• This makes me want to implement a programming language as an alternate tabletop magic system. Maybe give my players runes to experiment with and let them figure out it’s a programming language.

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    “… [it] isn’t actually necessary… the whole spell falls apart without it for some reason.”

    That’s peak cargo cult programming spellcasting right there.

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      I had some commented out test methods. I deleted them. The program failed to compile. I put the test methods back, still commented out. Worked fine.

      I don’t question the machine spirits.

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      I think vibe casting would be when you summon an imp for a few minutes with instructions to work on the big spell, summon another imp and tell it to do the same.

      Likely to produce a much more literal development hell.

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    “Hi spellGPT make me a teleportation spell to DragonLanding. Provide accurate incantation and ensure that the destination is safe and free from any magical barriers or hostile creatures before I arrive.”

    creates a portal to hell

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      SpellGPT is an archdemon, and it’s pronounced as written, not as an acronym.

      Presumably it has money, sex and power as bait instead of on-demand musical fanfics and light conversation, because fiction isn’t that dumb.

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      A potential ley line blockage that’s cleared by a ritual performed every winter solstice by a hobbyist spellcaster who lives on a farm in the middle of nowhere?