Archivist TTRPG Features for GMs and Players

Tools for Smarter TTRPG Sessions

Whether you're a GM, player, or worldbuilder, Archivist lets you capture your story, keep it structured, draw real insight from it, and share it with your table.

Archivist works wherever you play: Discord, Foundry VTT, Obsidian, and more. Learn about integrations →

Core Features

Where your campaign foundation is built. Archivist turns every session into structured notes, entities, and timelines you can rely on.

Automated TTRPG Session Recaps and Campaign Summaries

Summaries

Automated TTRPG Session Recaps & Campaign Overviews

Detailed session recaps after every game, plus campaign overviews to track story arcs, prep ahead, or catch up after a break.

  • Major plot developments and character choices
  • Key NPC encounters and hidden revelations
  • Combat highlights and dramatic turning points
  • Seamless continuity between sessions to keep your story on track

Want your summaries cinematic, snarky, or serious? Customize the tone to match your table's style.

Archivist AI generating TTRPG session recaps from disorganized notes

From raw notes to structured recaps—effortlessly.

Track Characters, Items, Locations, and Factions in Your TTRPG Campaign

Archivist auto-detecting characters, items, factions, and locations in a TTRPG session

Captured, Catalogued, Described. Automatically.

Compendium

Automatically Track Every: Character, Item, Location, and Faction

A searchable compendium that grows with every session and stays current as your world evolves.

  • Auto-detection and categorization as entities appear in play
  • Descriptions evolve as entities recur across sessions
  • Instant search across your growing world archive

Archivist AI-Powered TTRPG Chatbot

Ask Archivist

People Forget. Archivist Remembers.

Your AI Chat Assistant for Campaign Memory, Story Recaps & Worldbuilding Support

Ask your campaign chatbot anything—past, present, or future—and get fast, in-universe answers from your session history.

  • Recall facts instantly — "What kind of dragon are we hunting again?"
  • Summarize story beats — "What happened between the party and the king?"
  • Brainstorm and prep — plan arcs, populate shops, or improvise plot hooks.

Available in-app, on Discord, and in Foundry.

Archivist chatbot interface showing memory of campaign events and characters

Chat with your world.

Archivist interactive campaign timeline with session, arc, and beat tracking

Your campaign, one timeline

TTRPG Campaign Timeline Tool. Track Arcs, Beats, and Sessions

Timeline

Visualize Your TTRPG Campaign Timeline

A living, layered history of your entire story.

Campaign Timeline is a structured, interactive timeline view of your TTRPG campaign—including major arcs, session summaries, and pivotal story beats.

  • From single steps to multi-session arcs—and everything in between
  • Follow storylines across the entire campaign
  • Visit the key events that define your story

Quest Log: Campaign Objective Tracker for TTRPGs

Quest Log

Your Campaign's Objective Memory

Keep active goals in one place.

Quest Log keeps objectives current. Compile from completed sessions, review suggested changes, and approve canon updates.

  • Compile completed sessions into one canonical objective list.
  • Review quest diffs with merge, split, reject, and manual merge rollback tools.
  • Track status, merge drafts into existing quests, and share a player-ready PDF.
Quest Log - campaign objective tracker with status, progress, and diff drawer review

Campaign objectives in one canonical view

Customize TTRPG Campaign Summaries and Chatbot Personality

Customize

Make Archivist Sound Like Your Table

Match your campaign's tone, style, and voice—no prompts or tags required.

Want your campaign recaps to read like a noir mystery? Prefer your session summaries in bullet points? Just tell Archivist—tone, structure, and all.

  • Natural language input—just describe the vibe
  • Custom tone & format (e.g., noir, flowery, bulleted)
  • Give Ask Archivist a personality that fits your world
Archivist's customization tools for TTRPG summaries and chatbot tone

Your story, your style.

Exploration & Insight

See the story behind the story. Highlights, connections, and cast analysis reveal how your world and players evolve over time.

Track the Highlights of Your TTRPG Campaign

Archivist highlights memorable campaign moments from every session

From session zero to legend—your story grows with you.

Highlights

Your Story, One Moment at a Time

Short, punchy highlights—dozens per session, filtered by who they matter to.

Archivist surfaces high-impact moments from every session: emotional turns, key decisions, critical hits, character-defining lines—whatever made your table lean in, laugh out loud, or stop and cheer.

  • Trace shared history across entities
  • View the story from a character's perspective
  • Surface standout campaign moments

Many GMs use highlights to reward standout roleplay with Inspiration. It's not just memory—it's motivation.

Campaign Connections and Data Visualization for TTRPG Story Analysis

Data Studio

Campaign Connections

Visualize How Your World Fits Together

Explore your campaign through a living map that reveals how characters, items, locations, factions, and story events weave together over time.

  • Trace relationships across your story's web of people and places
  • Follow curated timeline views to see who was involved, when, and how
  • Jump into the Playground to freely explore and uncover hidden connections

Your story, connected.

Cast Analysis Radar Chart showing player engagement metrics

Compare players across engagement metrics

Cast Analysis

Understand How Your Table Actually Plays

Talk share, pacing, and sentiment across every session.

  • Conversation share—who drove the narrative and who stepped back
  • Energy and pacing—when engagement peaked or dipped
  • Sentiment—how the table's mood shifted over time
Journals with data partitioning and permissions
Data Partitioning

Journals

Private and Shared Notes

Journals hold prep, world lore, player logs, and reference material—everything outside live sessions. Each document has explicit permissions, and the chatbot only answers from what the viewer can see.

  • Partitioned private and shared documents.
  • Permission-aware AI responses.
  • Organized structure without exposing hidden content.

Sharing & Showcasing

Turn your campaign into polished artifacts. Share handouts, trading cards, and public pages with your group or the world.

Published campaigns showcasing your TTRPG stories and adventures

Published campaigns showcase your story progression

Campaign Showcase

Share Your World with Your Table or the Wider TTRPG Community

Archivist lets you publish full campaigns or selected sessions so players, friends, and followers can explore your story online.

  • Create a public link for your campaign
  • Showcase sessions, arcs, and world content
  • Join the community gallery of published campaigns

TTRPG Session Handouts - Generate Clean, Shareable Session Summaries

Session Handouts

Clean, Shareable Session Summaries

One click and seconds away from a polished, two-page handout—ideal for sharing, printing, or fast recall.

  • Automatically formats your session into a concise 2-page summary
  • Includes recap, outline, character highlights, moments, valuable info, key items, and more
  • One click to download, print, or share with your group
Archivist session handout feature showing a clean, 2-page session summary

One Click. Two Pages. Total clarity.

Archivist trading card feature showing a polished, shareable card for characters, items, locations, or factions

Create beautifully formatted cards in seconds.

Digital Trading Cards

Polished, Shareable Trading Cards for Your World

Archivist builds a formatted trading card for any character, item, location, or faction—auto-filled with key details and fully editable before you download or share.

  • Auto-fills name, description, stats, and thematic callouts
  • Full customization of text, traits, and card elements
  • Download high-res PNGs or share directly to social platforms