Embers Vault FAQs

What is Embers Vault?
Vault is a digital home for your RPG content. You can store and manage your characters, reference game rules, browse spells and items, and build out the building blocks you use across your games. Think of it as the organized binder you always wished you had at the table, except it’s available anywhere you are.

What can I store in Vault? Characters, monsters, rules, spells, items, and more. Each piece of content is tied to a ruleset and belongs to your account. Rulesets keep things organized, so, for instance, your Dungeons and Dragons content isn’t cluttering up your Pathfinder content.

How many Characters can I create?
Free accounts can create up to 3 characters (including monsters). If you need more, supporting us on Patreon gives you unlimited characters.

I only see 2 characters, but on the screen it says I cannot create more.
The character limit is for the total number of characters across all Rulesets. If you have one 5e character and 2 PFRPG characters, you will see (3/3) on the Character page, even though you may see only 1 or 2 characters on the page.

Do you have any example characters I can look at?
Sure do. Here is…

Can I use my Vault characters in Embers Play?
Yes. As a player, you bring your character to campaigns so your GM can see and interact with them. As a GM, you invite your players so you can see everyone’s characters quickly and easily. Character data always stays in Vault as the source of truth; Play just references it.

Does Vault include stock content, or is it only my stuff?
Both. Vault can hold content you’ve created yourself, and it also includes stock rules and reference content sourced from SRD materials and publisher data where licensing allows.

Can I share my Vault content with other players?
Sharing is managed in Embers Play. GMs can share rules (spells, feats, items, etc.) with their players through the campaign, so everyone at the table has access to what they need without each player needing to build their own library. These rules can be added to your characters and will update automatically as your GM makes updates to their content. Additionally, Vault content itself is public and while direct sharing isn’t a built-in feature yet, you can share a link to a piece of content and other users can clone it to their own account and use it from there.

What happens to my characters if I’m in multiple campaigns?
Your character lives in Vault and can be added to any campaign in Play. The character isn’t duplicated, each campaign holds a reference back to your Vault character. Updates you make in Vault carry through.

Is there a limit to how much content I can store?
Nope. We’ll keep an eye on this and may change it, but we have seen no need to do so yet.