Wizardry

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thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz · 41 pts · 1y (7 replies)

This makes me want to implement a programming language as an alternate tabletop magic system. Maybe give my players runes to experiment with and let them figure out it's a programming language.

chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y

"Ahhh shit, they opened the XOR gate! Quick, someone check the blood sacrifice box and find out if the cat is dead or alive!"

Goretantath@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Already have a Minecraft mod like that based off an anime with that premise. You program magic spells into a gun.

qaz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Link for those that are interested: https://modrinth.com/mod/psi

PolarKraken@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y

Someone was posting a week or two ago having done something kinda like that. Something to do with magic circles or similar, looked rad.

match@pawb.social · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Give them Noita programmable spells and wait for them to TPK

seralth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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lemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

I think Ra has a magic casting system that is a programming language.

Redkey@programming.dev · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"... [it] isn't actually necessary... the whole spell falls apart without it for some reason."

That's peak cargo cult programming spellcasting right there.

SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y

I had some commented out test methods. I deleted them. The program failed to compile. I put the test methods back, still commented out. Worked fine.

I don't question the machine spirits.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Vibe Casting

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 17 pts · 1y

Not precarious enough. Vibe casting would be like summoning an imp for a few minutes with instructions to work on the big spell, summon another imp and tell it to do the same.

dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

“Hi spellGPT make me a teleportation spell to DragonLanding. Provide accurate incantation and ensure that the destination is safe and free from any magical barriers or hostile creatures before I arrive.”

creates a portal to hell

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 1y

SpellGPT is an archdemon, and it's pronounced as written, not as an acronym.

Presumably it has money, sex and power as bait instead of on-demand musical fanfics and light conversation, because fiction isn't that dumb.

TheBat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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Redkey@programming.dev · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

A potential ley line blockage that's cleared by a ritual performed every winter solstice by a hobbyist spellcaster who lives on a farm in the middle of nowhere?

seralth@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y

Reminds me of the Spell-checker machine in the X-Men Inferno story.