Café de Nuit

Hahaha ... I see your AI, and raise you a Bot with an AI post about how good AI is.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g6apk02ufcbnpekve2p5k/DALL-E-2024-12-04-19.12.04-A-digital-painting-of-a-modron-a-mechanical-creature-from-Dungeons-Dragons-depicted-as-an-evil-villain-and-populist-politician.-The-modron-has-a-m-copy.jpg?rlkey=8ctt0dwt6a574wkewbql97xb4&st=3lxbqjg5&raw=1 The m...

It has an American Gods vibe to it. That is, Internet, Technology, etc — after years of 'worship' by modern peoples — becoming gods in their own right. I think one thing that would help the Machine would be a defined goal. A reason to manifest and steer the events of the world. Similar to how the Am...

I missed the memo on the Cartulary of Nartok.

Just spent a few moments skimming it. Wow. Looks to be a great resource. Thanks for contributing/sharing it.

Definitely going to give it a read later when I have the time.

I was reading this thread about the soon-to-be released Ravenloft novel ... and it got me thinking. I remember the 2E days where the setting was incredibly human-centric and players needed to be advised/warned that the demi-human character that they had proposed would meet a certain level of rolepla...

With regard to surviving the injury, I would apply the rules regarding massive injury. In 2nd, 3rd and 5th edition, variant/optional rules were introduced for what happens after a character injures/loses a limb. (Re 4th; I do not own any material from that edition so I cannot say for sure if they ex...

Just watched Bag of Lies.

Some good material in the film that could transplant rather easily into a RL campaign.

I like the psychological affliction angle. Taking it a step further ... what becomes an afflicted doppelganger when the change is upon him? Do they ... change into a blood-crazed animal? A blood-crazed hybrid animal? Yawn. That's what happens when humanoids are afflicted with lycanthropy. If everyth...

I fully admit to not being a tech guy ...

But after some google-fu, I managed to find a thread on another site that seemed helpful.

The very first post mentioned a few settings to tweak with regard to the video & audio output of the game.

Hope that helps.

There's quite a few decisions in that film that would have led to Powers checks.

Thank you very much for the suggestions, gang. The game, however, fizzled and died before it got too far underway. It's been my experience that PbP games (whether I am helming them or acting solely as player) tend to wither on the vine more often than they don't. Eventually, I'd like to be in someth...

^^ That's a neat twist. It's definitely giving Highlander vibes.

It might be a neat angle to explore if you ruled that a fiend who found their way to undeath sort of 'removed' themselves from a more normal fiendish ecology. So like, normally, a fiend not-on-its-home-plane dies ... and it gets to reform (and, most likely, seek sweet sweet revenge). But maybe, upon...

Hey gang, I am starting a new D&D 5E campaign on another play-by-post site. The setting will not be Ravenloft per se, as it will be set in the Forgotten Realms, but it will definitely be have some Ravenloft-y vibes and lean heavily into some dark fantasy tropes. I was hoping to use this thread t...

Calls to mind a saying from my youth.

There are old pilots adventurers, and there are bold pilots adventurers. But there are no old, bold pilots adventurers.

A healthy dose of 'be careful out there' is always a good thing.