Embers Imagine FAQs

What is Embers Imagine?
Imagine is where you build the world behind your campaigns. It’s a content management system designed specifically for tabletop worldbuilding: people, places, organizations, history, lore, religion, cosmology. Everything is connected, searchable, and shareable in the ways you choose.

What kinds of content can I create in Imagine?
People, places, organizations, events, lore, rules, religions, timelines, maps, and cosmology are all supported document types. We have templates to guide you for most content types, but you’re never boxed in, there’s always room for freeform writing.

Can my world be kept private?
Yes, but it’s a member feature. Worlds on free accounts are always public. If you support us on Patreon, you can mark your world private so only you, and those you invite, can see it.

Does Imagine integrate with Play?
In a limited way right now, but it’s a feature we’re actively building out. The two tools are designed to work together, and deeper integration is on the way.

Is Imagine just for D&D or does it work for other systems?
Imagine is system-agnostic. It’s built for worldbuilding, not rulebooks. Whether you’re running 5e, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, or something you wrote yourself, Imagine works the same way.

What is the NPC Generator?
It’s a quick tool built into Imagine for GMs who need a memorable NPC on the fly. Hit generate, and you get a name, a short description of their role and personality, three words that define how they carry themselves, and an optional secret. It’s fast, generic enough to work anywhere, and produces billions of unique combinations so you won’t see the same person twice.

Can I link pages together inside Imagine?
Yes. Pages can reference each other, a character page can link to their home location, an organization can reference its founding event, a religion can connect to its cosmology. This is what makes Imagine a living document rather than a pile of notes.

Is Imagine good for writers who aren’t running a TTRPG?
Absolutely. The document types, linking system, and worldbuilding structure work just as well for novel writers and setting creators as they do for GMs. If you’re building a world with people, places, and history, Imagine was built for you.

Can I control who sees my world’s content?
Privacy is controlled at the world level. If your world is public, all its pages are public. If you’re a member, you can mark the whole world private. Within a world, you can use page-level GM notes to keep specific content hidden from players without locking down the whole page.

Can I have a custom domain name for my world?
Yes, although there are certain features that are not supported with custom domains including logging in and editing your pages from your custom domain. You will need to manage your World from the Embers Imagine interface and not your custom domain. This requires manual setup so you’ll need to contact us via Patreon.

How do automatic Trigger Warnings work in my Short Stories?
The system looks for a H2 (##) or H3 (###) in your markdown with any of these titles: Trigger Warning, Content Warning, CW, TW, Warning, Reader Advisory, and Content Notice. If it finds one, it places all text from that heading to the bottom of the Description field in a Content Warning block.