Live encounters
Run combat together: shared initiative order, HP bars that update for everyone the instant you hit apply, conditions with round counters, and a full action log you can roll back without losing the timeline.
For D&D 5e & Pathfinder 2e
Your whole campaign,
in one place —
together, in real time.
The free online companion for tabletop roleplaying. Build characters, keep your campaign, and run combat with your whole party in sync — on the laptop at home or the phone at the table.
✶ Free for players ✶ Runs in your browser ✶ Built on the open SRD & ORC
D&D 5e+ Pathfinder 2e
Real-timeeveryone in sync
Browser & PWAworks on any device
Open licensedSRD (CC) & ORC
Wherever you're starting from
Gentle for your first session.
Deep when you're ready.
- Start in 60 seconds. Make a campaign, send one invite link, and you're playing. No setup weekend.
- No rules to memorise. Rolls, conditions and turns are buttons — not commands you have to learn.
- Plain language. We explain the jargon (initiative, encounters, saves) right where it shows up.
- One screen, one task. Nothing is buried; the next thing to do is always the first button.
- Full combat control. Initiative order, drag-to-reorder, HP & condition tracking, a complete event log with rollback.
- Roles & visibility. GM-only notes, party reveals, blind rolls — the server never leaks what players shouldn't see.
- Two systems, no compromise. D&D 5e (2014 & 2024) and Pathfinder 2e, with a reference of 2,500+ rules entries.
- Your table, your pace. Hand off ownership, run multiple GMs, keep observers read-only.
Everything for the table
One companion, from session zero to the final boss
Character builder
Guided 5e (2014/2024) & PF2e characters — multiclass, level-ups and play-mode sheets that double as your in-game dashboard.
Campaign hub
Sessions, recaps, NPCs and a chronology your party actually reads. Pick up exactly where you left off.
Real-time sync
Rolls, HP and notes appear for the whole group at once. Offline at the table? Emberhall keeps working and catches up when you reconnect.
Notes & secrets, with the right eyes only
Every note, image and roll carries a visibility badge — Private, GM only, Party or Public. Reveal the map when the moment is right. Preview the table as a player or observer before you share.
Three steps to the table
From idea to initiative in minutes
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1
Create a campaign
Name it, pick your system, and you have a home for everything — characters, notes and sessions.
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2
Invite your party
Share one link. Players join in the browser — no downloads, no accounts to wrangle, free for everyone at the table.
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3
Play together
Roll initiative and go. Everyone sees the same scene update live, whether they're across the room or across the world.
However you play
Made for your table — not just one kind of table
Your first campaign as GM
You've never run a game. Emberhall keeps the rules out of your way so you can focus on the story — buttons for everything, sensible defaults, nothing to break.
An online group across cities
Friends in three time zones, one shared scene. Real-time sync and live combat make it feel like you're around the same table again.
A hybrid game at the table
In person, phones out. The roster, initiative and dice live on every screen — the GM keeps the secrets, the party keeps the pace.
From the table
Loved by first-timers and forever-GMs
“I ran my first session ever and never once had to stop to look up a rule. My players didn't believe it was my first time.”
“Initiative, HP, conditions, rollback — finally a tracker that keeps up with my table instead of slowing it down.”
“Our group is split across two countries and it still feels like we're in the same room. The live sync is the whole game now.”
Honest pricing
Free for the whole party. Pay only if you host more.
Free
$0 forever
- Everything to play: campaigns, characters, live combat
- Free for every player at the table
- D&D 5e & Pathfinder 2e
- Works in any browser, installable as an app
Spark
$6/ month
- Everything in Free
- More campaigns, players & media storage
- Larger uploads for maps & portraits
- Priority support & early features
Only the host pays. Cancel anytime.
No feature-gating the basics of play. No surprises.
Good questions
Before you roll
Does my whole group need to pay?
No. Emberhall is free for players — only the host who wants extra campaigns, players or storage needs a Spark plan. Everyone joins by link in the browser.
Which game systems are supported?
Dungeons & Dragons 5e (both the 2014 and 2024 rules) and Pathfinder 2e, with a built-in reference of thousands of spells, monsters and rules entries.
Do players need to install anything?
No downloads. Emberhall runs in any modern browser and can be installed as an app (PWA) on phones and tablets. The phone at the table is a first-class client.
Is this an official D&D or Pathfinder product?
No. Emberhall is an independent companion built on the open System Reference Documents (D&D SRD under Creative Commons and the Pathfinder ORC License). It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast or Paizo.
What about my data and our campaign?
Your campaign stays yours. You can host in the EU or the US, exports are on the roadmap, and we don't sell your data. Privacy details live in our Privacy Policy.
Does Emberhall use AI-generated art?
No. We don't generate art with AI — we support human artists. Any assistant features stay strictly utilitarian (organising notes, speeding up the GM's busywork).
Gather your party.
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