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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Give them Noita programmable spells and wait for them to TPK

[–] lemming 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

That's peak cargo cult ~~programming~~ spellcasting right there.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think vibe casting would be when you summon an imp for a few minutes with instructions to work on the big spell, summon another imp and tell it to do the same.

Likely to produce a much more literal development hell.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

“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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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