D&D General I built a free web tool to automate 5e prep (Visual Encounter Graph, Cursed Items, Shops). Looking for veteran feedback!

First of all, thank you to everyone who tested the app yesterday. The traffic surge was incredible (we actually hit a server memory limit for a minute there!).

I just spent the night pulling the live telemetry data from the Google Cloud database to see exactly what you all were clicking on. I ran a full data science breakdown, and the results are crystal clear: the Encounter Architect and the Initiative Tracker absolutely dominated the traffic.

You guys clearly want tools that remove the mechanical friction from combat. Because of this data, I am officially shifting my v3.0 development roadmap. I will be focusing heavily on expanding the VTT Export capabilities and adding more tactical tools to the Encounter Architect.

For any fellow data nerds out there, I compiled the whole crash-and-recovery analytics journey into a PDF case study for my portfolio. Thank you all for helping me build a truly data-driven tool. Let me know what combat features you want to see next!

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The "Masterwork" Update (v1.4.0)​

• Homebrew Forge: Turn your chaotic notes into perfectly formatted 5e stat blocks instantly.
• Encounter Tension Graphs: Visualize the drama of your combat before the first initiative is rolled.
• The Great Restoration: 10+ community-requested tools (NPC Forge, Trap Architect, Worldbuilder) are officially back in the sidebar.
• Global Dice Roller: Quick-access rolling right in the navigation.

• The Homebrew Forge: You can literally paste "A squirrel that breathes fire and has 100hp" and it generates a balanced 5e stat block.
• Tension Forecasting: It generates a graph for your encounters so you can visualize the "pace" of the fight.
• Zero Subscriptions: I built this for the community to speed up prep, not to gatekeep it.

Roadmap Update: VTT Export is officially LIVE!

• VTT Handout Export: The Scribe's Handouts module now features a one-click "Download for VTT" button.
• The Workflow: Generate your immersive journals, letters, or bounties -> Click Download -> Drop the .txt file directly into Roll20 or Foundry handouts.

Monster Bestiary

Homebrew Forge

1. The Audio Scribe (Voice-to-Text): You can now literally speak your chaotic campaign ideas out loud directly into the app, and the AI will organize them into structured campaign notes.
2. The Community Vault: You don't just have to generate items for yourself anymore. You can now publish your best Homebrew creations to a global live database for other DMs to drag and drop. We already have our first few submissions live!

Hey everyone! I’m a DM who got tired of having 20 tabs open during prep, so I spent the last few months coding a massive all-in-one DM tool called DM Co-Pilot. I just pushed a huge update today and wanted to share it with you all.

It’s completely free, runs in your browser, and has 22 tools right now to handle the heavy lifting. Here are a few of the coolest ones:

• Audio Scribe: If you pace around your room brainstorming, you can just speak into the app and it will transcribe and organize your chaotic thoughts into clean campaign notes.
• VTT Bestiary & Artificer: Generate custom monsters and magic items, and export them directly as JSON files for Foundry VTT or Roll20.
• Encounter Architect: Balances fights and gives you a visual "Tension Curve" graph so you know how the combat should feel.
• Tavern Rumors & Shops: Instantly populates towns with quirky shopkeepers, prices, and rumors (one true, one false, one half-truth) for when your players inevitably go off the rails.
• The Community Vault: A live cloud database where you can share your homebrew creations and download stuff made by the rest of the community.

I built this for us, so I’d love for you guys to mess around with it and let me know what you think, or what tools I should build next!

Link: https://dm-copilot-cloud-bfzbefupcgcx9gnyjcfovv.streamlit.app/

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[Update v2.12] The Masterwork Update: Tactical Combat Math & Direct VTT Webhooks!

• Action Economy Analyzer: D&D is a numbers game. You can now input your party size and the boss's actions. The app calculates the exact mathematical action ratio and tells you if your boss will get steamrolled in round one. It also uses AI to suggest specific, non-HP-based tactical mechanics to balance the fight.
• Direct Foundry VTT Webhooks: No more downloading JSON files. If you use Foundry, you can now enter your local REST API URL and instantly blast generated monsters straight into your live game.
• 2014 -> 2024 Rule Converter: Paste your massive library of legacy 2014 homebrew monsters, and the AI will instantly rewrite them to match the new WotC 2024 design standards (moving Spellcasting to Actions, adding Weapon Masteries, etc.).
• The Villain Architect: Generate a 5-step "Timeline of Evil" so you always know what the BBEG is doing while your players are shopping.