If nothing else, AI-driven spam can be good for laughs. I'm currently getting spammed at my business email by what appears to be an LLM chatbot that was randomly given the email handle "Larry King" and concluded that it should be RPing as the actual Larry King, the American TV host who died in 2021.
![An excerpt from a d666 table titled "Random Quirks (continued)", displaying entries 441 through 466:
441. You unconsciously imitate the physical and verbal mannerisms of whomever you are speaking to.
442. Some part of your name can only be produced by your unique physiology; others must approximate it as best they can.
443. You recall memories not your own, inherited from something (or someone) whose flesh flavoured the broth that birthed you.
444. You have a habit of rating things on a numeric scale; it is unclear what – if anything – they are being rated against.
445. You possess an unerring empathic sense for a very specific emotion, such as exultation, nostalgia, or existential dread.
446. You were raised in an unusual community – by animals, fairies, or perhaps even humans – rather than among the Folk.
451. You experience a strong urge operate buttons, levers, and switches, especially if you have no idea what they do.
452. You seek a particular mystical treasure, and often interpret innocuous details as signs of its potential whereabouts.
453. You boast an impossibly complicated romantic history, occasionally involving otherwise newly-encountered NPCs.
454. You are seemingly unaware of some conspicuous feature of your appearance, and become confused if others point it out.
455. Your personal aroma is distractingly appetising to creatures of a carnivorous persuasion.
456. Your fighting style is extravagant, much given to showy stances, loud exclamations, and spinning in circles.
461. You swear elaborate oaths of vengeance when slighted, only to forget your vow when the heat of the moment has passed.
462. You feel an affinity for bridges, crossroads, gates, and other transitional spaces; posing riddles to passers-by is optional.
463. You can receive FM radio; if you hail from a milieu that lacks this technology, this will likely come as a surprise to you.
464. You require a specialised assistive device to make full use of one of your Forms.
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![Any of these three may be unsupervised (that is without a referee; the players themselves administer the rules and manipulate the situation). Recommended instead is the refereed game, where a separate player runs the situation and administers the rules.
The Solitaire Game: One player undertakes some journey or adventure alone. He or she handles the effects of the rules as the situation progresses. Solitaire is ideal for players who are isolated by situation or geography.
In addition, there are many aspects ideally suited to solitaire consideration. A single player can spend the time generating characters, designing starships, generating worlds and subsectors, planning situations, and mapping out ideas to use in later group adventures.
The Scenario: Several players embark on a journey or adventure together. The scenario resembles a science-fiction novel, in that some basic goal or purpose is stated, and the adventure occurs as the group strives to achieve the goal. Usually, the scenario is a one-time affair and ends when the evening is over or the goal is reached. An example of a simple scenario might proceed like this: players generate characters (Book 1) and then look for a patron (Book 3). When they find one, he suggests an expedition to a world orbiting Sirius, a world reputed to be the source of "diamonds as big as your fist."
In most cases, the scenario is intended to be a one-time affair, with the characters and situation to be discarded at the adventure's end. Strangely enough, players generally become attached to their characters and usually want to continue their lives in further adventures. To this purpose, the campaign is designed.
The Campaign: Several players manipulate their characters in a series of continuing, linked adventures in a consistent universe. The referee is responsible for generating the basic facts of the universe before play begins. As the campaign unfolds, the players may range far and wide through the universe [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2eo6pqby4dzwy4lz2f44p53x/bafkreie4kdidkpq5krvjfoycmmtk6tkdkixkzoxcnqm7gwmhona7uqugvm)
![Share the Load
Eat God's emphasis on random outcomes may leave you stuck on how to interpret a given outcome. This is especially likely to be the case when a player's test would introduce new information and you have nothing specific in mind. When this happens, throw the question back to the group for a quick brainstorm; as GM, inviting players to assume the narrator's role is your prerogative.
Build a World of Hostile Architecture
God-eaters are both social and metaphysical misfits. The world is not built for them, nor they for the world; often, they will find challenges where others would not think to look. Eat God models physical locations using the same rules and qualities as NPCs for several reasons, and allowing the inanimate to play the role of antagonist is one of them.
Be A Little Bit Mean
The framework of Eat God is not failure-oriented. Players have the tools to push their odds of success well above ninety percent on nearly any roll they please – provided they are indifferent to the prospect of accruing Calamity Points. One of your jobs as GM is to give players a reason to keep an eye on the Calamity Clock, and complications are your blunt instrument to that end.
[begin sidebar] Familiarity with other games may lead you to expect an encouragement to ignore the rules as you see fit. You will not find it here; while Eat God is not complex, it has enough moving parts that incautious changes will often make more work rather than less. As such, you are encouraged to try it as written; if, having done so, you see fit to tinker, this text has no power to restrain you, so you need not seek its permission. [end sidebar]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2eo6pqby4dzwy4lz2f44p53x/bafkreihq34t5pqd74aiudef36cshwh6jxj7cmx3m7zoj4l36r5pg22c7da)