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Get started with CritForge in 5 minutes — pick a generator, create content, and organize your campaign

Navigate the dashboard workspace - session context, quick generate, content library, and campaign management

Build a complete campaign world from scratch — world map to region to encounters, step by step

Create detailed D&D 5e NPCs with stat blocks, personalities, plot hooks, and backstories using AI-assisted generation

Generate structured D&D 5e plot hooks with story beats, twists, NPCs, encounters, and branching outcomes

Generate balanced D&D 5e encounters with automatic CR calculations, tactical suggestions, and treasure recommendations

Generate battle maps and multi-level dungeons with wandering encounters, print exports, and party tracking

Generate detailed D&D 5e establishments — taverns, inns, shops, temples, guild halls, and more — with proprietors, menus, pricing, and atmospheric details

Generate AI-assisted world maps with biome zones, rivers, landmarks, and drill-down to region maps

Create customizable random tables with proper D&D dice notation and balanced probability distributions

Generate AI-assisted region maps with landmarks, roads, terrain zones, and interactive editing tools

Reskin existing content for different environments and narrative tones using AI-assisted adaptation

Turn any NPC into a living antagonist with psychology, a reactive timeline, and in-session responses — filtered through who they actually are

Create original D&D 5e deities with domains, holy symbols, clergy, lair actions, and regional effects

Create legendary D&D 5e heroes with mythic backstories, stat blocks, and legendary actions

Create custom D&D 5e monsters with balanced stat blocks, abilities, lore, and tactical notes

Generate unique D&D 5e magic items with rarity, attunement, properties, lore, and quirks

Design D&D 5e traps with triggers, effects, DCs, damage, and detection methods for dungeons

Generate level-appropriate D&D 5e treasure hoards with coins, gems, art objects, and magic items

Create D&D 5e puzzles and riddles with solutions, hints, difficulty scaling, and integration tips

Design multi-step D&D 5e skill challenges with DCs, success/failure outcomes, and dramatic pacing

Generate complete D&D 5e adventures with plot hooks, encounters, NPCs, maps, and session-ready structure

Generate a cast of NPCs for a scene or location with roles, motivations, and relationships

Generate maps with integrated plot hooks, keyed locations, and narrative connections

Create D&D 5e factions with leadership, goals, resources, relationships, and advancement tracks

Group your NPCs, plots, maps, and encounters into campaigns so you can find everything for an adventure in one place.

Edit your saved NPCs, encounters, plots, and maps — inline, in a stat block editor, or through chat refinement.

Plan and organize your game sessions with session notes, initiative tracking, and content scheduling

Select multiple content items on your dashboard and delete, move to a campaign, or export them all at once.

Import characters from D&D Beyond and other sources

Navigate between campaigns and content using breadcrumbs, campaign badges, and library filters.

How CritForge tracks campaign facts and catches contradictions automatically.

Your campaign's living knowledge base -- entities, relationships, contradictions, and AI-assisted resolution suggestions.

Interactive swimlane timeline showing how your campaign world evolves across sessions.

Set campaign-wide tone, threat level, aesthetic, and party level that cascade into every generator.

Set default values for Aesthetic, Party Level, Tone, and Threat Level so generation forms pre-fill automatically.

Use chat commands and content versioning to refine and iterate on your generated content

How to rename, delete, search, and organize your CritForge conversation history.

How Generation Power credits work, how they're spent, and how to track your usage

Compare CritForge subscription plans — Trial, Solo, Pro, and Studio tiers with pricing and features

How to share feedback on CritForge features, earn bonus generation credits, and unlock the Early Adopter badge.

Why CritForge uses SRD-safe content, what terms get blocked or rewritten, and what to expect when something gets flagged.

Search the built-in D&D 5e reference library for creatures, spells, magic items, and more

260+ resolvable TTRPG map icons for D&D battle maps, world maps, and dungeon floor plans — searchable, theme-adaptive SVG symbols

How to run deities, legendary heroes, and other high-CR threats using legendary actions, lair actions, and mythic traits

Export CritForge NPCs to Roll20, Foundry VTT, Fantasy Grounds, Owlbear Rodeo, and generic JSON

Extract printable GM reference cards from your content and organize them into session-ready decks

Export NPCs, monsters, encounters, and establishments as print-ready PDFs from CritForge

Switch CritForge's chat to At the Table mode for real-time GM support — quick NPC voices, improv help, and fast lookups during play

Visual guide to every symbol, color, and indicator on CritForge battle maps.