Set up & use Story Settings

Story Settings wrap your campaign in a narrative — a setting, a hero, and a villain — so the content feels like an adventure instead of a worksheet. A StorySettings template is reusable; when you apply it to a campaign, a copy (the CampaignStory) is embedded into that campaign, and the campaign keeps a link back so you can re-sync later.

Build a story template

1. Open the Story Settings library (admin)

   System admins open the standalone manager from the navigation drawer’s Story Settings entry — the Manage Story Settings dialog lists your templates, each with Edit/Delete, plus a Create New Story Settings button.

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2. Create a new story and pick an Inspiration

   Tap Create New Story Settings (or Create New Story from the campaign flow). Choose an Inspiration — Cursed Realm, Forbidden Secrets, Dragon Hoard, Perilous Expedition, or Custom. The inspiration picks your authoring mode: Guided (Mad Libs) composes the story from fill-in slots, while Custom exposes freeform fields (Setting Name, Setting Description, Hero Title, Hero Motivation, Boss Name, Boss Description, tone & era). A Surprise Me button fills the slots for you.

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3. Save the template

   Save. The template joins your library and becomes selectable whenever you create or edit a campaign.

Apply a story to a campaign

1. Attach the story from the campaign sheet

   In a campaign’s edit sheet, open the Story Settings section. When creating, tap Include Story; when editing, tap Create or Link Story Settings. The picker opens (titled Select Story or Connect Story) — choose a template and tap Select / Connect.

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2. Edit or unlink later

   On a linked campaign, the story card’s ⋮ menu offers Edit and Unlink. Unlinking confirms first (“Unlink Story Settings?”) and only clears the link — the template itself is never deleted and can be re-linked.

3. Sync when a template changes

   If you edit a template after a campaign has diverged from it, the builder shows a Template Updated chip. Open Sync from Template to review per-group differences (setting, story arc, aesthetics, boss, characters) and copy them over individually or all at once. Campaigns that haven’t diverged update silently.

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