A modern toolbox for game masters
Ask a rules question and get the answer with the page shown. Keep your campaign searchable. Get the session recap written for you. Open source.
LorePanic is a free harness for D&D and other TTRPGs, and we will always be free.
Rules from the D&D 5e SRD 5.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Sign up to chat with your own books, campaigns and session notes.
For the questions you have five minutes before the session
Rules answers with the page shown
Ask in plain words. The answer comes with the passage it was taken from, opened at the right spot, so you can check it before you rule on it.
Your campaign, searchable
Upload your adventures, homebrew and notes as PDFs, even scanned or handwritten ones. Ask what the innkeeper said in chapter two, or what your players did three sessions ago.
Recaps written for you
The Discord bot records your session. When you stop, you get a transcript with who said what and a recap: summary, NPCs, loot, open threads. It can post it to your channel too.
A fiend, disguised by magic, was engaged in a fight against demons. My players initially weren't very suspicious of him, since he looked human. I had no idea how to make them suspicious. I asked LorePanic about it. It reminded me the party's Paladin has Divine Sense within 60 feet and would feel a fiend (the rules compare it to fiends having a specific "smell"). I didn't know my own party's abilities well enough to think about it in the moment, but lorepanic's agent found it by searching through the adventure + rules in a reasonable time.
Why is it free?
Because most of it costs almost nothing to run. Searching books and notes, keeping campaigns, recording sessions and transcribing them all happen on one rented server. That bill is flat, and I pay it.
What costs money is writing answers and recaps. For that there is a small allowance, shared by everyone, every day. When it runs out, it comes back the next day. If you want more, you connect your own model account, an OpenRouter key or your ChatGPT subscription, and pay that provider directly for what you use. I add nothing on top. Images only run on your own account.
No plans, no ads, no selling your data. I built this for my own table, and it's more useful with other GMs using it than sitting behind a paywall.
Open source
The whole thing is on GitHub: the site, the search, the Discord bot, the converter. Read how it works, open an issue when something breaks, or send a fix.
If you'd rather host it yourself, it runs with Docker Compose, and you can point it at your own model provider.
Questions
Is LorePanic free?
Yes. There are no plans, no trials and nothing to buy. Searching rules and your own books, notes, campaigns, the bestiary and session recordings are free. Answers and recaps run on a small shared daily allowance, or on your own model account if you connect one.
What happens when the shared allowance runs out?
Answers and recaps pause until the next day (UTC). Search, notes and everything else keep working. If you do not want to wait, connect your own OpenRouter key or ChatGPT account and they run on it.
Do I need my own account for images?
Yes. Scene art and portraits only run on a model account you connect, never on the shared allowance.
Is it open source?
Yes. The code is on GitHub. You can read it, run it yourself with Docker Compose, or send a fix.
Does it record my table without asking?
No. The Discord bot only records when you start a session or when an auto-record rule you set up fires. The transcript and recap are produced after the session.
Get ready for your next session.
Create an account, upload a book, ask it something. It costs nothing.