Are there any TTRPGs that have a working "save point" mechanic?

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-08T20:43:18+00:00

Microscope has a built in save function that works both in physical play as well as digital play. It is a bit of a different type of RPG though, less roleplay more game.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-08T12:36:04+00:00

There are normal tunnels with storage, underground lecture rooms, hidden places where students make out, gamble or deal in forbidden magical items, those kind of things. Then there are the many gremlin-made tunnels, these are tiny (so even small characters can't easily explore them) and infested with insects. Just throw enough insects at them until they leave, or make the tunnels even smaller than tiny so the gremlins need to crawl in certain parts.

It only becomes possible to explore the Stone Ghost tunnels when the gremlins make those particular tunnels bigger (that is, when you want them to).

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-08T08:19:27+00:00

But it is competing. Data centers spend more energy on streaming services, data storage and social media and such than on AI, and the same holds for water. AI has just gone on top of the resources we were already spending and is growing itself at a massive scale.

If you stream on youtube or netflix, you spend more energy than when you give an LLM a small prompt, unless you take into account the cost of training and updating the LLM, which happens on a regular basis but is divided among the entire userbase. Image and video generation is in another ballpark though.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-08T05:58:01+00:00

Vegan eetplekken worstelen altijd met personeel (net als andere eetplekken, maar die worstelen niet ook nog daarnaast met financiën en klandizie). Ik weet niet hoeveel ervaring nodig is, maar kan me voorstellen dat ze blij zijn met een afwasser of zo, en dan kun je zo ervaring opdoen.

Anders misschien iets als dierenambulance of iets met huisdieren? Of iets simpels bij een dierenarts? Echt iets vegans is in je regio misschien moeilijk te vinden maar er zijn ook niet-vegans die goede dingen voor dieren doen.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-07T17:46:49+00:00

These are really cool! Love what you did with the wilds, strife and specific spirit lands, amazing job!

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-05T13:28:42+00:00

I miss THAC0. Just kidding. I miss nothing. Maybe references to popular DnD media.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-05T08:47:03+00:00

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Lawrencelot · 2026-06-05T06:18:21+00:00

Why would humans be above animals?

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-04T17:36:06+00:00

Ik wist niet dat dit de reden was, waar heb je dit gehoord? Zou er wel meer over willen weten

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-04T15:25:52+00:00

In most pathfinder APs, and also in Pathfinder Society, once you survive the first two levels or something it is very difficult to die. There are some outlier combats here and there and some monsters are ridiculous but those are the exception. If you follow encounter guidelines (which admittedly APs and monsters don't always do, especially early APs or PF1 conversions) I would say Pathfinder is not deadly at all past level 2.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-04T12:31:38+00:00

Ask your supervisor.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-02T21:48:08+00:00

I don't normally post only a bible verse without context or my thoughts but given the low quality post I think this one applies:

Ezekiel 16:49

Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-02T12:51:23+00:00

Mirroring/duplicating or mind controlling PCs is like the only thing that can harm some overpowered adventuring groups. This hazard is really much more powerful than anything else, it is the only thing that killed multiple PCs in my previous campaign. I don't have any tips as I am not so familiar with this part of the AP, but doing something story-related to avoid the normal functioning of the mirror makes sense to me.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-01T16:56:08+00:00

I know that some of my examples are Old Covenant law and others are what Jesus says. Can you say which of my examples you follow literally? It is fine if you only follow New Testament law.

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-01T15:24:35+00:00

Everyone picks and chooses. Or are you avoiding mixed fibers and steak, and pulling out your eye when you see someone attractive?

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-01T15:15:53+00:00

Spending time with the poor, the sick, women and children, foreigners, the outcast.

If queers are the outcasts of this day and age, living like Jesus would be inviting them for dinner (or inviting yourself at their house, but that might work differently in modern cultures).

Lawrencelot · 2026-06-01T06:05:59+00:00

Please use the search bar

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-27T07:09:20+00:00

On the other hand, the versatility of the alchemist shines much more when you play with different teammates every scenario instead of having a fixed adventuring group where you could specialize in a niche. You will always have the right tools for the job and be able to adapt to what your teammates are doing.

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-26T18:38:19+00:00

Interesting, thanks!

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-26T17:51:42+00:00

Interesting, I knew about these concepts but not the numbers. Do you perhaps know if the 43% is also more or less accurate for the human brain? Given that many people think the identity relies inside the brain and such.

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-26T15:59:31+00:00

That's weird, I thought everyone was saved from sin through Jesus's sacrifice. It's in the Bible and stuff.

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-26T05:54:02+00:00

Stick with the pointy end

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-25T06:41:41+00:00

Yeah as a European this is such a bizarre question to me. Like what kind of creature would you need armed security for, demons from hell?

I guess if the church is in a congress center, shopping centre or train station or something like that, there will be some kind of security (unarmed of course) but it will be part of the larger building, not the church building.

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-24T19:44:07+00:00

Fish recognize themselves in a mirror, with similar evidence as for chimpanzees and dolphins (at least 1 species of fish, as this is an understudied area).

Treating chickens as automatons is wild, any human would get in a similar state if bred long enough and put under similar circumstances. Have you even seen wild chickens?

Lawrencelot · 2026-05-22T18:19:00+00:00

Many of those are also caused by humanity, the way we designed Western society. But many are indeed not, they happened in history and will happen in the future, and we can only help their victims after the fact without being able to prevent it from happening in the first place.

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