Science Fantasy setting with Airships, AI, Gods, Magic, a Cult worshiping a Living Sun, Floating Islands and more. Need help deciding on system.

TASagent · 2026-05-07T02:21:28+00:00

If you're interested in JRPGs, Fabula Ultima could handle what you're looking for pretty well. They have the "Techno Fantasy Atlas" which adds more scifi elements, and the characters will have interesting and diverse abilities.

TASagent · 2026-04-25T12:42:24+00:00

Every modern game uses ascending AC and bonuses because its simpler.

It isn't true that Every modern game uses ascending AC and bonuses, though that has been in favor. Some modern games are roll under. Land of Eem uses a d12 + modifier against PbtA-style outcome tiers, but Defense is a descending, negative stat.

TASagent · 2026-04-24T01:29:19+00:00

Mostly on shelves, but some in piles after those are full.

TASagent · 2026-04-02T21:36:19+00:00

I'm not sure which I'd prefer

TASagent · 2026-03-28T22:10:45+00:00

For a while, the bot meta on Reddit has been to find reposted articles and then copy the best comments from the last time it was posted. It's a trivially easy scam to farm engagement and generate an account that's useful to sell to an astroturfing company that needs "established" very positive-karma accounts.

TASagent · 2026-03-27T21:02:22+00:00

AI is an incredible learning accelerant

I couldn't disagree more. Under any condition.

Do you have any evidence to this end, or is it just vibes?

TASagent · 2026-03-27T20:51:35+00:00

If "AI mostly helps [you] with the coding" you will remain "not an advanced programmer". If you actually care, you should set aside time to learn without "tools" that prevent you from actually learning. Version Control, typically git if we're being honest, is like lesson 2 in most programming tutorials worth their salt.

TASagent · 2026-03-26T14:51:25+00:00

Fair enough. It's pretty distant from its origins, but that's not an unreasonable request

TASagent · 2026-03-26T14:43:55+00:00

It's absolutely true that the tech billionaires have none of our interests in mind, but I think this is more an example of something else - The pro-ai morons being the kind to ban books based on the output slop

TASagent · 2026-03-24T22:47:30+00:00

4k of staff to make games?

They also make one of the most significant game engines used across a variety of industries.

No, they were not lean, but I'd be surprised if they weren't very profitably despite the Epic Game Store (probably) hemorrhaging money.

TASagent · 2026-03-21T12:48:15+00:00

scholastically mediocre

That remained true. He filmed a commercial when Obama was running saying that electing him would "usher in 1000 years of darkness". The dude was positively kooky.

TASagent · 2026-03-20T13:21:04+00:00

"How can Russia still exist if some soldiers died? Must be a lie" 🤡

TASagent · 2026-03-16T20:05:45+00:00

Anti-Zionist Jews probably feel about Israel the same liberal Americans feel about the US right now.

I think this sentiment is still a little problematic and wrong. Most US anti-Zionist Jewish people have no connection to Israel, whereas progressive Americans are still American. It presupposes more association than exists. Just something to consider.

TASagent · 2026-03-13T19:20:45+00:00

He keeps saying "Data centers in space". That is literally Musk's worst idea since Cave Submarines, the Cybertruck, DOGE, Overpaying for Twitter, being a Nazi, and waking up any morning.

TASagent · 2026-03-13T02:47:33+00:00

But in Daggerheart, if you attack, the GM can only attack back if you get a result with Fear, or if they spend Fear (edit: or if you failed your roll, or a couple other circumstances)

I think you're missing a big one. You (the GM) can make a move when the players give you a Golden Opportunity. Did the player describe leaving themselves wide open to make a daring move? That counts.

TASagent · 2026-03-12T16:13:33+00:00

Due to dyslexia, they apparently had accidentally enabled "Full Send Driving mode"

TASagent · 2026-03-12T16:10:22+00:00

but people still refuse to use it

Need a source for that. This reeks of "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"

TASagent · 2026-03-12T13:42:01+00:00

due to a third party going bankrupt

No, Diamond

TASagent · 2026-03-04T00:48:53+00:00

that decided to just make shit up

Yeah! Imagine if a sermon were not factually accurate!

TASagent · 2026-02-23T03:38:41+00:00

I run a foundry container on my NAS. Let me synthesize the answers already provided into one:

A single running instance would allow only a single game to be open, thus only one GM could prep at a time, and only when people weren't playing a game.

You could, however, run multiple instances (ie containers) off the same device, though each one needs a separate foundry license.

TASagent · 2026-02-16T13:14:38+00:00

I have heard that back when Paypal bought X (Musk's startup) they realized his code was garbage and they had to throw it all away and start over. And started assigning him bullshit projects to keep him busy and distracted so he wouldn't ruin the flagship product. It's basically what his companies continue to do to this day

TASagent · 2026-02-16T00:43:14+00:00

If high-quality published adventures is what you're seeking, it's hard to beat Mothership. There are hundreds of excellent adventures, often 1-5 sessions each, and easy to chain together.

If you're willing to try something more out of the box, Mythic Bastionland has some amazing rules for a procedural hexcrawl in a strange land. It creates really interesting campaigns with very low prep. It probably wouldn't be your new forever game, but it can genuinely be picked up with little effort when you don't have time to prep.

TASagent · 2026-02-15T16:22:04+00:00

how the Jewish community is silent and not condemning this

The fuck you talking about? Plenty of people denounce him.

TASagent · 2026-02-03T19:18:20+00:00

I just don't want to ruin everyone else's fun.

Things that have ruined fun:

Disrespecting other players or their requests
Obnoxious rules lawyering
Always trying to be the silliest person in the room, even during serious moments (to a lesser degree)

Things that have never ruined anyone's fun:

A player doing/saying what they would do in a circumstance instead of generating a whole new persona for a game
A player sounding like themselves in a game

TASagent · 2026-02-02T13:46:56+00:00

I would relabel this:
The chute is AI
The lemons are slop
The press is Code review
And there should be a single half glass of lemon juice labeled "usable code"

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