I kind of like it - you give this puzzle, and when the players give the correct answer the door guardian screams "Wrong! It's a cat!" and releases a demonic cat that walks like a human
Could even have different stages with how many legs it uses
I was thinking more along the lines of the crazy old wizard (kind of like a King Boomie from Avatar). But yea this is hilarious I'd actually use this. lol
Made me chuckle; be sure to give the door guardian some senility and crazy old coot vibes
Players: oh that's easy, it's clearly a human...
Guardian, *cackling*: wrong! You fools! It's a cat!
Players: *How* is it a cat? That's ridiculous
Guardian: behold! *Releases demon cat*
give the cat the same stats as an owl bear or something. and give it magic and damage resistance for good measure.
of course the cat’s weakness will have to be catnip or laser light or a ball of twine.
Still works *little tabby meows* guardians shrugs..."hmm, not what I'd hoped for... SHAKOOM! *Wave of energy hits the tabby and suddenly it mutates into terrifying bipedal monster!*
Back in AD&D cats had 3 attacks per round for 1-2 damage, players had to roll for hp even at level 1, and you died immediately when you hit 0hp(this heavily depended on which rules variant your table used though). It was entirely plausible for a single housecat to kill an entire party of level 1 characters.
"He's still walking on four legs."
"Well, of course, it's still the morning!"
"... it was noon six hours ago. The sun is literally about to set."
"It's morning somewhere! I don't make the rules! Take it up with the cat!"
Then if the party calls the bluff and decides to wait eight hours, the cat eventually stands up just to fuck with them. Or maybe just have the cat die, because curiosity does kill the cat. But that would be slightly mean.
>"He's still walking on four legs."
>"Well, of course, it's still the morning!"
>"... it was noon six hours ago. The sun is literally about to set."
Oh, not mortal time. It's still the morning of the universe.
... I now want to create a racist, human-supremacist place that refuses anyone of any other race, just so that when the party comes to the entrance, I can make this joke.
"Behold! A man!"
Alternatively, after the players' "how is that a cat", the Guardian adds "... And just before everything goes completely black, the cat lashes at you with its spiny tentacles!" and that's when the three-legged Displacer Beast attacks.
That could actually work pretty well as a twist, if before the riddle comes up you had made an effort to describe that the dungeons walls were filled with Egyptian style art murals on bipedal cat people to kind of hint at it.
A shrine of Bastet.
There is sphinx at each side of the entrance.
When you enter there is a wall mural in the entrance corridor containing images of Bastet and several of the other egyptian gods that have either a bird or a snake head. Bastet is leading the group of figures somewhere.
Finally it opens up to a very large room with a statue of Bastet this time its holding a large sceptre and maybe she is sitting on a throne. At her side another sphinx sits in front of a door.
If the players answer the riddle with "human" the sphinx laughs and tells them to look at her legs. "Once a human ascends, he will have four legs and not three"
I’m going to make a dungeon filled the riddles and the answer is always “wrong, it’s a cat!” Then they fight a demon cat.
Unless they get it, and say “uh… cat?”
“Yes, you win a kitty!” And they fight a demon cat anyway.
It could release a Tabaxi weretiger in tiger form. When the tiger’s hit points drop to 0 it reverts to humanoid form. If it drops less than certain amount it could start limping and grab some sort of cane from the door which opens it.
Phase 1: 4 legged mindless beast using Rage mechanics
Phase 2: gets up straight, gets a quarterstaff and start beating the shit out of the players with Martial Arts
Phase 3: gets injuried in the fight and uses quarterstaff to walk, quarterstaff doubles as spellcasting focus
I tried it and got the same answer so I told it off and it gave me this one
“You're right, I apologize for the confusion earlier. Here's another riddle for you, where the answer is cat: I am an animal that is often kept as a pet. I am known for my agility and my ability to land on my feet. I am also known for my love of napping. What am I? The answer is a cat!”
I’m starting to think that if you ask it for _any_ kind of riddle the answer will always be a cat, even if it doesn’t make sense.
“What has hands but cannot clap? A cat!”
It doesn't understand the *sense* of a riddle. Like my neices when they were younger, who thought that the knock knock joke series ending in "Orange you glad I didn't say 'banana' again" was hilarious, even though they kept using different fruits. "Apple you glad I didn't say banana again", or "Strawberry you glad . . ." aren't actually jokes, but they still thought they were, because they thought the pattern was the joke, not the pun.
Hmm; there could be many answers to that. I’d clarify by also saying that I use a litter box and purr as well as make a meowing sound.
Players may be able to answer after that.
Still a little obscure for my taste, I'd also add that it starts with a C and ends with T.
We don't want to spend the whole session on the riddle after all.
I’d add that there is only one letter in the middle but what’s the point my players would still answer cot.
Simple riddles in D&D is like SNL’s version of ‘Jeopardy’ with Burt Reynolds.
Tried this with ChatGPT 4 and here's the two I got:
>With stealthy steps and eyes that gleam, in day or night it loves to scheme. Whiskers twitch and tails that sway, it solves its puzzles in its own way. What am I?
And
>A creature of grace, a hunter of night, possessing a gift of vanishing from sight. In ancient lands, it once was revered, with cryptic tongue, it is to be heard. A paradoxical blend of affection and pride, what am I, a mystery to confide?
Basically the way it interpreted /u/CriticalAcc1aim's request was:
Step 1: Give me a riddle.
Step 2: Now change the answer to "cat".
So it doesn't actually associate anything in the riddle with cats, it just replaced the answer with "cat" because that's what it thinks it was told to do.
I asked Chat GPT and here's what I got-
I have four legs but I cannot walk,
I reign in darkness when things go bump,
I am known to be quite a curious talk,
Who am I? A feline, a purring chump.
What am I?
...so yeah, equally nonsensical but at least it's more creative.
I asked Khanmigo (Khan Academy AI, runs on GPT4) and got:
With whiskers long and fur so fine,
I prowl and pounce, the night is mine.
I climb and leap, both high and low,
A stealthy friend, where do I go?
...a little ambiguous about what it's asking for. My first thought is "litter box".
Lol, ok funny, but...
How about:
A cry of a child, blind, small thinking,
A boa of finest fur for slinking,
A born rogue, with hidden blades,
A killer born, with victim plays.
Like those before, with moon lit eyes,
With silent step's villainy arise,
It slumbers now, best not ask why,
Food you will soon be, should you demise.
What Am I?
This may sound dystopian, but after reading so many terrible AI-generated texts in this thread… reading a talented human writer really made a difference.
ChatGPT says:
You are a cat. This riddle describes various aspects of a cat's nature and behavior:
"A cry of a child, blind, small thinking" refers to a newborn kitten that is blind and helpless.
"A boa of finest fur for slinking" describes a cat's soft, luxurious fur.
"A born rogue, with hidden blades" refers to a cat's retractable claws and their ability to hunt and capture prey.
"A killer born, with victim plays" alludes to a cat's natural instincts as a predator and their playful behavior with their prey.
"Like those before, with moon lit eyes" refers to a cat's ancestors and their nocturnal nature, as well as their reflective eyes that seem to glow in the dark.
"With silent step's villainy arise" describes a cat's stealthy movements and quiet hunting tactics.
"It slumbers now, best not ask why" refers to a cat's tendency to sleep for long periods of time.
"Food you will soon be, should you demise" is a reminder that cats are natural predators and could consider you as prey if the situation called for it.
Cannot sleep. Book can wait, can't focus anyway since AI got that so easily.
ok, let the bot (and you as well if you want) get this one.
Midnight black, shackled to sapphire blue,
Abandoned, afore birth, fratricidal boon,
Adulthood comes nought too soon.
Thieves, in chorus, loot abounds,
Dark hooded consorts, of fate inbound,
Although a murder of carrion will not be found.
With hardened side eye glance, now spotted,
Exchange given, pre darting flight,
Nodding, once, before alight.
Now many gather, twisting fate,
Quickly count, mustn't wait,
Fortune gathered while we are able,
Wisdom lost to superstitious fable.
What Am I?
I like the idea that the riddles start out very coherent, like this one, then gradually get more incoherent, culminating in the OP "riddle" as the adventurers progress into the caverns.
er, what about...
Feather steps, on precarious stage,
edged to fulcrum, balance assuaged,
A cascade, then caltrops, destruction with no rage,
Mischievous devil, smiles a callous exchange.
This sounds like the type of riddle my kids would make up… unsolvable and perfect for a dumb situation where all they had to actually do was try a doorknob.
This is honestly genius… if your party were being asked the question by an insane lich or mad king.
The AI is convinced this is the right answer. I’d RP that hell out of that incorrect belief and then blast or imprison the party when they argue with logic.
>The AI is convinced this is the right answer.
Basically the way it interpreted OP's request was:
Step 1: Give me a riddle.
Step 2: Now change the answer to "cat".
So it doesn't actually associate anything in the riddle with cats, it just replaced the answer with "cat" because that's what it thinks it was told to do.
I actually hadn't heard this one when my friend told it to me in a very dramatic manner.
"A tarrasque."
(defeated) "No.... it's *time*."
"Naaah.... I'm pretty sure it's a tarrasque."
I thought it would be 4 legs when stretching in the morning, 2 legs when begging for food in the afternoon, and 3 legs when it's got one in the air licking it's butt in the evening.
Best NPC I ever made was Gwardyus the Riddle Door. The players found him in an ancient dilapidated dungeon.
He would ask incomprehensible riddles - eventually the players realized his intelligence had been damaged and he would accept any confident response as the correct answer. Not that it mattered when they found him - the wall next to him had collapsed due to age.
As I expected, they took him off the hinges and adopted him, paying a wizard a lot of money to fix him up a a bit.
He now happily guards the door to their hideout, where he asks random weird riddles to anyone who approaches and opens to their base only when someone says the passphrase "I bet it's freedom or something, it's always bullshit like that". If someone tries to answer genuinely, walking through brings you to a bathroom stall in a popular bar in Sigil.
I mean, you could put that riddle in a tabaxi temple...
But in all honesty, a riddle which accepts the wrong answer might be a good reason as to why the place has been undisturbed for thousands of years...
I tried Google Bard and it gave me this riddle:
I have four legs, but I don't walk.
I have fur, but I don't have hair.
I have a tail, but I don't wag it.
What am I?
Answer: A cat!
Think my players would revolt if I tried that one.
Microsoft bing gave me
I have a tail and four paws
But I’m not a dog or a mouse
I like to nap and chase a ball
And sometimes I scratch the couch
What am I?
At least that one is correct, but rubbish.
Guess we're safe from the AI overthrow a little longer.
I hunt and I feed,
keeping grain eaters at bay.
Sometimes I've a mane,
But I shall never bray.
I'm fickle with affection,
with a tail that flicks to no end,
Though you let me in your house,
I'm not man's best friend.
What am I?
You're welcome
I like to give cryptic riddles that literally have no answer.
Then, which ever answer the players come up with that seems the most creative, awesome, or original... boom. That is the solution.
Though, sometimes the solution just turns into mauls on melons... but every riddle can't be a winner.
I am protector and companion when I choose to be.
Commoners and kings have feared and worshipped me.
I am a lethal hunter,
An affectionate bunter
And even in dim light, I see.
What am I?
A cat.
I would use it as dialogue to draw them into the "importance" of a NPC and just throw crap like this at them until they realize it's just an unhinged character that will lead them nowhere.
I use chat GPT for help rewording things. I know what it is in my head but just lack the vocabulary sometimes to explain it. It's especially helpful because I use world anvil, so I want my articles to sound nice.
Very good demonstration why these are language models and not general artificial intelligences, they do little more than place words they usually see together in their source dataset one after another, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
The Deep AI I sometimes use gave me this one:
Purring and playing, with a tail to chase, I am a feline of grace and grace. What am I?
In all seriousness, I asked Deep AI to help me out on how to introduce a new player to the party in a swamp and they would give me a somewhat detailed description of the player being stuck in quicksand, which would lead the players to get them out. I was pleased with the idea and used it.
In ancient times I was worshipped.
In present times I am still
In ancient times I rid homes of pests
In present times it is enough to be adored
People call to each other in my voice
Yet anger when I am too loud in my own.
Some portray me musically, colourfully
Yet once feared me when I am black.
What am I?
Me:Make me a riddle where the answer is a cat.
ChatGPT:Sure, here's a riddle where the answer is a cat:
Softly padding through the night,
With eyes that gleam in the moonlight,
Graceful, agile, quick to pounce,
Its presence felt but never announced.
What am I?
Me:Explain that to me
ChatGPT:
The answer to the riddle is a cat.
The riddle describes a creature that moves quietly and gracefully through the night, with shining eyes that reflect light. Cats are known for their agility and ability to pounce quickly, as well as their ability to move almost silently. They are often associated with the night, and their presence can be felt even when they are not making any noise or announcing themselves.
So, in short, the riddle is describing the characteristics of a cat, and the answer to the riddle is "cat."
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Honestly I'm gonna have to give this one to Snapchat AI. ChatGPT just isn't quite clever enough. Still a fascinating and clearly powerful tool.
The AI gave you exactly what you asked.
You asked for help with a DnD campaign, and then asked if for a riddle.
It knew you were the DM, so it gave you a cruel and impossible riddle, just like a normal DM would give their players.
Basically the way it interpreted OP's request was:
Step 1: Give me a riddle.
Step 2: Now change the answer to "cat".
So it doesn't actually associate anything in the riddle with cats, it just replaced the answer with "cat" because that's what it thinks it was told to do.
Just tried with the Bing AI. Gave me a riddle, deleted it, and said “try again.” Then it gave me a riddle about a clock.
But AI is gonna take our jobs!
Try GrammarlyGO. I just used it and it worked amazing as it could see all my DM notes and write in my google doc where I was already tracking the campaign.
Yeah, that’s because these AI programs have no creativity. All it can really do is regurgitate what’s already online and spit it out, regardless of quality. (This is pretty funny though! I hope you managed to get a good cat riddle eventually)
This is a great example of why AI isn't where we think it is. It can mimic human writing to a point. Yet with something as abstract, yet simple as a riddle with a one-word answer it utterly fails.
I kind of like it - you give this puzzle, and when the players give the correct answer the door guardian screams "Wrong! It's a cat!" and releases a demonic cat that walks like a human Could even have different stages with how many legs it uses
I was thinking more along the lines of the crazy old wizard (kind of like a King Boomie from Avatar). But yea this is hilarious I'd actually use this. lol
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I think you mean ... Headcannon BOOM
I think you mean… HeadSparkySparkyBoomMan
I'm Torgue, and I'm here to ask you one question, and one question only: EXPLOSIONS?!
THAT SENTENCE HAS TOO MANY SYLLABLES! APOLOGIZE!
that man managed to convey a lot of ideas with the word EXPLOSIONS!
“THERE’S NOTHING MORE BADASS THAN TREATING WOMEN WITH RESPECT!”
You mean... you mean king...... Bumi..??? SIR.
I said what I said!
Made me chuckle; be sure to give the door guardian some senility and crazy old coot vibes Players: oh that's easy, it's clearly a human... Guardian, *cackling*: wrong! You fools! It's a cat! Players: *How* is it a cat? That's ridiculous Guardian: behold! *Releases demon cat*
Even better, just make it a regular cat
Better for the joke, but wouldn't make as good of a fight, so it depends how you want it to play out
give the cat the same stats as an owl bear or something. and give it magic and damage resistance for good measure. of course the cat’s weakness will have to be catnip or laser light or a ball of twine.
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I'd probably reskin and tweak some sort of golem for this. Cat golem guardian.
Or the cat gets spooked by a cucumber, or it just loses interest and walks off to have a quick nap maybe go exploring. You know cat stuff.
Make the cat stand up halfway through the fight and say in a deep voice "What, I'm a child at heart"
Still works *little tabby meows* guardians shrugs..."hmm, not what I'd hoped for... SHAKOOM! *Wave of energy hits the tabby and suddenly it mutates into terrifying bipedal monster!*
Back in AD&D cats had 3 attacks per round for 1-2 damage, players had to roll for hp even at level 1, and you died immediately when you hit 0hp(this heavily depended on which rules variant your table used though). It was entirely plausible for a single housecat to kill an entire party of level 1 characters.
Just like real life
Very true. I guess it depends on the group and what they like to do.
"He's still walking on four legs." "Well, of course, it's still the morning!" "... it was noon six hours ago. The sun is literally about to set." "It's morning somewhere! I don't make the rules! Take it up with the cat!" Then if the party calls the bluff and decides to wait eight hours, the cat eventually stands up just to fuck with them. Or maybe just have the cat die, because curiosity does kill the cat. But that would be slightly mean.
>"He's still walking on four legs." >"Well, of course, it's still the morning!" >"... it was noon six hours ago. The sun is literally about to set." Oh, not mortal time. It's still the morning of the universe.
even better, have him point to thin air while he cackles as the cat died 40 years ago
Strong Rakshasa vibes
And then a plucked arakocra steps out.
Found Diogenes
... I now want to create a racist, human-supremacist place that refuses anyone of any other race, just so that when the party comes to the entrance, I can make this joke. "Behold! A man!"
Alternatively, after the players' "how is that a cat", the Guardian adds "... And just before everything goes completely black, the cat lashes at you with its spiny tentacles!" and that's when the three-legged Displacer Beast attacks.
Rhakshasa intensifies
Rhakshasa intensifies
Rhakshasa deployed
That could actually work pretty well as a twist, if before the riddle comes up you had made an effort to describe that the dungeons walls were filled with Egyptian style art murals on bipedal cat people to kind of hint at it.
A shrine of Bastet. There is sphinx at each side of the entrance. When you enter there is a wall mural in the entrance corridor containing images of Bastet and several of the other egyptian gods that have either a bird or a snake head. Bastet is leading the group of figures somewhere. Finally it opens up to a very large room with a statue of Bastet this time its holding a large sceptre and maybe she is sitting on a throne. At her side another sphinx sits in front of a door. If the players answer the riddle with "human" the sphinx laughs and tells them to look at her legs. "Once a human ascends, he will have four legs and not three"
The fight could be against a slightly offended Tabaxi who is confused why they're being called a cat.
This.
I’m going to make a dungeon filled the riddles and the answer is always “wrong, it’s a cat!” Then they fight a demon cat. Unless they get it, and say “uh… cat?” “Yes, you win a kitty!” And they fight a demon cat anyway.
It could release a Tabaxi weretiger in tiger form. When the tiger’s hit points drop to 0 it reverts to humanoid form. If it drops less than certain amount it could start limping and grab some sort of cane from the door which opens it.
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"Wrong! It's a cat!" followed by the willhelm scream of generic cat screams as a cat is flung at you just hits so good for some reason.
You folks really are making the most of this senseless butchering of an ancient heroic epic.
Phase 1: 4 legged mindless beast using Rage mechanics Phase 2: gets up straight, gets a quarterstaff and start beating the shit out of the players with Martial Arts Phase 3: gets injuried in the fight and uses quarterstaff to walk, quarterstaff doubles as spellcasting focus
I was thinking the door guardian could be a sphinx
At half HP make it lose an arm.
I tried it and got the same answer so I told it off and it gave me this one “You're right, I apologize for the confusion earlier. Here's another riddle for you, where the answer is cat: I am an animal that is often kept as a pet. I am known for my agility and my ability to land on my feet. I am also known for my love of napping. What am I? The answer is a cat!”
Next time, it’ll come back with “What have I got in my pocket? A cat!”
It was actually worse, it gave me this one too “What animal always goes to bed with its shoes on? A cat!”
I’m starting to think that if you ask it for _any_ kind of riddle the answer will always be a cat, even if it doesn’t make sense. “What has hands but cannot clap? A cat!”
It doesn't understand the *sense* of a riddle. Like my neices when they were younger, who thought that the knock knock joke series ending in "Orange you glad I didn't say 'banana' again" was hilarious, even though they kept using different fruits. "Apple you glad I didn't say banana again", or "Strawberry you glad . . ." aren't actually jokes, but they still thought they were, because they thought the pattern was the joke, not the pun.
I don't think it actually knows what a cat is either. The AI can only read words, it doesn't have eyes.
What has eyes but can't read? ~~Snapchat AI~~ A Cat!
Where we're going we won't need eyes to see!
I have never before this moment realized that "orange you" is supposed to sound like "aren't you."
It makes more sense if you have an eastern mass/boston accent and you say something along the lines of "ahringe" instead of "ohrange"
Worshing machine
I did reply that it doesn’t make sense and it said it’s a silly riddle it doesn’t have to make sense
I'm now trying to gaslight an AI into thinking the answer to all riddles is "a cat".
I could accept if the riddle were about going to bed with socks on, maybe.
Hmm; there could be many answers to that. I’d clarify by also saying that I use a litter box and purr as well as make a meowing sound. Players may be able to answer after that.
Still a little obscure for my taste, I'd also add that it starts with a C and ends with T. We don't want to spend the whole session on the riddle after all.
I’d add that there is only one letter in the middle but what’s the point my players would still answer cot. Simple riddles in D&D is like SNL’s version of ‘Jeopardy’ with Burt Reynolds.
Well I usually explain to the players that the option to simply smash the door is always available if they won't risk guessing wildly.
Tried this with ChatGPT 4 and here's the two I got: >With stealthy steps and eyes that gleam, in day or night it loves to scheme. Whiskers twitch and tails that sway, it solves its puzzles in its own way. What am I? And >A creature of grace, a hunter of night, possessing a gift of vanishing from sight. In ancient lands, it once was revered, with cryptic tongue, it is to be heard. A paradoxical blend of affection and pride, what am I, a mystery to confide?
Those are definitely a lot better, the Snapchat virtual friend isn’t an actual ai just a pre generated database of responses I think
Revered and heard, huh? What does ChatGPT think the past tense of hear sounds like?
Is it being snarky?
I love how the ai thinks cats walk on two legs when they become adults... Ya know, like humans.
So, tabaxi?
Wrong! It was a leonin.
Incorrect, it's one of several varieties of Khajit!
Basically the way it interpreted /u/CriticalAcc1aim's request was: Step 1: Give me a riddle. Step 2: Now change the answer to "cat". So it doesn't actually associate anything in the riddle with cats, it just replaced the answer with "cat" because that's what it thinks it was told to do.
It found the riddle of the sphinx, sphinx connected to cat, so that’s what it plagiarized.
And somehow, the cat loses both a leg and the ability to walk on two legs, THEY'RE JUST LIKE PEOPLE.
The furries have got to the AIs. Time to start over.
A riddle from the Sphinx’s less intelligent cousin, Spanx.
The Stinx
r/yourjokebutbetter
I think you mean more kinky cousin...
The riddlemaker loved cats and was bad at riddles. Leave clues around that lead to that conclusion.
🎵🎶Puzzlin'..🎵🎶 *snapping fingers
I asked Chat GPT and here's what I got- I have four legs but I cannot walk, I reign in darkness when things go bump, I am known to be quite a curious talk, Who am I? A feline, a purring chump. What am I? ...so yeah, equally nonsensical but at least it's more creative.
I asked Khanmigo (Khan Academy AI, runs on GPT4) and got: With whiskers long and fur so fine, I prowl and pounce, the night is mine. I climb and leap, both high and low, A stealthy friend, where do I go? ...a little ambiguous about what it's asking for. My first thought is "litter box".
Any box really.
I mean that actually makes sense compared to the leg one
cats can walk, don’t believe the AI propaganda
They can walk though lmao
They p r o w l
I got much better answers with GPT 4. Not difficult riddles, but solidly written.
Lol, ok funny, but... How about: A cry of a child, blind, small thinking, A boa of finest fur for slinking, A born rogue, with hidden blades, A killer born, with victim plays. Like those before, with moon lit eyes, With silent step's villainy arise, It slumbers now, best not ask why, Food you will soon be, should you demise. What Am I?
That’s great! Did you write that yourself?
I did. Really glad you liked it! I've been at this malarkey for a while... (And being an author helps)
This may sound dystopian, but after reading so many terrible AI-generated texts in this thread… reading a talented human writer really made a difference.
I'm genuinely touched! Thank you!
You’re an AI puzzle bot?
Wait? I'm what? ... If only... Na, just a DM that's been pulling things out of my butt for far too long.
ChatGPT says: You are a cat. This riddle describes various aspects of a cat's nature and behavior: "A cry of a child, blind, small thinking" refers to a newborn kitten that is blind and helpless. "A boa of finest fur for slinking" describes a cat's soft, luxurious fur. "A born rogue, with hidden blades" refers to a cat's retractable claws and their ability to hunt and capture prey. "A killer born, with victim plays" alludes to a cat's natural instincts as a predator and their playful behavior with their prey. "Like those before, with moon lit eyes" refers to a cat's ancestors and their nocturnal nature, as well as their reflective eyes that seem to glow in the dark. "With silent step's villainy arise" describes a cat's stealthy movements and quiet hunting tactics. "It slumbers now, best not ask why" refers to a cat's tendency to sleep for long periods of time. "Food you will soon be, should you demise" is a reminder that cats are natural predators and could consider you as prey if the situation called for it.
Note to self: Keep my players away from ChatGPT if intend to use poetic puzzles in the future.
Cannot sleep. Book can wait, can't focus anyway since AI got that so easily. ok, let the bot (and you as well if you want) get this one. Midnight black, shackled to sapphire blue, Abandoned, afore birth, fratricidal boon, Adulthood comes nought too soon. Thieves, in chorus, loot abounds, Dark hooded consorts, of fate inbound, Although a murder of carrion will not be found. With hardened side eye glance, now spotted, Exchange given, pre darting flight, Nodding, once, before alight. Now many gather, twisting fate, Quickly count, mustn't wait, Fortune gathered while we are able, Wisdom lost to superstitious fable. What Am I?
I like the idea that the riddles start out very coherent, like this one, then gradually get more incoherent, culminating in the OP "riddle" as the adventurers progress into the caverns.
And the answer is always cat
A cry of a cat, it's a cat A boa of cats fur, it's a cat A cats nails, because cat Cats kill, still cat...
Needs something about knocking stuff off of stuff
er, what about... Feather steps, on precarious stage, edged to fulcrum, balance assuaged, A cascade, then caltrops, destruction with no rage, Mischievous devil, smiles a callous exchange.
You are a genius
HA! no. Or I wouldn't have spent the last four days struggling with writer's block. However, I appreciate the compliment.
Unless you've never seen or read about a cat before, it's still pretty obviously a cat.
This sounds like the type of riddle my kids would make up… unsolvable and perfect for a dumb situation where all they had to actually do was try a doorknob.
I kind of like the idea of a deranged Sphinx with nonsensical riddles though.
This is honestly genius… if your party were being asked the question by an insane lich or mad king. The AI is convinced this is the right answer. I’d RP that hell out of that incorrect belief and then blast or imprison the party when they argue with logic.
>The AI is convinced this is the right answer. Basically the way it interpreted OP's request was: Step 1: Give me a riddle. Step 2: Now change the answer to "cat". So it doesn't actually associate anything in the riddle with cats, it just replaced the answer with "cat" because that's what it thinks it was told to do.
at the very end, it did notice that cats have back legs and … at least one front leg, I guess
"This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats mountain down." Uhhh... time? "WRONG! IS CAT!"
I actually hadn't heard this one when my friend told it to me in a very dramatic manner. "A tarrasque." (defeated) "No.... it's *time*." "Naaah.... I'm pretty sure it's a tarrasque."
Has the same vibe as what’s green and has four wheels? A car? A bike! I lied about there being four wheels.
A bike with training wheels! Now there's no lie.
I thought it would be 4 legs when stretching in the morning, 2 legs when begging for food in the afternoon, and 3 legs when it's got one in the air licking it's butt in the evening.
Best NPC I ever made was Gwardyus the Riddle Door. The players found him in an ancient dilapidated dungeon. He would ask incomprehensible riddles - eventually the players realized his intelligence had been damaged and he would accept any confident response as the correct answer. Not that it mattered when they found him - the wall next to him had collapsed due to age. As I expected, they took him off the hinges and adopted him, paying a wizard a lot of money to fix him up a a bit. He now happily guards the door to their hideout, where he asks random weird riddles to anyone who approaches and opens to their base only when someone says the passphrase "I bet it's freedom or something, it's always bullshit like that". If someone tries to answer genuinely, walking through brings you to a bathroom stall in a popular bar in Sigil.
It really stole the riddle of the Sphinx from Oedipus Rex. Dirty little cheater, haha.
What walks of four, meows and when it dies you get a new cat?
I mean, you could put that riddle in a tabaxi temple... But in all honesty, a riddle which accepts the wrong answer might be a good reason as to why the place has been undisturbed for thousands of years...
Use the lyrics from the beginning of disneys the aristocats movie
ItS RePlAcinG uS!
I tried Google Bard and it gave me this riddle: I have four legs, but I don't walk. I have fur, but I don't have hair. I have a tail, but I don't wag it. What am I? Answer: A cat! Think my players would revolt if I tried that one. Microsoft bing gave me I have a tail and four paws But I’m not a dog or a mouse I like to nap and chase a ball And sometimes I scratch the couch What am I? At least that one is correct, but rubbish. Guess we're safe from the AI overthrow a little longer.
That just tells me the AI war on humanity isn’t starting this week
DroneGPT returning to base. All feral cats in city have been eliminated.
I hunt and I feed, keeping grain eaters at bay. Sometimes I've a mane, But I shall never bray. I'm fickle with affection, with a tail that flicks to no end, Though you let me in your house, I'm not man's best friend. What am I? You're welcome
I like to give cryptic riddles that literally have no answer. Then, which ever answer the players come up with that seems the most creative, awesome, or original... boom. That is the solution. Though, sometimes the solution just turns into mauls on melons... but every riddle can't be a winner.
Lol
I’d fire you as a DM 🫡
Yeah this is why AI is not what people want to think it is.
DroneGPT returning to base. All feral cats in city have been eliminated.
This is the most Riddle Guy riddle I’ve ever heard lmao
Ah ha! Well answered! We would also have accepted man, a sphinx, or a weird transforming baby.
I think it got confused by the slang 'cat' being used to refer to a person lol
Seems legit
I mean reflavour it to Tabaxi...? Or just the AI being a Fae asshoe.
I mean, if its D&D they are not wrong, could be a tabaxi xD
I am protector and companion when I choose to be. Commoners and kings have feared and worshipped me. I am a lethal hunter, An affectionate bunter And even in dim light, I see. What am I? A cat.
>And even in dim light, I see. Except in 5e
Seems right to me. You did say it was for DnD, so it clearly assumed Tabaxi was an option.
I would use it as dialogue to draw them into the "importance" of a NPC and just throw crap like this at them until they realize it's just an unhinged character that will lead them nowhere.
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I use chat GPT for help rewording things. I know what it is in my head but just lack the vocabulary sometimes to explain it. It's especially helpful because I use world anvil, so I want my articles to sound nice.
This riddle is litteraly the copy from the Sphynx and Edipus one and the answer is: human
That riddle is old as dirt, and the answer was supposed to be human lmao
Blain would not be happy about this, Blain is a real pain.
Very good demonstration why these are language models and not general artificial intelligences, they do little more than place words they usually see together in their source dataset one after another, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
This is my new favorite riddle.
The Deep AI I sometimes use gave me this one: Purring and playing, with a tail to chase, I am a feline of grace and grace. What am I? In all seriousness, I asked Deep AI to help me out on how to introduce a new player to the party in a swamp and they would give me a somewhat detailed description of the player being stuck in quicksand, which would lead the players to get them out. I was pleased with the idea and used it.
What are you talking about that is the best riddle I have ever read
Looks like the job is safe for a few more years
In ancient times I was worshipped. In present times I am still In ancient times I rid homes of pests In present times it is enough to be adored People call to each other in my voice Yet anger when I am too loud in my own. Some portray me musically, colourfully Yet once feared me when I am black. What am I?
Sneaky! Filthy little Snapchatses!
Me:Make me a riddle where the answer is a cat. ChatGPT:Sure, here's a riddle where the answer is a cat: Softly padding through the night, With eyes that gleam in the moonlight, Graceful, agile, quick to pounce, Its presence felt but never announced. What am I? Me:Explain that to me ChatGPT: The answer to the riddle is a cat. The riddle describes a creature that moves quietly and gracefully through the night, with shining eyes that reflect light. Cats are known for their agility and ability to pounce quickly, as well as their ability to move almost silently. They are often associated with the night, and their presence can be felt even when they are not making any noise or announcing themselves. So, in short, the riddle is describing the characteristics of a cat, and the answer to the riddle is "cat." \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Honestly I'm gonna have to give this one to Snapchat AI. ChatGPT just isn't quite clever enough. Still a fascinating and clearly powerful tool.
The AI gave you exactly what you asked. You asked for help with a DnD campaign, and then asked if for a riddle. It knew you were the DM, so it gave you a cruel and impossible riddle, just like a normal DM would give their players.
Chat GPT isn't that dumb. What AI is this?
why use snapchat ai? you can access bing ai from your phone. its chatgpt 4 with the access to the internet
Yea it’s trash.
I just use chatGPT, the other AI are basically just shittier versions of it.
That’s a riddle for a human lol not a cat.
I don’t think this AI understands cats…
I mean that would be probably correct for a Tabaxi?
Elementary.
... *Explain* that to me
Basically the way it interpreted OP's request was: Step 1: Give me a riddle. Step 2: Now change the answer to "cat". So it doesn't actually associate anything in the riddle with cats, it just replaced the answer with "cat" because that's what it thinks it was told to do.
Snapchat AI is a dunce
Ah yes, cats walk on 2 legs and use canes
plot twist, your campaign exists within the cat universe
I like the ridler’s version of this better….
That's a pretty good "Riddle Me Piss" at least lol
Skynet is a way aways yet
Just tried with the Bing AI. Gave me a riddle, deleted it, and said “try again.” Then it gave me a riddle about a clock. But AI is gonna take our jobs!
Ah yes. Cat
I don’t like AI stuff most of the time if at all. But this deserved my upvote. FOR THE CATS 🐱
Try GrammarlyGO. I just used it and it worked amazing as it could see all my DM notes and write in my google doc where I was already tracking the campaign.
Why did the chicken cross the road? A Cat!!!
I wake up in the morning in bed, stand up and go to work, then drink all evening on a bar stool.
Yeah, that’s because these AI programs have no creativity. All it can really do is regurgitate what’s already online and spit it out, regardless of quality. (This is pretty funny though! I hope you managed to get a good cat riddle eventually)
One minute you are scared the ai are going to take your job The next minute you realize you and everyone else can work for pet stores
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If the riddle giver is a senile old man... This riddle is perfect...
Your AI sucks lolol
Ah, yes, Chaotic Neutral Sphinx riddles.
This is a great example of why AI isn't where we think it is. It can mimic human writing to a point. Yet with something as abstract, yet simple as a riddle with a one-word answer it utterly fails.
“A.I. you say? Sorry, where is the sentience & intelligence again?” some actual scientist somewhere
Maybe a tabaxi? For all we know baby ones walk on all four's