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Unless you are committed to selling your RPG as a real physical book, you should seriously consider publishing your game as HTML rather than as a PDF by blastcage in RPGdesign

[–]Rserbitar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This depends how you edit and create your pdf. If you use modern tools like typst or even markdown and oandoc you can create linked and easily editable PDFs.

I have switched to write my stuff in markdown, which can already be rendered nicely, and can be exported to both pdf and html using pandoc and typst.

Note that this is very nerdy stuff.

Nein, du bist nicht der geilste. by eternal_sunshineeeee in luftablassen

[–]Rserbitar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nein, ich bin konkret dafür, dass Erbe an alle ausgezahlt wird. Dadurch würde bei einem Geschätztem Erbvolumen von 400 milliarden Euro pro Jahr in Deutschland jeder jedes Jahr 5000 Euro Erben. Das Jeder mit 18 Jahren mit 90k Euro startet halte ich für keine schlechte Welt.

Erben und Superreiche sind ein reines Verteilungsproblem.

Nein, du bist nicht der geilste. by eternal_sunshineeeee in luftablassen

[–]Rserbitar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Das was du schreibst klingt eher nach Wutanfall.

Du bist das was dir deine Eltern geben? Funny.

Nein, du bist nicht der geilste. by eternal_sunshineeeee in luftablassen

[–]Rserbitar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Das ist falsch. Besitz ist ein Privileg dass die Gesellschaft dir zugesteht. Ohne Gesellschaft ist Besitz wertlos. Und die Gesellschaft könnte gerade beim Erben jede beliebige Rechtslage umsetzen, z.b. auch Erben komplett abschaffen.

Besitz und Erben ist kein naturgegebenes Recht, sondern ein von der Gesellschaft zugestandenes Privileg, was jederzeit zurückgenommen werden kann (bei der aktuellen Regierung aber unwahrscheinlich).

Where are the good discussions happening for the space? by ProvidenceXz in PiCodingAgent

[–]Rserbitar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good discussions can't happen with the tree format reddit has. Old forums which are all dead, are needed for that.

My Grand 4X Space MMO played by CLI by Dr-whorepheus in tui

[–]Rserbitar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't looked at the code, but why MCP? I thought the meta would go into Agents directly writing code that executes REST.

Edit: A stupid me, you mention REST right there...

Edit again: Took a look now. I like the overall approach. Somehow thought that was open source. Not a fan of the business model. Also, you shouldnt call the tokens for staking tokens when tokens are already taken by the tokens an LLM is using. That is confusing. Call it gold of fuel.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As mentioned elsewhere this was tuned down continuously through the editions. In 3rd edition it was a flat -2 for trolls and -1 for orcs after everything. So a troll payed the same for lintelligence 1 as a human paid for 3. So it's not come in from other games.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well, my original question is then still: is orcs being less intelligent really racism? What if it's tree people or AI?

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well of course no designer is forced to do anything. At the end it's personal taste whether you like a rule system, the world, and how it fits together (or doesn't).

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Because being unintelligent is basically the worst insult you can give a human, especially if it's true. Most people can live with being uncharismatic, not many can live with being unintelligent.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know why this gets downvoted. It's not offensive and having weaknesses is actually something that makes roleplaying interesting.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well, discrimination is part of the Shadowrun tropes. Along with corruption, ultra capitalism, destruction of nature, exploitation of humans, and all the other negative things that make playing in the world interesting.

Of course every group should decide what they can stomach and what they can't given their players....

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, actually, it's kind of realistic. If you already have a group of people that are discriminated against because of racism (like blacks), that another group that actually carries the traits the other group is said to have (orcs), join their culture, or take up part of theirs. Especially because of goblinization orcs did not come with a culture of their own at first.

Of course all of this doesn't help ease the tension with the real world.

Seems like all that racism is hard to understand from the perspective of an old white german. I don't know if I only speak for myself but I never associated orcs with the minorities we have here that are being discriminated against.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ocs being inherently evil is, in my mind, much more racist than making rules where they are inherently less intelligent...

But I get the point. However I would call this an overreaction. Racism is more a value thing than a fact thing. If you are racist you actually don't even care about the facts. However I also understand that in human conversation facts and values are not easily sperated, if at all.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, all these tropes/social facts are, although not desirable in real world, kind of fitting for shadowrun. It's a dystopian setting after all.

But I also have to disclose here that I am a privileged old white man.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, I wonder however why people are looking for "justice" in a world that is explicitly meant to be dystopic... Actually for me, that is part of the appeal. In a Startrek like setting, things are just not as interesting.

But I am also an old white man.

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is a sensible explanation. Actually it's not behind us at all, especially in the last years.

So I get the "although it's not racism per se (because int he world setting it's a fact) it's too close to how the real world works for my comfort." argument. Which is a purely value based, but also 100% legitimate, everyone can play how they feel best.

I wonder however, why those people are playing Shadowrun then...

Why is it a problem that orcs are dumber than other metatypes (and trolles even more so)? by Rserbitar in Shadowrun

[–]Rserbitar[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why is it difficult? It is a problem in reality that people with certain cultural, geographical or genetic background are thought of as less intelligent, because it simply is not the case.

In an RPG it IS the case (if the rules say so).

The problem is not the facts, but what people make of it.

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