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by Dr. B
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:29 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: No PvP Zones
Replies: 25
Views: 1212

Re: No PvP Zones

I've read enough of your posts to know that if you actually brought real ideas to the table, they would probably be good ones. But if all you have is "everything is fine, stop your salty tears" then this has to be one of the rare occasions where I disagree with you. The game has shifted for the wor...
by Dr. B
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: No PvP Zones
Replies: 25
Views: 1212

Re: No PvP Zones

I would like to propose a very fun possible solution: put a script in these areas where any PvP action gets you punted to some random waypoint in the Lower or Shadow Planes of Arelith. Make sure there are lots of those waypoints!! You can place them in the silliest locations. Boom. The No PvP is sti...
by Dr. B
Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Surface Evil Needs Another Home
Replies: 150
Views: 8301

Re: Surface Evil Needs Another Home

Hazard wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:31 pm

you'd atleast have groups of players constantly going there to attack it themselves. It'd need to have some beefy defenses, or something.

I may be out of the loop, but you need DM authorization to attack a settlement, no?

by Dr. B
Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:24 pm
Forum: Builds & Mechanics
Topic: Shadow Dancer Build
Replies: 8
Views: 2571

Re: Shadow Dancer Build

Three class characters, to me, are characters with a singular focus in PvP. I'll send you a detailed build that meets your conditions if you delete this sentence from your post. Reason: I don't think it's true and I think it promotes unfair preconceptions about players who triple class, regardless ...
by Dr. B
Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:12 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: ChatGPT & Roleplay
Replies: 122
Views: 110647

Re: ChatGPT & Roleplay

I remember someone on the discord months ago losing their actual mind at the concept of an NPC being chatGPT integrated or written in part by chatGPT or anything. Like "I would stop ever writing for Arelith again if there was ever a single AI thing used" level of thing. This sentiment is actually o...
by Dr. B
Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:55 am
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: ChatGPT & Roleplay
Replies: 122
Views: 110647

Re: ChatGPT & Roleplay

ChatGPT generated NPC dialogue would be so dull.

by Dr. B
Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Your thoughts on divination
Replies: 51
Views: 13269

Re: Your thoughts on divination

I think it would be awesome if there were a divination spell that gave you information on a character's previous whereabouts, e.g., the last 10 areas they were in or something, or perhaps all the areas they were in within a certain span of time. That could totally be implemented. Would make for some...
by Dr. B
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:47 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

I see a lot of people hung up about my comment getting annoyed with “I mean” as a start of every sentence. I’m not saying that I care if it comes up once in a while. . . . Please don’t take everything so literally or personally. I even got annoyed every time someone started their sentence with "I m...
by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:27 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

I've "bonked" people with objects on my characters using the emote bonk since the time that meme appeared and I had never heard of it until now. Assumptions about other people's minds (on Arelith and in Real Life) are often inaccurate and can have negative consequences. You know what they say about ...
by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

Ah. No, I'm not familiar with that. I've used the term "bonk" in my roleplay a few times since at least 2014 but don't know about that meme. It's possible other people using it aren't aware of it either.

by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:03 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

But when I walk into Cordor and see someone emoting bonking each other on the head with their staves it's pretty clear what the intent and context is. It's inherently immersion breaking. They're not taking their writing seriously or showing respect for the other people that come near to roleplay an...
by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:48 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

I don't think "Let people have fun" is a suitable argument here. This is about meme posting, something that when done amongst others not in on the joke detracts from the server. Equally, growing up with a specific lexicon is no excuse. I started on this server when I was 16-18 (I now don't remember...
by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:14 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

Ah, I gotcha!

<3

by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

I understand--I wasn't replying specifically to your point.

by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:05 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: meme posting
Replies: 75
Views: 26163

Re: meme posting

I think there's a balance to be struck here. While the Forgotten Realms are a setting, they're a setting defined by the medium it was created for: a game for people who speak modern languages to drop some of their inhibitions and engage in fun, often silly improv. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among T...
by Dr. B
Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: Questions & Answers
Topic: Scrying in the Fugue
Replies: 19
Views: 8049

Re: Scrying in the Fugue

I just want to point out that there's a distinction between remembering that your character went to the Fugue and getting a glimpse into the Fugue by scrying someone there. That alone doesn't automatically mean it should be possible to see into the Fugue, but it doesn't contradict the rules regardin...
by Dr. B
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: ELEMENTAL AVATAR PGCC FEEDBACK
Replies: 96
Views: 22696

Re: ELEMENTAL AVATAR PGCC FEEDBACK

Upon taking the feat and slotting it, you acquire a new 'stance' akin to dwarven defender. Upon activating it you are 'wreathed in elements' gain a plethora of bonus stats whose values vary and depend on your active elemental stream, and all of the caster's summons are dismissed (and continue to be...
by Dr. B
Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:41 am
Forum: Polls
Topic: Area Size Design
Replies: 19
Views: 11456

Re: Area Size Design

I voted for more massive areas, but as Marsi said, I'd want to see them off the main roads. Massive wilderness areas that you can get utterly lost in are cool. I am aware of a line of argument that smaller areas that force people to bump into each other are good for RP. But those areas will already ...
by Dr. B
Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:25 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: Vigilante Alignment
Replies: 9
Views: 2604

Re: Vigilante Alignment

Yes. I think it's important to remember two things here: (1) Bad people can think they are good. (2) People might not recognize their own motives [/i]. These facts can make for very layered characters. So yes, it should be opened up to evil, and it should also be opened up to lawful, with one except...
by Dr. B
Thu Nov 16, 2023 3:23 am
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Your thoughts on divination
Replies: 51
Views: 13269

Re: Your thoughts on divination

I've always found it strange that there's a spell school called divination, meanwhile there's an entire aspect of magic also called divination or 'divine magic'. So there can be arcane magic of divination, there can be divine magic of not-divination school. Perhaps I'm stating the obvious but to me...
by Dr. B
Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: Do You Ever Wonder Why We're Here?
Replies: 29
Views: 8082

Re: Do You Ever Wonder Why We're Here?

Because it's fun. Also, because I'm trying to work through unresolved infant traumas concerning a libinal fixation on my mother. Clearly.

by Dr. B
Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: dis penthouse - inheritance system
Replies: 6
Views: 1239

Re: dis penthouse - inheritance system

A nice middle ground might be to tie the guildhouse to a faction and then simply put a time limit on it, like 1 or 2 RL years or something. Further measures could probably be implemented to prevent people from using sockpuppet factions to abuse this system.

by Dr. B
Sat Oct 14, 2023 2:20 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: ChatGPT & Roleplay
Replies: 122
Views: 110647

Re: ChatGPT & Roleplay

I just went back and re-read this thread and have a thought:

If English isn't your first language, write the text in your native language and then use a translator app. You don't need ChatGPT to solve that problem.

by Dr. B
Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: The Slanty Shanty
Topic: What Class Would Your Character Play?
Replies: 34
Views: 24918

Re: What Class Would Your Character Play?

irate human gamer who rants on the forums about balance issues.

by Dr. B
Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Kodiak Bears in the Skull Crags
Replies: 16
Views: 1280

Re: Kodiak Bears in the Skull Crags

While this is a more obvious example, I would put forth that there are a lot of locatives that are used commonly in Arelith descriptions that no one really pays attention to. JUST looking at foods and thinking off the top of my head: port (for Portugal) Where are we going to draw the line in genera...