D&D General Todd Kenreck Let Go from WotC

[dave2008]

Worth the risk to make the line go up and serve their shareholder masters? Maybe so. Like you say, AI writing is harder to detect and harder to prove.

Doesn't seem like it to me, but who knows what others think.

 

[occam]

Oh, hell no! Yeah. No way it could develop something -new-.

It can compile, it can compare, it can string words together in sentences and fill out formats.

But it can't -create-.

“The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real things of its own."

 

[Morrus]

They want your expertise and to increase your workload, with the teaser of a 30% haircut to your pay? Renegotiate. You should not be agreeing to that. If you feel like it would take a while to find something else in your field, give it a shot anyway. After that, whatever the outcome of the renegotiation: look for something else. Don't wait to be laid off; leave now. You're welcome.

I’m sure if he wants his options mansplained to him, he’ll ask.

 

[Remathilis]

AI.

Who would know the difference?

I didn't even do a quick pass over it. Didn't even have to format it. That's just how the engine spat it out. Give it to an Editor to maybe change Enchantment to Evocation... or not.

So AI took synaptic static and mind sliver and mixed them into a spell that splits the difference.

Not all that impressive. In fact, absolutely pedestrian. Have it make a new summon spell like Summon Astral Construct (with stat block). Better yet, have it create a psionic wizard subclass. Or a new type of feat like Wild Talents. It took AI seconds to make this because it would take a real designer only minutes to do the same.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I’m sure if he wants his options mansplained to him, he’ll ask.

Mansplained? Hilarious. Good people get taken advantage of all the time. Sometimes a reminder that this doesn't have to be the case is helpful. Sometimes it's not. Either way, not something you need concern yourself over.

 

[Morrus]

Mansplained? Hilarious. Good people get taken advantage of all the time. Sometimes a reminder that this doesn't have to be the case is helpful. Sometimes it's not. Either way, not something you need concern yourself over.

We’re so lucky you’re here.

 

[SteveC]

Now, ask it to write an entire book for you.

I'm not advocating for this, but I just opened Gemini and asked it "create a narrative rpg for me using six-sided dice and tarot cards for action resolution." And it did. And it wasn't terrible. Then I asked "what would the combat system be like for the system you just created?" ... and it made that up. And then I said "what would character advancement look like in this system?" followed by "How are monsters and antagonists handled in this system?"

And so it created The Whispering Weave for me. I suppose there are some more questions to ask. The game was a mixture of Blades in the Dark and Fate, for what it's worth. I suggest trying it out yourself.

I'm not suggesting that game design is ripe for AI work, as I'm working on my own game, but if you're thinking "this could never happen," think again. I'd be willing to post what Gemini came up with for me, but I think it would work better if you just asked the questions yourself.

Do I think this is a good idea? No, I do not. And importantly, this was with the public AI environment. My work has a private, walled version that I'm not willing to ask RPG questions with.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

We’re so lucky you’re here.

Okay? Are you trying to hurt my feelings? Can't oblige you I'm afraid. Not sure where this itch in your bum is coming from. Maybe take a step back?

 

[The Firebird]

Worth the risk to make the line go up and serve their shareholder masters? Maybe so. Like you say, AI writing is harder to detect and harder to prove.

It really depends. I see AI generated text all the time, but then I use LLMs a lot so I'm familiar with how the output sounds. Sometimes people think they can get away with it when they can't. AI has its own voice.

AI generated writing, mixed closely with human work though, might be easier to pass off than the art equivalent. But at some point it is just random tables + Google + a thesaurus.

 

[Steampunkette]

So AI took synaptic static and mind sliver and mixed them into a spell that splits the difference.

Not all that impressive. In fact, absolutely pedestrian. Have it make a new summon spell like Summon Astral Construct (with stat block). Better yet, have it create a psionic wizard subclass. Or a new type of feat like Wild Talents. It took AI seconds to make this because it would take a real designer only minutes to do the same.

The point wasn't "This is an amazing spell that AI generated and you should buy it!"

It's that AI could be put into a book and the vast majority of people wouldn't notice. And with a halfway decent editing pass, or uploading a style guide into the AI, you could make it almost impossible to recognize.

And then you can just dump AI work into every product you put out. Spells, Feats, all kinds of stuff.

And no. I'm not going to go through all that. If you would like to hold that up as evidence it cannot do it, feel free to create it for yourself. I'm not buying a subscription to an AI generator.