Notes from the thread
I have hosted text role-plays long enough to have opinions about lorebooks. These are the guides I wish someone had handed me before my first campaign: practical, a little opinionated, and built around tools that still work at message one thousand.
SillyTavern setup for role-play, after the installer finishes
A SillyTavern setup for role-play: import character cards, set your persona, match the templates, tune the samplers, and keep lorebooks and context under control.
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A roleplay character card template you can fill in tonight
A copy-and-paste roleplay character card template, notes on what every field does once it reaches the model, and one filled card to borrow from.
6 min read
How to write an opening message for roleplay that gives your partner a door
How to write an opening message for roleplay: what the first post must set up, how long to make it, where to leave the hook, and five samples in five genres.
6 min read
AI chatbot roleplay compared: eight platforms, checked against their own pages
AI chatbot roleplay compared across eight platforms: what each says about age checks, adult content, memory and price, taken from their own pages in November 2026.
7 min read
Keeping a long roleplay consistent, from the first arc to the fifth
How to keep a long roleplay consistent: running summaries, lorebook entries, character sheets, pinned notes, session recaps, fixing drift and splitting arcs.
6 min read