Friends & Fables is the ultimate AI-powered roleplaying game (RPG) platform inspired by Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. It empowers players and creators to explore thousands of player-made worlds or craft their own immersive campaigns with an intelligent AI Game Master named Franz. Bringing cutting-edge AI together with classic tabletop elements, Friends & Fables seamlessly integrates world building tools, tactical 5e combat, rich lore management, and multiplayer support to deliver an unparalleled text RPG experience.
Whether you're looking to dive into epic adventures, design intricate worlds, or gather your friends for strategic combat and storytelling, Friends & Fables offers everything you need—all accessible anytime, anywhere, across desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Key Features
AI Game Master Franz
Franz serves as your personal AI Game Master, dynamically adapting to player choices to craft unique storylines with advanced memory and customization options. Franz narrates your quests, adjudicates rules, and even takes on character voices using text-to-speech, elevating immersion to new heights.
Extensive World Building Tools
Access a comprehensive toolkit to design richly detailed worlds with map makers, character generators, lore management, and quest crafting utilities. Quickly produce sprawling continents, dungeons, cities, and lore dumps that the AI organically incorporates into your gameplay.
Tactical 5e Combat
Engage in tactical, turn-based combat grounded in the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition ruleset. Utilize battlemaps, spells, abilities, and monsters designed to challenge your party, all integrated with the ongoing narrative.
Easily create handcrafted quests and one-shot adventures featuring branching paths and dynamic outcomes, tailored to your group's playstyle and interests.
Multiplayer Support
Play with up to 6 players in a party, allowing friends to join campaigns whether playing synchronously or asynchronously across long distances.
Cross-Platform Play
Seamlessly switch between devices without missing a beat. Whether on desktop, tablet, or mobile, your campaigns and worlds stay perfectly synced.
Immersive Features
Enhance your sessions with text-to-speech narration, image generation for characters and locations, and detailed maps for top-down tactical gameplay.
Use Cases
Casual Players: Jump into ready-made worlds and campaigns any time without requiring scheduling, enjoying AI-powered narration and story progression at your pace.
World Builders & Creators: Utilize all-in-one tools for mapping, lore writing, quest design, and publishing immersive worlds shared with a growing community.
Dungeon Masters & Storytellers: Harness Franz’s adaptive AI to automate and enrich campaigns, allowing deeper focus on storytelling while balancing combat and world interactions.
Multiplayer Groups: Connect with up to 6 friends anywhere in the world and collaboratively explore adventures with synced virtual tabletops and real-time AI adjudication.
Tactical Combat Enthusiasts: Engage in strategic DnD 5e battles with visual battlemaps, abilities, and monsters that integrate with ongoing narratives.
FAQ
Q: Is Friends & Fables affiliated with Wizards of the Coast or official Dungeons & Dragons?
A: No, Friends & Fables is an independent platform inspired by DnD 5e rules. It uses material from the System Reference Document (SRD) 5.1 under an open Creative Commons license but is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Q: Can I play solo or do I need a group?
A: You can play solo campaigns with AI Game Master Franz or join multiplayer sessions with up to 6 players. The platform supports asynchronous play so schedules don’t have to match.
Q: What platforms is Friends & Fables available on?
A: Friends & Fables works cross-platform, supporting desktop browsers, tablets, and mobile devices for seamless gameplay on all equipment.
Q: How customizable are the campaigns and worlds?
A: Extremely customizable. You can control story contexts, instructions for Franz, generate images, create maps, and publish your worlds to share or explore.
Q: Does it include voice narration?
A: Yes, the AI Game Master can narrate your adventures with text-to-speech and character voices.
Q: What kinds of adventures can I create or play?
A: From high fantasy epics and sci-fi exploration to one-shots and handcrafted quests with branching storylines, the possibilities are vast.
Q: Are there tactical tools for combat?
A: Yes, tactical 5e combat is fully integrated with battlemaps, spells, monsters, abilities, and turn-based mechanics that align with DnD 5e rules.
Friends & Fables unites AI innovation with tabletop RPG traditions, creating a rich playground for creators and adventurers alike to explore stories beyond imagination.
