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I've been building Celio's Forge — a free web app for D&D 5e (2014 rules) that combines a character creator with a lightweight virtual tabletop. It's live at celiosforge.com (Celio's Forge — D&D 5e Character Creator) and I'm looking for people to kick the tires before I call it anything more than beta.
I got frustrated while trying to manually fill out my first character sheet for Celio Thorne the gnome circle of spores druid hermit. I just wanted to make a simple little program to make the sheet for me, but one thing led to another and now I have this thing and I think it might actually be something. I just wanted to make an easier way for new people to get into D&D if they don't have people around to play with.
What you can do right now:
• Build a character — full wizard with SRD races, classes, subclasses, backgrounds, spells, feats, and equipment. Point buy, standard array, or rolled stats. Printable sheet + PDF export.
• Save characters — sign in (Discord or email) and keep a character library.
• Run combat on a VTT — grid map, tokens, initiative, movement, attacks, spells, class features, enemy AI, advantage/disadvantage, and a lot of automation under the hood.
• Solo arena fights — send a character into trial combats to test builds and earn XP/gold.
• Run campaigns — create a campaign, invite players, build scenes (walls, fog, lighting, map upload), save progress, award XP.
• Creative mode — sandbox map editor if you just want to mess around with layouts.
• Built-in forum — there's a feedback board on the site if you want to report bugs or share impressions without leaving the app.
What I'm especially hoping testers will try:
1. Create a character and run them through an arena fight
2. If you have a group, spin up a campaign and run a short session
3. Tell me what felt confusing, slow, or broken — combat edge cases are gold
Fair warning — this is beta:
No install, no subscription — just a browser. Works best on desktop for the VTT; character creation is fine on mobile.
If you're bored, curious, or have a one-shot crew that doesn't mind rough edges, I'd love your help.
Link again: celiosforge.com (Celio's Forge — D&D 5e Character Creator)
Thanks for reading. Happy to answer questions in the thread.
I got frustrated while trying to manually fill out my first character sheet for Celio Thorne the gnome circle of spores druid hermit. I just wanted to make a simple little program to make the sheet for me, but one thing led to another and now I have this thing and I think it might actually be something. I just wanted to make an easier way for new people to get into D&D if they don't have people around to play with.
What you can do right now:
• Build a character — full wizard with SRD races, classes, subclasses, backgrounds, spells, feats, and equipment. Point buy, standard array, or rolled stats. Printable sheet + PDF export.
• Save characters — sign in (Discord or email) and keep a character library.
• Run combat on a VTT — grid map, tokens, initiative, movement, attacks, spells, class features, enemy AI, advantage/disadvantage, and a lot of automation under the hood.
• Solo arena fights — send a character into trial combats to test builds and earn XP/gold.
• Run campaigns — create a campaign, invite players, build scenes (walls, fog, lighting, map upload), save progress, award XP.
• Creative mode — sandbox map editor if you just want to mess around with layouts.
• Built-in forum — there's a feedback board on the site if you want to report bugs or share impressions without leaving the app.
What I'm especially hoping testers will try:
1. Create a character and run them through an arena fight
2. If you have a group, spin up a campaign and run a short session
3. Tell me what felt confusing, slow, or broken — combat edge cases are gold
Fair warning — this is beta:
No install, no subscription — just a browser. Works best on desktop for the VTT; character creation is fine on mobile.
If you're bored, curious, or have a one-shot crew that doesn't mind rough edges, I'd love your help.
Link again: celiosforge.com (Celio's Forge — D&D 5e Character Creator)
Thanks for reading. Happy to answer questions in the thread.
