And yet it still has a bunch of ads for PC+ littered throughout it. Despite being grandfathered in, I abandoned it earlier this year for Podcast Republic, which hasn't spammed me or locked me out of any features I've tried to play with despite not having paid them anything.
And Tencent has a minority stake in, like, every functioning software company that's ever done an investment funding around at this point. They make it a point to diversify their holdings across basically the entire software industry at this point.
They're fairly hands-off in those endeavours, since they're doing it to protect themselves against shifts in the market.
Their in-house made stuff, though, is... Well, let's just say it's efficiently monetized.
I cannot stress this enough: LLMs are not, have never been, and quite likely never will be search engines. You may as well ask your a auto-complete questions.
Yeah, it doesn't address the awful and lazy design that is "hardwired tablet in middle of console", but at the very least it provides a way to interact with car functionality without taking your eyes off the road.
Honestly, I'd take a woody window to replace the clear glass overlooking the scenic parking lot outside literally any of the apartments I've ever lived in.
The new Starter Kit is out and about now. I grabbed one a few weeks ago for my step-son. Are you able to find that in stock? It seemed pretty good from my quick scan.
Hey all, I just realized I don’t see any posts about this here. Matt Colville, a well-known voice in the online TTRPG/DnD space, and his small game company MCDM, have begun and have already reached their crowdfunding goals for designing a new RPG, currently with the placeholder name of “MCDM RPG”....
I'm not looking for a d6 fantasy game right now, but I'm super interested in their momentum based resource management system. I also appreciate that they actually pay their writers, and am curious as to what kind of modules they'll be releasing in support of the game.
I was under the impression that the whole thing has been about Tencent wanting to license the digital product rights to D&D, not the actual game. I'm not sure why that's caused an uproar over the actual IP ownership.
There have been a lot of threads these last few days discussing the current feature-set of /kbin. While it's good to go out there and get a sense of what's the prevailing opinions are, it's probably actually better for the project as a whole that actual feature requests be lodged at the issue tracker....
They 100% think of it as a lever that makes expenses disappear. They're often just a little bit surprised when it results in labour disappearing along side the expenses, though.
Importantly, though, this kind of dehumanizing language is purposeful, and it's extremely harmful. It makes it easier for management to treat people's livelihoods and lives as disposable.
Keep in mind that "human resources" (sometimes called "human capital" at some especially icky places) is also one of these dehumanizing terms. Treating people as resources that are available to use or process is really gross, and that's literally the name of the department.
Did one of your spellcasters know the Gate spell? If so, what stopped the PCs from pulling the BBEG out of their lair and beating them up from the comfort of their homes?
Anti-magic field?
The BBEG has taken great efforts to hide their true name?
Private Sanctum spell?
The fact that Gate is an inter-planar spell, and not an intra-planar spell?
As the GM, one of your jobs is to present challenges for the party to overcome. That means actively countering their abilities list just as often as it means giving them a bone and letting them shine. The big moments of flexing mean a hell of a lot less when all they do is flex.
I’m not sure if this is the proper place to ask this, but I don’t know where else to go. I’m having trouble reaching the pathfinder.social instance; I can’t seem to post, or subscribe to their communities. Is anyone else having issues?
My guess, based off of absolutely nothing, is that they expected stronger growth out of the gate, given the rate at which r/Pathfinder2e had been growing, and hoped to see that community choose the Fediverse. But the mods there crated their own forum that drew very little traffic in its own right, a bunch of people shifted to the discord, and then everyone quickly filtered back to the subreddit when it became clear that there mods had no will to actually do anything beyond the symbolic.
Yeah, I haven't been able to access it for several months now. It still seems to be running, frustratingly enough, which makes it seem like it's an issue of absentee admins who just haven't really noticed.
But maybe my experience with it has been uniquely frustrated.
It's a shame. I was really hoping for there to be an active -- if quite small -- Pathfinder community here. The subreddit is... Not my cup of tea.
Before I begin, let me just say that I love D&D, have for years. And despite its flaws I love 5E; its probably the most accessible version of D&D I've played... and I've played a fair few versions....
In PF2e, the specific gods and factions of the default setting are actually integral to the game’s mechanics, which makes it a lot harder to play the system in a homebrew setting
Ehhh. You can ignore a lot of the setting specific stuff, especially with the remaster. I just let clerics choose their own edicts and anathema, and favoured weapon, for instance. It's not like the actual lore of the gods matters to the game mechanics. You can build gods or sects piecemeal.
Or don't. My family's game has both a cleric and a champion, neither of which has a specific god. They're just "good". It works just fine.
I'm a fan of Puffin Forest's RPG Story videos, and Abserd was one of my favourite recurring character from them, so I got a kick out of the latest TRL video:...
Every fall in Cape Breton the tussock moth caterpillars make their appearance, and this past weekend they put on a real show for me. A dozen banded tussocks marched back and forth across the banister at my uncle's house as post-tropical storm Lee passed us by, giving me an opportunity to try out my macro lens. #CapeBreton...
I'm having an issue when trying to comment on posts (or reply to other comments) on Firefox mobile on Android. Once the top of the text box moves above the confines of the screen, the whole page snaps downward so that the text box is off screen entirely. It makes it nearly impossible to type out longer comments....
tl;dr - What resources do you know of (blogs, videos/youtube channels, books, etc) that cater to improving your skills as a TTRPG player? I’m looking for the player equivalent of MCDM’s Running the Game, The Alexandrian blog, etc directed towards players....
I just came across this video, which, while still focused on GMs, I think has some very good seeds for players. It's all about dramatic combat, and there's a lot that players can do to initiate dramatic scenes in game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeGjsBcR3rE
So, my step-son has a growing interest in playing ttrpg adventures, but we're a pretty small family without a broad local social circle. We've played a couple of times with his cousin, who lives cross country, but it's difficult to make schedules line up with a 4 hour time difference....
Apps that shouldn't be Subscriptions
What is the most useless app that you have seen being given as a subscription?...
Joe Biden whisked to safety by Secret Service as car slams into motorcade (www.independent.co.uk)
Biden was emerging from his Delaware campaign headquarters when the car ploughed into an SUV guarding his motorcade...
Hasbro Seeks to Sell IP “DND” and Has Had Preliminary Contact with Tencent (pandaily.com)
Rumours, speculation and hearsay? “Interesting” at least.
Accidentally super based (hexbear.net) French
Firefox 124.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes (www.mozilla.org)
Volkswagen brings back physical buttons for all new cars | Autocar (www.autocar.co.uk)
Interior of ID 2All concept shows how Volkswagen is responding to criticism about over-reliance on touch controls
Transparent Wood Could Soon Find Uses In Smartphone Screens, Insulated Windows (m.slashdot.org)
HI all! Looking for a starter set to play with family. Any suggestion?
Hi all!...
MCDM RPG
Hey all, I just realized I don’t see any posts about this here. Matt Colville, a well-known voice in the online TTRPG/DnD space, and his small game company MCDM, have begun and have already reached their crowdfunding goals for designing a new RPG, currently with the placeholder name of “MCDM RPG”....
Wizards of the Coast confirms it is not selling the d&d IP to tencent (www.pcgamer.com)
Jaysus... (startrek.website)
Kbin feature requests may be better housed in the project's issue tracker
There have been a lot of threads these last few days discussing the current feature-set of /kbin. While it's good to go out there and get a sense of what's the prevailing opinions are, it's probably actually better for the project as a whole that actual feature requests be lodged at the issue tracker....
D&D and MTG designers, artists and producers lose jobs among over 1,000 Hasbro layoffs, former devs confirm (www.dicebreaker.com)
D&D: High Level Combat + Spells (Help)
Hope I’m right here with this, sorry if the question is too specific for this community....
Pathfinder.social instance trouble
I’m not sure if this is the proper place to ask this, but I don’t know where else to go. I’m having trouble reaching the pathfinder.social instance; I can’t seem to post, or subscribe to their communities. Is anyone else having issues?
Hasbro lays off 1,100 (techcrunch.com)
Hasbro is shedding 1,100 jobs. SEC filing doesn’t say if they will continue renting Pinkertons.
Microsofts copilot AI will convert anything into the D&D rule set of your choice. I mean anything... I present the Cylon Centurion (1978) for 3.5e
Cylon Centurion...
My Kingdom for a Fleshed Out World
Before I begin, let me just say that I love D&D, have for years. And despite its flaws I love 5E; its probably the most accessible version of D&D I've played... and I've played a fair few versions....
New GM - Just ran the Beginners Box for my family
Well, just ran the first 3 rooms of it, at least....
The Rules Lawyer Creates Abserd in Pathfinder 2e
I'm a fan of Puffin Forest's RPG Story videos, and Abserd was one of my favourite recurring character from them, so I got a kick out of the latest TRL video:...
OC Banded Tussock Caterpillar (pixey.org)
Every fall in Cape Breton the tussock moth caterpillars make their appearance, and this past weekend they put on a real show for me. A dozen banded tussocks marched back and forth across the banister at my uncle's house as post-tropical storm Lee passed us by, giving me an opportunity to try out my macro lens. #CapeBreton...
Comment field snapping to above screen on mobile
I'm having an issue when trying to comment on posts (or reply to other comments) on Firefox mobile on Android. Once the top of the text box moves above the confines of the screen, the whole page snaps downward so that the text box is off screen entirely. It makes it nearly impossible to type out longer comments....
Resources for becoming a better player!
tl;dr - What resources do you know of (blogs, videos/youtube channels, books, etc) that cater to improving your skills as a TTRPG player? I’m looking for the player equivalent of MCDM’s Running the Game, The Alexandrian blog, etc directed towards players....
Companion NPC for small group
So, my step-son has a growing interest in playing ttrpg adventures, but we're a pretty small family without a broad local social circle. We've played a couple of times with his cousin, who lives cross country, but it's difficult to make schedules line up with a 4 hour time difference....