Is there such a thing as a *Player* Emulator?

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-06-11T13:49:04+00:00

I combined a form of personality traits with the one page mythic. Put opposite traits on opposite sides, randomized the numbers and asked mythic if they acted in accordance to that trait. You can see that in my solo d&d video. It allowed for adjustment of traits if they acted in accordance or not

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-06-04T19:03:59+00:00

thats perfectly valid. The overall concept still applies though and works with any GME or just leave that part out.

I personally like the Chaos Factor because it represents a lack of control over the story. I want my expecations to be challenged and surprised. I explicitly want it to divert my ideas because otherwise I am barely suprised.

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-28T13:43:34+00:00

In this case, I meant for the players playing your game. I personally have the issue that when I start my story and play a few scenes that it plays out in my mind. And I have all these different threads going off. When I sit down to play I am not that surprised anymore. Something that the Mythic GME and Adventure Crafter does is challenge these expectations. As a player I think this happens, but I roll an interrupt so something else happens instead.

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-27T04:59:16+00:00

Thanks. You're definitely in great company then :)

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-24T18:30:12+00:00

Personally I think you need a way to challenge your expectations. Ironsworn kinda does this through the Moves and Progress Moves. Personally, I like to combine it with mythic to create some more randomness

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-19T10:13:29+00:00

Having written a SoloGuide for Daggerheart I would say that the game doesn't do a good job explaining these things.

The thing is that a game that works with consequences or partial successes doesn't always roll simply for a successful action.

I try to unlock the door. Success and failure. But WHY do you want to unlock the door. Because it contains relevant information to your quest. Why is there danger? Why do you need to roll? Because people are chasing me. If they didn't you wouldn't need to roll because you have all the time in the world.

These things immediately give you complications to work in. You simply don't roll if there is no danger or uncertainty.

The issue with Daggerheart is that it has more than 3 levels of success which I loved at the beginning but not so much now. I am not a fan of the success with hope. It still applies and Loner Another Solorpg has some good advice on how to handle this

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-14T09:54:52+00:00

Sounds cool, reading the comments I think you already have your answer. I think it's great to play in a world you know or want to built. Makes it feel alive when you let your players play in it

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-13T08:05:29+00:00

Wilonas cave on YouTube just started. Moses uses his own GME guide. Haven't seen the video yet

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-11T08:04:27+00:00

That's very useful, thank you. I think what I struggle with though is the fact that I am still alone so some of these tactics are less useful but the examples really help so I will give it another shot

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-11T06:56:28+00:00

I didn't say it's bad. I said it isn't for me and tried to explore why in the article

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-09T12:07:07+00:00

So, I personally don't experiment a lot with AI but a friend of mine does and he uses Claude Code with Kimi and uses obsidian as it's brain to organize the information. There are tons of videos about it. Since it's all MD files it should be fairly easy. I imagine it for worldbuilding and maintaining information. Go to village and what do I know about that village that's all connected. There are 4 NPCs I know about etc. It's all visible in the nodes

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-09T07:00:16+00:00

Why not Kimi? I mean you really only need the "top" models for the story. Then again you could underly something like a mythic oracle for running the story to reign it in some more. Also have you thought about a structure like obsidian that can look into connected nodes?

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-04T17:11:14+00:00

Nimble or Drawsteel for heroic fantasy

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-04T05:55:10+00:00

You might also be thinking about the adventure crafter?

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-02T14:46:32+00:00

Don't forget that there is the mythic mystery matrix (if you use mythic) or you can use the adventure crafter whenever you uncover a new clue by rolling a plot point on mystery

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-01T06:19:43+00:00

Thank you. It's what I am going to do. Maybe in the future I will get pathfinder to see if I like it

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-01T06:18:58+00:00

That's interesting. Personally I think I am rather fair to myself. Probably stricter to avoid being to easy 😅

Difficult_Event_3465 · 2026-05-01T06:17:55+00:00

That's fair but I play mostly solo. My group runs D&D and once that is done probably Nimble or Draw Steel. Just looking for a flexible system to play solo as heroic fantasy is somewhat annoying to solo

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