LotR is running Pathfinder 2e under the hood, by the sounds of it, using Proficiency Without Level.
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#DnD advice: No magic can defy the Open Game License!Bad DND Advice It’s a Viewer! It resembles, but is legally distinct from, a Beholder.
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Economists are now arguing that an AI bubble is *less* likely precisely because everyone won’t shut up about the possibility of an AI bubble.You’d think that, one of these days, economists would understand that they’re a descriptive social science, and not a predictive hard science.
Some day, maybe.
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"Level Is More Than Just a Number." (Art by Sebastian Leverette)empathicvagrant@lemmy.world Backstory is probably the wrong concept for a low-level character. They, instead, have a background. Backstories are prequel fodder, while backgrounds are used to figure out character motivation, and how a character reacts to future events.
Generally speaking, you don’t want to fill in blanks you don’t need filled i, because it’s creatively limiting your future self. If the events that got you to Session 1 are too interesting, you’ve probably written too much.
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"Level Is More Than Just a Number." (Art by Sebastian Leverette)ensignwashout@startrek.website I don’t know, zero-to-hero is one of the best story tropes out there. Totally nullifying it seems kind of wild to me. But you have to know who you’re playing, and if you’re playing a highly skilled veteran with a rich history of great deeds, you need to understand that that is not a Level 1 character.
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"Level Is More Than Just a Number." (Art by Sebastian Leverette)I’ve become increasingly convinced that people don’t want to play low level characters. Level 1 characters are neophyte adventurers. Their backstory shouldn’t include significant a mounts of adventure, combat, or heroics, because it introduces a significant amount of ludo-narrative dissonance into the campaign.
Unless there’s a reason they’ve been de-leveled.
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Someone said, “This guy uses AI even for highly personal things like trips to a hockey game…”I don’t think people really understand how angry and mean they get when they encounter someone who doesn’t engage in the social rituals, signals, and norms that they take for granted, even online. I know I have many, many scars from having to confront the reactions people have had to me over the decades, even when I thought I was saying something friendly or kind.
If you don’t communicate on their terms, they treat you like you’re less than human.