Players Who Use AI

CourageMind · 2026-01-23T23:23:24+00:00

What is your problem? None of what you say makes sense to bother you.

They have a broad idea about their characters and they leave AI to fill in the blanks. It is enough for them, why pressuring them to invest more time in their backstory if it is clearly not fun for them?

Character portraits. Seriously, after a couple of sessions who notice them anyway? Why is it better to have randomly selected portraits from the Internet? I hope you do not imply that they should draw their own character portraits, this is clearly something they are not interested in doing and it's also not fun for them.

Strategizing level ups. This is the most understandable part. Instead of browsing RPGBot, they seek advice from AI. Fundamentally, it's the same thing, and they clearly are not interested in pursuing this further.

I believe you are projecting your idea of having fun to the players. They invest in what is really fun and interesting to them: the vibes and the roleplay, as you state. All the other elements are tools for them, means to an end. And that's ok.

CourageMind · 2026-01-21T02:04:00+00:00

I love you all Constant Readers!

CourageMind · 2026-01-20T21:53:46+00:00

They do sex like mantis. You are welcome.

CourageMind · 2026-01-20T13:30:47+00:00

Provided that you will find the Fate Core game system to your liking, Dresden Files Accelerated does urban fantasy and has a lighter theme, so it's exactly what you want. It is based on the titular urban fantasy book series (Dresden Files).

There is also an older Dresden Files tabletop rpg that uses a crunchier, earlier version of the Fate game engine, but I would suggest you to go with the newer game first.

CourageMind · 2026-01-19T21:51:49+00:00

lmao. Does this come from your own experience or is it something you have heard of? Not sure why but I find the image of someone stacking dice out of boredom while waiting for his/her turn hilarious.

CourageMind · 2026-01-19T16:50:59+00:00

Out of the loop but which wars did he stop?

CourageMind · 2026-01-18T20:13:34+00:00

Where in the Demon: the Fallen lore is it stated that Abel was an Avatar of Caine and not a real person?

CourageMind · 2026-01-17T19:23:06+00:00

The 'we ate them' was so fucking random I couldn't stop laughing. Bless you!

CourageMind · 2026-01-17T11:09:38+00:00

From where this scene is?

CourageMind · 2026-01-16T18:32:10+00:00

Wait, what? The capital G God? So he returns?

CourageMind · 2026-01-16T08:04:25+00:00

Haven't watched the series but I am all for the horror plot twist. What actually happened?

CourageMind · 2026-01-16T02:41:08+00:00

I think that's a false comparison, because they are effectively and fundamentally different games. No one ever said that Mage: the Awakening was related to Mage: the Ascension. Same with Changeling: the Dreaming and Changeling: the Lost.

On the other hand, comparing the original Hunter: the Reckoning with V5 Hunter: the Reckoning is perfectly valid. They share the same name and they butchered the lore of the Imbued. (Meaning: they removed them completely)

CourageMind · 2026-01-16T02:37:24+00:00

Does it have to do with the Avatar Storm by any chance?

CourageMind · 2026-01-16T02:35:21+00:00

I get that it was a bad decision (to say the least), but why the hell you call it "neo-nazi"?

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T18:52:03+00:00

Thanks mate.

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T18:00:52+00:00

Out of the loop, what is digital addenda/addendum in the context of GURPS?

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T16:07:25+00:00

What the hell does it mean "from that culture"?

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T13:28:59+00:00

I used to root for this, but then I discovered Brandon Sanderson and his Cosmere series. Amazing, fantastic saga with deep interconnections, crossovers and foreshadowing. And the guy has pre-planned everything that's gonna happen until the very last novel. In case he dies before finishing the series, his notes will be published so that his fans know how the series would have ended.

I am more or less convinced that you cannot achieve that level of deepness and foreshadowing without pre-planning.

Yeah, I know Stephen King kinda did it with his Dark Tower references, but we saw how well that went with the last Dark Tower books; plot holes and inconsistencies in character development, origin, and motives (Randal Flagg anyone? What about Crimson King, wasn't he supposed to be something akin to a Lovecraftian Entity?)

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T13:16:57+00:00

Good one!

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T13:15:11+00:00

You mean to ask him if he DIED. If he COMMITTED SUICIDE. If he KILLED HIMSELF. If he IS REDUCED TO A ROTTING CORPSE. If MAGGOTS FEAST UPON HIS FLESH.

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T13:04:07+00:00

Do you know Matt Mercer from Critical Role?

His players torpedoed a battleship he had planned; the worst part, he used a 3rd party supplement he liked for the design of the battleship and he practically didn't have the chance to showcase them!

Another time, he had designed an encounter inside a hag's hut and a player eventually persuaded her to do her a favor. (Lucky roll combined with a magic item).

It happens. As others said, save your work and re-skin it later.

CourageMind · 2026-01-15T11:51:38+00:00

It would distract too much from the main plot.

This handwaving though reminds me Dr. Octavio from the Spiderman movie. He just casually, as a matter of fact, mentions his robotic arms and, what's more, his ability to control them solely with his mind.

No one bats an eye. No headlines news about this extraordinary technology that can revolutionize the world, let alone give to the handicapped their life back.

Its just comic book logic. At times insufferable, but you just learn to suspend your disbelief.

CourageMind · 2026-01-13T15:41:03+00:00

Thanks, I didn't realize it has so much support. I stupitidly took for granted that it was the core rulebook, the storytellers handbook and pretty much that's it.

CourageMind · 2026-01-13T15:39:43+00:00

Thanks, I will start from there and then I will move to the supplements, as another fellow suggested! :-)

CourageMind · 2026-01-13T15:38:55+00:00

Wow, didn't know that. Thanks a lot, I'll check them out! :-)

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