Same. I’m a new DM (and new to dnd in general, DM’d one one-shot and that’s it, working on a campaign rn) and I use bard to make my narrative ideas fit the mechanics, name homebrew stuff, and clean up the text I’m writing for the players handbook I’m making for this campaign.
I’m a long-time DM and I find ChatGPT awesome for this sort of thing too. I call it my “brainstorming buddy.” Great for bouncing ideas off of, suggesting names for stuff, and so forth.
I’ve found that it’s not very good at game mechanics, though, so don’t rely too heavily on it for balancing stuff.
Oh yeah, I mostly use it to bounce ideas. If it suggest something good, I modify it to make sure if works like I need it to work. Used it to make simple tables and such.
Last thing I used it for was a battle simulation mechanic, in order to have the same effect a huge battle would have, without having tons of different characters to bog down the combat. Havent tested it yet, but it feels like it should work.
I’ve used it a little for RPG gm help, but it wasn’t as great as I would like. Half of it is me needing to be a better GM without the need for such tools, and get better at improvisation.
Oh I totally agree. I’ve been DMing since ad&d. This just makes my life so much easier. I can generate a hundred NPCs with basic back stories to fill a town and let my players run wild. It’s super nice as a tool. I definitely wouldn’t suggest it as a full replacement, but I am thinking about doing one shot where I let gpt run the game and tell it what my players do. Might be fun.
I use it to get ideas and run numbers for my homebrew Pathfinder campaign. That and midjouney and I feel like a real GM.
Same. I’m a new DM (and new to dnd in general, DM’d one one-shot and that’s it, working on a campaign rn) and I use bard to make my narrative ideas fit the mechanics, name homebrew stuff, and clean up the text I’m writing for the players handbook I’m making for this campaign.
I’m a long-time DM and I find ChatGPT awesome for this sort of thing too. I call it my “brainstorming buddy.” Great for bouncing ideas off of, suggesting names for stuff, and so forth.
I’ve found that it’s not very good at game mechanics, though, so don’t rely too heavily on it for balancing stuff.
Oh yeah, I mostly use it to bounce ideas. If it suggest something good, I modify it to make sure if works like I need it to work. Used it to make simple tables and such.
Last thing I used it for was a battle simulation mechanic, in order to have the same effect a huge battle would have, without having tons of different characters to bog down the combat. Havent tested it yet, but it feels like it should work.
I’ve used it a little for RPG gm help, but it wasn’t as great as I would like. Half of it is me needing to be a better GM without the need for such tools, and get better at improvisation.
Oh I totally agree. I’ve been DMing since ad&d. This just makes my life so much easier. I can generate a hundred NPCs with basic back stories to fill a town and let my players run wild. It’s super nice as a tool. I definitely wouldn’t suggest it as a full replacement, but I am thinking about doing one shot where I let gpt run the game and tell it what my players do. Might be fun.
You might want to look into Ironsworn 🤘🏼