Plain answers about ScryRPG

Once a GM deploys and reveals a stocked shop, players can browse, buy and sell on the web or in Discord without the GM present.

On the web, the payer follows the destination: a character purchase uses that character's coins; a purchase into the party stash uses party funds. A Discord purchase uses party funds and sends the item to the party stash.

Shop markup, buyback rate and discount set the defaults. Individual stock entries can override the shop pricing. Selling pays from the shop’s funds.

Stock is checked when a purchase completes, so competing purchases cannot both take the last item.

Stock can re-roll on a schedule or by the GM. Restocking replaces the shelves from the stock list. The web Restock button checks what is due; it cannot force an early restock. Load the shop again to see scheduled restocks.

A deployed shop starts hidden. The GM reveals it when the party is ready.

Players see accessible character gear and the party stash. They can give from their own characters and the stash, but cannot take from another player’s character. Private containers are visible to their owner and party operators.

Inventory changes, including a Discord /give, update connected web inventories live. Discord panels are snapshots: run the command again for fresh contents. Loot lists, shop restocks and activity views can require a reload or reopening; a saved change does not mean every open panel refreshes.

Carrying capacity is a number you set per character, not a value calculated from Strength. Track weight, slots, both, or Pathfinder 2e Bulk. Enforcement is optional; container limits still apply when an encumbrance mode is on.

Yes. An unidentified item keeps its mystery presentation until the GM identifies it. With Dramatic reveal enabled, viewers on party pages see the reveal and each dismisses it.

A GM builds a loot table with drop chances and quantity ranges. Deploying rolls a hoard that starts hidden. The GM reveals it, and players claim items into an eligible character container or the party stash.

The Distribute dialog offers Round Robin, Random and Value Balanced. Open claiming and Need/Greed voting are separate ways to hand out loot; voters choose Need, Greed or Pass.

Claims are recorded in party Activity. Open or reload the activity view to read the record; the loot page’s Activity tab does not update live.

Yes. Ending the encounter deploys attached loot if the plan has a loot drop left. Encounter loot arrives revealed and uses a loot deployment.

Bestiaries and difficulty math exist for D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e and Draw Steel. New encounters start as D&D 5e.

The party size and level you enter, together with the creature roster. Its labels run from Trivial through Easy, Medium and Hard to Deadly. Terrain, tactics and luck still matter.

Monster quantities can be ranges, resolved when deployed. Initiative is rolled for creatures. Players add their own initiative; the server does not roll for every player character.

After the GM reveals a fight, players see initiative and creature health bands rather than exact monster hit points.

Building encounters by hand is unlimited. Preparing an encounter onto a party uses a deployment, even when it starts hidden. Monthly encounter deployments: Free: 3; Player: 6; GM: Unlimited; Patron: Unlimited. Every plan includes monthly AI usage for your familiar, imports and art. Paid plans include more, and it resets each month.

Every monster in the fight counts toward the XP total, including monsters that were not defeated. Ending a fight can also deploy its attached loot, subject to the loot limit.

Connected pages for NPCs, locations, factions, quests, handouts, sessions and other campaign knowledge. Clues can be written into those pages; they are not a separate lore type.

GM Only pages stay private until revealed. GM Notes remain private within a shared page. Players see the pages and fields their role permits; reopen a page to read later edits.

Join a party, manage their character and accessible gear, shop, claim revealed loot and read shared lore. Player views leave out GM-only lore, hidden shops and exact monster hit points.

D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Daggerheart and Draw Steel have system-specific sheets inside the campaign.

Free covers 1 joined party and 1 active character. The Player plan offers unlimited joined parties and unlimited active characters. A party a Patron sponsors doesn't count against your caps.

Items, spells, abilities, creature references, NPC handouts and encounter overviews. Print a sheet or export PDF, PNG or ZIP. Encounters can collect their overview, permitted creatures and attached loot; shops and inventories can collect their permitted item contents.

Table Reference keeps essential mechanics on a bounded face. Full Rules can continue authorized text across numbered faces.

No. QR links are optional. They open the online entry for an authorized viewer and do not make private campaign material public.

Manual card creation, printing and export are available on every plan. Every plan includes monthly AI usage for your familiar, imports and art. Paid plans include more, and it resets each month.

Saved deck limits: Free: 1; Player: 10; GM: Unlimited; Patron: Unlimited. Patron includes custom party card backs. Printing and export remain available when a deck cannot be saved.

The Marketplace is where ScryRPG keeps its premade shops and loot tables, the reference items, spells and creatures of D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e and Draw Steel, and the shops GMs choose to share. Browse it free, fork a copy and make it yours.

Sign in and fork a copy in the app. Shops, loot and encounters use Deploy to Party; an item can be added to a character’s inventory. Deployments follow the plan’s limits.

ScryRPG is an installable progressive web app. Open the website in your phone’s browser and add it to your home screen. There is no app-store download and no push notification support.

The web and Discord read and change the same campaign. Run a command again to refresh its panel.

The command reference lists the registered commands and their options.

Discord can create an account when a player first uses a command. They can link web access later.

No. Upload a session recording through the web app; the bot does not listen to Discord voice channels.

Your familiar works the way you want it to. Keep it as an advisor that answers questions about your campaign, make it a copilot that drafts changes for you to approve, or hand it the books as a co-manager that makes everyday changes for you and checks with you before anything big. You can change its role any time.

Every plan includes monthly AI usage for your familiar, imports and art. Paid plans include more, and it resets each month.

No. You can run the campaign by hand and turn the familiar off.

Paste text or upload Markdown, TXT, PDFs, CSV, XLSX, compatible JSON or a ZIP such as an Obsidian vault. Word .docx files are not supported. Session recordings are uploaded separately in the web app.

Review the extracted records and visibility before confirming. A GM or manager approves an audio transcript before it goes through the importer.

Yes. Imports read your files with AI, so they count toward your monthly AI usage. If an import fails on our end, it doesn't count.

For D&D 5e:

• Linked characters with a ScryRPG character sheet in Foundry: Stats, Spells, Inventory, Notes, About and History.
• Inventory, containers and the party stash.
• Coins.
• Shops: buy and sell.
• Loot: take from a revealed pile; the GM reveals and hides.
• The party’s Library.
• Activity, and History with undo.
• All of it in step with the ScryRPG website.

These are outside the current beta:

• Lore and journals.
• Encounters.
• Loot placed on the map.
• Conditions syncing.

Foundry VTT is in closed beta by invitation. Patrons get an invitation; anyone can ask in our Discord.