​Would you trust an AI Dungeon Master for your campaigns?

[Gonassis]

OK, hear me out.

After playing the Legend of Grimrock 2 for the last couple of months (I know, I know, it's a 10 year old game, but it's REALLY GOOD, I am a man of a good puzzle, what can I say, especially if it's an annoying one), I've jumped over to try out the Boneraiser Minions, which is a thread in-itself (TL;DR just get it). 😅

With that said, this has probably been like my 23rd dungeon-like title that I've had a chance to play in the last two decades, and although I do like to control my dungeon master, that's the point of it after all, with all of "AI this, AI that" news roaming around, it again got me thinking about the OG daddy of it - the Dungeons & Dragons.

I know that the tabletop games niche hasn't been that successful in the last two-three years, but what I see is an opportunity to spice things up. Where? Well, there's a crucial element in each of the DnD game - campaign planning. Why not introduce a digital component (an app maybe?) that would tie in with the tabletop game? An AI Dungeon Master with whom you could either bounce off campaign ideas, or completely let go of the wheel, it would be at your disposal either way. This is also a chance to introduce a layer of AI companions since we have a strong presence of roleplaying elements, which have been on the rise for the last two years, together with the cosplay industry that amplifies it all, so that could potentially expand the "gamebility" in another direction, creating and building custom DM characters.

I'm aware that this is maybe a "taboo topic" since we're removing the most important element - hoomans - but since this is a small part of a bigger picture, maybe it could add something to the overall gameplay and experience?

I'm a little bit torn between yes and no, but funnily enough, I have DnD session planned for next week with a couple of my close high-school buddies, so this is going to be a topic point for sure, I'll report back what the mutual consensus was and if it was a heated one 😂 

EDIT: The discussion has already started, I don't think it will wait for the game itself haha I'll come back with the feedback once I sum it up.

Edited yesterday at 03:49 AM by Gonassis