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How do you feel about AI in your RPG games? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by KnoxHarrington@beehaw.org to c/tabletop@beehaw.org
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With the increase of accessibility of AI for both text and art, the implications on the RPG world have been greatly apparent. I have an ongoing 5e game that I run on a Foundry server, but this can also apply to the other variety of TTRPG games out there as well.

I've used Stable Diffusion to create character and scene art and it's allowed me to output high quality visuals for my players. When I'm having a hard time getting out the words I want to say, I've pulled up ChatGPT to help me convey the ideas. I've also used ChatGPT to fill out random encounter tables, come up with names, and fill out towns for flavoring. There's still a lot of work involved and I only keep about 5% of anything that's generated, but I feel like this is a tool that has helped me become a better DM rather than outright replace me entirely.

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[–] TheCalzoneMan@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I see it as an additional tool in my arsenal as a DM. The main thing I usually watch out for when it comes to AI art is that the AI often just takes an image directly from an artist and doesn't change it. This can lead to some issues with licensing, which I believe one of the artists' guilds took up with Stable Diffusion. I didn't keep up with that issue so I don't know where it went, but it is something to consider; is the art on offer from the AI stolen or recreated from another artist's work. ChatGPT works great for item and location descriptions though.