Random Guilds of Waterdeep
After the characters opened up the Trollskull, I wanted a way to randomly select a Waterdhavian guild for off-the-cuff scene building. So I went to the Guilds of Waterdeep fandom wiki page and copied their list. I wanted to get a standard “Roll d100” table in my notion.so Waterdeep project. So I turned to AI to see if they could save me the manual effort of building the table. I’ll go ahead and provide the table, then some color on the AI results I got after.
Table
d100
Guild
1-2
Baker’s Guild
3-4
Carpenters’, Roofers’, & Plaisterers’ Guild
5-6
Cellarers’ & Plumbers’ Guild
7-8
Coopers’ Guild
9-10
Council of Farmer-Grocers
11-12
Council of Musicians, Instrument-Makers, & Choristers
13-14
Dungsweepers’ Guild
15-16
Fellowship of Bowers and Fletchers
17-18
Fellowship of Carters and Coachmen
19-20
Fellowship of Innkeepers
21-22
Fellowship of Salters, Packers, and Joiners
23-24
Fishmongers’ Fellowship
25-26
Guild of Apothecaries and Physicians
27-28
Guild of Butchers
29-30
Guild of Chandlers and Lamplighters
31-32
Guild of Fine Carvers
33-34
Guild of Glassblowers, Glaziers, and Spectacle-makers
35-36
Guild of Stonecutters, Masons, Potters, and Tile-makers
37-38
Guild of Trusted Pewterers and Casters
39-40
Guild of Watermen
41-42
Jesters’ Guild
43-44
Jewelers’ Guild
45-46
Launderers’ Guild
47-48
League of Basket-makers and Wickerworkers
49-50
League of Skinners and Tanners
51-52
Loyal Order of Street Laborers
53-54
Master Mariners’ Guild
55-56
Most Careful Order of Skilled Smiths and Metalforgers
57-58
Most Diligent League of Sail-makers and Cordwainers
59-60
Most Excellent Order of Weavers and Dyers
61-62
Order of Cobblers and Corvisers
63-64
Order of Master Shipwrights
65-66
Order of Master Tailors, Glovers, and Mercers
67-68
Saddlers’ and Harness-makers’ Guild
69-70
Scriveners’, Scribes’, and Clerks’ Guild
71-72
Solemn Order of Recognized Furriers and Woolmen
73-74
Splendid Order of Armorers, Locksmiths, and Finesmiths
75-76
Stablemasters’ and Farriers’ Guild
77-78
Stationers’ Guild
79-80
Surveyors’, Map-makers’, and Chart-makers’ Guild
81-82
Vintners’, Distillers’, & Brewers’ Guild
83-84
Wagon-makers’ and Coach Builders’ Guild
85-86
Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors
87-88
Wheelwrights’ Guild
89-100
Roll twice and combine the results
Using LLMs to Make the Table
I’m going to assume you are familiar with the basics of LLM chatbots if you are continuing to read. I asked Chatgpt-01, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini Advanced 1.5 Pro the following question (note the erroneous text from the row copy/paste from the wiki):
Can you make this list of guilds into a d100 table that I can copy and paste into notion? Also get rid of the extraneous numbers.Baker’s Guild[14]Carpenters’, Roofers’, & Plaisterers’ Guild[14]Cellarers’ & Plumbers’ Guild[14]Coopers’ Guild[14]Council of Farmer-Grocers[14]Council of Musicians, Instrument-Makers, & Choristers[14]Dungsweepers’ Guild[14]Fellowship of Bowers and Fletchers[14]Fellowship of Carters and Coachmen[14]Fellowship of Innkeepers[14]Fellowship of Salters, Packers, and Joiners[14]Fishmongers’ Fellowship[14]Guild of Apothecaries and Physicians[14]Guild of Butchers[14]Guild of Chandlers and Lamplighters[14]Guild of Fine Carvers[14]Guild of Glassblowers, Glaziers, and Spectacle-makers[14]Guild of Stonecutters, Masons, Potters, and Tile-makers[14]Guild of Trusted Pewterers and Casters[14]Guild of Watermen[14]Jesters’ Guild[14]Jewelers’ Guild[14]Launderers’ Guild[14]League of Basket-makers and Wickerworkers[14]League of Skinners and Tanners[14]Loyal Order of Street Laborers[14]Master Mariners’ Guild[14]Most Careful Order of Skilled Smiths and Metalforgers[14]Most Diligent League of Sail-makers and Cordwainers[14]Most Excellent Order of Weavers and Dyers[14]Order of Cobblers and Corvisers[14]Order of Master Shipwrights[14]Order of Master Tailors, Glovers, and Mercers[14]Saddlers’ and Harness-makers’ Guild[14]Scriveners’, Scribes’, and Clerks’ Guild[14]Solemn Order of Recognized Furriers and Woolmen[14]Splendid Order of Armorers, Locksmiths, and Finesmiths[14]Stablemasters’ and Farriers’ Guild[14]Stationers’ Guild[14]Surveyors’, Map-makers’, and Chart-makers’ Guild[14]Vintners’, Distillers’, & Brewers’ Guild[14]Wagon-makers’ and Coach Builders’ Guild[14]Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors[14]Wheelwrights’ Guild[14]
Note I just used the default models to see what they would come up with. Chatgpt completely failed, generating a numbers list from 1 to 44 of each guild. Gemini did better in that it created an inline table I could export easily to sheets, but it didn’t export well to Notion. And it was still numbered 1 to 44. But Claude nailed it. It was smart enough to assign out ranged die rolls to each guild, and formatted it in markdown that easily exported to Notion. And the cherry on top - 89-90 means roll twice more and combine the results! That was a delightful idea I had not even thought of!
I’m not going to speculate why Claude blew the other two out of the water - though Claude has been my default, especially for coding-related tasks, for the last 6 months, so its not surprising to me it was the clear winner.