Podcast #269: Strongholds and the D&D Bastion System Playtest

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about player strongholds and the new Bastion D&D playtest. In the news, more Planescape previews, algorithmic art controversy, Penguin Random House dropping Dungeons & Dragons, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about not disparaging the sponsor of the Great Race competition!

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#269: Strongholds and the D&D Bastion System Playtest

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about player strongholds and the new Bastion D&D playtest. In the news, more Planescape previews, algorithmic art controversy, Penguin Random House dropping Dungeons & Dragons, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about not disparaging the sponsor of the...

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News

Planescape Table of Contents: https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-planescapes-table-of-contents-more.700206/

Planescape adventure Turn of Fortune’s Wheel Table of Contents https://www.enworld.org/threads/take-a-peek-at-fortunes-wheel-table-of-contents.700229/

Let’s Catch Up With The D&D Planescape Videos! https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-catch-up-with-the-d-d-planescape-videos.700295/

Jess Plays Baldur’s Gate 3 on Twitch starting Thursday October 11 at 8 PM GMT (4 PM Eastern)
Planescape Disclaimers https://www.enworld.org/threads/planescape-here-are-the-disclaimers.700230/

Planescape IS D&D Says Jeremy Crawford https://www.enworld.org/threads/planescape-is-d-d-says-jeremy-crawford.700207/

Worlds to-go! The Elysians by PJ Coffey on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/homebrewandhacking/worlds-to-go-the-elysians

Level Up: Advanced 5e Starter Box on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/a5e-starter-box

Multiple “AI Art” Updates and Controversies in Tabletop Gaming https://www.enworld.org/threads/multiple-ai-art-updates-and-controversies-in-tabletop-gaming.700279/

Margaret Weis tweet in reply to author Troy Denning about the Dragonlance books being scraped for a generative algorithm database
Penguin Random House to Stop Distributing D&D https://www.enworld.org/threads/penguin-random-house-to-stop-distributing-d-d-updated.700259/

PlusOneExp Zine Plus One Experience

Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for October 1, 2023 https://www.enworld.org/threads/freebies-sales-and-charity-bundles-for-october-1-2023.700179/

Sol: Beyond Earth on Itch.io Sol: Beyond Earth by Zotiquest Games

Our Fantasy Town from Adam Hancock coming soon to Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gnomemadegames/our-fantasy-town

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Player Strongholds and the Playtest Bastion System

Bonus Unearthed Arcana Reveals the Bastion System EN World news story and discussion thread https://www.enworld.org/threads/bonus-unearthed-arcana-reveals-the-bastion-system.700264/

D&D Beyond playtest document Claim Unearthed Arcana now! - D&D Beyond

D&D Companion Set BECMI (from the product description: “OD&D had short sections on ruling baronies and constructing castles. It was clearly intended as a successful end point for high-level characters. The idea carried into AD&D (1977-1979), where higher level characters could build strongholds (or towers), but by this point the rules were vestigial: the concept of characters settling down to rule was largely outside the norm of D&D play as the game entered through the '80s.”) D&D Companion Set (BECMI Ed.) (Basic) - Wizards of the Coast | Player/DM Guides | D&D Basic | Dungeon Masters Guild

Stronghold Builders Guide (3e) Stronghold Builders Guidebook (3e) - Wizards of the Coast | Dungeons & Dragons 3.x | Dungeons & Dragons 3.x | Dungeon Masters Guild

Matt Coleville’s Strongholds & Followers Strongholds & Followers PDF

Level Up: Advanced 5e Stronghold Builder Rules Building a Stronghold | Level Up

Level Up: Advanced 5e Stronghold Builder Tool Stronghold Builder Tool | Level Up

Texts from Superheroes Metallo figures out Superman’s secret identity Texts From Superheroes

Green Ronin’s A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying

Free League’s Forbidden Lands Forbidden Lands Core Game - Free League Publishing | Forbidden Lands | DriveThruRPG.com

Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark - One Seven | DriveThruRPG.com

Traveller Traveller Core Rulebook - Mongoose | Traveller | DriveThruRPG.com

The Walking Dead Universe RPG The Walking Dead

Not DnD - The Walking Dead (live on Monday, October 9)
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[aco175]

I do not know if we can stop AI from getting all the books to learn from. Nearly everything is digital and available someplace which means it is someplace that it can be gotten from. Legally or not, I see everything taken before laws can stop it. There are sides to these issues that each think they are right and power and money usually win.

 

[Morrus]

I do not know if we can stop AI from getting all the books to learn from. Nearly everything is digital and available someplace which means it is someplace that it can be gotten from. Legally or not, I see everything taken before laws can stop it. There are sides to these issues that each think they are right and power and money usually win.

Sure, but publishers can be regulated in how they use it. Obviously there will always people who will break the law, but that's not a reason to not have laws. Anyway, that's all just far off future speculation. Who knows what will happen!

 

[Abstruse]

I do not know if we can stop AI from getting all the books to learn from. Nearly everything is digital and available someplace which means it is someplace that it can be gotten from. Legally or not, I see everything taken before laws can stop it. There are sides to these issues that each think they are right and power and money usually win.

That's the thing...they're not just messing with indie artists on DeviantArt anymore. These are mainstream authors from the biggest publishing corporations out there. This is a lot of money that the techbros are threatening from actual, established companies. Which will affect investment funds and trusts that the big banks rely on for steady dividends. That's why they're having hearings in the US, UK, and EU over this technology and how to regulate it. Legislation runs years behind the tech, but right now the tech companies are playing with fire because when companies like Disney and Comcast are losing money, they don't play nice.