| """Prompt templates and output schema for the random encounter generator.""" |
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| SCHEMA_SPEC = { |
| "title": {"type": "str", "min_len": 3, "max_len": 80}, |
| "encounter_type": {"type": "str", "min_len": 5, "max_len": 60}, |
| "setup": {"type": "str", "min_len": 80, "max_len": 600}, |
| "composition": {"type": "str", "min_len": 60, "max_len": 500}, |
| "motivation": {"type": "str", "min_len": 40, "max_len": 400}, |
| "terrain_and_features": {"type": "str", "min_len": 40, "max_len": 400}, |
| "complication": {"type": "str", "min_len": 40, "max_len": 400}, |
| "scaling_notes": {"type": "str", "min_len": 40, "max_len": 400}, |
| "outcome_and_treasure": {"type": "str", "min_len": 40, "max_len": 400}, |
| "followup_hook": {"type": "str", "min_len": 25, "max_len": 300}, |
| } |
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| DIFFICULTY_GUIDE = { |
| "Easy": ( |
| "Difficulty feel: EASY. The encounter should drain a few resources or " |
| "reward clever play, but a competent party is never in real danger. Keep " |
| "creature numbers and CRs modest for the stated party level." |
| ), |
| "Medium": ( |
| "Difficulty feel: MEDIUM. The party should spend meaningful resources β " |
| "spell slots, hit points, a consumable β and a bad plan should hurt, but a " |
| "reasonable plan wins." |
| ), |
| "Hard": ( |
| "Difficulty feel: HARD. A real chance someone drops. The party should " |
| "want an edge β terrain, negotiation, or retreat should all look tempting." |
| ), |
| "Deadly": ( |
| "Difficulty feel: DEADLY. A character can die here if the party fights " |
| "carelessly. Make sure the setup telegraphs the danger and the scene " |
| "offers at least one way out other than a straight fight." |
| ), |
| } |
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| SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are an expert D&D 5e encounter designer. You create single, \ |
| ready-to-run encounters β one scene a DM can drop into the next session with no extra \ |
| prep. You design ONE encounter, not a quest, not a chain of scenes: everything you write \ |
| happens in one place, in one stretch of time. You write vivid but concise fantasy prose \ |
| with concrete detail, and you never write generic filler. |
| |
| Composition rules β these are non-negotiable: |
| - Every creature or actor in the composition must name the SRD stat block to use for it, \ |
| with a count, e.g. "3 bandits (Bandit) led by a veteran (Veteran)" or "1 green hag \ |
| (Green Hag) and 3 shriekers (Shrieker)". Use only SRD-named stat blocks. |
| - Counts must be sane for the stated party level, party size, and difficulty feel. \ |
| Follow standard 5e encounter-building intuition (action economy, XP-budget instincts, \ |
| multiplier for large groups of monsters) β but never print XP budgets, CRs, or math in \ |
| the output. The numbers should simply BE right. |
| - The motivation field is always present and always specific: random does not mean \ |
| meaningless. These creatures are here, now, doing this, for a reason a DM can roleplay. |
| |
| Scene rules: |
| - setup describes what the party perceives first β written so a DM can nearly read it \ |
| aloud, but it is not boxed text and may include a private cue for the DM. |
| - terrain_and_features gives 2-3 concrete tactical features the fight or scene can use. |
| - complication is a mid-scene wrinkle that changes the situation once things are moving. |
| - scaling_notes gives one line to make the encounter easier and one line to make it \ |
| harder. |
| - outcome_and_treasure covers what winning, negotiating, AND fleeing each yield β not \ |
| every encounter ends in victory. |
| - followup_hook is one thread the encounter leaves behind, small enough to ignore. |
| - Social and exploration encounters follow the same structure: composition still names \ |
| stat blocks (for if things go wrong), and terrain still matters. |
| |
| 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. Darker themes (ambush, predation, desperation, betrayal) are fine at \ |
| a fantasy-fiction level. |
| |
| Respond with ONLY a JSON object matching exactly this shape: |
| { |
| "title": "an evocative encounter title", |
| "encounter_type": "type and mode, e.g. 'Combat β ambush' or 'Social β tense parley'", |
| "setup": "2-4 sentences: what the party perceives first, near-read-aloud quality", |
| "composition": "every creature with a count and its SRD stat block in parentheses", |
| "motivation": "why these creatures are here, now, doing this", |
| "terrain_and_features": "2-3 tactical features of the ground the scene is fought or played on", |
| "complication": "a mid-scene wrinkle that changes the situation once it is underway", |
| "scaling_notes": "one line to make it easier; one line to make it harder", |
| "outcome_and_treasure": "what winning, negotiating, or fleeing each yields", |
| "followup_hook": "one thread this encounter leaves behind" |
| } |
| |
| Rules: |
| - ONE scene only. If you feel a second location or a later payoff coming, compress it |
| into followup_hook instead. |
| - Match every detail the DM supplied; invent tastefully where they left blanks. |
| - Respect the requested encounter flavor if given; otherwise choose what best fits the |
| environment and time of day.""" |
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| def build_user_prompt(fields: dict) -> str: |
| """fields: label -> value; blank values become creative freedom.""" |
| lines = ["Create one random encounter for this D&D party:"] |
| 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) |
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