Question 1

What tabletop systems does Storywright support?

Accepted Answer

Any of them. Storywright is system-agnostic — we don't ship rules, stat blocks, or dice, so you can run D&D 5e, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Blades in the Dark, Mothership, a homebrew, or anything else, and the tool gets out of your way. If your system has notes, NPCs, and sessions, Storywright fits.

Question 2

Can I import from Kanka, World Anvil, Notion, or Obsidian?

Accepted Answer

Yes — by paste, which is how those tools export anyway. Copy your notes out of any of them and paste them into Import; Storywright reads them and proposes a list of people, places, factions, items, and events, plus any session it spots. You review that list before anything is saved: rename, retype, edit, drop a row, or drop a suggested connection. Notes that already have # headings parse without AI at all; freeform prose uses an AI pass instead. If you've connected an AI assistant, it can do the same from a document on your side — see assistant setup. What we don't have yet is a one-click connector that logs into Kanka or World Anvil for you — that's still on the roadmap. If you're moving a large world and want a hand, email hello@storywright.io and we'll make sure nothing gets lost.

Question 3

Is there a mobile app?

Accepted Answer

Not yet. The web app is mobile-responsive, so it works on a phone or tablet in a browser — journals, Story Arcs, and shared world pages are the things players tend to pull up mid-session, and those all work well. A dedicated mobile app is on the roadmap.

Question 4

Is Storywright a virtual tabletop?

Accepted Answer

No. Storywright doesn't do maps, tokens, dice, or initiative. Use Foundry, Roll20, Owlbear Rodeo, or whatever VTT you already like — Storywright sits beside them, not on top of them. We're the GM's notebook and the player's memory; they're the virtual table.

Question 5

What about character sheets?

Accepted Answer

Also not our job. Use D&D Beyond, your system's official sheet, or a plain PDF. Character mechanics change every edition and every system — I'd rather do one thing well than do ten things badly. Storywright handles the story around the sheets.

Question 6

Can my group try it out first?

Accepted Answer

Yes, two ways at once. Your first world starts 14 days of GM Pro — no card required — so you can try everything without spending the trial while you are only joining someone else's table. And the Free tier underneath is a real tier, not a trial: it never expires. Start a world, invite up to four players, run a session. If it clicks, upgrade. If it doesn't, you stay on Free with all your data intact.

Question 7

What do my players actually get out of it?

Accepted Answer

More than a place to take notes. Players browse the parts of the world you've shared, keep their own private annotations on any NPC or place, and write journal entries the table can read — the shared memory that ends “wait, who was that again?” When you publish a session recap, each player gets a “previously on…” briefing so nobody shows up cold. And every player can set goals for their character — what they're chasing, who they want to become — which flow up to you as a GM to quietly weave into the story and pay off later. It's built so the player's side of the table has a reason to open it between sessions, not just the GM's.

Question 8

Can I create an NPC straight from an @-mention?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In your session notes or a journal, type @ and a name; if nothing matches, pick the create row, choose a type — NPC, Location, Organization, Inventory, or History — and Storywright creates the entity and drops the linked mention into your notes without you leaving the page. It starts as a stub: open it in the Drafting Table later to flesh out the description and visibility. Story Arcs are mentionable too, but they carry status and arc details, so you start those from the Story Arcs page.

Question 9

How does the 14-day trial work?

Accepted Answer

Your 14 days of GM Pro begin when you create your first world, not when you sign up. No card is required. If you do not upgrade by day 14, you simply drop to the Free plan limits. Your data is preserved in full.

Question 10

Why does GM Pro cost $9 a month?

Accepted Answer

Because you're not buying it for yourself — you're buying it for your whole table. Your players are free on every plan, forever. One GM pays; four to six people get the full experience. Split across the table, that's less than a Coke per week per person. Compare that to the per-seat pricing most collaboration tools charge and the math flips hard in our favor.

Question 11

Is there an annual billing option?

Accepted Answer

Yes. GM Pro is $90/year — that's two months free compared to paying monthly. The annual price is locked in at signup; if we raise prices later, your renewal stays at what you paid. Switch between monthly and annual any time from your billing portal.

Question 12

Can I pause my subscription between campaigns?

Accepted Answer

There's no pause button right now — cancellation stops the next charge and keeps you on GM Pro until the billing period ends, then drops you to Free. Your data is fully preserved. Start a new campaign, come back, and resubscribe when you're ready. We won't charge you for the quiet months.

Question 13

Do you offer discounts for schools, clubs, or large groups?

Accepted Answer

Not via a self-serve flow — but email hello@storywright.io and we'll figure something out. Game clubs, school groups, and convention GMs who run multiple tables are exactly who the tool is built for.

Question 14

Is my world data private?

Accepted Answer

Yes, by default. Every world item, journal, and story arc starts private. As the GM, you choose what to share with your players, per item. The one thing you can make public to the wider internet is a session briefing: publish one and you get a shareable link — an unguessable token, not a discoverable URL — so a player or anyone else can read it without an account. Nothing else leaves the table unless you explicitly publish it. Private means private by default.

Question 15

What does the AI actually do — and what doesn't it?

Accepted Answer

It drafts; you decide. The AI turns your session notes into a recap draft and a pre-session briefing, and can propose world updates it noticed in your notes — every one of which you approve, edit, or discard. It never invents lore, and nothing reaches your players without your sign-off. Your world is sent to our AI provider only to produce your draft, and under their commercial terms it is not used to train their models.

Question 16

What happens if I stop paying for GM Pro?

Accepted Answer

Your data is preserved in full. You drop to free-tier limits for new items — you won't lose anything you've already created, and existing worlds keep working. Come back any time and pick up where you left off.

Question 17

Where is my data stored?

Accepted Answer

On Railway, in a PostgreSQL database, in a US region. We don't yet have automated off-site backups we're comfortable promising you, and we won't dress up the JSON export as one: it covers your account — your profile, the worlds you own, your own journal entries and your annotations — but not session logs, characters or World Builder entities. It's available on every plan, including Free. A complete world archive is work we still owe you. If you're in the EU and the region is a blocker for you, tell us — we'd like to know before we plan the next region.

Question 18

Can I export my data?

Accepted Answer

Yes — JSON export, on every plan, including Free. It covers your account: your profile, the worlds you own, your own journal entries and your annotations. It is not yet a full world archive — session logs, characters and World Builder entities aren't in it today. Your world is yours; we're a place you keep it, not an owner of it.

Question 19

This is great — what are you working on next?

Accepted Answer

Two big directions. First, the players. The GM's side is strong; now we're making the player's side something worth opening between sessions — a player home built around their character, calendar invites so the next session lands in their calendar, a nudge when you publish a recap, and a character sheet they own and keep current. Second, getting your world in. Paste import already lets a GM mid-campaign bring an existing world over instead of starting from a blank page; next is connecting straight to Kanka and World Anvil. A better phone experience for players at the table runs alongside both. None of this is locked, though — what our customers tell us matters most is what shapes the next major release. We'd love to hear from you.

Question 20

Can I shape what gets built?

Accepted Answer

Yes — and we mean it. The roadmap above came straight out of talking to real GMs at real tables. Email hello@storywright.io with what your table needs — the bug that bit you, the gap you keep hitting, the thing you wish it did. Every email gets read. The features that ship next are the ones tables actually ask for.

Question 21

How do I reach a human?

Accepted Answer

Email hello@storywright.io. It's me — the person who built Storywright. If it's a bug, mention your browser; if it's a feature request, mention your system. I read everything.

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