Your rules and terminology
Describe the game’s mechanics, dice, success criteria, attributes, health, defenses, powers, currency, and character types without forcing the campaign into D&D assumptions.
Custom and homebrew tabletop RPGs
Homebrew RPG tools that make room for your rules and your world
Build an original setting, define how the game works, prepare adventures, and run the table without squeezing your ideas into someone else’s system. ArcForge keeps homebrew lore, characters, encounters, maps, and campaign history together.
Custom mechanics•Private and player-safe lore•Your worlds remain yours
Built for original worlds
One workspace for the game only your table plays
Homebrew tools should preserve creative control. ArcForge gives your mechanics, language, setting, and campaign structure a place to live while keeping practical session tools close at hand.
Worldbuilding and lore
Create settlements, locations, histories, cultures, cosmology, and campaign lore, then link those references to the scenes and people where they matter.
Custom characters and factions
Record original species, ancestries, classes, archetypes, NPCs, organizations, relationships, goals, secrets, and changing attitudes.
Flexible encounters and combat
Track initiative, health, defense, conditions, turns, and creatures using adaptable language that works with your table’s system.
Maps for original worlds
Upload or prepare battle maps, align a grid, place custom tokens, reveal fog of war, and share the live battlefield with players.
Items, rewards, and downtime
Manage homebrew loot, shops, currencies, crafting recipes, mounts, familiars, downtime activities, and rewards between adventures.
World Reference
Build a world that stays connected
Link lore to settlements, scenes, factions, quests, and people. Pin the references you need during play, mark player-safe knowledge deliberately, and keep hidden truths available to the GM.
At the table
Your setting is more than a folder of disconnected notes.
When a player asks who rules the city, what the old faith believed, or why two factions are at war, the answer is connected to the campaign where it matters.
A complete session cycle
Forge the rules. Build the world. Run the story.
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Define the system
Name the mechanics, terminology, character types, resources, and dice your table uses.
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Build the campaign
Write or import adventures, create scenes, and organize the people, places, factions, and conflicts that drive the world.
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Run and remember
Use combat, maps, journals, loot, and player-safe references at the table, then carry the consequences into the next session.
Published system or something entirely yours
Use Custom / Other System for original mechanics or a tabletop RPG that does not have a dedicated ArcForge profile. For fully supported published systems, start with a focused toolkit.
Homebrew RPG tools FAQ
Can ArcForge work with a completely custom RPG system?
Yes. Choose Custom / Other System and describe your mechanics and terminology. ArcForge uses flexible concepts such as health, defense, checks, powers, currency, character type, and creature rather than assuming one published ruleset.
Can I use ArcForge only for worldbuilding?
Yes. You can create projects manually, organize scenes and campaign notes, build world references, track NPCs and factions, and connect locations and lore without generating an adventure.
Can players see my private homebrew notes?
GM-only material remains private. Player-safe references and shared play surfaces let you reveal only the lore, maps, characters, and information the group should know.
Do I keep ownership of my homebrew content?
Yes. Your original worlds, rules, characters, adventures, and campaign content remain yours, subject to ArcForge’s terms for operating the service.
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