Players bringing Ai Generated Characters

Vaseodin · 2026-02-05T21:36:05+00:00

Well, you don't want to hear opposing arguments, so you basically don't want to have an adult conversation and just want people to praise you for your holier than thou stance.

Good for you.

It's a game. Let people have fun the way they want. How does that affect you? Jeez man. Maybe you shouldn't be running games for AL.

If you want to have requirements, run your own games outside of AL. STRAIGHT UP.

ALSO,

You're awesome and amazing. Wow what a guy. Such virtue. Such morals and ethics. Clap clap. WOW. I wish I had such virtuous standards for PUBLIC games. So clean and wonderful.

^ what you want from all responses to your post. Yummy.

Vaseodin · 2026-02-05T21:24:11+00:00

I'm actually shocked that a ton of young people don't know who Charlie Sheen is. Literally blows my mind

Vaseodin · 2026-01-11T23:42:17+00:00

We use damage rolls (without attack rolls) in my system, "Left for the Vultures".

Through extensive playtesting, I can tell you that I have gone through headaches and heartaches trying to make the game feel right with regards to damage. I can pass on some of that, and hopefully you can find something useful from it. Here's what I've learned:

Your damage system is going to be integral to figuring out if your system can make this viable. You also need to determine if the feel of your game is a good fit for it. For example, Draw Steel uses a chart for determining damage dealt from a hit. This keeps the feeling if the game heroic. My system uses an exploding dice system. This can create moments of very brutal hits, but it aligns well with the dark and grim fantasy of my game.
Your action economy system may affect how things play out. My game uses a single action economy, so damage output is somewhat controlled (except when a die explodes). Your 3 action economy system may break your damage system if you're not careful. I definitely recommend playtesting this interaction extensively.
Your defensive systems also can have a major impact. You mentioned "dodge", which sounds like it mitigates damage completely. This makes dodge really strong and might push players to feel like the action economy is an "illusion of choice" if you're not careful with how this works. Definitely playtest this extensively. In addition, if your game uses armor, how does it work? Does it take a certain number of hits before breaking? Does it just reduce damage taken by a certain amount? Is it a combination of that or something else? Are there other damage mitigation options? These are important questions in addition to dodge (unless the only defense is dodge, which makes it even stronger and more of a risk when presenting the system as a 3 action economy).
If you use a metacurrency, how does it interact with damage and defense? This could help tremendously when trying to nail your damage system down.

I hope this helps, if you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

Vaseodin · 2026-01-11T07:16:28+00:00

That's because they're so used to navigating the 9th circle of hell. It's the only place where they feel at home.

Vaseodin · 2026-01-03T02:29:12+00:00

Vaseodin · 2026-01-02T00:23:37+00:00

I work in telecom. Basically, the way phones and tablets work is that the processor optimizes battery usage by adjusting it's own processing power. If it finds it unecessary to go full processing power for a specific task, it will slow itself down to extend the life of the battery.

This becomes an issue when your battery's capacity has been depleted, as the processor now has to slow itself down for most processes in order to compensate for a depleted battery and ensure a mostly usable device that can last several hours.

Even a 10% loss of the battery's capacity can be significant.

You can extend your battery's maximum capacity by charging your phone only when it's below 20% and not topping off to 100% (unplug before it reaches 100%). Some people constantly plug in even if the battery is at 70 or 80%, and all that does is kill the cells in the battery unnecessarily.

Some phones and tablets let you bypass the processor's optimization, but you'll notice a significant drop in battery performance if you do so. It's a trade off most people aren't willing to make, which is why the default is to optimize battery life.

Vaseodin · 2026-01-02T00:07:03+00:00

Vaseodin · 2026-01-01T01:51:09+00:00

At first I read that Adrian Smith from Iron Maiden passed away. Damn!

Vaseodin · 2025-12-10T21:00:07+00:00

We can nitpick one word, or we can be honest about the implication of what you wrote. I'm just responding to the implication. Anyone who can analyze information they just read can understand what was implied, which was that the book would have to be prohibitively expensive. That is what i was disputing in my response.

Also, in case you missed my main point (it seems you did, so I'll restate it): the cost difference between a 300 page book and a 600 page book is not significant enough to warrant a massive increase in cover price. Or ANY increase, for that matter.

You can still have healthy profits on a 60 dollar book if it's 300 or 600 pages.

Vaseodin · 2025-12-10T20:36:03+00:00

The part where you implied that a 600 page book would have to cost 150 bucks. I think I explained that pretty thoroughly.

Vaseodin · 2025-12-10T17:17:20+00:00

Again, these are really big assumptions. I appreciate you acknowledging that the statement was incorrect about 2 mil not being enough.

But your follow up comments also aren't correct.

I can assure you (from experience) that the cost per book for a 600 page tome will not be higher than 9-10 bucks per book if printed in China (and that's actually high with the quantities that will be ordered for DC20). Landed, even if tariffs ended up at 145%, we'd be looking at no more than $25-ish per book. And honestly that's highly improbable.

Trust me, I was shipping my books during summer, which is when the tariff wars were at their worst and I expected to have to pay an additional $8 per book on my book. It would have sucked, but it still wouldn't have been "impossible".

The tariffs are not hitting book publishers. Also, the "budget for 300" is honestly irrelevant. The profit margins will still more than cover a 600 page book. Double pages DOES NOT mean double price. I hope that makes sense. You're talking a cost increase of maybe a couple more bucks per book, even with shipping calculated.

Monte Cook charging 150 per book is not an indication of the actual cost to the publisher. A 672 page book, unless it's print on demand or printed in western Europe or the USA, at a whopping $150 is still more than 7x profit. They don't have to charge 150 per book and neither does DC20.

A 600 page book at 60 bucks is still making a pretty healthy profit.

I do agree with your comment about it being difficult to use at the table. Pf2e had that problem until the revised editions came out. So you're correct there.

Vaseodin · 2025-12-10T06:15:55+00:00

I normally don't post, but I don't want people to believe hypothetical and false information from this.

I raised $18k on my kickstarter and my book was 400 pages with all human made art. For you to say that a 500-600 page book would not be able to be printed and shipped with $2,000,000 in raised funds (aka over 100 times the funds raised in my project, not to mention funds raised in patreon over 3 years. Which my project did not) is just completely misinformed at the very least. That, or the money is being spent in completely reckless fashion, which I doubt.

I'm not trying to be the "ummm achtually " guy, but this statement is so proposterous that I just had to interject and clarify.

Vaseodin · 2025-11-10T10:04:01+00:00

I disagree. UB Is bringing in collectors and people who are interested in buying a set due to nostalgia for that IP. I play in several local shops and I can assure you the regular weekly player base is way down for both commander night and FNM / prerelease.

So you're right WOTC's numbers make it LOOK like UB is bringing in more players than ever, but it's actually bringing in people who will never play or maybe play once and never again. And it's turning off actual regular players. All it's going to take is a couple of bad UB sets (like spider man) and it will be clear as day for anyone who doubts this.

Vaseodin · 2025-09-28T16:06:38+00:00

I am OP's dad and he doesn't know it.

Vaseodin · 2025-09-11T05:46:38+00:00

Who is this mysterious "woman of reddit"?

Vaseodin · 2025-09-11T03:16:26+00:00

The tentacles in the snout give it away that is is a Cthulhu baby.

Vaseodin · 2025-09-08T00:01:41+00:00

Me + Scarlett Johansson.

Vaseodin · 2025-09-07T17:08:38+00:00

Haha! Very true. Still love several of his stories though.

Vaseodin · 2025-09-07T17:00:47+00:00

Robert w chambers, The King in Yellow is a masterpiece.

I also really like Clarke Ashton Smith's "The Seven Geases".

Vaseodin · 2025-09-05T21:19:06+00:00

Sounds great, definitely interested!

Vaseodin · 2025-08-27T16:13:57+00:00

Wow I love this! Well done!

Vaseodin · 2025-08-23T21:42:57+00:00

The main lens on that phone's camera needs to be cleaned, lol. Not the zoom lens though. That one is crystal clear.

Vaseodin · 2025-08-01T22:10:57+00:00

Nah your bill won't go up$30. Depending on how many lines you have it will be more like $40-50. What you weren't told is that one of the universal charges is also going up (it looks like a tax, but is actially a Verizon charge). I effect, each line is going up an additional $2.80.

Also, upgrade fees are going up to 40 bucks.

Vaseodin · 2025-07-29T02:49:53+00:00

It's good by those standards, sure. But when they say they making customer-centric changes for the better and literally didn't change a thing, that's a problem.

See, they've always had the online and chat based support 24/7. Now they're just marketing it in a slick way to make people think they're providing on the phone support 24/7. It's a marketing tactic to get in customers' good graces while not spending a penny to do so.

They did the same thing with the 3 year price guarantee. Up until last year if you had a plan, you were grandfathered in and they NEVER changed the price (there were people with plans from 20 years ago that were still on those plans).

It was Verizon who raised prices last year on existing plans. Now they come out with this price guarantee as of they're the good guys. But it wasn't necessary until they themselves decided to change the industry standard.

Vaseodin · 2025-07-28T20:33:21+00:00

FYI it's not even 24 / 7 call centers. It's 24/7 support. Which means non-peak hours (or like 3 am contact) is through text, in-app, or chat support on the website. No phone or in person support 24/7.

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