Talewrite

Play 5e online, on your own schedule

Talewrite runs 5th Edition compatible games right in your browser, on a computer or a phone. Everyone plays by post: you write what your character does when you have a few minutes, and the story moves on as the table catches up.

Try it freeHow to play

Nothing to install

Sign up, build a character with the step-by-step builder (2014 or 2024 rules), and join a game. Your sheet, dice, battle map and notes are all on the same page.

An AI or a human Dungeon Master

Each table chooses. The AI Dungeon Master narrates, plays the people you meet, calls for rolls and runs combat on a battle map. Human Dungeon Masters get the same tools.

Find a game or start your own

Browse tables looking for players in the Lobby, invite friends with a link, or start a table and ask the DM for a one-shot or a campaign built around your characters.

Subclasses you won't find elsewhere

Alongside the official options, every class has two original subclasses written for this site: a barbarian who guards the hearth, a rogue who wins fights with rumors, a wizard who animates the household crockery.

New to it?

Every account comes with a free practice game that teaches posting, rolling and fighting in about ten minutes. New to the game itself? Learn 5e explains the rules and how to make your first character.

Price

Your first 25 posts are free. After that it's $9.99 once for lifetime access: keep playing and host your own games. Lifetime access isn't unlimited AI: it includes a one-time starter batch of AI for games you host, and after that hosts add AI credit or subscribe. Only the host pays for the AI, so players at an AI table never pay for it.

Questions

Do I need the rulebooks?

No. The core rules are in the free System Reference Documents, and the character builder and dice handle the math. Our free rules reference has every SRD spell, monster and magic item.

Is this Dungeons & Dragons?

Talewrite is 5th Edition compatible (2014 or 2024 rules, from the free System Reference Documents 5.1 and 5.2). It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.