DM ENGINE vs Stonegate

DM Engine is a full AI Dungeon Master for D&D 5e — not just a chatbot, but a structured game master that builds scenes, runs combat, tracks your campaign, and delivers a cinematic tabletop experience without needing a human DM. NEW: PLAY WITH FRIENDS Host a party of up to four. Share a join code, and your friends drop into the same living story — no scheduling, no human DM, no one left waiting. Everyone acts in their own turn, rolls their own dice, and fights in the same initiative order. One Guild subscription hosts the whole table; joining is free. WHAT IT DOES Generates opening scenes, NPC dialogue, and story beats Runs full D&D 5e combat — initiative, HP, conditions, death saves Handles skill checks, saving throws, and attack rolls with real dice Remembers everything across sessions — decisions, deaths, relationships Builds a living world that reacts to your choices DEATH MEANS SOMETHING Drop to zero and you're rolling death saves — flat d20, three failures and that character's story ends. Permanently. No resurrection, no undo. Create a new character and the DM writes them into the story at the next turn of the road. CAST LIKE A SPELLCASTER Open your spellbook mid-fight, pick your targets, watch your slots. Attack rolls against real AC. Inspiration to reroll when the dice betray you. Long rests restore you — if the story lets you rest. CAMPAIGN SETUP Choose your world setting, tone (heroic, dark, horror, comedy), and ruleset. Load a lore pack — Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Eberron, or the Nine Hells of Avernus. Create your character with class, race, background, and backstory. The DM weaves your history into everything. THE DM VOICE Built on Claude, one of the most capable AI models available. The DM narrates like an author — specific, present-tense, cinematic. No "adventure awaits." No breaking character. Real consequences for every action. FULL SESSION MEMORY The app tracks your campaign across sessions using a compression system that distills key events into permanent facts. The DM remembers who you killed, what you promised, and what you broke. SESSION RECAP Auto-generated summary after every session. XP log, key moments, loot, and decisions. Your campaign history builds over time. Built on the D&D 5e SRD 5.1 under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://j37953242.github.io/dmengine-legal/#privacy

Build the company. Descend into the dark. Bring back whoever survives. Stonegate: The Mad Baron is a party-based first-person dungeon crawler inspired by the deliberate exploration, dangerous expeditions, and hard-earned victories of classic role-playing games. Recruit and organize a company of six adventurers. Equip fighters, thieves, priests, mages, and rare elite classes. Explore hand-authored dungeon floors, uncover secret doors, survive traps, manage limited healing and magic, and decide when your wounded party should turn for home. New to Stonegate? A guided first journey helps you prepare your company, find your way, survive your first battle, and return safely to town. FEATURES • Build and manage a party of six adventurers • Explore six distinct depths in The Mad Baron campaign • Unlock six harder Veteran depths after completing The Mad Baron • Continue into three additional depths with the optional Salt Crypts expansion • Fight tactical, turn-based battles against grouped enemies • Discover secret doors, treasure chambers, traps, and authored encounters • Equip weapons, armor, and shields with clear comparisons • Develop fighters, spellcasters, scouts, and elite classes • Return to Stonegate to rest, recruit, trade, heal, and prepare • Face unique guardians and discover routes that can change an expedition • Carry one party across iPhone and iPad with private iCloud saves • No ads, no consumable currency, and no pay-to-win Every expedition is a decision between ambition and survival. Push deeper for greater rewards, or begin the long homeward march before the dungeon takes another member of the company. VETERAN CAMPAIGN Return with your company for six harder depths, longer routes, secret caches, stronger enemies, new equipment and greater recovery potions. Original and Veteran progress are saved separately. Veteran is included with Full Campaign and unlocks after completing The Mad Baron with your company. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE DUO Keep the discovered automap and Chronicle beside dungeon exploration and combat on the expanded display. Town services, equipment, character creation and menus adapt as you open or close the device. THE SALT CRYPTS Complete The Mad Baron, then take your company beneath Stonegate's burial quay. Redirect water, ring ancient bells, discover new equipment, and decide the fate of the bound dead across the Drowned Quay, the Bell Ossuary, and the Saint Below. Depth 1 is included with the download. The one-time Full Campaign purchase unlocks Depths 2–6 and the complete Mad Baron campaign, including Veteran after completion. The Salt Crypts is a separate, optional one-time purchase that includes all three expansion depths and requires completing The Mad Baron with your company. No subscriptions.