d20bard

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[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

In a high level campaign I ran, I took the design philosophy that the villains were supernatural (e.g, dragon or lich), the average npc was weak (level 3 or less), and the characters were once-in-a-1000-years heros (level 10-20).

Every now and then they would have an obstacle involving regular humanoids or the local government and they had the option of just steamrolling everything (even whole platoons). It provided a great contrast to the magic-boss death matches and let the characters really feel special.

It also drove home that they were the only ones who could save the day.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 1 points 10 months ago

How interesting to be living in a time of transition. Watching people fight AI is like reading about teamsters diverting irrigation into roads so only horses and not cars could pass. Or like reading about pony express riders climbing telephone poles to sabotage them.

In the article, this one was just an accident even, or so it seems. Photoshop released a new, unspecified, AI-powered tool and the human artist used it. WotC at first defended the art as they believed it was human generated (and I believe they contracted a human) and retracted it.

It'll get to the point where almost anyone can use it and it indistinguishable or even better than most human art. Right now we're fighting, but eventually the public will either get tired or (like with cars) become the primary users of AI art and the fight will sputter out.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gets back up, "also, his name is Jolam." Lies back down.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

"I hurt my friend because I took a dumb idea too far" is a very probable story. The part I can't believe though is ending the game over a dire bite. We finally got the schedule together, we're going to use the time, darn it!

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pretty much, only detail missing is that it was the season for fruit. So, there is an added sense that by all natural laws the tree should have had fruit and it's lack was a particular aberration to a societythat used the fig so much.

Also, thematically, it rounds out God's domains. Up to this point, there had been miracles showing dominion over weather, matter, human life, animal life, spirits, disease and now there's plant life.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

Okay, but real talk, this looks like the equivalent of having a cutsy cuddle session at the firing range.

Even if you like guns/spells, you don't want to be kicking back, listening to your man read poetry while Samantha in the background is repeatedly screaming "IGNIS!" *BOOM* "IGNIS!" *BOOM* in her coked up magic voice.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 17 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Another aspect of the puzzle is that not every evil deserves death. A bum who does minor theft almost as a habit, a hateful bitter man who antagonizes everyone but obeys the law, a teenager, a greedy business person who employs half the town but makes everyone's life a bit worse, and so on.

Good should have the self restraint to not go straight to murder.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Simply ignores it while regurgitating my personal opinion as if reiteration and intuition could trump the cold equations themselves 😎😎😎

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

Just flee to the Astral plane, bro. They don't extradite.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago

17 INT 6 WIS 😎. I'm not here for your society. I want to get rich and delve past the 4th circle of the mind brah. Not work for the man so he can forgive me for the debts he saddled me with in the first place. Or something... Look I didn't learn how to create energy ex nilho to have to consider my actions.

[–] d20bard@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

That beast's name? Saddam. 😎

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