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Right as I got to this post, I was thinking of the TNG episode of Measure of a Man. If we get to the point where AI is every bit as good as a human in thought and able to actively create a new work, we need to address if we're enslaving it.

Exactly this. I don't like the assertion that somehow, automation will mean that people will not HAVE to work. It just means less opportunities.

Birds and beasts also are not under the direct systemic control of capitalism. Hell, even the McDonald's where I live is using an AI system to take orders at the drive-thru. They've already taken out all but two cash resisters and route people through a touchscreen kiosk. So, there are jobs...

They did also do things like release Savage Rifts, to get those Rifts players who love the setting but not the system. (Wonder if they've ever try a SW/Shadowrun cross) I do wonder with their core rules getting bought, how often that was because someone in a group wanted to run some SW...

Those numbers feel 'truthy' to me, to quote gamer Stephen Colbert. The problem will be all these people who weren't in a position to open a game studio and think they can cash in on the 'rage against Wizards' phase - it's like restaurants, not everyone who's worked in a restaurant and sees how...

I think the games that will be best will: Have a good, solid community and support it Want to be successful but do not even have it in their imagination to overtake D&D What I worry about is metrics. Numbers don't lie but they certainly mislead. If we're judging health of the community solely...

I am once again reminded randomly that Red Dawn is a John Millius thing. John Millius, who helped with Star Wars, and gave us Conan the Barbarian and Apocalypse Now and the first two Dirty Harry movies. You know - John Millius, who John Goodman essentially played in the Big Lebowski.

The martial arts campaign you mentioned, I wasn't there for obviously, but I'm assuming people tried having a talk with 'gun guy' and possibly gave media suggestions for the feel they're going for? Just at first glance, I feel that might've been a misunderstanding where you say martial arts...

I think, like so much that is discussed on enworld, is a table-by-table situation. I think Matt Colville had a video about that, that we can't really talk about playing D&D because it varies so wildly table by table, you're not comparing it the same way as you might compare playing Fallout 4...

I became aware of "healing potions: bonus action for self, full action to feed someone" primarily when I watched Critical Role. I'm sure it existed at tables and in material before that. So I wasn't shocked to see it in BG3.

This is what I was thinking. The schools of magic don't directly map over one to one for specialization of a wizard, but I would bet there are conjurer specialists in the Red Robes

This reminded me of Vice City, when the radio ads talk about America winning our war against Australia and the documentary Red Dawn.

... especially the part where the barbarian doesn't use magic and gets XP by destroying magic items

I played in a small campaign (a DM and 2 players) where, as a cleric, I doubled down on all item creating in 3.x. The other character was an astral deva from whatever the WOTC book was where they had monstrous races as classes. RAW, there is an insane amount of stuff you can pack on weapons...

Are you talking about D&D as its own specific genre, or do you mean the fantasy novels that spawned D&D? Because I don't remember too many magic items in Conan, Grey Mouser, or Thieves' World.

To me, it feels like having slots moves the game back towards being an MMO... which was a huge complaint about 4e. I do think there should be limits on how many magic items can be effectively used though

I think that was Xenk's design. He's the deus ex machina who comes in strictly to solve issues and then walks off. ... over the rock in his way because the character was always on autopilot.

I wasn't part of that discussion because I've never had the chance to play either but... I hate that as gamers, instead of being impressed that someone with the reach that CR has is even introducing MH/PBTA to people who've never heard of it, we're more concerned with if someone is playing it...

I like it. It reminded me of something I read, probably on enworld at some point, about the old rules about magic items in 1e being worth xp. Anyway - someone mentioned that, to capture that Conan/Fafhrd feel, gold didn't get xp - SPENDING gold, specifically wasting gold, gave XP. Buying...

For the Venn diagram, I found it interesting that CR did a one-shot of Monsterhearts to expose their fan base to it, AND did an episode of Handbooker Helper to explain the system (Bonus points because Matt says that playing Monsterhearts is for people who wondered about being Taliesin Jaffe as...