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.
Under the hood
How SagaBound is built: the turn pipeline, the models, and the safety systems.
- What Happens When You Press SendThe pipeline behind every SagaBound turn: safety check, context assembly, narration, a separate rules pass, and the codex update.
- The AI Models Behind SagaBoundOne model does not run SagaBound. Storytellers you choose, fast helpers we tune per job, image models, and how the roster changes.
- How Content Safety WorksSagaBound's safety system: a classifier on every input, maturity ratings that gate how dark play goes, and a stricter bar for publishing.
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.