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

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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)​

The forge has been relit. After a night of deep-code surgery, DM Co-Pilot is back and more powerful than ever.

What’s New:

• 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 sidebar is now a full arsenal of 22 professional DM tools. Go break something.

 

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I rebuilt my AI DM Tool to handle 22 different prep modules (Free/No Sub)

Hey everyone! After my app went viral last week, I spent the night rebuilding the architecture to handle the load. The Masterwork Edition is officially up.

What's actually useful for you:

• 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.

Check it out and let me know what tools I should add next! DM Co-Pilot

 

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Roadmap Update: VTT Export is officially LIVE!

First, thanks again for the incredible feedback here. In my last post, I mentioned shifting the roadmap toward VTT integration based on your data—well, the first phase is out.

I just pushed a hotfix to the DM Co-Pilot:

• 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.

No more wrestling with copy-paste formatting in the middle of a session. I'm currently looking at bringing this same export logic to the Monster Bestiary and Homebrew Forge next.

Give it a spin and let me know if the formatting works for your specific VTT setup!

 

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[Status Report] The Forge is Hot & The Tavern is Open!

A quick update for everyone following the project! Over the last 24 hours, the app hit 370+ daily active users, and the feedback on the new VTT Export feature has been absolutely incredible.

Because of the massive influx of DMs generating custom loot and monsters, I realized we needed a place to actually share all these raw JSON files. So, I officially opened a Discord community for the app: The Deep-Delver's Grimoire.

If you are building high-level homebrew in the forge, hunting for drag-and-drop VTT files for Foundry/Roll20, or just want to help me beta-test the v2.5 updates before they go live, I would love to have some of the veterans from this board in the server!

Join the Tavern here: Join the The Deep-Delver's Grimoire: Discord Server!

I'm currently dropping exclusive, fully-formatted Legendary items in the #the-loot-pile channel. Let me know what you think of the new setup!

 

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[Update] The Community Vault is LIVE & Voice-to-Text is here!

Hey everyone, the response to the VTT exports has been insane. We've officially crossed 27+ hours of total active generation time on the app!

I just pushed two massive updates to the live Masterwork Edition:

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!

Jump in, test out the Audio Scribe, and let's see what kind of cursed loot you all publish to the Vault!

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

 

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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/