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What's confusing? Archetype published the two books in a very limited run available only to folks on their newsletter. You can't get them anymore, other than on the secondary market. The hope amongst fans was that WotC would do a more formal and widespread launch so that everybody could get...

Like most of Star Trek over the years, if you peer too closely . . . plot holes, inconsistencies, and utter nonsense will jump out at you. You're not wrong . . . Caleb gets away with a lot, is told "this is the last time" and then gets away with it again. But if you sit back, don't worry about...

Sounds like you have definitely had some struggles. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend and your own health challenges. But those concerned about your ability to fulfill this current campaign when you haven't yet fulfilled your earlier campaign are "whiners"? I was on the fence before, I'm...

To me, there is a difference between physical products made by hand versus products made in a factory, possibly involving robots . . . and AI tools that replace humans doing creative and thinking work. Either way, humans are automated to some degree, industries are disrupted, and folks lose...

Hopefully there will be enough work for us "artisan" humans once our AI robot overlords take over all work. :( Techbros push this as a way to free humans from labor . . . but who's building the systems that will support all of us unemployed artisan humans?

Creators who proudly state "No AI", often with a cute logo . . . that catches my attention!

And much of the campaign detail on the page. Not the first Dark Sun homage, but . . . I'll wait to see how folks review it after the crowdfunding campaign. Plus, Megaton is still working on fulfilling their last project from a few years ago, and that makes me wary of backing their latest.

I don't care. Big or small or even individual creator . . . if you are using gen-AI, I will not support your project. Small creators figured out how to do it before gen-AI, so can you. I don't accept the "this is the only way I can afford to do this project" excuse.

If the project seems to have promise . . . but uses generative AI in any way . . . I MIGHT post a comment somewhere relevant stating exactly that, "Hey, project seems cool, but your use of gen-AI is a no-go for me. Sorry".

No. AI-generated art used in marketing and promotion is a no-go for me. Even if the publisher promises to replace it with human-generated art later, if certain funding goals are met.

Appeal to authority? No. Appeal to expertise? Yes. You have no idea what you are talking about. You have no expertise, and don't listen to those with expertise.

AI art can not be copyrighted. At least not in the US. There is growing awareness and backlash against AI-generated art amongst consumers. AI tools are run by techbros who use the enshittification playbook. But, AI tools are getting better and better . . . . Most small time publishers who...

WotC is interested in Weis and Hickman writing new Dragonlance books. They may also be involved in the writing of any new Dragonlance movie or TV projects. While it's possible WotC might negotiate on setting lore in the RPG for Dragonlance or Ravenloft . . . I find that highly unlikely to be...

My assumption . . . and we're all just armchair quarterbacking here . . . is that Paizo should have raised prices earlier, but held off. And now that they feel they finally need to do so, they have to raises prices much higher. Tariff shenanigans aren't over, sadly. Inflation continues to rise...

You keep saying that as if you know what you are talking about. Are you a publisher?

No disrespect to Weis, but . . . why does her opinion matter? She doesn't own Dragonlance, the entire setting is work-for-hire owned 100% by WotC. I don't know if they will include Soth and his realm in the new Ravenloft book, but it makes perfect sense to me! Soth is classic Dragonlance, but...

Please. Inflation has been insane and prices on EVERYTHING has gone up. Why should the RPG business be immune? Especially when RPG books tend to be underpriced to start, and margins are thin. I'm not happy about Paizo's prices going up, but I'm not going to go on accusing them of being evil...

60 worlds or 350 worlds . . . still, that's a big sensor ball.

Yeah. I was okay with the bad guys mining the borders of Federation space . . . but then that final image of a huge force field. Groan. And to nit pick . . . the curvature of that field has to be so vast as to appear flat next to a starship of any size . . . EDIT: Okay, not a force field, but...

Let the hate go Bill! Hey, I get it if you're excited for a particular adaptation, like a Conan RPG, and the latest iteration doesn't do it for you. But hoo boy, anger, bitterness, hate . . . definitely leads to the fan dark side!