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Me and the DM, the eldest members of our TTRPG group playing Lancer absolutely roasted the youngest member in the firmest way possible for passing us a written document on his character, which I immediately thought looked like LLM slop, when he wanted us to read his dossier after our session last week.

In good faith, I read it, asked whether he wrote it, and he answered he used ChatGPT.

I immediately responded: "If you can't be bothered to write it, I can't be bothered to read it."

That also explains why his character interaction was a little disjointed, and callous. By being excused from thinking deeply about the character he was embodying in our session, he kept making some of the most inflammatory choices possible until the characters of the rest of our players and the DM tried to nudge him towards not being so destructive or greedy.

If this were a video game, it would be the equivalent of not reading the storyline, and just jumping straight into combat every single time, then conversing with others who read the story and had the myriad emotional investments and wondering why we are all feeling things.

Now, you can do this in real life, via LLM-assisted TTRPG character generation. I think he is missing the point of why in the age of computer games with the convenience of all the rules and tool-tips, people still want to gather together and be humans about the stories we want to tell.
#Gaming #LLM #TTRPG #Lancer

Fellow Lancer enthusiast found!
Now to schedule a chance to meet up and try mech battle chaos!
Anyone recommend some nice little sample mission? Super easy, simple simple, chance to learn system, but still with a tiny narrative veneer to keep it interesting.

The Lancer module "Solstice Rain" is an ass-kicking and a half

but it's also quite a lot of fun, the players really have to work for their victories, ha...

I definitely recommend the point crawl remix by Valkyrion: trainlightning.com/solstice-ra

Train Lightning · Solstice Rain Remix - Train LightningIntroduction post for the Train Lightning Remix of Operation Solstice Rain, an official Lancer RPG adventure by Kai Tave.

This week's #GT7 Challenges gave me a change run a few retro classics.
The #Lancer is underpowered, but very light, so I added Nitrous for the straights at Monza.
The #Sierra is just about quick enough at Bathurst, and great over the Mountain section.
The #M3 has an engine swap (from the #Suzuki VGT)
And the #Abarth has been bored out to 624cc, hence the plate!

#Mistubishi #LanEvo
#Ford #Cosworth #Cossie
#VW #Golf #GTI #volkswagen #bmw #m3 #fiat #fiat500 #granturismo #GranTurismo7

The sports fan obsession with play by play stats never clicked for xe until xe GMed a crunchy Lancer session with a full month between halves of a battle. And then only thinking and feeling back on the session!

Why don't more RPGs present character sheets more like score boards or change logs? Would make for great artifacts and encourage cycling through sheets for character change on top of growth! More diagonal and cyclical instead of linear.