Character configuration

Character intro, AI-only text, portraits, sample lines, Stats, and Bond Cards.

Name and visibility to players

Add a Character under Characters. The name is what the story calls them.

Turn off Visible to players to keep the Character off the reading page. They can still appear in the story.

Character intro

The Character’s profile, such as identity, appearance, personality, and history. Players can see it too.

Select Preview to see what players will see.

Character page: name, Visible to players switch, and Character intro preview
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AI only

The Character’s hidden side, such as secrets, real motives, and how they should behave.

Players never see this part.

A Character’s AI only box: example hidden notes only the model reads
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Portraits

Select Add portraits next to the name (it reads Portraits · N once you have some), then select + to upload an image.

Select an image to edit its ID and description, make it the default, or delete it.

In an opening, write @Character name(ID){spoken words} to show that portrait with the line.

Example:
@Luca Ferraro(closer){Call me Luca.}
Character portraits: thumbnails, ID, description, and default mark
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Sample lines

Enter typical lines or sample dialogue to show how the Character speaks. Include forms of address, vocabulary, sentence length, and expression under different emotions. These samples are not shown directly in the player-facing Character information.

Example:
Look at me. Who are you working for? Don’t guess what I want to hear. Tell me what you know.

Stats

Stats track values that change during interaction. Add as many as the play needs. When adding one, enter a name, then set its range, starting value and the most it may change in one turn; how it rises and falls is judged from the narration.

Stat name
The model reads this name. Use the same name when referencing it elsewhere.
Start, Min, Max
Set the range and the value at the start of play.
Max change per turn
The maximum increase or decrease in one turn, not a fixed change each time.
Example:
Trust: range 0–100, starts at 20, changes by at most 5 per turn.
Character Stat: name, start and range, and max change per turn
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Bond Cards

Under Advanced, select Bond cards to open it, then select + to add one.

Select a card to edit its card name, bond condition, and card art.