augmenteddm.bsky.social
Searching for flow as an OSR DM, and finding there's more of it with tech assist.
DM = Dungeon Mother to nourish your inner child
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'fuck off' he writes, and blocks.
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A lot of innovation in OSR uses AI, but the older generation (eg Ennies) hate and exclude us. It would be nice to get some coverage! We are not OpenAI, we are just creative gamers.
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Also, I'm gonna check out the 'Stewpot' that's mentioned.
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Thought provoking post about the scaffolding. I can't agree with the 'every table is doing it right' argument because some tables feel constrained and want to change or develop their systems to better support their role play aspirations.
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Really glad you're hammering this home. The main difference in old school was diversity of play styles - not by design but a result of guidebooks being ambiguous, ideas being abundant and groups being relatively isolated from each other.
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The other aspect is using an AI to assist frees up the DM to do more or deeper focus on other areas. A huge part of the win comes from that, rather than from the AI doing anything particularly well. #DnD #ttrpg
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Like @superdan.net i have been pleasantly surprised at times. But configuring the tools is not easy. I'd love to see more thoughtful discussion about that process.
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Asking if an AI can DM is kind of like asking if a pen can write a novel. It can in the right hands with a lot of guidance. But there's no shortage of half arsed attempts.
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I'd love to read more about your experience.
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I can't see it, but I want to!
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Watch 'Cube' the 1997 movie for inspiration on this one..!
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I have been thinking a lot about fun dice mechanics, and ultimately conclude it's too dangerous a path to lay for anyone you like.
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You can love the dice minigames but still be annoyed that they interrupt the main game every time you try to do something uncertain.
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Interesting topic. If you search for "Game Farm photography", you'll find how many (most?) pre-AI 'big cat' photos are actually of captives and of questionable authenticity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZo...
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This is useful! Surprised you don't have any dungeon MLM options though!
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Thanks for enabling Bluesky submission! PM'ed you with mine.
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Gorgeous! So you had the object already 'created' algebraically, and Claude was able to 'translate' that into OpenSCAD?
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100%. The history of #TTRPG s is filled with big threats of legal action, and AFAIK, zero actual court decisions. It might be that every rule system is like a recipe, and minimal IP protections apply. What we know is the owners have talked to lawyers and then... chosen to offer free licenses.
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Nice. I have posted a lot about how AI can augment a DM, and have just recently found Claude can act as a pretty good DM for solo players given the right setup.
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Don't plan and invest too much into the chase when the party might just choose an option that ends it in the first 10 seconds. Don't do what I did.
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Part of the frustration is that there's often no explanation from Reddit leaving users to speculate on the criteria.
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The issue is that (in my experience) it is virtually impossible to set up a new account and get posting permissions to /OSR. That might be only for non-US or users, or some other criteria is being used by the filters, but it excludes many of us.
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Thanks! Turn on Bluesky messages?
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That's a terrible place to host it! Reddit of 2025 is inaccessible to many of us.
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Great thread, deserves a morr permanent location like a blog post.
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Could you share more detail of the prompts?
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Good point but there are exceptions. Druids only come into their own when they can change shape at level 7. Fighters main 'we fight better' experience comes when they get multiple attacks or weapon specialization.
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Take what is in OSRIC. It has resolved pretty much every rough patch of AD&D, and you've picked some of the roughest!!
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Those are some of the bits of AD&D to replace.
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Shall write up a blog post soon. #DnD #TTRPG #OSR #LBB
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Symbolic City's blocks and pulls mechanic give each PC a personality that drives their impulses. As player, I sometimes let them run, sometimes hold them back, and sometime surge them to do something completely different.
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I get it to show me die rolls and cite rules used to verify the integrity of the game.
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Word! 90% of the experience is the people, and there are a lot to choose from in this world. Yet online we talk endlessly about tweaking the rules, not the table.
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What a concept!
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I want to play this game more than the crude imitation that lies about us in the eternal stupor of dulled senses that some might mistake for reality.
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I've modified this a litle so that it uses an AI to augment the Mastermind and it's been amazingly fun using it to venture into Tomb of the Serpent Kings. I'll do a blogpost about it shortly.
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Love this! The Mastermind concept is brilliant.
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Developed until at least 2000, and discussed on a yahoo groups message board until a few years ago. This is a rich source of inspiration for #OSR #TTRPG
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Streets of shame
Both dirty, both mean
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Can I suggest we use the tag #CaltechWarlock to distinguish it from all the other Warlock meanings?
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I'm keen to play Warlock. Especially keen to try the thief class as it seems anchored in the original thief design rather than the TSR %skill version.