Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. TableForge works as a single player D&D game. You play one character, and the AI dungeon master runs the world, voices every NPC, and adjudicates the rules. Solo play is a first-class use case, not an afterthought, and encounters scale to a party of one. See solo D&D on TableForge or our guide to playing D&D solo.

Yes. Duo campaigns are one of the most common ways to play TableForge. Two players, two characters, one AI dungeon master. You can play in real-time when you're both online, or asynchronously when schedules don't line up. See D&D for two or our guide to two player campaigns.

Yes. TableForge supports up to 6 players in a single campaign, depending on your plan. The AI dungeon master tracks initiative, manages NPCs, and keeps the story moving for the whole table. You can play synchronously or asynchronously, whichever fits your group.

Yes. That is the core of what TableForge does: the AI dungeon master fills the DM role, so everyone at the table gets to play a character. Nobody has to prep, learn the rules at expert level, or give up playing in order to run the game. See D&D without a DM, and we cover the alternatives too in how to play D&D without a DM.

No. TableForge supports both real-time and async play. Take your turn whenever you can. The DM holds the thread until everyone has acted, then continues the scene.

No. TableForge handles all the rules automatically. If you want to learn what's happening under the hood, our Primer explains dice, ability scores, combat, and spells in plain language.

Sign up for free, create a character, and start a new campaign. The AI Dungeon Master takes it from there. You can invite friends or play solo.

No. You build your own character and describe the campaign you want, and the AI dungeon master generates an original world to match. Ready-made template characters exist if you'd rather skip character creation on your first run, but they are optional.

Yes. The free tier gives you the full product for 60 DM narration turns, which is roughly one full session. After that, paid plans start at $14.99/mo. The host subscribes; guests play free. See pricing or our guide to playing D&D online free.

The SRD 2024 (5e), published under Creative Commons by Wizards of the Coast. A dedicated rules engine, not the AI, adjudicates combat, spells, conditions, and dice rolls. This means consistent, correct rulings every time.

Not yet. Published modules are licensed content that tools built on the free SRD cannot reproduce, and a module is a structured object rather than prose, so importing one correctly is a real engineering problem. Module import is on the roadmap. What works today is describing the campaign you want, and the AI builds an original one in that shape. There's a fuller explanation in can an AI DM run a PDF adventure?

Not yet. We're focused on getting the core SRD 2024 experience right first. Homebrew support is on the roadmap.

Yes. Dice are rolled by the rules engine using real random number generation, not produced as text by the language model. TableForge also shows the math behind a result, because players want to see the numbers.

Up to 6, depending on your plan. Free supports 2 players; Fellowship supports 4; Legendary supports 6.

Campaigns are invite-only. The host shares an invite link with the specific people they want at the table, and there is no public matchmaking or open lobby. If you want to play with people you don't know yet, arrange that on a group finding site such as GroupFinder first, then invite them.

TableForge doesn't match you with players, so the usual routes apply: GroupFinder, r/lfg, your local game store, or a Discord server for the kind of game you want. GroupFinder is a free listing site where players and groups post what they're after, across D&D, Pathfinder, Daggerheart, Shadowdark and others. Once you've found people, bring them to your table with an invite link. If you'd rather not wait, you can start solo tonight and add players to the same campaign later.

Yes. TableForge supports both real-time and async play. Take your turn whenever you can. The DM holds the thread until everyone has acted.

No. The host subscribes; everyone else joins for free.

An AI dungeon master is software that runs a tabletop roleplaying campaign in place of a human DM. It describes the world, voices the NPCs, adjudicates the rules, and reacts to whatever the players decide to do. TableForge is an AI dungeon master for D&D 5e, built to run full persistent campaigns whether you're playing solo, with a friend, or with a full group of six. More in what is an AI dungeon master?

It depends what you want. For a long D&D 5e campaign that holds together, you want a purpose-built tool with a real rules engine and persistent campaign memory rather than a general chatbot. For one evening of freeform fantasy storytelling, a general LLM or a fiction sandbox is fine. We wrote an honest comparison in the best AI dungeon master in 2026.

ChatGPT is a general-purpose chatbot. It can improvise a session, but it has no persistent campaign state, no real dice, and no rules engine. Across a long campaign it forgets NPCs, loses track of HP, invents rulings that don't exist, and lets you smite after seeing the roll.

TableForge is purpose-built for D&D 5e. Campaign memory persists across every session: NPCs, locations, player decisions, quest state, and consequences all carry forward. A dedicated rules engine adjudicates dice, combat, conditions, and spell slots in code, not in the language model. The narration stays creative; the rules stay correct. Full comparison: AI dungeon master vs ChatGPT.

AI Dungeon is a generative fiction sandbox. It will play along with almost anything you write, which is fun for freeform stories but loose on structure. There's no specific ruleset, no real dice, no character sheet that updates itself, no combat resolution.

TableForge runs actual D&D 5e. Your character has a real sheet, your rolls use real dice, combat follows the actual rules, and the world holds together across sessions because the campaign state is persistent and structured, not improvised each turn. More in AI Dungeon alternatives for actual D&D 5e.

A good human DM running a great group is hard to beat. TableForge isn't trying to replace that. It exists for the times when finding or being that DM isn't possible: your group's schedules never line up, your friends moved away, you're new and don't know anyone yet, or you just want to play tonight without organizing four other people first. Most D&D campaigns die from logistics, not from lack of interest. TableForge is for when you want to play and the logistics aren't there.

Look for a human group too. GroupFinder and r/lfg are where those tables get built, and the two aren't mutually exclusive. Plenty of people run a TableForge campaign between sessions of a weekly game.

Yes. Campaign memory is persistent and comprehensive. NPCs, locations, player decisions, quest state, and narrative threads all carry forward. Play tonight, come back next month, and the world is exactly as you left it.

Absolutely. There is no script. The AI follows your lead. Befriend the villain, burn the map, ignore the quest. Your choices become canon.

The rules engine is programmatic, not LLM-based. Dice rolls, HP tracking, spell slot management, condition application, and combat resolution are all handled by code. The AI narrates; the engine adjudicates. This is what makes long campaigns hold together. There's a walkthrough in how the rules engine works.

The free tier gives you the full product for 60 DM narration turns, roughly one session. After that, paid plans start at $14.99/mo. Only the host (the player who creates the campaign) needs a subscription. Everyone else joins for free. See pricing.

Subscriptions are billed monthly and cancellations take effect at the end of your current billing period. You keep access until then. We don't offer prorated refunds for voluntary cancellations, but we do consider them case by case for billing errors or service issues. See our refund policy for details.

Cancel anytime from your account settings via the billing portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. You keep full access until then.

Email billing@tableforge.gg or use the contact page and include the email on your account. We typically respond within one business day.

Any modern browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge. No downloads or plugins required.

Yes. TableForge runs in a mobile browser with a layout built for small screens, splitting the story, party, and map into tabs. No app install is required.

Yes. Your campaign data is stored securely and is only accessible to the players in your campaign.

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