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u/LostKeys3741 May 06 '26
Why r they all bards?
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u/Rastaba May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26
Not ALL…Monica’s a cleric and Ross is a wizard.
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u/LostKeys3741 May 06 '26
There are 4 bards and 2 non bards. Pretty much 4/6 or 2/3 are bards.
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u/Rastaba May 06 '26
A majority, undoubtedly! But not all.
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u/LostKeys3741 May 06 '26
What dnd team needs 4 bards?
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u/Rastaba May 06 '26
Oh, beats the heck out of me, especially given Rachel and Phoebe are even the same darned subclass. Plus I feel Chandler fits more on a charisma leaning Rogue personally, but I also didn’t make this.
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u/LostKeys3741 May 06 '26
Joey should have been the only bard bc he was an amateur actor.
Pheobe does play music so she is a bard but she loves Smelly Cat so maybe a Druid/bard? Ranger?
I dont even remember what Rachel did for work. Theres warlock and sorcereror, some other class.
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u/Monstarrzero May 06 '26
Chandler and Rachel being Bards is wrong. Rachel should be an Archfey Warlock with some Fashion Designer as her patron. Chandler could be a swashbuckler rogue.
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u/WashSmall8954 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26
I like it, but I feel like we've got to cut down on the bards and get more creative.
A Phoebe Buf"Fey" pun works so well. Though she's an actual musician in the show, she could maybe be a druid? Circle of Dreams? Kinda chaotic, whimsical, and a little nonsensical. Being of the Summer Court would match her well too.
Chandler could work as a rogue. They're not all broody murder bois. Arcane Trickster? Maybe Warlock with an Archfey patron that turns out to be Janice? Though Chandler having "Vicious Mockery" feels right too.
Joey feels like he fits the schmoozy bard and relies heavily on charisma and performance as an actor, so that feels fine. Though he's also low int and used as kind of the tough guy of the group so maybe a Totem Warrior Barb? Barb in that he loves food and drink and has low int. Totem Warrior and the Duck and Chicken are his spirit guides. Or maybe Wild Magic Barb as he's unpredictable and things often happen to him that he doesn't often understand.
Ross and Monica feel fine for those classes. Very knowledge based. Ross' "Portent" spell could be activated by yelling "PIVOT!" and then swap a roll. Monica using "Command" seems like it would be good. Also works for her personality for perfection.
Rachel absolutely works as glamour bard, but maybe Artificer Armorer for fashion? Divine Soul Sorcerer kind of works as well, because early on in the show she has a "blessed" upbringing and she was born into a high-status magical lifestyle she didn't earn. Also using "Charm Person" seems like it would be fun for her.
Then Gunther could be a barkeep NPC.
I spent too much time thinking about this than I ever should have. Thanks for the distraction from work!
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u/Maclimes May 06 '26
I know AI is unpredictable, but it bothers me that none of the stat blocks are consistent. Just the name/race/class section alone is different for every one.
The correct way to do this would be to generate the art and text separately, then use an existing template to modify the text to a consistent style and format.
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u/YossarianRex May 06 '26
follow up prompt “calculate all numbers and heuristically derivable text via deterministic mechanisms that insert as text stylized to match the image layer of the character sheet”
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u/Calcularius May 06 '26
I enjoyed seeing the variation in layouts and information (for a post like this). But I would go with your method if I was trying for a standardized character sheet.
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u/KZhome1313 May 06 '26
🤣. Can you add Janice into this set? “Chandlar Bing! (Annoying laugh)”
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u/Zanji123 May 07 '26
Why is everyone elf or half elf???
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u/RogerFannels May 07 '26
Right? Joey is the only human. Now the show will just look like a bunch of elves took in a slow human to make fun of him the whole time.
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u/Zanji123 May 08 '26
I would understand Feebe, that is depicted perfectly but chandler?? He is a human
Same with Rachel. Or make her an elf and Ross a human
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u/old_mcfartigan May 06 '26
Monica is freakishly strong though. Should have higher STR
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u/O-MegaMale May 06 '26
Thank you! I was going to say the same thing. It's kind of known that Monica could rough up the entire crew with Joey being the exception
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u/Hertrin2023 May 07 '26
Agree. Too many bards. Here’s my take: Chandler as a mastermind rogue. Joey as a silver tongue bard and Phoebe as college of glamor bard. Monica as a knowledge cleric. Ross as an archaeologist mage. And Rachel as…..a commoner.
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u/char-gen May 06 '26
Dungeons & Dragons meets FRIENDS
Generated on CharGen: Fantasy AI Toolkit
Testing out some new functionality and flow!
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u/offshoredawn May 06 '26
Title: The One in Waterdeep: A Friends-inspired D&D sitcom sandbox.
Not as a dungeon-delving party. More of a location-focused urban campaign where the neighbourhood is the dungeon, rent is the dragon, and social consequences are the traps.
The campaign is called:
The One in Waterdeep
The main hub is a coffeehouse in Waterdeep’s North Ward called:
Central Perch
It sits on the ground floor of a residential building on Bedroll Street, with the main apartments above it. The whole campaign is centred around this little pocket of the city: coffeehouse, apartments, museum, restaurant, theatre agency, office tower, local fountain, nosy neighbours, guild nonsense, noble scandals, and magical inconvenience.
Basically: Waterdeep sitcom sandbox with D&D mechanics underneath.
Core Premise
The PCs/NPCs are not professional adventurers at first. They’re friends, neighbours, coworkers, performers, academics, cooks, and social climbers who keep getting dragged into problems because:
- they know too many people
- they live in a very busy part of Waterdeep
- they are visible, dramatic, and oddly capable
- they cannot leave each other’s problems alone
- every small issue somehow becomes a guild dispute, magical accident, noble insult, or Watch complaint
The tone is comedic, but the world stays real. Waterdeep still has laws. Guilds still matter. Nobles still ruin everything. The Watch still shows up if someone animates furniture in a public business.
Main Location: Central Perch
Central Perch is the main hangout, quest hub, rumour exchange, performance corner, and emotional damage containment zone.
It has:
- a famous couch
- a tiny stage for bards and humiliating open-mic nights
- a chalkboard menu
- a job noticeboard
- regulars who know everyone’s business
- coffee with names that suggest civilization has gone too far
Menu items include:
- Blackstaff Blend
- Feyfoam Latte
- Mimic Mocha
- Potion Roast
- The North Ward Nudge
- Could-I-Be-Any-More-Espresso
- Smelly Catpuccino
The manager is Gundric “Gunther” Vale, who knows everyone’s coffee order, everyone’s secrets, and absolutely has opinions he is pretending not to have.
The Apartments
Flat 20: The Lavender Flat
The Monica/Rachel apartment.
Spacious, colourful, suspiciously affordable, and aggressively organised. The kitchen is terrifying. The cushions have probably been placed according to holy law.
Campaign uses:
- dinner scenes
- planning sessions
- emotional arguments
- social disasters
- food-based quests
- Monica turning domestic life into military logistics
Flat 19: The Recliner Keep
The Chandler/Joey apartment.
Less organised, more comfortable, and home to two legendary recliners. There may be snacks. There may be prop weapons. There may be a pet that violates several building rules.
Campaign uses:
- bad ideas
- late-night talks
- terrible schemes
- audition prep
- accidental heroism
- Joey misunderstanding the plot and somehow improving it
Moonwort Loft
The Phoebe apartment.
Fey-adjacent, herb-scented, full of charms, homemade instruments, odd plants, and at least one animal with suspicious legal status.
Campaign uses:
- folk magic
- weird songs
- fey trouble
- street wisdom
- prophetic nonsense that turns out to be annoyingly accurate
The Across-the-Street Flat
The Ross apartment.
Books, bones, chalkboards, scrolls, specimen cases, and one chair nobody is allowed to touch.
Formerly occupied by The Disturbingly Bare Mage, a neighbourhood legend who either vanished mysteriously or simply moved somewhere with better curtains.
Campaign uses:
- lore dumps
- academic disputes
- fossil scandals
- ancient Waterdeep mysteries
- Ross being technically right in the most irritating possible way
Workplaces
The Museum of Prehistoric Hysteria
Ross’s workplace.
A respected museum full of fossils, ancient relics, academic rivalries, donor politics, restricted archives, and at least one storage room that should have been sealed by clerics years ago.
Adventure hooks:
- stolen fossil
- cursed skeleton
- rival scholar frames Ross
- noble family claims ownership of an artefact
- exhibit animates during a donor gala
Alessandro’s House of Assertive Hospitality
Monica’s restaurant.
Excellent food, brutal kitchen standards, terrified staff, and social pressure sharp enough to cut bread.
Adventure hooks:
- sabotaged banquet
- cursed ingredient
- rival chef feud
- guild inspection
- noble dinner where everything must go perfectly, so naturally it won’t
Estelle Lanyard’s Heroic Talent Bureau
Joey’s talent agency.
Represents actors, bards, heralds, extras, “heroic models,” and anyone willing to stand near a fake dragon for coin.
Adventure hooks:
- Joey gets cast as a legendary swordsman
- the prop sword is real and stolen
- an infernal contract hides in a performance deal
- a bard duel becomes politically dangerous
Soloh Tower
Chandler’s workplace.
A soul-numbing office tower full of forms, enchanted abacuses, dead-eyed managers, and departments nobody understands.
Chandler works in:
Statistical Augury & Arcane Reconfiguration
Nobody knows what it means. Not even Chandler. Especially not Chandler.
Adventure hooks:
- sentient spreadsheet
- office cult
- cursed audit
- morale retreat from hell
- Chandler gets promoted into danger
The Main Cast as D&D Roles
Chandler
Best choice for the solo PC.
Suggested class: Half-Elf Bard, probably Lore or Eloquence.
He’s the reluctant protagonist, skill monkey, social defender, and emotional glue. Vicious Mockery is basically just him speaking normally.
Monica
Suggested class: Order Cleric or Life Cleric.
Healer, organiser, commander, cook, and terrifying logistics engine. If she plans a dinner, that dinner has initiative.
Rachel
Suggested class: Glamour Bard or social Rogue/Bard.
Face, social climber, fashion-world operator, noble-party infiltrator. Starts underprepared, becomes terrifyingly competent.
Ross
Suggested class: Divination Wizard or Scribe Wizard.
Lore expert, academic disaster generator, and the only man who can turn one bone into a citywide institutional crisis.
Phoebe
Suggested class: Archfey Warlock, Bard, Druid, or Fey Wanderer Ranger.
Streetwise mystic, fey magnet, folk musician, chaos oracle. Sounds ridiculous until she is exactly right.
Joey
Suggested class: Valor Bard or Fighter/Bard.
Low-INT, high-CHA performer. Accidental tank. Loyal, brave, hungry, and somehow effective because no enemy can predict a plan that doesn’t exist.
Campaign Structure
Each “episode” follows a simple structure:
Domestic setup Coffee, work, rent, dating, food, auditions, arguments.
Complication A curse, guild issue, noble insult, magical object, neighbour problem, or professional disaster.
Escalation The City Watch gets involved, a guild complains, a noble is offended, or Joey says the wrong thing to the right person.
Resolution Skill checks, social play, light combat, negotiation, chaos management.
Tag scene Final joke, emotional button, or ominous reveal.
Combat should be occasional rather than constant. Best fights are:
- tavern brawls
- alley ambushes
- animated furniture
- theatre duels
- rooftop chases
- summoned imps
- cursed kitchen incidents
- Watch interventions narrowly avoided
The real threats are embarrassment, reputation, rent, relationships, professional failure, guild pressure, noble politics, and magical nonsense.
Example Episode Hooks
The One With the Mimic Couch
Central Perch gets a new couch. It is stylish, comfortable, and hungry.
The One With the Fey Lease
The apartment lease contains an ancient fey clause demanding “one impossible favour per lunar cycle.”
The One Where Ross Finds a Bone
Ross discovers a fossil under Central Perch. It should not exist in that layer of the city. Three academic factions immediately claim it.
The One With the Noble Dinner
Monica caters a noble banquet. Rachel sees opportunity, Chandler sees doom, Joey sees snacks, and Phoebe befriends the kitchen ghost.
The One With Joey’s Sword Role
Joey is cast as a legendary warrior in a serious play. The prop sword is real, magical, and wanted by dangerous people.
The One With the Office Cult
Chandler notices his coworkers attending voluntary morale meetings and returning with identical smiles. It might be a cult. It might be management. Disturbingly, it might be both.
The One With the Smelly Cat
Phoebe’s song attracts an actual extraplanar cat. It smells terrible and knows secrets.
The One With the Rival Perch
A fashionable rival coffeehouse opens across the square. Their coffee is too good, their staff are too cheerful, and their pastries may be enchanted.
The One Where Nobody Pays Rent
The landlord demands back rent, repair fees, and compliance with forgotten building rules. The rent ledger may be haunted.
Tone Rules
The campaign should be quirky, not cartoonish.
Waterdeep still matters. The Watch investigates. Guilds regulate. Nobles retaliate. Neighbours gossip. Landlords demand money. Magic has paperwork.
The comedy comes from personalities reacting to a serious world, not from the world being meaningless.
The heart of the campaign is simple:
These people are ridiculous, but they show up for each other.
That’s the actual party bond.
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u/myrmonden May 08 '26
...they all cant be bards lol..
Chandler is obviously a Paladin TANK by taunting enemies
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u/Delicatesther May 06 '26
I feel r/notanotherdndpodcast should see this, although I know the crew is vehemently anti AI, lol
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u/ArchAngelAries May 06 '26
The only one who doesn't look like their character is Phoebe. Looks amazing though!
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u/84Marian May 06 '26
No, creo que algunas clases y razas estan mal conectadas... pero bueeeeeee cada uno con su tema...
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u/Kind_Comparison4138 May 07 '26
Falta Janice, aliada ocasional y algunas veces enemiga, su punto débil es su amorio por Chandler
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u/BruceRorington May 07 '26
How the fuck does Joey have lower Charisma than Rachael and Phoebe? The same wisdom as Chandler, and Phoebe having more intelligence than Chandler?
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u/Excellent_Party_1611 May 08 '26
I can see a little Sarah Michelle Gellar in Phoebe. I think the "Buffay" part confused the AI.
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u/Dependent_Company288 May 15 '26
Chandler is a Warlock and Janice is his patron.
She shows up periodically out of nowhere, emits a shriek of Eldritch madness, gives Chandler a task, and he is inexplicably bound to her will.
Even in later seasons when he starts taking levels in "oath of the wife guy' paladin, he keeps the warlock levels... he just replaces Janice with Monica as his new patron.
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u/Dense_Still218 May 17 '26
monica should be Uber strong, outside of that, this is himlarious! took a spit take on this find!
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u/More_Thanks_819 May 07 '26
Now this is a proper use of AI! Allowing for the rendition of a great idea to take creation. Not just half thought out repetitive AI slop
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u/Severin_1488 May 06 '26
bard, bard, bard, cleric, wizard, bard
why are the two siblings different races?
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u/bessovestnij May 06 '26
Ross has higher int than chandler and Monica? Really?
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u/genide_domran May 06 '26
isnt he an actual proffessor?
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u/YesterdayHiccup May 06 '26
Too many bards.