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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    I think it's worth noting that color is a problem for some people, so super-clean and super-clear text and layout is the foundation.
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    What AI art can't do. And why maybe that doesn't really matter :-(

    This. I guess a counter argument might be "but in the modern marketplace how can I compete with those who do use "AI"-generated images". I think the answer is that in this industry/hobby you do it by overtly not using "AI" stuff.
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    What AI art can't do. And why maybe that doesn't really matter :-(

    This reminds me of the dangers of temp-tracking during film production. This is when the director, editor, et al will drop in pre-existing music while editing a movie. They do this to get feel for what the film or a scene will feel like, and/or to suggest to a film score composer the kind of...
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    What AI art can't do. And why maybe that doesn't really matter :-(

    I intentionally use "AI" services very, very little, but I suspect their enshittification has already begun. So, they will become less and less rewarding for users. On the one hand, as an artist I try not to judge those who do not have illustration skills and who use "AI" image generators to...
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Fast-forwarded due to fatigue.
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    RPGs that you feel trip over their own cool ideas

    Seconded. I love the idea, but found it really awkward to use. I recognize that part of this is just how my neurodivergent brain works, but there were just too many factors involved in every single roll: different sized dice, different colored dice, symbols instead of numbers, the symbols can...
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    Your most "visceral" experience at a movie theater.

    Most recently: Hamnet By the end, this is a gut-wrenching, tear-jerking kind of movie, especially if you've raised children. Jessie Buckley should get an Oscar for the final scene alone.
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    What's your perfect movie

    Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy It's possible that my wife and I quote this movie daily.
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    D&D 5E (2024) D&D Beyond's Development Roadmap Is A Complete Rebuild Of Platform

    A focus on doing the essentials better, rather than adding lots of whistles and bells? Kudos to them.
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    What's your perfect movie

    Off the top of my head I'd say Raiders of the Lost Ark as well. I don't know how you do what that movie's doing any better than how it does it, and I love what it's doing and how it does it. I think Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones directed by Steven Spielberg is 100% solid gold, even in...
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    Things you don’t like about DMing

    I hate how many things I think I need in front of me to run a game, and I can't seem to talk myself out of it. I wind up switching between too many things, which makes me anxious. Also, when I don't immediately know the answer to something or know what to do next, I default to panicking. If I...
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    D&D 5E (2024) D&D Classes without Subclasses?

    This is an impressive piece of work - if anyone here has used this, please speak up about it.
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    Do you have kids of your own?

    To quote Steven Colbert: I have kids - that I know of!
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    D&D General WotC Continues D&D's Advance To Digital First Brand

    I appreciate the thoughts and analysis. I would counter that for neurodivergent folks such as myself it is not that simple. If I turn on do-not-disturb or airplane mode, will I remember to turn it off? Will I remember to set a timer to remind myself to turn it off? Will I set the mode to turn...
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    D&D General WotC Continues D&D's Advance To Digital First Brand

    I don't see how using Do Not Disturb mode is excercising willpower. Is it the willpower to turn it on? It has to be because after turning it on there's no willpower involved - the DND mode is doing it for you. Unless the willpower is also in resisting the urge to turn it off? Regardless...
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    D&D General WotC Continues D&D's Advance To Digital First Brand

    Yeah - that is not a game I want to play. When digital comic books first became viable everyone in the print comics biz was worried it would be the end of comics. Instead, the presence of digital comics made more people aware of comics in general, or that comics were "still a thing". (I used...
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    D&D General Hasbro CEO Says AI Integration Has Been "A Clear Success"

    I didn't realize this until now, but for the first two decades or so of my gaming life I never used a computer for anything ttrpg-related. I'm that old! It also occurs to me that - maybe partly because of the above - there is nothing appealing to me about using AI for anything in my gaming...
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