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.
