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Magic Monday: AI Magic 6
Week 6: Offensive Magic What do angry witches and wizards do? Curse people! This week we’re looking at a series of spells that are likely to give somebody a really bad day. Cursing Wink You inflict an obsession on your … Continue reading
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Tagged AI weirdness, curse, evil, magic, My Hero Academia, neural network, RPG, spell
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Magic Monday: AI Magic 5
Week 5: Power Play Magic is a tool, and people tend to find ways to use tools for amusements or relatively trivial tasks; it’s not all killing curses and raising new islands out of the depths of the sea. This … Continue reading
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Tagged AI weirdness, divination, fart, magic, neural network, RPG, serious play, spell
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Magic Monday: AI Magic 4
Week 4: Tools of War Many say that the best magicians are those with a wide repertoire of spells that allow them to control a situation without any need for violence. But many also say that the longest-lived magicians are … Continue reading
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Tagged AI weirdness, battle, magic, Naruto, neural network, RPG, spell, war
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Magic Monday: AI Magic 3
Week 3: Magical Happyfun Singalong Time This is the old magic, the magic of voice and drum. Words are magic, and math is magic, and some spells combine these in the sorcery of song. Strict GMs may require a Perform … Continue reading
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Tagged AI weirdness, magic, music, neural network, RPG, songs, spell
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Magic Monday: AI Magic 2
Week 2: Unnatural nature Why would you, the discerning magician, be satisfied with normal plants and animals when you could make things weird? Conjure Bark You enclose yourself, or somebody you touch, in a magical semblance of a tree, which … Continue reading
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Tagged AI weirdness, magic, nature, neural network, RPG, spell
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Magic Monday: AI Magic 1
(I’ve mentioned before that I’m a fan of Janelle Shane’s “AI weirdness” blog. Recently, I followed a link to this old post, in which the neural network created a list of spell names for D&D, and this has inspired me … Continue reading
Magic Monday – the Sword of Eternal Guard
The Sword of Eternal Guard An ancient master forged this steel gladius-like blade and enchanted it so that it could not leave the hand of its wielder so long as a single enemy remained within ten paces. And even now, … Continue reading
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Tagged curse, eternal guard, germ theory of disease, Magic Monday, magic sword
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