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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9683100" data-attributes="member: 50987">One of my friends is making heavy use of AI in his tabletop game, specifically ChatGPT.&nbsp; And worst of all, he uses it at the table, during play, to describe literally everything.&nbsp; In real time, while his players wait for him to type and refine the prompts.&nbsp; One of the players (a friend of mine) recorded a few minutes of their last session and played it for me.DM:&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;You open the door?&nbsp; Okay...&quot;&nbsp; (type type type, backspace, type some more) &quot;...okay, here we go.&quot;&nbsp; (reading)&nbsp; &quot;The doorway leads to a damp chamber, the walls draped in roots and mold.&nbsp; An atmosphere of foreboding accompanies the oppressive darkness, and your torches sputter against the inky black.&nbsp; From somewhere in the darkness, dripping water can be heard, and a small insect scurries past you just inside the threshold of the creaky wooden door.&quot;&nbsp; (stops reading)&nbsp; &quot;Okay, what do you do?&quot;

Players:&nbsp; &quot;Um, we step inside.&quot;

DM:&nbsp; &quot;Okay...&quot;&nbsp; (type type type, reading) &quot;The soft earthen floor makes a sucking noise beneath your feet, the mud pulling at your boots like the mouth of a hungry leech.&nbsp; From the center of the room, you see an exit to the north and a second exit to the east, yawning open like the mouths of hungry dragons.&quot;

Player:&nbsp; &quot;I roll to investigate.&quot;&nbsp; (rolls)&nbsp; &quot;Fifteen?&quot;

DM:&nbsp; &quot;Okay, a fifteen eh?&quot;&nbsp; (type type type)&nbsp; &quot;Okay.&quot;&nbsp; (clears throat) &quot;A roll of 15 is an above average result, which is more than enough for you to spot the three goblins hiding just beyond the entryway, obscured by the shadows of the exit.&nbsp; However it's not high enough to...woops, sorry.&quot;&nbsp; (stops reading)&nbsp; &quot;You just see the three goblins.&quot;

Players:&nbsp; (arguing, talking over each other)&nbsp; &quot;Was it the entry or the exit?&nbsp; Wait, which exit, north or east?&nbsp; I want to investigate too, I might spot what he missed,&quot; etc.Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but hoo boy.&nbsp; I don't think I could take more than ten minutes of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9683100, member: 50987"] One of my friends is making heavy use of AI in his tabletop game, specifically ChatGPT. And worst of all, he uses it at the table, during play, to describe literally everything. [I]In real time, [/I]while his players wait for him to type and refine the prompts[I]. [/I]One of the players (a friend of mine) recorded a few minutes of their last session and played it for me. [INDENT=2]DM: "You open the door? Okay..." (type type type, backspace, type some more) "...okay, here we go." (reading) "The doorway leads to a damp chamber, the walls draped in roots and mold. An atmosphere of foreboding accompanies the oppressive darkness, and your torches sputter against the inky black. From somewhere in the darkness, dripping water can be heard, and a small insect scurries past you just inside the threshold of the creaky wooden door." (stops reading) "Okay, what do you do?"[/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] [INDENT=2]Players: "Um, we step inside."[/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] [INDENT=2]DM: "Okay..." (type type type, reading) "The soft earthen floor makes a sucking noise beneath your feet, the mud pulling at your boots like the mouth of a hungry leech. From the center of the room, you see an exit to the north and a second exit to the east, yawning open like the mouths of hungry dragons."[/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] [INDENT=2]Player: "I roll to investigate." (rolls) "Fifteen?"[/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] [INDENT=2]DM: "Okay, a fifteen eh?" (type type type) "Okay." (clears throat) "A roll of 15 is an above average result, which is more than enough for you to spot the three goblins hiding just beyond the entryway, obscured by the shadows of the exit. However it's not high enough to...woops, sorry." (stops reading) "You just see the three goblins."[/INDENT] [INDENT=2][/INDENT] [INDENT=2]Players: (arguing, talking over each other) "Was it the entry or the exit? Wait, which exit, north or east? I want to investigate too, I might spot what he missed," etc.[/INDENT] Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but hoo boy. I don't think I could take more than ten minutes of that. [/QUOTE]

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