FAQs

What is Embers Design Studios?
We’re a small studio building digital tools for tabletop RPG players and Game Masters. Everything we make is designed to live at the table with you and to be fast and practical, built around how real games actually get played.

What tools does Embers offer?
Right now our suite has three applications: Embers Vault, your personal RPG content library; Embers Play, a campaign and session management tool; and Embers Imagine, a worldbuilding and creative content platform. They’re designed to work independently but become more powerful when used together.

Do I need to use all three tools?
Not at all. Each tool stands on its own. Plenty of people use just Vault to manage their characters and rules, or just Play to run their campaigns. Use whatever fits your table.

Does my entire group need to use the platform?
Nope. If you’re a player, Vault is the tool for you, put all your characters in there along with any house rules, and nobody else needs to use the system. If you’re a GM, you can run everything without requiring players to sign up. That said, the more of your group who uses Embers, the better the tools get. It’s never a requirement, just a bonus.

Are these tools system-agnostic?
It depends on the tool.

Vault and Play are built around game systems, designed to work with the rules, characters, and content of the game you’re playing. We support a broad range of rulesets including Dungeons and Dragons 5e/5.5e, Pathfinder 1e and 2e, and Savage Worlds.

Embers Imagine is fully system-agnostic. It’s a worldbuilding tool that works the same way regardless of what’s on the table.

Are the tools free? Nearly every feature across Vault, Play, and Imagine is available for free. The only restrictions are: free accounts can create up to 3 characters in Vault, 1 campaign in Play, and 1 world in Imagine, and all content on a free account is public. Paid accounts remove those caps and give you the ability to mark some content private. If you’re just getting started or keeping things simple, free gets you a long way.

How do I create an account?
Head to any one of our sites and login with Google or Facebook. The system does the rest.

Is my data shared between the tools?
Yes, in useful ways. Characters and content you create in Vault can be pulled into Play campaigns. Worldbuilding content in Imagine can be linked to rules and characters across the suite.

What rulesets are supported? Currently: Dungeons and Dragons 5e/5.5e, Pathfinder 1e and 2e, and Savage Worlds. We’ll continue expanding this list based on what our community is actually playing.

What’s an alias?
Your alias is your public-facing identity across the Embers suite. It’s the name other players and GMs see you by, separate from your account username. You set it up in Embers Play, but it follows you across all the tools.

I found a bug. What do I do? We’d love to hear from you. The best way to reach us right now is through our Patreon page. We’re a small team actively building all three tools and we genuinely read every message.