Wurtz

They all do this. And it feels like a reflection on the humans behind them, whose inflated careers are built on never admitting they don’t know the answer. The ‘smartest people in the room’ if ‘smart’ just means glib and facile, turning out lies with complete conviction.

I really wish we'd get books with 3-4 class archetypes instead of new classes every year or so.

The game clearly still has mechanical space to explore, but adding more classes leads to this feeling of complexity creep.

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it

Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Tonight you'll be visited by three spirits

The older I get, the more I believe that the character optimization forum mindset of the 3.5e/pf1e days has harmed RPG discourse.

The "geniuses" who think they can Break The Game™ believe that they understand game design.

They don't. I can break vases, but that doesn't mean I know how to make one.

If anyone going to #PAXU wants a recommendation for great Malaysian food, Banana Leaf Malaysian Cuisine rules. It's authentic, and exactly the sort of food I remember from my childhood in Singapore/Malaysia.

Only downside is there's very limited options for vegans.

Zohran, the Sickos Guy, and Tim Onion.

One last time: Every time I post it he goes up five more points.

Let's fuckin goooooo

YouTube video by Auralnauts STAR WARS EP 1: Jedi Party

I am sad to hear that the Auralnauts Youtube duo are splitting up to focus on their own work, this does give me another opportunity to share what is, I think, there best series...

The recut of Star Wars into.. well.. an entirely different story.

Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSCm...

That's literally the only way Eleizer Yudkowsky knows how to write, because his entire belief system is so absurd it can only seem plausible if described in parables and references to movies or video games

No amount of GM prep for your RPG night is better than making sure you're excited when your friends walk through the door

OpenAI will be releasing a new version of flappy bird

And if you want to know more about this dragon and the other super cool Remastered dragons, check out my video about them!

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Acts of imagination and creative play do have a place in countering the rancid, psychotic imagination of this administration. It's just one way, but the juxtaposition is important because it helps us remember how utterly bankrupt it is in normal human values.

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

We have a cover for next year's Children of Strife!

It Only Tuesday

It Only Tuesday https://theonion.com/it-only-tuesday-1819569397/

It's like the Greatest Hits of bad sustainability: making plastic trees for an overproduced crowdfunding game *and* greenwashing by tree planting?

I expect the shipping of these games (they even have plastic freight containers!) alone will wipe out any contribution from the trees.

The Psycho Gundam, imo. Especially the Mk II, and definitely the one that shows up in GQuacks.

Huge and blocky like a tank, and has the domineering vibe that anything sitting on the monster-angel line needs.

Let's fuckin gooooooo

Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.

Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.

If you haven't checked this out yet, I highly recommend taking a look at Dragon Slayers.

Slayers is fantastic, and More Slayers™ is something I've always wanted.

If Sentences Could Kill

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

Humanity in HELLPIERCERS: needs to seize Heaven to get into HELL.

Foxes: lol, lmao, git gud

Of course there's a world building course. Can't be a Board-Certified D&D Dungeon Master University alum without that.

Red pop but add Tajin on it.