based design would definitely make Bastions more interesting and flexible. It would also go a long way if the names of the facilities in the Bastions rules were more evocative of their uniqueness. There's no Rare magic item called a Longsword. There shouldn't be a 13th-level facility...

I'm not intentionally ignoring anyone. I just happen to be at work right now, so my ability to follow and respond to every conversation in this thread is limited at the moment. But, yes, thank you for pointing out the rules in the 2014 DMG. I'm glad those rules are there, and I hope we see them...

It would be bad form for me to start a thread on a playtest forum that wasn't dedicated to discussing the relative merits of content being play tested. I'm happy to hear other poster's thoughts on the Bastion mechanics - in fact, I'm learning some useful context for them - so I won't be telling...

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.