Just the grimoire that runs your table.
Every tool a Dungeon Master needs — encounter runner, worldbuilding, a real soundboard, homebrew and printable cards — in one tab. Built to enhance the game you already play in person, not replace your table with a grid of webcams.
Three steps. Tea still warm.
Open your grimoire
Sign up free — no card. Your first campaign is ready before the kettle finishes boiling.
Stock the shelves
Drop in Open5e monsters and SRD content, or homebrew your own NPCs, items and read-aloud in the Scriptorium.
Run the table
Launch the runner, cue the soundboard, and — radical idea — actually look your players in the eye.
This isn't a screenshot.
It's the actual runner.
Initiative, HP, conditions, factions and mid-combat spawning — your players never see a loading spinner. Go on, knock something out:
Each module could be someone's whole startup. They just happen to share a tab.
All the worldbuilding heft of the big wikis — minus the 45 minutes of filling in fields you'll never read again.
Encounter Runner
Initiative, HP, conditions, factions and mid-combat spawning. The TPK is on you; the bookkeeping is on us.
Scriptorium
A homebrew editor styled like the 2024 PHB — think Homebrewery, but it actually wants to help. Your terrible pun finally looks official.
Soundboard
A full ambience-and-effects board with Spotify integration — on par with tools people pay for on their own. It just happens to come bundled.
Summon a tavern, a quest hook, a villain's monologue.
Generate NPCs, stat cards, item descriptions and read-aloud text in seconds — 1,500 credits a month on Pro. Handy when prep night runs short and the session is tomorrow.
Six months later. Five days in-game. One note that saves the session.
Your players can pin a note to everything — every NPC, location, item, quest and session. Two kinds: private notes only they see, and party notes the whole table shares.
So when you finally meet that witch again, they click People, scroll to her — it lists every NPC they've ever met — and there it is, in their own words.
Real coins. Self-sorting purses. A merchant who might be lying.
Hand an item to an NPC and let them sell it. Grimoire tracks every coin: players can only buy what they can afford, the item lands straight in their bag, and a sack of copper sorts its own change. What the item actually is? That's between you and your conscience.
You, but with fewer browser tabs.
| Pen, paper & 12 tabs | The "other guys" | Dungeon Grimoire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set up an encounter | Index cards everywhere | 20 min of clicking | Drag, drop, done |
| What players pay | Free (it's paper) | A seat per person | Always free |
| Turn AI fully off | It's a pencil | Find the switch first | One toggle |
| Printable character cards | Laminator at the ready | Doesn't exist | Card Forge |
| Homebrew that looks pro | Comic Sans, sadly | Fiddly markdown | Scriptorium |
| Still shipping features | — | “Beta” since 2019 | Actively, today |
| Plays at a real table | Yes! | Wants your webcam | Built for it |
No shade. Okay, a little shade.
Start free. Upgrade when your world outgrows the shelf.
Questions a DM would actually ask.
Do my players have to pay?
No. Ever. The Player Portal is free for everyone at your table, no matter which plan you're on. You upgrade for DM superpowers; they just show up and play.
Is this a VTT?
No — and proudly so. Grimoire is built to enhance in-person (or voice) play. We're not trying to replace your table with a grid of webcams; we're trying to get you out from behind the screen.
Can I really turn the AI off?
Completely. One switch hides every AI feature — no nags, no “sprinkle of magic,” no asterisks. Same grimoire, fully hand-rolled, for the table that wants none of the current wave.
What do the 1,500 AI credits do?
On Pro, they power NPC generation, stat cards, read-aloud text, plot hooks and more — 1,500 a month. Plenty for prep night when the session's tomorrow. Don't want them? See the switch above.
Is it stuck in beta?
No (looking at you, certain large competitor). It's in active development with new features landing regularly — and it's fully usable today, not behind a someday-waitlist.
What content is included?
Open5e monsters and SRD content, free sound libraries and community material come built in. Everything that's free to us is free to you — and free to your players.
Will my homebrew look official?
The Scriptorium styles documents like the 2024 PHB — think Homebrewery, leveled up. Your cursed pun has never looked so legitimate.