Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

Last night in ##pathfinder2e, the party encountered a rat swarm, which I expected to be a tricky encounter because of the big damage resistance. Then the eidolon critted it for maximum damage and killed it instantly. Fastest and most anticlimactic combat encounter I've ever seen.

This is Stan. He is the guardian of the stairs. It's his first day and he's a little nervous. Really hoping you don't try to pass. 12/10 (TT: stanthehotdawg)

Nvidia’s CEO can spout whatever technonsense he likes about regurgitative AI, I’m not going to dignify it by reading a fucking word. The conversation stops at the fact AI is toxic waste. Ethically, morally, financially, environmentally. You cannot rhetorically clear that checkpoint.

knowledge is liking mass effect wisdom is knowing you'd write it better

#pathfinder2e Blood Lords party defeated the zombie cow without major incident. By which I mean 3 party members were on critically low health by the end but nobody died. Already having a blast with this AP.

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

share.google/oSawzT4m3oBF... now!

Who's going to make a textless TTRPG designed like IKEA instructions?

First session of #pathfinder2e Blood Lords last night! We have such a cool group and I'm really excited to see how their characters develop. Assuming any of them make it past the zombie cow, of course.

I want it to be widely known throughout the ttrpg scene that Pathfinder and Starfinder are the products of unionized labor by a bunch of queer and trans weirdos and our accomplices.

How long until Amazon starts offering their very own PO boxes to circumvent the problem they just invented? I give it a week.

Let he who has never accidentally endorsed the assassination of a political opponent cast the first stone.

"Okay so we know we said we weren't storing your data, and we know we promised it would be safe. And we know this is the second time this exact thing has happened to us. But this time we PROMISE to be extra careful!" - Discord PR department, probably

The children are SUPPOSED to have a better life than you. That’s the point.

what if i finished this silly thing

Heroic bloodlines. I'm so tired of characters who are only significant because of who their parents were. Shove your magic nepo babies up your arse and give me heroes who are choosing to be there.

I don't know who needs to hear this*, but "guy whose job is to promote this thing promotes this thing" is not news and repeating it verbatim is not journalism. * I actually do know and it's EVERY NEWS OUTLET

Hang on, I thought these AI assholes were all visionaries with great ideas who just lacked the technical skill to realise their dreams. Are you suggesting they were actually vapid charlatans the whole time? Wait, I'm getting an update on bears... they shit WHERE?!

i included this in my syllabi this year

Is this Chuck Tingle

My #pathfinder2e Abomination Vaults game officially ended last night with an emotional epilogue, in which the party broke into Hell to rescue a guy they accidentally sent there. Lots of big feelings all round. Session Zero for Blood Lords in two weeks!

I don't care if they're load-bearing nonces, they have to go.

A little late for expedition 33 fanart 😅but:

This is by no means the main takeaway from the Epstein emails but why don't any of these rich people know how to write?

When you take inspiration from a source and shamelessly rip it off to make a new thing in your game, then you are a living part of the most noble and necessary act of the human condition: the perpetuation and advancement of culture itself. If you outsource to AI, you help commit cultural suicide.

"We want to make sure the electorate stays stupid enough to keep us in power, and that's why we're going to force poor kids use the Machine That Lies About Everything And Makes You Kill Yourself." The money being wasted on this scam could be used much more effectively to pay for real education!

Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock

Helping others for selfish reasons doesn't make those others any less helped. Do the kind thing.

Let's fucking go!

Thing is, I'm ready to believe that the @paizo.com art director really did ask for the ghoul to be real fuckin sexy.

Last night in #pathfinder2e Abomination Vaults, the party got 5 whole rounds into the final boss battle before realising they didn't actually have a plan.

News: [MP] has had their party membership suspended and has had the whip removed. Me, a silly person: "Damn, not only did they lose their job, but their car got towed. That's harsh."

🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

This is Dumpling. She got her very first sweater and promptly deactivated. 12/10 (TT: jmw495)

I've been writing for over 20 years and have never even considered using the Predictive Text That Makes People Kill Themselves. When I need to do "quick research" I get lost on wikipedia for 4 hours like a normal person. Genslop users are the weakest people alive.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Presumably this is why the development cycle for AAA games is now 7-10 years.

This is Indy. He just made history as the first dog to win a major acting award. He won the Astra for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller after starring in the supernatural horror Good Boy. 14/10 congrats Indy

Got to play a bit of #pathfinder2e yesterday (a rare treat for this forever GM) and it turns out a water/wood kineticist is a highly specialised machine for disposing of skeletons. Running around popping skulls off while the rest of the party flails with slashing and piercing weapons. Feels great.

“bsky is boring!” 1) good 2) social media should not be a cornerstone of your everyday entertainment 3) I find new artists to follow every day and look at pretty art endlessly on here when I feel like it 4) get a tactile hobby where you create something with your hands 5) read book 6) walk outside

Fuck AI. All my homies hate AI. But Discord doesn't know that yet. Tell them.

Last night in the #pathfinder2e Abomination Vaults, the party spent half an hour discussing how to solve a puzzle involving a small body of water without crossing or entering said water, decided they'd have to swim, and the cleric *immediately* got eaten by a giant fish. Typical.

So excited Pathfinder Impossible Magic got announced! I am happy to say I'm one of the project leads on this book. Josh and the team cooked up some really exciting new ways to use magic in your game, along with some much-requested remasters. Also, so many spells. Holy crap so many.

Better have an intermission with that runtime.