@WhiteRaven said in Ancient History help for your games or characters:

@Narson said in Ancient History help for your games or characters:

Oh! Congrats/good luck. Yell if you need anything.

Thank you! I’ll more than likely hit you up for advice at some point and to beg you to scan book chapters for me. Doing a research thesis in Japan is hard with no English libraries near me but I managed, and I’ll manage again!

You know I’m always happy to help!

@watno said in Pose Sizes:

@Rinel You didn’t thwack him with a cane or threaten to, so…not normal for you.

She had just talked to Orazio and was extremely tired, and it was a very rare thing for her to threaten violence in a temple. Even Tehom’s. I think she only did it once, and it was over an exceptionally big deal.

@jujube said in oWoD 20th MU* being setup:

I’m not anti-apprentice/anti-newblet. I’m anti-idiot.

I’m anti-people that won’t read their damned sourcebook.

Not every book in the set. But I don’t think it’s unreasonable for people to at least know where to find the information they need to play.

Obviously, this is an extremely complex issue. Animation studios have been using computer aided art for quite some time, but the technology is now becoming accessible to the everyday person. If you want an excellent example of ‘AI’ assisted art being used as a tool by artists, take a look at the interviews with the creative team that produced Klaus.

This technology is currently putting people out of work and it won’t be getting better as developers continue to refine these programs. Concept artists are the most endangered by this as the companies that utilize their services have already begun trimming departments down. A couple of artists with a few machines can turn out as many (if not more) works than an entire team could.

There is a bit of solace to be found. Even if you ignore the legal precariousness, these programs are far from perfect. It takes time and effort to prompt the computer to get exactly what you want. Even after the ‘art’ is generated, it still requires a degree of touching up. Not everyone has the skill set to do this, but… the gap between semi-professional artists and everyone with a computer is beginning to close.

The threat of automation is here and it isn’t going away. Professions that people assumed were safe are not. We’ve needed to have a serious conversation about this for years, but we won’t see anything actionable until it’s far too late. Much like a number of the other extremely predictable assumptions that academics have been warning us about for decades.

If you want to do something against it, make certain not to buy into companies that are trying to run a profit on these programs. Not only will you be slowing the progression of digital art automation, but you’ll also be saving yourself cash. The majority of those paid ‘programs’ are really just a branch of Stable Diffusion…which is a program you can download to your machine for free.

@Mauja Still waiting on your list of the three characters you remember, NONE OF WHICH ARE SUNNY BECAUSE IVE MISREMEMBERED THAT FOR A DECADE NBD

And I’m so glad we’re still friends ❤

@Solstice As someone who has pulled 6 foot monsters outta drains in my house, this is advice people need to take…

In case anyone needs the download link, it is at: https://riverdark.net/atlantis/downloads/

@icanbeyourmuse Sin Eaters win because they all trigger off social/willpower win/lose effects, because nobody ever uses social/mental damage tracks.

@sao said in D&D alternatives:

maybe i’ll go to pathfinder 2.0, i’ve heard it’s more slick, but mostly I’m probably just going to whine and cry a lot.

2e is wildly different to 1e, for what it’s worth, and essentially every change is an improvement. It’s still customizable and fun, but the three-action economy is such a huge leap forward in streamlined play that it makes it basically impossible for me to go back to pf1e or 5e.

Plus, archetypes. Being able to suplex a dragon (if your rolls are good enough) is supremely cool.

Jumping in to add a vote for BeipMU onto the pile.

I used to use SimpleMU, then Mushclient, then Mudlet, then Potato, and now BeipMU.

BeipMU (not counting being currently supported) outclasses all of the other clients I have used.

@baron8550 Message Testament for an invite to the Discord. I would invite but not sure non-staff can invite.

@messyshiloh No etiquette issues, I got got distraction-squirreled.

I was trying to get an FFG code based up in Evennia, but it kept throwing errors and I should maybe get back to trying to figure it out, buuuuuuut there is a Battletech kickstarter that has been eating up all my attention while I try to sort out what paints go where.

@dvoraen said in I need an adult:

Is this the true Pilk?

It’s only Pilk if you can use it to replace your car’s oil.

@Rathenhope rage

@Faraday said in Game Handing Overs:

FWIW, I’m making an admin command for Ares that will clear out private info, similar to what’s done when a char idles out or goes on the roster. The pragmatic issue though is how someone would reclaim their character after the wipe - how would you know who was who if everything got wiped.

Just to follow up - this ended up not being a command, per se, but a set of instructions/guidance in the game management tutorials: Transferring a Game.

@Jennkryst I like the point bank where when I learn something with RP being able to grab it when I deliberately underspend in CGen.

@Polk

Wouldn’t have that problem if you used emacs

WHY DOES THE STARCH HAVE TO GO?!