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Game Creation

Like any good D&D campaign, you'll need to spend a little time setting up your world & characters. We make it super easy to do that with our game creation flow. It has pre-made worlds & characters to choose from, so you can get started in 30 seconds or less. If you want to spend more time customizing your campaign, you can do that too!

1. Click "Create New Game" in the #new-game channel. This will create a thread in the #games channel for you to play in.
2. Click the "Create World & Characters Button". This will take you to fables.gg.
3. Pick or create a world
4. Pick or create a character. Franz uses your backstory to determine how the campaign starts. You can come back to this sheet at any point to update your stats, alignment, etc.
5. Click Start Game in the Party Tab. It takes ~10 seconds for the game to start. Franz will tag you in the channel when it's ready! You can go back to Discord.

Tip

If your game starts in the side view mode, we recommend clicking the three dots in the top right corner, and then click 'Open in full view'. If you click on your thread from the channel list on the left, it will also open up this way.

How To Play

1. Talk

Talk to Franz like you would a human DM. Let him know what you want to do or ask him questions. `/talk` is the primary command, which you will use 90% of the time. You can use `/talk as character` which you can use for dialog to NPCs or other player characters.

2. Roll

Use `/roll` for skillchecks, attacks, damage, hit die, etc. If you have any race, class, or modifiers to be applied, that is handled automatically.

3. Quests

When you start a campaign, you are in a 'Looking for Quest' mode, which means Franz has instructions to make a quest appear based on what's happening in the game. You can influence the types of quests that appear by telling Franz what kind of quest you are looking for, like 'I want to do a heist'. In this example, I know the mayor is likely to give me a quest, so I go straight to the mayor.