I steal ideas from every bit of media I'm exposed to. Without shame. It's one of the top items of DM advice frequently given. It always has been. "My game is like Star Wars but..." conversations have always taken place.
So I have no problem using ChatGPT as an ideas generator. Any time I'm stuck I can stick in what I've got and throw a few variables at it to iterate and spark new creativity. I've asked it to write a text dungeon and received usable results as a starting point that I then adjust and tweak to suit my game, my sensibilities, and the fun at my table.
@ArcaneInvoker44189 - My best tip/trick is to suggest building templates. I have a "Town NPC" generator that will give me a random person from town, their background, motivations, and then I can spin it for the game fast. It's great for getting a "baker" or someone similar that the characters want to interact with.
Whatever you find useful, build a template so you can paste it in, press enter, and get a reasonable result.
Often I find my best inspirations for D&D come from books, film/tv, music and art.
Sometimes I'm just "in a rut" and none of those are doing it for me that day. Sometimes I just have something in mind I'm a bit too lazy to generate x-amount of words for - this is where I like AI + "gimme ~1k words on... a dragon that likes beer" , NPC, dungeon room, region, village whatever. It will literally do that. It's absolutely not giving me anything close to a final usable product, but it will give me 1k words that are more/less in the structure I need. I'll dive into that and start revising, refining and often find that I start erasing chunks (because they're actively bad) and filling in the blanks with my own ideas. I love it and often find the creative dead ends it creates are places for me to think "out of".
If it's a tool you can use - then use it and do so to the best of your ability. There's a learning curve to it certainly (allegedly on both sides) and I would suggest from a User point of view it's better to be on the learning curve than shouting at it for existing at all.
I steal ideas from every bit of media I'm exposed to. Without shame. It's one of the top items of DM advice frequently given. It always has been. "My game is like Star Wars but..." conversations have always taken place.
So I have no problem using ChatGPT as an ideas generator. Any time I'm stuck I can stick in what I've got and throw a few variables at it to iterate and spark new creativity. I've asked it to write a text dungeon and received usable results as a starting point that I then adjust and tweak to suit my game, my sensibilities, and the fun at my table.
@ArcaneInvoker44189 - My best tip/trick is to suggest building templates. I have a "Town NPC" generator that will give me a random person from town, their background, motivations, and then I can spin it for the game fast. It's great for getting a "baker" or someone similar that the characters want to interact with.
Whatever you find useful, build a template so you can paste it in, press enter, and get a reasonable result.
Often I find my best inspirations for D&D come from books, film/tv, music and art.
Sometimes I'm just "in a rut" and none of those are doing it for me that day. Sometimes I just have something in mind I'm a bit too lazy to generate x-amount of words for - this is where I like AI + "gimme ~1k words on... a dragon that likes beer" , NPC, dungeon room, region, village whatever. It will literally do that. It's absolutely not giving me anything close to a final usable product, but it will give me 1k words that are more/less in the structure I need. I'll dive into that and start revising, refining and often find that I start erasing chunks (because they're actively bad) and filling in the blanks with my own ideas. I love it and often find the creative dead ends it creates are places for me to think "out of".
If it's a tool you can use - then use it and do so to the best of your ability. There's a learning curve to it certainly (allegedly on both sides) and I would suggest from a User point of view it's better to be on the learning curve than shouting at it for existing at all.
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