AI/LLMs ...

[Morrus]

I think thats a little unfair, but ok. There are currently 16 short sentences generated by AI. Do indicate the entire app was built with AI is a little harsh. I worked very hard on this.

Feel free to edit it to “No AI” when it uses no AI.

 

[bragibytes]

Feel free to edit it to “No AI” when it uses no AI.

So just lie from now on when people ask about AI. Lesson learned.

 

[bragibytes]

Feel free to edit it to “No AI” when it uses no AI.

Also, its fixed now. No AI. Took 10 minutes.

 

[Morrus]

Also, its fixed now. No AI. Took 10 minutes.

Cool! If there's no AI content there now, feel free to edit the thread to change the prefix to 'No AI'.

 

[doghead]

So I decided to give the character generator a run.

BLUF: A nice clean interface and a pretty seamless process.

I wasn't aiming to create anything specific, so it wasn't a particularly rigorous test. I went with a Tiefling Druid (Farmer). I generally took the path of least resistance. I used the STD array and took the default options where offered.

• I used the 2024 rules option.
• I couldn't select the +2/+1 option for STAT increases. Not sure this is a bug, or because of the selections I made.

I generated the character on my iPhone 14.

• There were a couple of places where the complete text was not all visible in the text box. I couldn't find a way to expand the box to see the rest of the text.
• The formatting of the final character PDF sheet was a bit wonky. Likely due to being squeezed into a mobile phone display [Note: I regenerated the character on my laptop and the formatting was fine].

thotd

 

[overgeeked]

So just lie from now on when people ask about AI. Lesson learned.

Cool. That's all I'll ever need to know.

 

[danjon]

So I got as far as equipment but could not pick my own equipment so gave up and would never return.

Sorry to say but the functionality you have AI can build in 30 minutes.

Even if you finished it, why would anyone use it over dndbeyond? Better just import their characters from dndbeyond,

Even if you built the best VTT (massive effort even with AI) marketing to enough people to switch would take years

 

[TheAlkaizer]

There are currently 16 short sentences generated by AI.

The app itself, as the code and its functionalities were all coded by hand, no AI there?

 

[Eyes of Nine]

marketing to enough people to switch would take years

This point is for real. I'm on Roll20, and I will probably never switch, much as I hate it. I've got $300+ worth of books there just so my players can have the player options on their character sheets. Sunk cost fallacy and all that; but also switching to another tool would require a lot of work, and would it solve the problems I have with R20 without opening up new cans of worms?

 

[doghead]

So I got as far as equipment but could not pick my own equipment so gave up and would never return.

It would be helpful if you identified what you were trying to achieve, and where the gaps were. Unless you are not trying to be helpful. In which case, why bother? The purpose of the tread is to allow people to test the product and provide input to assist the developer identify problems and/or make improvements, not to provide a forum for your opinions. Honestly, no one really cares. instead of wasting your time and ours, go find another thread to which you can contribute something worthwhile.

Sorry to say but the functionality you have AI can build in 30 minutes.

It took me about 30 minutes using Celio's Forge. It is possible I could do it with AI. But I don't have any experience doing so. So I would probably need to enter prompts, assess, adjust prompts, re-assess, etc. Finally, I would need to go to the rules to confirm that the AI character was legal. At least until I had confidence in AI ability to create legal characters. For me, the Celio's Forge is easier. It follows a character generation process I am familiar with through playing DnD3E previously.

Even if you finished it, why would anyone use it over dndbeyond? Better just import their characters from dndbeyond,

dndBeyond requires an account to generate characters. I don't have one, and have no desire to get one. So for me, should I require a DnD5E character, Celio's Forge is a better option.

thotd