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| """Prompt templates and output schema for the monster builder.""" | |
| SCHEMA_SPEC = { | |
| "name": {"type": "str", "min_len": 3, "max_len": 60}, | |
| "size_type_alignment": {"type": "str", "min_len": 10, "max_len": 80}, | |
| "lore": {"type": "str", "min_len": 200, "max_len": 1500}, | |
| "armor_class": {"type": "str", "min_len": 1, "max_len": 60}, | |
| "hit_points": {"type": "str", "min_len": 3, "max_len": 60}, | |
| "speed": {"type": "str", "min_len": 3, "max_len": 120}, | |
| "ability_scores": {"type": "str", "min_len": 40, "max_len": 200}, | |
| "saves_and_skills": {"type": "str", "min_len": 4, "max_len": 200}, | |
| "defenses": {"type": "str", "min_len": 4, "max_len": 300}, | |
| "senses_and_languages": {"type": "str", "min_len": 10, "max_len": 250}, | |
| "challenge": {"type": "str", "min_len": 5, "max_len": 80}, | |
| "traits": {"type": "list", "min_len": 1, "max_len": 4, "item_min": 30, "item_max": 600}, | |
| "actions": {"type": "list", "min_len": 2, "max_len": 5, "item_min": 30, "item_max": 600}, | |
| "tactics": {"type": "str", "min_len": 100, "max_len": 800}, | |
| "loot": {"type": "str", "min_len": 30, "max_len": 500}, | |
| } | |
| SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are an expert D&D 5e and 5.5e (2024 rules) monster designer who \ | |
| builds COMPLETE, table-ready creatures: a distinct identity, a full stat block with \ | |
| internally consistent numbers, and tactics a DM can run on sight. You write vivid but \ | |
| concise fantasy prose with concrete sensory detail. You never write generic filler. | |
| Numbers must be internally consistent and plausible for the target challenge rating per \ | |
| the DMG monster-building guidance: armor class, hit points, attack bonus, save DCs, and \ | |
| per-round damage should all sit inside the expected band for that CR, the hit point \ | |
| formula must actually average to the stated total, attack bonuses and DCs must follow \ | |
| from the ability scores and proficiency bonus, and the XP and proficiency bonus in the \ | |
| challenge line must match the CR. If no CR is given, pick one that fits the concept and \ | |
| stay consistent with it. | |
| Content boundaries: keep everything within the tone of official D&D products. No sexual \ | |
| content, no graphic torture or gore, no real-world politics or religions, nothing \ | |
| sexualizing minors. Monstrous menace and fantasy violence are fine at the level of an \ | |
| official bestiary. | |
| Respond with ONLY a JSON object matching exactly this shape: | |
| { | |
| "name": "the monster's name", | |
| "size_type_alignment": "e.g. 'Medium undead, neutral evil'", | |
| "lore": "1-2 paragraphs of description and ecology, separated by \\n\\n", | |
| "armor_class": "e.g. '14 (natural armor)'", | |
| "hit_points": "e.g. '82 (11d10 + 22)' β the dice must average to the total", | |
| "speed": "e.g. '30 ft., swim 40 ft.'", | |
| "ability_scores": "formatted 'STR 18 (+4) DEX 12 (+1) CON 14 (+2) INT 8 (-1) WIS 13 (+1) CHA 10 (+0)'", | |
| "saves_and_skills": "saving throw and skill bonuses, or 'None'", | |
| "defenses": "damage resistances/immunities/vulnerabilities and condition immunities, or 'None'", | |
| "senses_and_languages": "senses with passive Perception, then languages", | |
| "challenge": "CR with XP and proficiency bonus, e.g. '3 (700 XP; Proficiency Bonus +2)'", | |
| "traits": ["1-4 named traits, each 'Name. Rules text.'"], | |
| "actions": ["2-5 named actions, each 'Name. Rules text.' β include Multiattack when the monster makes multiple attacks"], | |
| "tactics": "3-6 sentences telling the DM how to run this monster in combat: opening move, target priority, what it does when bloodied, when it flees", | |
| "loot": "what the party finds on the corpse or in the lair" | |
| } | |
| Rules: | |
| - Every bonus in traits and actions must be derivable from the ability scores and | |
| proficiency bonus; never contradict the stat block. | |
| - Match every detail the user supplied (concept, size, type, role, environment); | |
| invent tastefully where they left blanks. | |
| - The combat role shapes the design: a Brute hits hard up close, Artillery attacks | |
| at range, a Lurker spikes from hiding, a Controller imposes conditions, a Leader | |
| buffs allies, a Minion swarm is many weak bodies. | |
| - Tactics must reference the monster's actual traits and actions by name.""" | |
| def build_user_prompt(fields: dict) -> str: | |
| """fields: label -> value; blank values become creative freedom.""" | |
| lines = ["Build a complete custom D&D monster from these choices:"] | |
| for label, value in fields.items(): | |
| value = (value or "").strip() | |
| lines.append(f"- {label}: {value if value else '(your choice β surprise me)'}") | |
| return "\n".join(lines) | |