Player's Guide
How SagaBound works, from your first turn to publishing your own world.
Getting started
Your first game, your character, and how progress works.
- How to Play SagaBoundStart your first adventure: pick a world, create a character, and learn how turns, the Dungeon Master, and autosave work.
- Creating Your CharacterWhat the character creator asks for, how names and pronouns work in play, and how to fix a detail after the game starts.
- Saves, Autosave, and Continuing Your StorySagaBound autosaves every turn to your account. How multiple playthroughs, continuing on another device, and deleting saves work.
Game systems
How the engine runs your story: memory, quests, combat, and the dials you control.
- How the AI Remembers Your StoryContext windows, the rolling summary, long-term recall, and the codex: how SagaBound keeps hundreds of turns consistent.
- How Tabletop Mode WorksDice, stats, momentum, sworn vows, and real death: the Ironsworn-style Tabletop mode, explained from first roll to final fate.
- How Quests WorkQuest tiers, the journal, expiry, XP, and rewards: how SagaBound turns the story's promises into tracked objectives.
- How Combat WorksInitiative, HP, defeat with consequences, and enemies that stay hurt: what happens when a SagaBound scene turns into a fight.
- Talking to the Dungeon MasterAsk DM answers questions without advancing the story. Correct the DM fixes established facts. When and how to use each channel.
- The Reality Grounding SettingStrict, Balanced, or Permissive: how much plausibility the narrator enforces when you attempt something bold.
- Narrative Tone and Maturity RatingSix narrative tones and three maturity ratings, from Safe (PG-13) to Unfiltered, plus how the adult verification works.
- Scene Images and Voice NarrationAI scene art and the voice narrator: what each costs in credits, which plans include them, and how to use them well.
Building and sharing worlds
The World Forge and the community around it.
- Building Worlds in the ForgeHow the Forge Agent turns a description into a playable world, what the building blocks are, and how you stay in control.
- Publishing Worlds and the CommunityHow publishing works, what the automated review checks, and how plays, favorites, and ratings help worlds get found.
Plans and billing
What free includes, what memberships add, and how turns and credits work.
- Free Plan, Memberships, and PricingWhat the free plan includes and what Traveler, Chronicler, Architect, and Paragon add: turns, context, models, and credits.
- Story Turns and Image CreditsWhat counts as a turn, how the daily free limit works, and everything image credits pay for, from scene art to narration.
Quick answers
Short answers to the most common questions.
- Frequently Asked QuestionsShort answers to common questions about SagaBound: what it is, what free includes, how memory works, moderation, and billing.