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No, because the AI simply doesn't understand what an elf or a dwarf is. You can certainly align it towards responding as an elf would (assuming you train it on "elven" responses). However, if you want it to be able to have an ongoing conversation, then there's no way to prevent prompts from...

Cost is certainly a potential barrier, but probably not an insurmountable one for a well to do studio. AI dungeon exists, and it's basically the AI part divested from the video game. I think the far bigger question is whether they could get the NPC responses tuned to a degree where it doesn't...

I can only speak for myself, but what I'm saying is that the way they're currently going about it (calculating the next logical character based on the preceding characters) seems inherently self limiting. It isn't that it can't get better. Of course it can. It's whether or not it can achieve...

I said it would give it the ability to dispense advice on running games. My intent was not to suggest that it would necessarily be good advice, lol.

This would be an anachronism, but Sanderson. Not necessarily the specific systems from the Cosmere, but rather magic systems that have strong thematics and well thought out limits. I would say a decent example of a system like this can be found in Worlds Without Number.

No, by and large all ENWorld would do is give the AI the ability to dispense advice on how to game. The AI lacks comprehension though, and can't actually put any of it into practice in the way that a human might. Even Actual Plays wouldn't really help, since an AI trained on those would probably...

True, but there are Tier 1 & 2 spells that are useful for building structures (Mold Earth, Fabricate, Stone Shape) so it doesn't actually bring anything fundamentally new to those tiers in that sense. Though, certainly, having a single spell to cover both walls and building is undeniably beneficial.

My bad, I thought Wall of Stone was 4th level. Just substitute Wall of Water/Sand/Fire. The point still stands, they exist to divide the battlefield. Wall of Force is simply generally better at achieving that end. It doesn't unlock some fundamentally new capacity, unlike Fireball/Heal/Wish.

I mean, you can make that same argument for 2nd level spells. Is Fireball really better than Invisibility? The former might let you end a fight, but the latter can keep that fight from occurring altogether. That said, yes, I do believe the best spells at levels 3/6/9 spike more sharply than...

Speaking for myself, I would say so. Not at the low end of spells for those levels, but rather comparing the high end thereof. Fireball is a big jump compared to 2nd level AoE damage spells. Nondetection... isn't. Heal is a big jump compared to healing spells of 5th level and below. True...

Mass Suggestion Heal Magic Jar IMO, while it's fair to argue that some 6th level spells aren't much more powerful than their lower level counterparts, it's clear that others are in a league of their own. I think tier 3 makes sense as such.

I'm reminded of this comic

Unless you're paying professional play testers to sit through these terrible sessions, you're looking at another problem. (And keep in mind that given the size of the datasets you need for AIs, paying play testers might very well not be a financially viable option.) So what if, for example, a...

Regarding the example with the stone construct and the beverage, I'm surprised that no one's bothered to point this out. It's not exactly a great example of DMing. In no small part due to the fact that the "AI" doesn't understand what a stone construct is. As a thinking human being, it seems...

My impression is that Talents take the place of feats (and are more or less a rename).

I don't know if anything changed per se. Admittedly this is all second hand, but my understanding is that he came in when MTG Arena was already underway, and basically got credited with its success. Right place, right time.

You seem to be working under the mistaken assumption that Alta Fox is a person, when in fact it's actually an asset management firm (Alta Fox Capital). I can't say I know much about them, though I've heard that Finkel (the MTG tournament champ) is employed there.

I've played with players who would bold facedly cheat unless constantly monitored (generally this would be the player sitting next to them). I've played with players who would happily exploit the rules, but who (to the best of my knowledge) would never cheat. And I've played with plenty of...

Comprehend Languages is generally one of my go-to spells, particularly if my character is high enough level to consider their 1st level slots to be for utility. I can't recall any specific instances atm, but I know it has been useful many, many times. That said, I disagree with those who think...

I backed it but haven't looked at it yet. I prefer to learn new systems with physical books, so I probably won't read it until those arrive.