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Exactly. You don't need world shaking stakes for high level adventures.

The RPG space seems openly hostile to GenAI.

Sure, but that is beside the point of the comment I was replying to.

They are also insane, by definition, so stories like them seeking out a reincarnated lover or kidnapping a priest to resurrect a lost confidant, or whatever.

I don't understand how these things are at odds. You can absolutely craft a linear adventure specifically for the players at the table.

I think lichdom is less about power and more about immortality. I would think most liches stay hidden in their fortresses or demiplanes, conducting unspeakable magical experiments, and occassionally sending minions out to find subjects for said experiments.

I was operating under the assumption that it was brought up in a TTRPG thread in order to discuss the practice in TTRPGs. I can't think of a reason otherwise to bring it up. But whatever. Carry on.

I think he got Stranger Thingsed into being Generic BBEG, rather than his role as God of Secrets.

The real Gem X

Then why are we talking about it?

Oh "Gem X." I like it. It makes me feel fancy.

Such a strange take to me. I don't know how many "can you believe these kids?" stories I have told over the course of my kids' lives, but it is a lot. This is perfectly normal behavior, for everyone involved.

He guys, I found the millenial!

No, it does. It means putting the challenge you created in front of the PCs regardless of what they choose to do. As I said, this isn't exactly the same but it is functionally the same: the players' choices about when to engage with that thing are irrelevant. Or we could just be snarky I guess.

People go to work and do a good job when they don't want to be there all the time, including teenagers.

My 22 year old is out of college and living on his own, and my 19 year old is living at home going to college.

I did not say "surprising". I was not suggesting the zones be blatantly labeled (although philosophically speaking, I don't have a problem with that) but there are ways to give the players a good sense of what tier given areas might tend toward. But if the game is just the GM feeding missions...

Is it just me or are more and more mid and low tier KSers using AI art unapologetically these days?

Demiplane does D&D too, but you would have to re-buy everything.

I don't actually care where the gods live, or if they are even real. In fact, I would say that planar adventures are more fun if they don't involve the gods.