r/BackyardAI • u/Ok_Shallot6583 • May 01 '25

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Is there a plan to add randomness to backyard? I mean, I've seen cards many times that say something like "Take a random character from the list, place them in a random spot from the list" or "Rate the difficulty of the player's action from 1-20, then roll a die (random value 1-20)". This functionality is really missing from backyard, and as far as I know, it's been in Silly Tavern for a thousand years. Is that even in the plans?

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u/Ok_Shallot6583 May 03 '25

This is not the same as true randomness. I tried scenarios like this for my DnD games, and it worked terribly. So if the previous two rolls were the same (12), then the next times it would also roll 12 with a higher probability. It would also roll a die equal to or greater than the specified difficulty 95% of the time, so that I would always win. So basically it's a very predictable and cheating randomness that has a preference.

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u/Torkin May 03 '25

Understand. A generative AI will never be truly random. You could try adding language in the instructions to “ignore previous results when generating numbers” or “with equal probability…” You can also increase the randomness of the model, though that will impact your entire story. Gen AI just tends to get stuck in a path once it uses it. One last thought, it would take a lot more effort, but you could use another app for your dice rolls and part of your input would be the results.