Signup & First Steps

Getting started as a Gamemaster is free. You’ll sign up with your email, verify a code, and create your first House (a course). Creating courses and parties works on the Free tier; only AI generation requires an upgrade.

Your course is a House, so there is nothing else to set up. Sharing a course with other teachers is optional, and it is part of Lord; see Invite collaborators.

Create your account

1. Roll for initiative

   Launch the app and tap anywhere on the title screen — the prompt reads ROLL FOR INITIATIVE. A d20 rolls and, since you’re not signed in yet, you land on the login screen.

   

2. Choose Email, then Sign me up!

   On the login card (heading RPGLMS, tagline “Leveled-Up Learning”), tap Continue with Email. The sign-in dialog opens on Requesting Credentials; tap Sign me up! to switch to registration — the header becomes Sign Up, Adventurer!

   

3. Answer the age question

   Before any form, RPGLMS asks When were you born? — “We ask everyone this when they make an account.” Enter the month, day and year and tap Continue. It’s asked once per device, and Google and Apple sign-in ask the same question before their sheets open. Sign-ups for under-13s are closed for now; the screen explains that and stops.

4. Fill the registration form

   Enter your Email, First Name, Last Name, and Password — a live checklist shows the password requirements. There is also an optional Class code field if a teacher gave you one. A legal notice above the button reads “By continuing you agree to the…” — tapping Continue is your acceptance; there are no consent checkboxes to tick. Submit stays disabled until the fields are filled and the password is valid.

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5. Verify your email

   RPGLMS emails you a 6-digit code. Enter it on the Verify account screen and tap Create account. There is no separate completion screen — a valid code signs you straight in.

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6. Meet Your Hero

   First sign-in opens the Meet Your Hero avatar sheet over Base Camp — this happens once, automatically. Pick your Face (skin, hair, ears, lips), Fit (helmet, armor, guards, cloak) and Fab (glasses, earrings, headband), or tap the green arrow to skip. Nothing here is permanent; you can change all of it later from the Player Journal. Options marked with a padlock unlock with a Patron+ subscription — the free set still builds a complete character.

   

Make your first course

1. Find the Gamemaster Quarters tab

   On Base Camp, a brand-new account lands on a single card with two tabs — Party Memberships and Gamemaster Quarters. Tap the crown at the card’s right end to switch to Gamemaster Quarters. A new account sees Create House (Course), “No Houses yet”, and a row with House Management (every course you own, archived ones included) and the Guidebook.

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2. Tap Create House (Course)

   It’s the one create button in Gamemaster Quarters. A new unit is added later from inside its course, never from here.

3. Answer the steps and tap Create

   Name the course and pick its subject and audience, keep or change the Lore, choose manual or the AI wizard, frame the first Campaign (the opening unit), and name your first Party. Tap Create: in one transaction the server mints the House, its first Campaign and that Party. You get the class join code at once, then land on your new course’s page (the wizard route opens the Builder instead).

4. Open a unit to build it

   Open a Campaign to reach the Builder, where you author paths, nodes and content. Create a Campaign → Path → Node walks every step of the create flow and the Builder in full.