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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...

Like a human I find AI is pretty good with Database stuff if it has full access to all documentation and spec. If it's flying blind it's...

Like I said, its a suboptimal way to address the issue at best, but I can understand how the motivation can occur and be held honestly.

I have a Halfling in Eberron who rides a dino and uses a bow from it, benefiting from its speed and we discussed making a subclass for a...

For sure. I think at least some portion of GM railroading comes from insecurity: that is, being uncertain about being able to flow with...

I was watching this and was reminded that there were a great many mounted archers through history. In fact, I seem to recall Egyptians...

Not everyone feels its interesting and fun to spend time in an extended argument about what to do next. Some of those are players; some...

The problem here is "matter" does a lot of work. I personally don't think "matter" should be "other players have the right to police...

For sure. Yeah, he is just starting out and is still learning what the different weapons are. He has an anti-dragon thing in his origin...

The issue in this case seems to be that the expectations have not been properly communicated and agreed upon beforehand.

I'm not sure what you were using. I can say that I've used it to find algorithms for things that I couldnt find and to write code for...

I'm also in IT. I've had AI write a lot of code for me. Sometimes it misses and isn't great but often I get pretty good code.

I completely agree, but that that is true is part of the reason why railroading is 'bad'. It obviates the conversation in favour of...

Right. IMO that's just the normal part of the conversation that is playing a TTRPG.