WotC: We Are Not Making AI Dungeon Masters

Adding to the recent spate of YouTube-based claims about WotC's plans for Dungeons & Dragons were some additional claims -- (a) that D&D Beyond would have $30 subscription fee; (b) that homebrew content would not be permitted on lower tiers; and (c) that DDB was actively working on AI Dungeon Masters.

Some of this was based on a (long ago debunked) slide from a presentation last year.

WotC has made some clarifications:

Hey, everyone. We’ve seen misinformation popping up, and want to address it directly so we can dispel your concerns.

Rumors of a $30 subscription fee are false.

No one at Wizards is working on AI DMs. We love our human DMs too much. If you’re looking for a DM, we suggest heading to our Discord where DMs and parties are looking for players.

We have designers whose core job it is to compile, analyze, and then act upon your feedback. Your feedback has made the game better over the past decade, and your feedback is central to D&D’s future.

Homebrewing is core to D&D Beyond. It's not going away, and we're not going to charge you for it. Your homebrew is, and always will be, yours. We’ve always been excited to see your creations both on and off D&D Beyond!

There is still no clear statement regarding the Open Gaming License v1.0a, however.

 

[Scribe]

Notice: OGL 1.0 still not commented on.

 

[overgeeked]

My trust in wotc is very low.

Buried under the basement at this point.

But thanks for posting.

 

[TerraDave]

They have brought back the good WotC we have known in recent years.

If only we didn't know about the bad WotC lurking in the shadows.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

$30 monthly subscription is ridiculous. It's going to be $29.95.

And of course no one at WotC is working on an AI DM. They've contracted an outside company with programming expertise in AI chatbots to do that.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Notice: OGL 1.0 still not commented on.

They just posted another big thread on the OGL stuff.

 

[Scribe]

They just posted another big thread on the OGL stuff.

Wizards did?

 

[darjr]

I believe the statements in this thread of theirs, for the record.

 

[Riley]

I believe the statements in this thread of theirs, for the record.

Yes, but all that matters to me is their intent to nullify the OGL. And they’re not denying that.

 

[Reynard]

We have entered the "they said/they said" part of the thing, which means no one can be trusted until some actual sources come forward to an actual journalist and/or official information is officially released in an offficial capacity.