OpenAI’s ChatGPT designed this 5e D&D rogue archetype in 15 seconds.

It got the subclass levels correct (3, 9, 13, 17). It appropriately tied memories to psychic damage & wisdom saves. I asked it to make the 17th level stronger and it knew “memento mori” had to do with death. We are writing rules for th...Memory Shield: At 13th leve...give me an alternative 17th...
I’m talking with @alyssavisscher and she asked for a spell with the same theme and y’all we are freaking out. The formatting is great. The editorial style is great. The clarification that the target is unaware makes sense (a little less when it adds damage at a higher level tho) next, design a 2nd-level sp...great! How about a 5th leve...A continuation of the previ...
I’m at #PAXUnplugged today and ahh there’s too much to write about this week! Dragonlance; AI text in 5e design; the new One D&D update from both a mechanical and a cultural perspective.

I’m gonna have a busy week so stay tuned for more.
Suffice to say this is almost certainly going to be a newsletter topic. Sign up here: robertgreeve.substack.com
This would be expensive. DriveThruRPG is all PDFs locked behind individual purchases. It used Common Crawl so it could have scraped 5e.tools. can’t find info now on the book datasets it used, whether they were PDFs, and how hard it is to extract PDF text at scale

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Dec 6
I had a wonderful #PAXUnplugged this year—I feel like Twitter-Rob is serious and unapproachable but convention-Rob lets down his hair (literally).

Here's just some of the great people who I crossed paths with this year. Follow 'em, they inspire me. 🧵
I finally got to hug @Persephiroth, who introduced me to the crew of the Shikar actual play after their panel. I wish I had more time to talk to Jasmine about Green Knight and to @LordBalvin about samurai movies
And @GabeJamesGames really is one of the kindest, most supportive spirits in all of tabletop. I was shy about our split-second meeting last year but I love what he's doing with the Session Zero System, so it was nice to have a few more minutes to talk this year.
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Nov 3
I went looking for a logical or ideological consistency to Elon’s decisions about Twitter.

I remembered his chats on Joe Rogan's podcast, just dudes being guys, and that's when it clicked:

the Gen X entrepreneur. 🧵
In a PBS interview during the Bush presidency, Elon said he distrusts politicians generally but loves Reagan.

“Bush is like Reagan without the brains...Reagan actually had strong intellectual underpinnings for his decisive actions.” pbs.org/thinktank/tran…
Reagan said: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the Government and I'm here to help.’”

Elon isn't the only Gen X entrepreneur who nods along with that. wired.com/story/reagan-e…
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Sep 20
Let’s talk about this AI-generated cover. And the value of labor

This person's taking a “no press is bad press” approach to marketing—leaning into “controversy” for likes. But they didn't take any time to understand the controversy around AI art.

Thread 🧵 @kawaii_tornado tweets a cover for a homebrew supplement thaA screenshot of replies from @kawaii_tornado where she says
Before we start: do NOT go harass this person. They came out swinging with an opinion, and I emphatically disagree with it.

But some of her quote tweets say things like “kill yourself” and what the hell? Don't be that way. It's not going to make anyone rethink their position.
In Kawaii's thread, she compares AI image generators to how the Industrial Revolution changed weaving, demolishing handicraft trade.

But while she talks about industry vs. artisans, she neglects a third category, which she falls in:

She is a hobbyist.
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Aug 18
HUGE D&D ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY

· New iteration in 2024 will be called ONE D&D and you can playtest it now
· Dungeon Master’s Guide revamp aimed at new DMs
· physical/digital bundles
· 3D virtual tabletop, customizable minis
· five additional 2023 book titles announced

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NEW 2023 D&D BOOKS

· Keys from the Golden Vault—an anthology of heist adventures
· Glory of the Giants—it is what it is
· Phandelver—expands the Lost Mines starter adventure into a full campaign
· Book of Many Things—new options for DMs
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Dragonlance: War of the Dragon Queen. Dragonriders akin to WWII bombers.

Alt cover art is Lord Soth! Looks 3.5e-like

We’ve seen the Unearthed Arcana playtest of the Kender ancestry, the Knights of Solamnia and Mages of the High Sorcery backgrounds, and new feats. A cover mockup with no text. The back cover is a bramble of
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Two leading figures in the tabletop industry wanted tattoos from an artist who did work for Post Malone.

They berated him over a disagreement about the contract: “Be happy I am not punishing you for your lack of experience”
In another instance, Jamison Stone put a writer he hired for his $300,000 tabletop RPG Kickstarter on a blacklist, simply because she asked for clarification on a late invoice.
Pat was a writer for the Red Opera: Last Days of the Warlock, a 5e supplement that Jamison Stone produced through his company @ApotheosisStu.
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Today is D&D Direct, an event where @wizards_dnd tells us about upcoming books, video games like Baldur’s Gate 3, and even a movie.

I could wait to comment on their reveals, but let’s put some skin in the game.

5 predictions for the next 5 years of D&D. Thread. 🧵
PREDICTION #1: a 3D virtual tabletop

This one's obvious. According to job postings, Digital Dungeons & Dragons is “the future of Dungeons & Dragons’ digital play experience.”

These postings are full of signs we can read like a haruspex to catch visions of a possible future. A list of careers at Digital Dungeons & Dragons. All are ful
The lead gameplay designer is expected to have
· Experience on a AAA video game
· Experience with Unreal or Unity, two 3D engines
· Ability to program or edit scripts

Senior environment artist: Maya, ZBrush, Substance, and Unreal 4 or Unity. All 3D modeling tools.
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