It’s kinda funny, I was just talking to someone who was thinking of doing a Chronicles of Darkness game using just the CoD core rules and directly related sourcebooks. The focus would be on mortals, and psychics, and any other supernatural things they’d allow would use Dread Powers or something.
I thought it was a neat idea. Gives people a recognizable system but still gives it a fresh coat of paint.
I play every day. It’s all thanks to Ares. If it wasn’t for the web portal and async scenes, I’d likely have been forced to leave the hobby.
Nowadays, for games I create, I use web-based only. I shy more and more away from the traditional MU shell and more toward web-based for all my RP needs.
Absolutely! I love having my characters struggle and overcome. Social, physical, romantic, whatever. I love drama. IC drama that is. I avoid OOC drama.
Yeah, I can’t say I was psyched ot see it was 5E but it’s not a deal breaker either. It’s weird because we live in a great time for IP-based RPGs(Transformers, GI Joe, Power Rangers, and now Thundercats), but I’m not a huge fan of any of the systems behind them. The exception being Star Trek. I do like the 2D20 system.
@Ashkuri They’ve asked me to help them make images of their characters in Midjourney and I did. Helping them refine their prompt or whatever.
@Ashkuri The general answer is, sometimes. For images, I might if I can’t find an existing image for what I need. If it’s a fictional location or something like that. I’ve helped other people use it for characters and what not as well.
For RP/text, not really. I don’t generate text with it but I might us it to organize my own text. Not for RP but for things that should be clear and concise I might run it through ChatGPT to get advice on how to restructure it.
AI detectors make me twitch because they don’t actually detect AI. They can’t. What they really do is look for patterns in the writing, like how smooth and predictable it is. Clean sentence structure and sensible word choices. Things like that. Ironically, the better your writing is, the more likely a detector is to call it AI.
My honest suggestion is this: if you think someone is using AI in their poses and you don’t like it, treat it the same way you would any other RP issue. If you don’t enjoy their writing for whatever reason, stop RPing with them. You’re not obligated to RP with anyone.
Sadly, I think bans are sometimes necessary. A few years ag,o I had to ban someone I’ve gamed with and known for around 20 years. We’d run games together, we’d RPed together, we’d known each other for a long time, and I considered them a friend. They crossed more than a few lines, however, and refused to back down or take a break. So, in the end, I had to do what was best, not just for the game but also for my sanity.
@MisterBoring I’m actually working on that now. LOL Some fits to work through but it’s getting there.
It seems I code more than I RP anywhere, which makes me sad, BUT my group challenged me to see if I could do the Fallout 2D20 RPG for Ares. I think it came out pretty good. Sharing here because no one else I know would be interested or care. LOL 
@Solstice said in Missed Settings:
…Cosmere…
I’ve actually just received the Stormlight material from the Cosmere RPG Kickstarter! Very excited to dig into it.
@Tez I don’t think that’s a wild take at all. You absolutely could run a game with “isms,” but as you said, it’s not necessary. Either way a game runner goes, the key is setting clear expectations upfront—and having a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.
@Aria I think it’s entirely fair to set those expectations for your game. You don’t need to be slaves to historical accuracy in a fantasy game; that’s not what it’s about. It’s about eldritch horror. I don’t see any problem telling people who can’t wrap their heads around that concept that this game isn’t for them.
I’d like to think most people would be totally fine ignoring the shittier aspects of history to allow for a broader, more diverse cast of characters. Not to mention making players more comfortable by not forcing them to deal with those concepts and actions, even in a fictional context.
Not sure if “Weird West” cowboys hit the same spot, but Deadlands could be pretty cool.
I think about this all the time. If my health ever stabilizes, I’d really love to run a game again. Whenever I ponder settings, I always think “I should do something niche to be unique!” But then I wonder, “If this setting would actually draw players, why isn’t there a game for it already, or why hasn’t there been one?”
The settings I’d love to play or run, and that I’m genuinely shocked don’t have more games (or any at all), include:
Historical World of Darkness, specifically Victorian Age Vampire.
Gothic horror fantasy, along the lines of Ravenloft.
Dragonlance.
Transformers. I remember back in the day there were loads of them. Now there’s maybe one, and none are on Ares, which is really the only way I can play nowadays.
Buffy. The setting is so great that I’m shocked there weren’t more of these games, and there aren’t any around today.
Star Trek. Though after putting some serious thought into running a Star Trek game, I think I can see why there aren’t more of them.
Historical Fantasy: either Pirates era or ancient Greece in that God of War style.
These are the types of games that are on my mind most, and I really wish there were more of them around today!