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could render new art "obsolete" by big business interests who utilize AI to regurgitate other people's works. Although a business like Disney would benefit from a landscape that said you can only train AI on art that you already own. Disney owns an extraordinary amount of content and is able to...

This gave me a much-needed chuckle...

The Arcane Library, makers of Shadowdark, have acquired shadowdarklings.net, a fan-made character builder website. This is now the official Shadowdark character builder. From the announcement:

On a related note, a couple of friends think the above image (High Fae Mage) from the new Monstrous Compendium 4 was likely AI generated then touched up. The credited artist is John Stanko who has some wonderful credits. What are your thoughts?

I use it in much the same way that the author is (as a writing companion), although it hasn't been quite as life-changing for me. I have a bookshelf full of reference works, things like "The Body Thesaurus" and "The Master List for Writers" and "The Fantasy Reference" and many others, as well...

Oops... just realized someone else has already posted about it https://www.enworld.org/threads/monstrous-compendium-eldraine-creatures.699974/#post-9134872

WOTC has just released Monstrous Compendium Volume 4: Eldraine Creatures with 25 new monsters. From the introduction: The new supplement is available on D&D Beyond for $5.09, and features creatures such as the Beanstalk Wurm, the Gingerbrute, and the Snapping Hydra...

A friend had this when I was young, but I never played it. It was notorious for length of play

Yes - and hundreds of forum and blog posts into the future!

Yes, the falling discussion is perennial!

That's interesting - any insight into why you didn't actually use them in your game?

Dragon Publishing released Dragon #70 in February 1983. It is 84 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have firearms, tournament advice, and dwarves in space! This month's Special Attraction is an AD&D adventure by Gali Sanchez called "Mechica." The Emperor of the...

I can't say. It's a blog I came across

After ten years of work, famed TSR alumni Bruce Heard has announced there will be no future releases for his World of Calidar D&D-compatible setting. The World of Calidar was inspired by Heard's series of articles in Dragon Magazine, Voyage of the Princess Ark in the 1990s, which also expanded...

That's an interesting thought! You can achieve the same effect by simply having legendary abilities that don't give you a saving throw. Perhaps the monster has an ability that stuns you for 1 round without a save, but once you've been affected you are immune for an hour. That sort of thing. I...

A lich made a failed Power Word Kill attempt on our L20 paladin last night. The spell is often criticised, and rightly so. Here's a suggested variant that is more fitting for a 9th-level spell: Power Word Kill 9th-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration...