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I see the same argument often regarding AI being good--"it may have issues, but I generated it so fast". And that's because AI has changed the game with respect to generation; you can generate decent sounding stuff in seconds, whereas it used to take hours. But that is very different from...

So, respectfully, this example has what I thought were the main issues, and I imagine they would get worse as the game progresses. This happens as soon as the mechanics are involved. Consider: Even at this stage, the model isn't adjudicating anything. It is just making stuff up. "Heavy Boots"...

What's the longest campaign you've run? Would you be willing to share any chat logs?

I'm a fan of the flavored seltzer waters, but many of them are too strong for me. La Croix in particular, their stuff can be really distinctive. I'm both impressed at how well they can fool the taste buds and a bit concerned. Likewise I was big on meat replacements until an acquaintance of...

To be fair, I haven't tried it recently, only when the first models came out. But it doesn't strike me as a good use case. LLMs shine when you want to search through a lot of well known information and have the ability to check its responses. E.g., "I want to learn how to garden...what are good...

Teaching myself new things now, with LLMs where they are, is just so much faster than how it was before. Not as a replacement, but as an aide to a text or lecture series...to be able to pause right where you're confused, ask for clarification, context, whatever...work through some examples or...

I think this is important to keep in mind when the discussion makes real-world analogies. A popular one here is "Star Wars is critical of America for reason X". Certainly that is there in the text; but there are as many references to Rome (e.g., Palpatine = Palatine) as to America. Star Wars...

The most interesting thing about the films is that they have resonated so widely and across multiple generations. Intentional or not (and I think there is intention there), Lucas captured something profound and powerful. And none of his imitators have come close. While the best of the spin offs...

I really like @Mannahnin 's answer. Will add to it, that things which are not thematically deep can be classics if they break new ground as an art form. OD&D, for example, or Pac-Man.

Fun idea. It seems to me it would increase the power level of the PCs in a significant way. And especially would interact with the push yourself & devil's bargain mechanics, which seem less useful because the benefit is tossing a bad card rather than increasing your odds of success. In typical...

Sounds like Ivan Karamazov.

Regarding mods: I ran the Dragon of Icespire Peak as a sandbox for an AL group from 1-6 and that went great. It is also established so people looking for 'D&D' may like that. It comes with a nice hexmap. I'd try that, add some rules for travel, and maybe mix in the Phandelver content as well.

We may have some common goals; I ran an AL group for a while, and I also like OSR stuff more than 5e. But as you said, 5e is what people want to do and the way to get them in the door. The AL structure of Tiers (1-4, 5-10) works pretty well for mixing players of different levels. We only...

I've seen a few angles to this. Two of my best friends took jobs with European employers; one remote (US based), one on site (Switzerland, then Paris). They were happy with the amenities, which are also better for healthcare, parental leave, etc. But, there were also complaints about how hard...

I guess, as someone who has only been active here over the past several months, I've never gotten where the line regarding "identifiable" is. I've never seen someone call someone out by name. But I often see terms like "that thread", where the context is clear to anyone following the forum. In...

This forum has a different vibe than any I've been in because of the Pineapple thread. There are places where conflict is overt, and places where that kind of criticism is a no go. But I haven't seen a place where subtweets are allowed/encouraged but cordoned off into their own zone. The (+)...

My wife and I now have our car insurance tracking our speed and driving for a discount. It does save money. But there is a major road here that is set at 40 mph where the flow of traffic is 55 mph. We get dinged there, but we'd be causing problems otherwise.

I heard it was used in Nepal to pick a new PM. (I don't know anything about, and am not commenting on the politics involved).

I loved the idea of the fantasy setting search from 3E, and wondered why they never did anything like it. This isn't the same but still very cool!