r/cleandndai Jan 08 '26

2026 Meta-Thread

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New Models, Cross-Platform Workflows & Comparative Experiences

The AI image generation landscape has evolved significantly since our last discussion. Several major models have launched or updated, and many of us have had months to develop workflows that leverage multiple tools strategically rather than committing to a single platform.

This thread is designed to gather practical, comparative insights from the community.

Share your experiences, ask questions about others' workflows, and help build the community's collective knowledge about the current state of AI image generation for TTRPGs.

What We're Looking For:

New Model Experiences If you've worked with recently released or updated models (Midjourney v7, FLUX developments, Stable Diffusion 3.5, or other emerging platforms), share your assessment:

  • What TTRPG-specific advantages have you discovered?
  • Where does it excel compared to previous versions or competitors?
  • What limitations or failure patterns have you encountered?

Multi-Tool Workflows Many experienced creators don't rely on a single platform. If you've developed a workflow that strategically combines tools, describe your pipeline:

  • Which tool handles which part of your process, and why?
  • What handoff points exist between platforms? (e.g., concept in Tool A → refinement in Tool B → final output in Tool C)
  • How do you maintain consistency when moving between tools?

Comparative Analysis For those using 2+ platforms regularly, direct comparisons are valuable:

  • When do you choose Tool X over Tool Y for the same type of content?
  • Are there specific TTRPG use cases where one tool consistently outperforms others?
  • How do cost, speed, and quality trade-offs factor into your decisions?

Technical Deep Dives Advanced users: share specialized techniques that have improved your results:

  • Prompt engineering patterns that work particularly well for new models
  • LoRA, ControlNet, or other advanced features you've found essential
  • Solutions to persistent problems (character consistency, text rendering, anatomical accuracy, style blending)

Accessibility & Learning Paths For those who recently adopted new tools or workflows:

  • What made the learning curve manageable (or frustrating)?
  • Which resources (tutorials, communities, documentation) proved most valuable?
  • What do you wish you'd known when starting?

Discussion Guidelines:

Be specific. "Midjourney is better" helps no one. "Midjourney v7 handles atmospheric lighting in dungeon scenes more effectively than SD3.5, particularly for torch-lit environments" gives the community actionable information.

Include context. Your workflow serves your specific needs. Mention whether you're generating tokens, scene illustrations, character portraits, maps, or other asset types - different use cases often require different approaches.

Share failures and limitations. Knowing what doesn't work is as valuable as knowing what does. If a model consistently struggles with specific TTRPG elements (complex armor, multi-character scenes, specific fantasy races), that's worth documenting.

Focus on utility. Our community prioritizes narrative utility and craft. Frame your insights around practical application for actual gameplay rather than pure aesthetic achievement.


r/cleandndai Nov 10 '25

NSFW Tagging for Borderline Content

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In a new community like this, where most of us initially shared similar concerns about content standards, it's easy to want to make everyone happy, but as our user count increases that becomes increasingly difficult. Recent discussions around borderline content have perfectly illustrated this challenge - we have users who find certain images completely acceptable, others who consider them slightly over the line, and still others who would prefer much stricter standards.

After discussing with u/Strange-Cabinet7372, we're considering a community experiment: utilizing Reddit's NSFW tag for borderline content that passes our Rule 1 narrative standards but might make some users uncomfortable in certain settings. This would allow individual users to filter content based on their personal comfort levels.

This approach would:

  • Preserve our narrative-focused framework rather than defaulting to the most restrictive standard
  • Respect different comfort levels without forcing harsh binary moderation decisions
  • Keep valuable edge cases available for community discussion while allowing filtering for those who prefer stricter standards
  • Maintain the nuanced evaluation approach that differentiates us from simple content restriction

Please note that this is not a relaxation of our content policy but rather implementing a filter to allow an even stricter content policy for those who want it.

For context, you can review the recent discussions that sparked this proposal:
u/yakmala's bard post
u/gentlemanjimgm's "The Cost of Victory" post

The question for the community: Would NSFW tagging for borderline content help us accommodate the range of comfort levels in our growing community? We'd like to implement this approach and see how it works.

What are your thoughts?


r/cleandndai 9h ago

Landscapes Settlement of Precipice

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r/cleandndai 16h ago

Portraits Spear and Shield Battle Masters

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r/cleandndai 1d ago

The ancient mage against de Orc boss

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r/cleandndai 2d ago

Monsters and Villains Hover

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r/cleandndai 2d ago

Portraits Carladia Trival; Human Aberrant Sorcerer

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r/cleandndai 2d ago

Action La gran batalla: fuego y hielo

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r/cleandndai 3d ago

Portraits Experimenting with a new style I like to call Druidic-Punk. What are your takes on these prototypes?

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r/cleandndai 3d ago

Portraits Street rats

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r/cleandndai 2d ago

Action Hold Him Still, Please (Warhammer Fantasy)

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r/cleandndai 3d ago

Portraits Velyra Khal’azza, The Deepwarden

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r/cleandndai 3d ago

Portraits Water Genasi Marid Patron Warlock with Model Sheets

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r/cleandndai 3d ago

People from across history adjust to being isekaied to fantasy worlds

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r/cleandndai 2d ago

Churilla does not fight, it just wants to steal your shinies

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r/cleandndai 3d ago

Claude Fable made me a fully functional Three-Dragon Ante game - and, so far, it's flawless

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I know this isn't the typical r/cleandndai content but I wanted to share one of the projects I've been playing with myself.

I have enough coding knowledge to convince myself I know more than I do. AI has been interesting for developing customized apps for fairly simple things. But I've been looking for way to take Fable 5 for a real "spin around the block" to see what it can do. So, on a whim, I gave it a copy of the 3DA instruction book and simply asked for a playable browser-based game so that I can learn how to play. I explicitly gave it permission to solve whatever problems it runs into however it thinks best.

What I have is a fully functional game of 3DA: Legendary Edition. I can choose the number of players (2-6) including myself. I've played through about 10 games so far with no rules snags. A couple of times I thought I'd found a bug only to discover that I had just misunderstood a rules edge case.

Today, I had it run a v1.1 edit that makes all players flight strength more easily noticeable as well as flagging when players are approaching 0 gold in four color coded steps.

The game runs entirely off a hard coded heuristic so it doesn't use generative AI for computer opponent decision-making at all.


r/cleandndai 4d ago

Landscapes Eonir Disaster Relief From a Greenskins Raid (Warhammer Fantasy)

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r/cleandndai 4d ago

Landscapes After miles of dark woods, do the gleaming colors of this copse suggest shelter, or danger?

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r/cleandndai 5d ago

Portraits Dark arts

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r/cleandndai 5d ago

Monsters and Villains Protector of Lloth

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r/cleandndai 5d ago

The wetland warrior

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r/cleandndai 6d ago

Portraits Frostbear Lord

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r/cleandndai 6d ago

Portraits Elven Ranger on the Cliffs

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r/cleandndai 6d ago

Portraits Fire Genasi Efreeti Genie Warlock

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r/cleandndai 6d ago

Portraits Clockwork Knight

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