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DungeonBench: A Benchmark for Rules-Rich Tactical Reasoning in Dungeons & Dragons Combat
arXiv cs.AI · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- DungeonBench is a benchmark for evaluating AI tactical reasoning using Dungeons & Dragons combat rules, covering movement, spells, resources, and multi-encounter scenarios.
- Why it matters
- Matters for engineers building AI systems that must handle complex rule interactions, resource management, and long-horizon planning under constraints.
- Watch out
- Frontier language models win individual encounters but fail at multi-day resource budgeting and rest timing, suggesting the benchmark exposes real reasoning gaps.
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