The compendium (rules)¶
The compendium is a searchable library of rule content — monsters, spells, magic items, and conditions — that a DM can look up and drop straight into play.
Installing content¶
Rule packs install under Admin → Rule systems. Installing is open to a server admin or the DM of any campaign — packs are server-wide, so a DM setting up their table can add content without a server-admin round-trip. (Removing a pack stays server-admin only, since it affects every campaign that selected it.)
The built-in source is Open5e (the D&D 5e SRD, open-licensed): tick the sections you want — Conditions, Monsters, Magic items, Spells — and install. Every install runs as a background job: the screen shows per-section progress while it works, so you can keep building. Installs are also incremental — add a section later and it merges in without reinstalling what's already there.
Upload another system¶
Beyond Open5e, you can upload a generic open-licensed dataset for any system as a JSON rule pack. The pack must declare an open license (OGL, ORC, Creative Commons, or public domain) — anything else is rejected before the import starts. Uploads run as the same kind of background job as an Open5e install.
Which systems?
D&D 5e (via Open5e) has a built-in one-click importer; any other system comes in through an uploaded dataset. Content installs server-wide, and a campaign points at it via its rule system.
Using it¶
- Compendium screen — search by name, filter by type, open an entry in the reader.
- In combat — the Add combatant → Compendium tab searches monsters and pulls a creature's HP and initiative modifier from its statblock automatically (see Combat).
- Over MCP — an AI assistant can
lookup_ruleandget_rule_entryto cite rules and build encounters (see Connect an AI).
Licensing¶
Campfire only imports open-licensed content (Open5e is OGL/Creative Commons). Your own homebrew and anything you type in stays in your database.