The Character Sheet generator now supports five distinct visual styles — Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Heraldic Atlas, Curated Catalogue, and Codex Showcase. Pick the look that fits the entity: sweeping atlas spreads for capital cities, auction-house catalogues for shops and treasure hoards, single-subject codex pages for legendary artifacts, and the original Cypher-bestiary Dark Fantasy for NPCs and monsters.
Each entity type opens to a recommended style by default — marked with a gold ★ Rec badge — so you don't have to think about it. Click any other style card and the live preview swaps to show what you'll actually get before you spend gold. Your last choice per entity type is remembered, too.
Plus a handful of quality-of-life upgrades: Redo now returns to the picker so you can change style or quality before regenerating, your previous sheet is preserved in the gallery, and Expand / Open in Gallery / Download all support ⌘-click to open in new tabs. Also fixed a backend bug where Shop and Tavern sheets sometimes rendered with the title "Unknown" — names now resolve correctly across all entity types.
Feature
HappyHorse 1.0 Video Model Is Live
HappyHorse 1.0 is now available in CharGen as a premium video model for both text-to-video and image-to-video generation.
Create short fantasy clips from 3 to 15 seconds, choose 720p or 1080p output, and work across widescreen, vertical, square, and portrait-style aspect ratios.
For image-to-video, upload one starting image and CharGen will keep the setup clean by using the image framing instead of asking for a separate aspect ratio.
Feature
Entity Sheet Generator — Turn Any Entity Into a Dramatic Sheet Image
Generate stunning, illustrated sheet images for any entity in your workshop. Your entity's portrait, stats, equipment, personality, and lore are composed into a single dramatic image.
Inspired by the incredible Cypher System character sheets created by CharGen community member Bastion — we loved what they were making and built it into the platform for everyone.
Works with all 13 entity types — NPCs, Monsters, Characters, Settlements, Taverns, Shops, Regions, Factions, Dungeons, Loot, Spellbooks, Buildings, and Hazards — each with a tailored layout highlighting the most relevant data.
Three quality tiers: Draft (1 gold), Standard (8 gold), or Premium (25 gold). Find the generator in the hero badge on any entity page, the toolbar Sheet button, or the dedicated tab in the entity view.
Generated sheets are saved to your entity. View them in the lightbox, open in the gallery for sharing and editing, or download as PNG.
Feature
GPT Image 2 — Next-Gen Image Model
GPT Image 2 is now available in CharGen — OpenAI's latest image generation model with dramatically improved text rendering, sharper details, and better prompt accuracy.
Dense text, stat blocks, labels, and annotations are handled with significantly higher accuracy, making it ideal for character sheets, statblocks, and any image that needs readable text.
Choose between Low, Medium, or High quality to balance speed and detail. Available across image generation, quick edits, and restyle operations.
Feature
Every dungeon now generates its own battlemap
Dungeons have always had a procedural layout map — the floor plan with numbered rooms, doors and traps. Now every dungeon *also* gets a full-blown AI-rendered battlemap: a photorealistic top-down view of those same rooms, textured with stone masonry, wooden tables, iron-bound chests, flickering torches and mossy ruins. The layout stays identical to the plan you already know — just ready to drop into your VTT session as the actual surface players will be fighting on.
It happens automatically the moment a dungeon finishes generating. The procedural sketch is fed directly into Nano Banana 2 edit mode as a reference image, so the battlemap preserves room order, doors and connections rather than inventing a new shape. A compact clickable thumbnail lives right under the procedural map on every dungeon page; tap it to view the full image, download it, or send it straight into your tabletop tool of choice.
No extra clicks, no extra prompts, no extra gold — every dungeon in your library now has one. Go generate one and see for yourself.
Feature
Community Templates — Share & Remix Session Prep
The Session Prep marketplace is here. Save any bundle you love as a reusable template, share it with the whole community, and start from a template others have already built.
15 hand-crafted official templates ship out of the box — Pirate Port, Cursed Tomb, Mountain Village, Tower Siege, Blighted Forest, and more. Three per recipe, each one regenerates a fresh bundle with the same vibe every time.
Browse the new Template Gallery, endorse your favourites, and leave comments on templates you have actually used at the table. Every public template gets its own SEO-indexed page with a vibe breakdown, composition chips, and examples of bundles generated from it.
Feature
Ernie Image + Ernie Image Turbo Are Live
Two new image models are now available in CharGen: Ernie Image and Ernie Image Turbo. Both are low-cost 3-gold options designed for fast fantasy concepting and iteration, with Turbo tuned for quicker turnaround when you want to explore multiple prompt directions rapidly. They are now easy to discover in Top Picks, Featured, and New, with dedicated model pages and refreshed launch visuals.
Feature
Session Prep V3 — Narrative-First World Building
Session Prep V3 completely reimagines how bundles work. Instead of generating disconnected entities, the AI now writes a cohesive narrative first — a living world where every NPC, location, and encounter is woven together with shared history, relationships, and secrets.
The result page has been rebuilt from the ground up with a recipe-driven bento layout. Each entity type gets its own card design: quest hooks appear as objective cards, secrets as classified dossiers, and monsters display CR badges and stat blocks. Entity images, backstories, and metadata render directly on the cards.
Bundles are now shareable. Every completed bundle gets a public URL with server-rendered pages, dynamic Open Graph images, and structured data — perfect for sharing your prep with players or showing off your world.
Five new recipe landing pages showcase what each recipe type can create, with scroll animations, bento grids, and shimmer CTAs.
Feature
Session Prep Bundles
Generate entire locations in one click. Session Prep Bundles lets you pick a recipe — Town Block, Dungeon Floor, Settlement Starter, Wilderness Encounter, or Quest Hook — and generate all the entities at once. Every entity shares your theme, gets auto-linked with relationships, and saves to a collection.
Build a custom bundle from 9 entity types (taverns, NPCs, shops, settlements, dungeons, regions, monsters, loot, factions) or start from a curated recipe and tweak it. Watch entities appear on a live progress grid as they generate in parallel, with auto-generated images arriving as each completes.
Failed entities can be retried individually without losing the rest of your bundle. Results land on a bento grid with a featured location hero card, NPC avatars, and a relationship network panel.
Feature
D&D Character Generator & Builder
Build complete D&D 5e player characters from scratch with our new step-by-step Character Builder. Choose your species, class, ability scores, and background — then let AI craft a unique backstory, personality, ideals, bonds, and flaws.
**Two ways to create:** Use the guided wizard for full control over every choice, or describe a concept in one sentence and let Quick Generate handle everything.
**Your character, fully realized:** Characters are displayed in a cinematic view with a full portrait, sticky combat stats, and organized tabs for abilities, features, spells, and story. Every field is editable inline — add new spells, skills, equipment, and saving throws directly from the character sheet.
**Ready for your table:** Click any modifier, save, or skill to roll dice via dddice VTT integration. Export as a printable character sheet PDF, narrative card, markdown, Obsidian notes, or JSON. Share beautiful character cards on Discord, Reddit, or social media.
Also in this update: the Public/Private toggle now correctly reflects visibility status across all entity types.
Feature
Export to Obsidian, Markdown & JSON
Your creations can now leave CharGen. Export any entity — NPCs, monsters, settlements, dungeons, and everything else — as Obsidian Markdown, standard Markdown, or JSON.
**Obsidian users** get statblock callouts that render beautifully in your vault, with linked connections and full ability scores in a familiar D&D format.
**Markdown** works everywhere — Notion, GitHub, wikis, or any text editor. **JSON** gives developers the raw data for custom tools and integrations.
Every format supports one-click copy to clipboard or file download, and you can toggle image references on or off. Export is available to everyone — even visitors browsing public creations, no login required.
Feature
Media Center — Combine Your Clips Into Multi-Scene Videos
Introducing the Media Center — a full-screen video editor where you can arrange your AI-generated video clips, music, and voiceover into polished multi-scene compositions.
Browse your gallery to pick clips, or generate new videos, audio, and images directly inside the editor. Drag clips on the timeline to reorder them, trim start points, adjust volume per clip, and layer background music or voiceover narration.
Preview your composition in real time, then export as a single MP4 that's automatically saved to your gallery. Audio clips display real waveforms so you can align them by ear, and keyboard shortcuts (Space, Delete, Ctrl+Z) keep your workflow fast.
A quick onboarding guide walks you through the basics the first time you visit. Look for Media Center under Features in the nav bar.
Feature
Wan 2.7 — Next-Gen Video with End-Frame & Audio
Wan 2.7 brings revolutionary video generation with premium motion quality and high-end shot control.
Supports **text-to-video**, **image-to-video**, **end-frame targeting** (control where your scene ends), **audio upload**, **negative prompts**, and **prompt expansion**. Flexible durations from **2 to 15 seconds** in **720p or 1080p**.
Ideal for cinematic fantasy trailers, character animation, and world-class hero clips. [Try it now →](https://char-gen.com/generate?contentType=video)
Feature
Seedance 2.0 — Cinematic AI Video Generation
Seedance 2.0 has arrived — a flagship cinematic video model built for breakthrough motion quality, stronger scene coherence, and premium fantasy storytelling.
Generate stunning videos from pure text prompts, text with reference images for style guidance, or image-to-video for animating your character art and scene illustrations. Output in **480p, 720p, or 1080p** with **5, 10, or 15 second** durations.
Plus a **Seedance 2.0 Fast** variant for rapid iterations and storyboard passes — same cinematic look, quicker turnaround.
Perfect for boss reveals, spell cinematics, character moments, and trailer-worthy clips. [Try it now →](https://char-gen.com/models/video/seedance-2.0)
Feature
Building Generator — Create Temples, Libraries, Prisons & More
A brand new generator for creating any type of building in your RPG campaign. Choose from 13 building types — temples, libraries, guild halls, bathhouses, prisons, theaters, hospitals, manors, warehouses, observatories, marketplaces, and forges — or describe your own.
Each building comes with a unique name, history, architecture, NPCs, secrets, plot hooks, and dynamic sections tailored to its type. A temple gets divine services and sacred relics. A prison gets security protocols and notable inmates.
Buildings are fully game-system aware (D&D 5E, Pathfinder, Cyberpunk, and more), can be exported to PDF, shared with friends, and linked to your existing NPCs, settlements, and factions. Generate & Link NPCs directly from the building page to flesh out your world.
Also in this update: share links now always include referral codes correctly, and Monster, Tavern, Loot, and Hazard detail pages have been redesigned with wider, more immersive layouts.
Feature
PixVerse V6 has arrived
PixVerse V6 has arrived in CharGen. This is an incredible state-of-the-art video model, and I added it with support for both text-to-video and image-to-video generation, plus flexible clip lengths from 1 to 15 seconds and output options from 360p up to 1080p.
I also wired in the full PixVerse V6 control set, including built-in audio, Thinking Type (Auto, Enabled, Disabled), Negative Prompt, and support for an End Image with optional transition styles like Anime, 3D Animation, Clay, Comic, and Cyberpunk.
If you want one of the strongest cinematic video models currently available in CharGen, PixVerse V6 is now ready to use.
Feature
⚠️ New Hazard Generator
Generate Fantasy Hazards – Create traps, environmental dangers, and magical hazards with full stat blocks, triggers, effects, and counterplay options.
Immersive Detail Pages – Each hazard gets a dedicated page with parallax hero art, sticky stat strip, and inline editing for every field.
Combat-Ready Layout – Defence stats, triggers, routines, and effects are grouped together so you can run encounters without flipping between tabs.
Lore & Counterplay – Two tabs for deep-dive content: The Chronicle (description, discovery, lore) and Field Notes (how to disable, countermeasures, plot hooks, variants).
Feature
🗡️ Shops Now Have Lootable Stashes
Lootable Stash Section – Every AI-generated shop now includes a hidden stash of money, valuables, and personal items your party can attempt to steal.
Security Checks – Each stash has a skill check (e.g. Thieves' Tools DC 16) and consequences for getting caught.
Estimated Haul – Total gold value calculated automatically across all loot items.
Full Editing – Add, edit, and remove individual loot items with category, value, location, and description.
PDF Export – Lootable stash now included in shop PDF downloads.
Better Coins – Platinum, electrum, and copper denominations now recognised and colour-coded.
Dungeon Map Fix – Maps now load correctly for all dungeon creation paths, and older dungeons self-heal on view.
Enhancement
Kling 3.0 Video — Massive Price Drop
Kling 3.0 Pro and Standard video generation costs have been cut by nearly 50%.
Kling 3.0 Pro: 120 → 70 Gold per 5 seconds
Kling 3.0 Standard: 100 → 55 Gold per 5 seconds
Same quality, half the price. Generate more video content with your existing Gold balance.
Design
Loot View V2
The loot detail page got a complete visual overhaul with a treasure-themed design where every item scales with its rarity tier. Rare items get colored accents, while Legendary pieces feature glow overlays.
Atmospheric hero header with gold particle effects
Items sorted by value with the most valuable spanning full width
Hovering over any item dims the rest for a treasure inspection focus effect
Feature
Rich Share Previews for All Entities
When you share an entity link on Discord, Twitter/X, or Reddit, it now shows a rich preview card with artwork, name, type, and key stats — no more plain text links.
Works for all 11 entity types with relevant stats
Share directly from the card modal: copy link, post to Twitter/X, or share on Reddit
Visitors see a Create your own prompt with a direct link to the generator
Feature
Entity Share Cards
Create shareable trading card images of your NPCs, Monsters, and Shops. Each card features the entity portrait, key stats, and a lore quote styled like a premium D&D trading card — downloadable as a high-res PNG.
Cards show the most useful stats per type
3D tilt effect on hover with animated accent-colored border glow
Access from entity pages, gallery context menus, and post-generation dropdown
Feature
Browse Community Content
A brand new Browse hub lets you explore all community-created D&D content in one place. Each entity type has its own dedicated listing page with image cards, descriptions, and tags.
Recently Added feed shows the latest community creations
Public/Private toggle lets you control whether your creations appear in browse
Create your own prompt at the end of every browse grid
Design
Edit Modal Redesign
Image editing tools like Upscale, Face Swap, and Background Removal now open in a polished split-screen modal with a fantasy-themed hero preview on the left and controls on the right.
Multi-step tools show a clear step-by-step wizard
Streamlined source image picker lets you select and swap images before applying edits
Model picker and badges fixed on mobile
Feature
Quick Edit from the Image Showcase
A new Quick Edit bar appears directly below images in the lightbox. Type what you want to change, pick a model, and hit Generate — all without leaving the image viewer.
Model picker with preview thumbnails and gold costs
Settings gear to adjust quality level, toggle raw mode, and enable web search
Generate button always shows the gold cost upfront
Design
Settlement View V2
The settlement page has been redesigned from the ground up with a vertical storytelling layout. Sections flow naturally as you scroll, with a sticky stat bar that follows you down the page.
Linked NPCs, shops, and taverns with portraits display as large image-forward cards
Filterable People and Places directory with pill-style category tabs
Interactive history timeline with era badges
Design
Monster View Redesign
Monster detail pages have been completely rebuilt with a tabbed layout — Combat, Battle Plan, Ecology, and Lore — so you can jump straight to the info you need. Core stats like HP, AC, Speed, and CR now stick to the top of the page as you scroll.
Spells now show their school and description inline
Combat sections are collapsible to keep things tidy
Full-bleed cinematic hero with parallax scrolling and entrance animations
Feature
Product Changelog & Automation
The changelog page has been completely redesigned. Big releases now get featured hero cards with screenshots, while smaller updates appear in a compact timeline.
Category Filters — Filter by Features, Enhancements, or Bug Fixes
Colored Badges — Every update tagged with its type
Discord Notifications — Major releases posted to Discord automatically
Smart Banners — Update notifications only for significant changes
Feature
🎭 Party Portrait Generator
Generate AI group portraits of your adventuring party. Add your characters, pick a scene, get artwork with correct relative heights.
## 🖼️ Portraits
• Add up to 8 characters with name, race, class, height, and description
• All 4 statblock variants (Modern, Classic, Hero, Editorial) have interactive dice
• Click a modifier, ability score, or damage roll. Result shows inline and fires to your VTT
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## 💬 Discord Webhook
• Send formatted dice results to a Discord channel
• Configure in Profile > VTT Settings
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## 🧠 Smart Prompt
• First dice click without a VTT connected opens the setup dialog automatically
• Dismiss once and it stays dismissed
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Built on a new adapter pattern, so more VTT backends can plug in later. Try it on any entity page and let us know how it feels.
Feature
🎨 Art Style Transfer
Restyle any image – Pick from 60+ art styles (anime, oil painting, comic book, pixel art, watercolour, and more) to completely transform the look of your images.
Multiple AI models – Choose between 7 different models including GPT Image 1.5, Seedream, and Grok Imagine for different results.
Before/After comparison – Drag the comparison slider to see your original and restyled image side by side.
Custom styles – Not finding what you want? Type your own style description for full creative control.
Two ways to access – Use Restyle from the edit tools on any image, or visit the dedicated Art Style Transfer page under Transformations. (https://char-gen.com/transform/art-style-transfer)
Feature
🌌 Seedream 5.0 Lite — Smarter 4K Fantasy Engine
Seedream 5.0 Lite is live
Next-gen ByteDance visual engine with stronger prompt understanding and contextual reasoning.
Web-aware & scene-logical outputs – Improved real-world reasoning and internal consistency across complex fantasy scenes.
4K-ready visuals – Dramatic lighting, detailed environments, and high-resolution character rendering.
Character continuity– More consistent faces, outfits, and proportions across variations.
Readable typography – Better in-image text handling for posters and banners.
Best for – Epic realms, creature designs, campaign posters, and cohesive character sets
Generate dungeon layouts with rooms, corridors, doors, and secret passages, all rendered as hand-drawn fantasy maps with hatching and parchment styling.
AI Room Details – Each room gets a name, description, monsters, traps, hidden treasure, and features filled in by AI based on your chosen theme and difficulty.
Full Detail Pages – View your dungeon at /dungeon/[id] with an interactive map, room-by-room breakdown, wandering monsters, rumours, corridor features, and plot hooks.
Entity Linking – Connect dungeons to NPCs, settlements, factions, and monsters. Generate linked monsters directly from the dungeon view.
Customisable Generation – Choose dungeon size, theme (crypt, cave, temple, sewer, castle, mine), difficulty, and even set a seed for reproducible layouts.
Audio Support– Generate ambient audio for your dungeon atmosphere.
Try it now: https://char-gen.com/dungeon-generator
Bundles now save to the server and persist across sessions. Cross-entity AI context means NPCs know about the tavern they work at. Save any composition as a reusable template. Your Bundles gallery shows all past bundles on the session prep page.
FeatureDelete Entities from World Codex
<p>You can now <strong>permanently delete entities</strong> directly from the World Codex. Open the menu on any entity card and select "Delete Entity Permanently" — a confirmation dialog ensures you don't accidentally lose anything.</p>
Bug FixReforge Prompt Box Auto-Sizing Fix
<p>The Reforge prompt box now correctly expands to fit the full prompt text when loading settings from an existing image.</p>
InfrastructureServer-Rendered Page Headers
<p>Generator and image pages now show titles and hero images 2-5 seconds earlier on mobile.</p>
InfrastructureNext.js 16 + React 19 Upgrade
<p>Upgraded the entire platform to Next.js 16 with Turbopack and React Compiler for faster page loads and smaller app size.</p>
EnhancementAccessibility and Component Upgrades
<p>Rebuilt searchable dropdowns with keyboard navigation and screen reader support, updated error pages.</p>
InfrastructureEntity Detail Pages Migration
<p>All 11 entity detail pages now load faster with instant page shells and consistent loading states.</p>
InfrastructureCore Pages Migration
<p>Create, Gallery, Dashboard, and Image pages now show navigation instantly while content loads.</p>
EnhancementStatic Landing Page Images
<p>Landing page images now load instantly with blur placeholders instead of fetching from remote storage.</p>
InfrastructureECS Fargate Migration
<p>Moved to dedicated cloud servers with global CDN image delivery and automated deployments for more consistent performance.</p>
InfrastructureApp Router Migration Phase 2
<p>Migrated About, Privacy, Terms, Pricing, Session Summariser, and Blog pages for faster loads and better SEO.</p>
