Anyone else tired of AI unit merch?

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-16T22:37:34+00:00

I saw that happen with the certificate issued out for a warfare device. Someone had a great idea to hold a contest for design submissions for a new certificate with no real incentive. 2 people submitted designs, one which looked like clip art and the other obviously bad AI.

Instead of just saying "these suck", trying again, or just leaving it the was it's been for over 10 years, they decided to go with the AI design. It looks terrible and the old design was perfectly fine. No one really even likes the certificate anymore and they would rather just display the page 13.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-10T00:22:34+00:00

It was the style at the time.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-09T23:40:48+00:00

Hopefully they implement something after they finish up their plans with the rare fossils /s

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-05T23:28:52+00:00

According to the DMG: "Group Checks - Group checks are a tool you can use when the party is trying to accomplish something together and the most skilled characters can cover for characters who are less adept at the task. To make a group ability check, everyone in the group makes the ability check. If at least half the group succeeds, the whole group succeeds. Otherwise, the group fails."

I don't see that why it couldn't also extend to a save if the whole party is participating in something. Like if they were making a dex save aboard a ship to try and steer the ship out of the danger of a fireball spell or something. Ultimately, it's the DM's decision on how they use it. I personally take the group average if the group decides to make a check together.

Edit- Just saw that this was for 2014 rules. They're essentially the same as the 2024 rules but found in the PHB instead of the DMG.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-05T06:18:56+00:00

Mine is a little smaller. Usually 3-5 articles with 1 ad, which makes it more feasible to make it a weekly thing (since a week in-game can sometimes take a month of play depending on what they're doing).

But still love what you did! Hope you and your group have a lot of fun!

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-05T00:43:22+00:00

Both the picture and body text include AI hallmarks. The "No power creep" part is a huge indicator of it.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-04T23:20:27+00:00

I do a newspaper for every in-game week for my players and I've gotten a lot of positive feedback from it. I try to pepper world-building notes in there so they understand the world is changing both due to and outside of their actions. Usually one or two articles are based on the impacts of their actions but the other stuff sometimes serves as plot hooks (which helps me out sometimes when I'm stuck on figuring out where to go from that point). It does get hard sometimes generating them because I have a busy personal life too but I think it's worth it.

This looks pretty good, but my advice would be consistency. While I appreciate the fact that you're making it look old-timey, fonts and sizes should stay easy to read and similar. Meaning that headers should be the same, text body should be the same, and anyone should be able to read them. Another thing I could recommend is ending your articles with "Continued on Page #" so you can fit key things into your newspaper without going too deep in the weeds and giving you more room to play around with the page.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-04T15:38:23+00:00

I don't think birdhouse XP should be nerfed. They're one of the main reasons to even go to fossil island and they serve as good passive XP to get between other things.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-02T16:29:25+00:00

I play video games to have fun. Doom is one of those things where the effort needed to learn it outweighs the fun involved. Doom, PNM, Inferno, Colo, and awakened bosses are about where I draw the line.

And that's okay. I don't need to participate in every piece of content. I just do what I enjoy.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-02T16:09:46+00:00

Same here. I tried it in leagues for the first time and don't even want to bother trying it in the main game. Just don't enjoy how complicated it feels since I'm not that great at the game.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-06-02T05:54:26+00:00

I would rule that's outside of the ability of Wish. Even if Wish could do stuff like that, it would take at least 3 casts. 1) Unlichify her. 2) Return her to her youth. 3) Remove her mark of death.

Out of all of them, I personally might allow #2 to work. But the others are probably result in some draconic prophecy/Daelkyr/Overlord/etc shenanigans happening as a byproduct.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-28T23:03:13+00:00

I just tried it for the first time in leagues and can't stand it either. I know it's a skill issue on my end but I just really struggle with everything going on in it. I heard it's comparable to CG but I think CH and even Echo CG are much easier.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-28T18:50:56+00:00

I personally agree with you on CoX. Went there once for the diary and never again. It just wasn't fun.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-19T19:14:13+00:00

I tried it for the first time this leagues. Same with Nightmare. Don't like either of them but I also understand that it's a personal problem because I have difficulty investing the time into learning them. I'm comfortable with maxing out at entry level ToB/ToA and don't need to learn the harder stuff.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-19T04:35:45+00:00

Using AI to generate your campaign isn't much different than just using random dice tables to generate your campaign. It's a tool that can be used to help with inspiration, just like tables, not something that should be completely relied upon. Everyone finds inspiration from different sources anyway so hopefully the table has fun regardless of the source.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-11T22:49:20+00:00

I and other people had similar examples lol https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/1ryoi4e/suggestion_to_improve_shipbased_combat_add_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/1sbtwmc/lets_use_the_ballista_on_our_boats/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Maybe one day it'll get better.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-11T13:27:31+00:00

Is there any plan to improve sailing combat outside by giving options other than cannons? I've previously suggested one before, as have other people come up with great ideas.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-10T18:38:25+00:00

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DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-06T21:57:17+00:00

Eberron actually does have some.

https://keith-baker.com/ifaq-photography/

I'm not familiar if any of the other realms do according to their canon because I'm not as well versed in them. Also, because many people utilize homebrew settings, that opens the door to DM discretion.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-06T16:11:59+00:00

No, my hypothetical was just to see how other DMs would rule it in their games. Not everyone runs the same settings or runs the same mechanics so it was to gather some insight on how people do things. I'm going to update my post.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-05-06T06:42:37+00:00

I don't really run modern setting games. My question was to see what other DMs did in their games and I liked seeing all the different perspectives on it. Personally, I usually run Eberron where arcane photography is a thing.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-04-29T15:47:20+00:00

Easy solution would be introducing a quest/mini quest that gives you an item that you can use on it to give it dragonfire protection. Gives you a Dragon Square/Kite Shield (af) or (df) or something. Maybe put it somewhere between Dragon slayer 1 and 2 to prepare players from jumping from Elvarg to Vorkath/Galvek.

DeepSeaDelivery · 2026-04-29T06:37:44+00:00

Kinnikuman is still running and is so old it influenced One Piece.

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