- How much does The Spider's Web cost?
- The core app is free and always will be: unlimited campaigns, the NPC relationship mapper, all four GM tools (dice roller, generators, initiative tracker, session planner), templates, and player share links. Pro is an optional $5/month subscription that adds character sheets with portraits, PDF export, the session journal and quest tracker, custom tag colors, and unlimited saved encounters and sessions.
- Is my campaign data private? Does it work offline?
- Yes to both. Everything is stored in your own browser via localStorage — nothing is uploaded by default, and the app works with no internet connection and no account. If you choose to sign in (an optional feature), your campaigns sync to a private, owner-only cloud space so you can use multiple devices; you can ignore that entirely and stay fully local.
- Does it only work for D&D?
- No — it's deliberately system-agnostic. The relationship mapper, generators, dice roller, initiative tracker, and session planner track characters, scenes, and connections rather than any one rules set, so they fit D&D 5e, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Blades in the Dark, PbtA games, OSR retroclones, and homebrew settings equally well.
- Can I share my map with players without revealing secrets?
- Yes. Player share links generate a read-only copy of your map with hidden nodes, hidden relationships, GM notes, relationship history, and portraits stripped out. The whole map is encoded in the link so nothing is uploaded; signed-in users can also create short, fixed-length links.
- How do I back up or move a campaign?
- Every campaign can be exported to a JSON file and re-imported on any device or browser. Exports include your nodes, relationships, journal, quests, encounters, and session plans. Signing in additionally keeps everything synced automatically.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. The Spider's Web runs entirely in your web browser on desktop or tablet — there's nothing to download and no account required to start.