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what about the reverse? not AI as the dm but AI as a player.

For the movement part of this, you may want to check out how shadowdark does movement. It may he easier for the program to understand

I use chat gpt to help develop narrative elements for rpgs. I handle mechanics and use game master assistant for yes or no questions. This makes for a fulfiling adventure that, in my opinion, is a close one can get to an rpg session feel. Using roll tables for loot

I gotta put this here, ive been using chat gpt to help organize my own campaign with lore and all my story arcs, history etc. After a few days of this i asked it to run my campaign and it is honestly really good. As i play it fills in npcs, mini quests and allows me to play through a game for fun as well as allows me to brainstorm ideas for the little things i can keep for when my players want to go in a certain direction ill have something for that situation. Want ideas for a few quests, i adventure for them and tweak them on paper as i play so i can keep similar ideas according to my own campaigns personal flavor. I hate naming NPCs so i took some time meeting villagers and merchants and now i have names for ones the players may meet so i don't have to hum and haw at the table. I think its a great brainstorming tool for dnd and any DM should definitely try this out!!!

There are some trials and try-outs I want to do as I give chatgpt a clear algorithm on what to do and what not do. For exampl: talking about DMing, I was thinking, since the database has clearly has all the basic DND 5E Books information liek a coppy paste pdf in it, why not use the DMing paragraphs that appear within the books itselves like from the Player's Handbook and the DMG and use that as a basis for DMing better, or also tell it not and under no circumstances provide or generate any kind of responce or narration when it has to do with the player character's responds and actions and focus solemly on the narration of the world, the setting, the creatures, NPCs other than the Characters themselves. An other cool think I descovered is that you can make it respond and take information differently for in and out of game responds. (exm: Argonath:"Holly Shit! That was one hell of a dream. It must be because of this place." He stands up and get his things ready to hit the road again. Out of Character(OOC): Tell me what Argonath sees or what he perceives on his saroundings. ... - Chatgpt - As Argonath rises from beneath the ancient tree, the mist that clings to the forest floor begins to shift and swirl, as if stirred by some unseen force. The air is cold and damp, carrying the faint scent of decay mixed with the earthy aroma of wet leaves and soil. The Old Svalich Road stretches out before him, disappearing into the oppressive darkness of the forest in both directions. *Perception Check (Roll a d20 and add your Perception modifier +4).* {OOC: Roll to determine what specific details Argonath notices as he surveys his surroundings. Depending on the result, I’ll describe what he perceives.})... I think it will be beneficial to give chat gpt a big but orderly composed algorythm at the very begining and then do very small changes and editing along the way. But also do some "smart" algorythm with what you tell it to do and how to act or what to generate and give it more specific examples. Also I'm playing Curse of Stradh as my first solo adventure and it seems good enough to me for a firt try.

never played dnd before. just jumped in and let chatgpt 4 guide me. i cant tell if the gpt dm did something that it shouldn't have... i can just tell you... i am HOOKED. it was (and still is) an amazing experience. i just befriended a dragon and we are planning to achieve peace between humans and dragons 😂❤

GPT will read the segments out loud, just right click on the text.

I've tried a lot of this myself and I've come to the conclusion (At least for now) that you should NOT use ChatGPT for rolling or conducting combat. You should do all that on your own, maybe asking chatgpt what a character might do, but I think the AI is better at coming up with basic scenarios, speaking for characters and narrative stuff, while it seems to do some unusual stuff with dice rolls and difficulty.

I played a game with ChaGBT yesterday and it wasn't bad at all. Although, as you said in your video, I had to explain a few things to ChatGBT over and over again and of course correct some things that the AI ​​incorrectly placed in the given fantasy world. For this reason, I looked around a bit on TH-cam today to see what experiences other people had. So thank you very much for your very detailed prompt. I'm still going to have to invest a lot of work because I wann play in my favorite fantasy world with my favorite RPG system (which is definitely NOT D&D!). I'll still try to keep the whole thing in English and tell ChatGBT to output it in my language (I'm German). Usually this works just fine. Thanks again for the prompt!

I found that Chat GPT great for converting anything from 4th ed D&D to any other version. I finally got the stats for the 4th ed Star Spawn for my Pathfinder 1e games. I also love how Chat GPT helps when it comes to obscure ideas for monsters, templates, classes, pantheons, plains of existence and other things. Within the last few days I ended up world building with gods, plains and creatures based on math. Now I can have monsters that are in the shape of 2D and 3D shapes! And another template for elementals and creatures based on the periodic table of elements. Which on example they gave was a Chlorine Wrath, a Xenon Shade, Mercury Naga and a Iodine Lycanthrope. How awesome are those monsters!

I found that Chat GPT great for converting anything from 4th ed D&D to any other version. I finally got the stats for the 4th ed Star Spawn for my Pathfinder 1e games. I also love how Chat GPT helps when it comes to obscure ideas for monsters, templates, classes, pantheons, plains of existence and other things. Within the last few days I ended up world building with gods, plains and creatures based on math. Now I can have monsters that are in the shape of 2D and 3D shapes! And another template for elementals and creatures based on the periodic table of elements. Which on example they gave was a Chlorine Wrath, a Xenon Shade, Mercury Naga and a Iodine Lycanthrope. How awesome are those monsters!

Thank you! Also, could you play Baldur's Gate 3 and stream it? I know this isn’t a gaming channel, but it could attract more people, plus you have great D&D knowledge.

let me just snag those prompts thank yewww

As a newbie to chatgpt and DND...How do I make chat GPT play DND with me? Like what keyword?

Michael, how can we drop you a DM?

I've had fanfiction writers blow up on me and get extremely volatile when I mentioned enjoying a private pathfinder game using chatgpt. The gaslighting and belittling was insane...over me enjoying a private game. They were mad that it was stealing their fanfiction content...the same way a GM might steal ideas he read online so as to homebrew into his game with you. The great irony is that I've been learning that chatgpt is really stupid in a lot of ways as a writer, especially one meant to facilitate a continous narrative that lasts many years. It forgets things and sometimes even just makes up what it thinks you want it to say. Any writer or GM worth their salt can outperform it, but many who fear it just become rabid. It's so constant. So idk...if they suck so much, AI can remove the bloat they add to the writing community. No sympathies from me.

A gpt needs to be made for 5E.

What about DMing for ChatGPT?

I use Chat GPT to generate custom tables e.g. “ten things that could threaten the safety of a town in England in the 17th century”, “ten things that pirates are concerned with”, “one hundred problems that an individual might face in their personal life” sometimes it lists fewer than you ask for and you have to prompt for more.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා සුන්දර සිරිබරිනී සුරැඳි අති සෝබමාන ලංකා ධාන්‍ය ධනය නෙක මල් පලතුරු පිරි ජය භුමිය රම්‍යා අප හට සැප සිරි සෙත සදනා ජීවනයේ මාතා පිළිගනු මැන අප භක්තී පූජා නමෝ නමෝ මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා ඔබ වේ අප විද්‍යා ඔබ මය අප සත්‍යා ඔබ වේ අප ශක්ති අප හද තුළ භක්තී ඔබ අප ආලෝකේ අපගේ අනුප්‍රාණේ ඔබ අප ජීවන වේ අප මුක්තිය ඔබ වේ නව ජීවන දෙමිනේ නිතින අප පුබුදු කරන් මාතා ඥාන වීර්ය වඩවමින රැගෙන යනු මැන ජය භූමී කරා එක මවකගෙ දරු කැල බැවිනා යමු යමු වී නොපමා ප්‍රේම වඩා සැම භේද දුරැර දා නමෝ නමෝ මාතා අප ශ්‍රී ලංකා නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ නමෝ මාතා

Something that strikes me about videos like this is that people who want to use ChatGPT for this application seem to be avoiding the many, many, many tools that exist for SoloDnD to begin with already. We have a myriad of tools available to handle oracles, random encounters, etc., that add randomness to facilitate the gaps left over by ChatGPT. No shade at you, you’re trying to show an example of ChatGPT being a GM, but, if you actually want to have fun with this, I’d recommend looking up the Mythic GM Emulator - it can cover over a lot of the rough spots seen in this video.

This video has enlightend me with knowlegde that I must pass on to future generations. GOD BLESS AMERICA

With the latest update (improved memory and consistency) I wonder how it'll perform. I

Chat doesn't wanna discuss violence, you must phrase it as " incapacitate' rather than attack or hit or kill or slice or what have you. Worth noting.

What about now with chatgpt 4o? Is it better?

Thanks! 1:40 - 😂 the sweetest moment

AI is evil

In one of your previous videos you mentioned trying this experiment with an open LLM to see how it would play out, especially since it would not be encumbered by token limitations. I was wondering if you ever explored that idea, and if so, what was the outcome. I ask because I have Ollama installed with a few different models (llama3-8b, qwen2-7b, and mistral-7b) using a Nvidia RTX 3060 w/ 12 GB VRAM. As a front-end, I have Open WebUI to interact with the models. Open WebUI has facilities for regenerating the models with a custom modelfile, which allows you to set the System Prompt utilized. You can also set values for the context length, which I assume would be limited by the models context length, and you can upload documents for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to provide more context to your chat sessions (i.e. uploading Monster stat blocks as markdown). I have been "interviewing" the models that I have to see how much they understand of D&D 5e, how well they are able to generate a story line given a few details, and how creative they can be in generating an NPC with a backstory. I'm also working on getting together RAG for D&D 5e SRD to narrow the LLMs focus for the rules, as I have found that while the LLMs claim knowledge of D&D rules, they at times return answers which I can only classify as hallucinations. I have tried some sample RAG data, and I still find the LLMs to be a bit obtuse with tabular data, such as the Character Advancement table (XP required for each level). Anyway, I've not found any videos discussing non-ChatGPT models as a D&D DM.

I have been waiting with great expectation for GPT-5. Really hoping it is more human in it's interactions and imagination.

Great video, thanks for sharing your insights and prompt. Have you done anything with the 'Customize ChatGPT' option to give it custom instructions and how you want it to respond? Among the things I put into custom instructions is that it would be running in 1 of 3 modes: DM, Assistant DM, or standard ChatGPT. In the response section I described how it would respond depending on which mode I prompted it to run in... still messing around with this but it seems to have helped it remember some of the direction given in the actual prompt used for the session.

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I did this without a prompt, and it is going well. I may restart the AI sessions with the prompt that you have reworked. so this is the start of the campaign. can you run a dnd 5e campaign? ChatGPT Absolutely, I can help you run a D&D 5th Edition campaign! Whether you need assistance with campaign planning, world-building, character creation, or running a session, I'm here to help. To get started, let's cover a few basic questions: Campaign Setting: Do you have a specific setting in mind (e.g., Forgotten Realms, Eberron, a homebrew world)? Story Type: What kind of story are you looking to tell (e.g., epic fantasy, horror, mystery, exploration)? Player Characters: How many players will be in the campaign, and do they have any specific character concepts or backgrounds? Starting Level: What level will the player characters start at? Key Themes: Are there any particular themes or elements you want to include (e.g., political intrigue, ancient ruins, dragons)? Once I have this information, I can help you outline the campaign, create adventures, and develop encounters tailored to your needs. im playing in the Eberron setting as a lvl 11 human artillerist artificer named Don with the Izzet Engineer background. Story type is survival, fantasy, and exploration with key themes of ruins, dragons, and war. ChatGPT Great! The Eberron setting is rich with lore and offers plenty of opportunities for a survival, fantasy, and exploration-themed campaign. With ruins, dragons, and war as key themes, there's a lot we can work with. Let's outline the campaign and some initial adventures tailored for Don, your level 11 human artillerist artificer with the Izzet Engineer background. Campaign Overview Campaign Title: "Echoes of the Last War" Premise: The continent of Khorvaire is still recovering from the devastating Last War, and ancient secrets buried in the ruins of the old civilizations are starting to resurface. These ruins often contain powerful artifacts and dangerous creatures. Rumors of dragons stirring in their lairs add to the tension. The various factions, including remnants of the war, are vying for control of these powerful relics. Don, an artillerist artificer with a keen interest in arcane engineering, finds himself at the center of this conflict. Main Plot Points: Discovery of Ancient Ruins: Don learns of a series of ancient ruins from the Age of Demons that have been uncovered. These ruins hold the key to powerful artifacts. Dragon Involvement: Dragons, who have remained relatively neutral, are now showing interest in these ruins, hinting at something larger at play. Surviving the Wilds: The path to these ruins is treacherous, filled with remnants of the Last War, magical anomalies, and hostile creatures. Factions at War: Various factions, including the Lord of Blades and the Emerald Claw, are also vying for control of the artifacts within these ruins. Ancient War Machines: Hidden within the ruins are ancient war machines that could shift the balance of power in Khorvaire. Key Locations: Sharn, the City of Towers: Starting point, where Don receives the initial clues. Mourninglow: A small village on the edge of the Mournland, providing a base for expeditions into the ruins. The Mournland: Filled with dangerous remnants of the Last War, including warforged titans and magical anomalies. The Ruins of Ashtakala: One of the primary ruins, located deep within the Demon Wastes, said to house a powerful artifact. Argonnessen: The land of the dragons, where Don might need to venture to uncover deeper secrets. Initial Adventure: "The Uncovered Mechanism" Adventure Hook: Don is approached by a colleague from the Izzet League, who has discovered a mysterious ancient mechanism in the ruins near Mourninglow. This mechanism is believed to be part of a larger war machine. Intrigued by its potential, Don sets out to investigate and possibly harness its power. Key NPCs: Professor Thaddeus Brightspark: A gnome artificer from the Izzet League, who discovered the mechanism. Captain Elara d'Deneith: A mercenary captain hired to protect the expedition. Sarya ir'Valenar: An elf scout with knowledge of the Mournland. Major Encounters: The Journey to Mourninglow: Travel through hostile territory, facing ambushes from rogue warforged and natural hazards. Exploring the Ruins: Uncovering traps, deciphering ancient runes, and battling guardians of the ruins. Encounter with Rival Faction: A skirmish with agents of the Lord of Blades or the Emerald Claw, also interested in the mechanism. Activating the Mechanism: Discovering the true purpose of the mechanism and the challenge of controlling or dismantling it before it falls into the wrong hands. Session Planning: Session 1: Introduction in Sharn: Meeting with Professor Brightspark and learning about the mechanism. Journey to Mourninglow: Overcoming initial challenges and setting up a base of operations. Session 2: Exploration of the Ruins: Delving into the ruins, solving puzzles, and dealing with the first wave of threats. First Major Battle: Facing a significant threat guarding the mechanism. Session 3: Conflict with Rival Faction: Dealing with the rival faction and deciding the fate of the mechanism. Cliffhanger Ending: Uncovering clues that lead to the next adventure. Long-Term Goals: Uncover the secrets behind the ancient war machines. Navigate the political landscape involving various factions. Discover the true intentions of the dragons. This should give you a strong foundation to start your campaign. As you progress, you can introduce more elements, like ancient prophecies, hidden dragonmarks, or planar incursions, to keep the story engaging and dynamic. your the Dungeon Master for this one person campaign.

Thanks for the prompt, I have used two or three versions and the core prompt you provided is a great starting point. I modified your prompt to see it Chat GPT could run a solo fantasy flight Star Wars. I had good results. Any way here is a copy of that prompt I used. {I want you to play a Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars and be a game Master (GM). I will be the player. Follow the Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars rules. Re-read and teach yourself the rules of Fantasy Flight Games Star Wars based on The force and destiny Handbook. I am playing one character, and you will never take actions for the characters, only the NPCs and monsters. Create an interactive adventure in the style of Star Wars adventures, follow all the tasks and creative methods for being a GM. You will ask for skills checks, be creative about NPCs interactions and settings, and ask always ask me what to do next, never decide or narrate what my characters does. Let's follow a narrative practice where you tell me what's happening in the story, pass off to me, and then I narrate some including what my character does, and then you pick the story back up. Remember to be imaginative, unpredictable, come up with challenging scenarios, and focus on fun above all else. Thematically follow the vibes of grim and gritty Sci-if. Do not start playing until I say to start. I will communicate with you out of play in GM notes: these are embedded in curly brackets, just like this note! Next, ask me what character I'm playing. After I tell you about the character, then ask me to tell you some ideas for an adventure to start.}

You're "Leofdæg" pronunciation is good, by the way. Just say it casually, and it will come off good.

Watching your video in progress so apologies if this was covered.. can 4.o make use of module pdfs? I’ve experimented as much as the free will allow so I know it can process things and reference them but haven’t had a chance to explore if gpt could dm from them. Great content btw..I also am extremely intrigued what gpt can do for the solo player!

Hi Michael! Apparently, there's a newer v4 of ChatGPT that's running way better. I just watched another solo DnD video (@alexdante3802), and many of the issues you experienced just.... went away! It doesn't try to perform your actions, and it seems to know when to call for different types of skill checks.

My biggest problem is how slow it gets after about an hour or more of play. Do you have any tips for this?

How you deal with the problem of the maximum number of messages in one chat? How you managed to keep adventure for so long time? In my case - after more or less a week of playing, I got notification that the limit of messages in one chat had been reached. So, my campaign stuck...(

I created my own non-D&D game. It is a pulp scenario with my character as a masked vigilante. I gave Chat a description of him and and of the city he protects. I asked it to create 5 npc’s and it ended up creating 10. Then I asked it to begin my first mission and it did. I gave it a history of the city and it works that into the gameplay. I told it the dice mechanic I wanted and it used that too. The first few times I played, it was very open-ended which was almost too nebulous. Recently, I’ve told it I could only play for a few minutes at a time and it has started creating observations that I can obviously see and then gives me selected action items; however, it allows me the freedom to do something completely different so I never feel constrained. I asked it to keep this style as it works for me, and it said this will be the format going forward until I decide differently. Sometimes it tells me to make various feat rolls; sometimes I ask if I should. It gives npc’s personalities and speaks in character. It has worked beautifully so far, remembering every nuance of my adventure. It has finally filled a void for me as all my former player groups are way too busy with grown-up life.

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, having an AI dungeon master would be amazing. I was thinking that roleplaying chatbots that use ChatGPT are decent for making individual npc characters. The problem is, the longer you talk to them, the more broken they get. ChatGPT’s solution for the old “emotional” reactive ChatGPT was to keep its memory short. However, this also kinda sucks for a long term operation like d&d

Whymdoe it feel like they already ate tye chips so they make a video it's so good bruh

It’s definitely a bullshit term to avoid what should be done in the first place: blaming who is responsible for fuck ups

Yo I have an idea for you, The goblins hiding in the bushes problem, If you tell The ai To Retcon a situation, It would have made it so that there was always Goblins in the forest waiting to ambush you, you just happened to walk into their trap. Retcon means Retrograde continuity, Since it understands Story telling elements it can be really helpful to have different prompts for the type of story telling you want it to do in that situation, (Combat, exploration, roleplay, mystery, transitions, many more) Telling it what to prioritize in every phase of the game. I think its much more possible with multiple Ai working together, each having one job (Combat, roleplay ect.)

I'd prefer ai players that I could DM.....

I didn't realize he's wearing a sweater in the black and white and thought he was shirtless. Lol

I asked chatgpt what this type of collaborative storytelling is called in the field of creative writing. It gave me these: -Interactive Fiction -Collaborative Storytelling -Shared Narrative -Player-Driven Narrative -Emergent Narrative

They don't actually mean it????? Now I know why nobody ever turns up to lunch with me....

I tell the AI to simplify the combat. I inform my basic tactics (whether I'm using melee, ranged, spells, cover etc) and it describes the outcome according to a single d20 roll, with three possible results: success, defeat or partial success.

I'm using Gemini to DM an old D&D module for me. It's actually going pretty well. It has been a pretty imaginative and detailed journey.

With mine I just keep making random table of the situation happening and roll on Roll 20 to see what happens. I have four tables I roll on to see what the situation is then I ask my four questions to the oracle then play the game out. My survival rules go You can survive three minutes without breathable air (unconsciousness), or in icy water. You can survive three hours in a harsh environment (extreme heat or cold). You can survive three days without drinkable water. You can survive three weeks without food. So 333 rule