Managing Sessions

The Sessions page — log new sessions and browse past ones.

Creating a Session

1. Go to your campaign → Sessions
2. Click New Session
3. Fill in:
   • Session Number — auto-incremented
   • Title — a name for this session
   • Date — when the session takes place
   • Story Arc — optionally link to a story arc
   • Summary — session notes and recap
   • Story Beats — key moments from the session

Session Planner

The Session Planner helps you prepare structured session prep:

1. Go to your campaign → Session Plans
2. Create a new plan and add items:
   • Encounters — link encounters from your encounter list
   • NPCs — reference NPCs the party might meet
   • Locations — note where the action takes place
   • Notes — free-form prep notes

Items can be reordered by dragging and checked off as you cover them during play.

Session Recaps

After a session, write a recap in the session's Summary field. Players can view recaps through the Player Portal. If the session has a share token, you can share a public recap link with anyone.

Session Scheduling

Use the built-in Doodle-style scheduler:

1. Go to your campaign → Scheduling
2. Propose dates — add several date/time options
3. Players respond with their availability: Available, Maybe, or Unavailable
4. Review responses and confirm the best date
5. The confirmed date is linked to the session

Awarding XP

There are two ways to award XP for a session:

From the Campaign Page (Quick)

1. Go to your campaign's main page
2. Find the Sessions card
3. Each session row shows an XP input (DMs only) — type a number and click away or press Tab
4. The XP is saved instantly and the campaign's Total XP updates automatically

From the Session Edit Page (Detailed)

1. Go to the session's show page
2. Click Edit
3. Enter the XP Awarded value in the form
4. Click Save

Both methods trigger player notifications so your party knows they earned XP. The XP value is stored on the session — it represents the total XP awarded to the party for that session. Individual character XP is tracked separately on each character sheet.

Session Attendance

When you create a combat or log a session, the campaign's assigned characters are automatically available for attendance tracking and combat participation.

Session Recaps

After a session, you can write or generate a recap:

1. Open a session and click Recap
2. Write your own summary, or click Generate Recap to create one using AI based on your session notes and story beats
3. Edit the generated text as needed, then Save

Recaps can be shared in two ways:

• Discord — Click Share to Discord to post the recap to your campaign's Discord channel (requires Discord Integration)
• Shareable Link — Click Share to generate a public link you can send to anyone

Players are notified automatically when a session recap is published.