Background suggestions

These proactive suggestions appear in the session-planning flow: as you move through the steps of preparing a session, the relevant suggestions surface alongside the work.

What suggestions do

Suggestions help you notice things:

• Connections you haven’t made - NPCs who should know each other based on their descriptions
• Creations you’ve forgotten - Characters or places that haven’t appeared in sessions
• Threads left hanging - Campaign Markers that have been active too long without resolution
• Story opportunities - Ways to tie existing content together

Think of suggestions as a thoughtful assistant reviewing your notes and saying “Have you considered…?”

Types of suggestions

Relationship suggestions

The engine analyzes Creation descriptions and suggests potential connections:

“Mira the Bartender might know Captain Aldric - they both mention history with the northern campaign.”

“The Rusty Dragon Inn could be a front for the Thieves Guild - both operate in the docks district and you’ve mentioned smuggling at both.”

Each suggestion includes:

• The suggested relationship type
• A confidence score (how sure the engine is)
• The reasoning (what clues it noticed)

Power-tier relationship suggestions are more sophisticated, considering indirect connections and story implications.

Forgotten creation reminders

The engine tracks which Creations appear in your sessions and reminds you about neglected content:

“Sir Galahad hasn’t appeared in 5 sessions. He’s allied with the party and lives near where they’re adventuring - he might be relevant.”

“The Lost Temple of Zarathos was mentioned in session 3 but never revisited. Is it still a thread?”

These reminders help you avoid the classic DM problem of introducing interesting elements and then forgetting about them.

Unresolved thread identification

The engine monitors your Campaign Markers and story threads:

“The ‘Missing Merchant’ Campaign Marker has been active for 4 sessions without resolution. Is the party still pursuing it?”

“Players expressed interest in the Dragon’s Lair three sessions ago. You haven’t prepared anything for it yet.”

This helps you track what players care about and what needs attention.

Connection hints (power tier)

On Power tier, the engine suggests how Creations might connect to current events:

“The cult leader’s backstory mentions a brother who betrayed him. Could this brother be relevant to the party’s investigation?”

“The artifact the party found was made by the same smith who equipped the city guard. There might be a connection worth exploring.”

These deeper suggestions help you weave your world together.

Where suggestions appear

Proactive suggestions surface inside the session-planning flow. As you work through the steps of preparing a session, the flow shows the suggestions relevant to that step - forgotten Creations, unresolved threads, and connection hints - in a dedicated suggestions section alongside your prep. The engine might notice that an NPC you’re featuring has unresolved business with another character, or flag a thread you haven’t touched in a few sessions.

Creation-level AI suggestions (the ones you generate yourself) appear in the AI Generation panel on a Creation - see AI generation.

Working with suggestions

When you see a suggestion, you have several options:

Accept

Apply the suggestion’s content. For an AI-generated suggestion this applies the content to the Creation; for proactive prep suggestions it points you at the Creation or thread that needs attention.

Dismiss

Clear a suggestion you don’t want. Click the dismiss X and the suggestion is removed directly - there’s no follow-up dialog. Use this when a suggestion doesn’t fit your vision - the engine doesn’t know everything about your plans.

Rate

Use the thumbs up/down to mark a suggestion as helpful or not. This feedback tunes future suggestions toward the kinds of insights you value.

Suggestion quality

Suggestions improve as you use Campaign Familiar:

More content = better suggestions The engine analyzes your Creation descriptions, relationships, session history, and Campaign Marker statuses. The more you fill in, the more patterns it can detect.

Good descriptions matter Vague descriptions produce generic suggestions. Detailed descriptions reveal connections: “served in the northern campaign” lets the engine connect veterans; “grew up in the merchant district” connects childhood friends.

Relationships feed relationships Existing relationships help the engine understand your world’s structure and suggest new connections that fit.

Feedback helps Rating suggestions as helpful or not helpful teaches the engine what you care about.

Subscription availability

Background suggestions need an AI subscription:

Companion: Core suggestions including relationship suggestions, forgotten Creation reminders, and thread tracking.

Power: All Companion features plus deeper connection hints that identify subtle story opportunities. Beta testers have Power-level AI access.

Tips for getting value from suggestions

Review suggestions weekly

During your prep time, check for new suggestions. Even 5 minutes reviewing suggestions can surface ideas you’d miss otherwise.

Dismiss what doesn’t fit

Not every suggestion is right. Some connections don’t make sense for your world. Dismiss them - this teaches the engine and keeps your suggestion list useful.

Accept good suggestions immediately

When a suggestion clicks, accept it right away. Good insights get lost if you leave them sitting.

Dismiss freely - refresh brings new ideas

Dismissed suggestions are gone, not archived. That’s fine: Refresh generates a fresh set whenever you want new ideas, so there’s no cost to clearing ones that don’t fit right now.

Build description depth

If you’re not getting useful suggestions, the problem might be sparse descriptions. Add detail to key Creations - backstory, goals, connections to places and events. The engine will find more patterns.

Example: suggestions in action

Your campaign has:

• Mira Thornwood (NPC) - “bartender at the Rusty Anchor, former army scout in the northern campaign, knows everyone’s secrets”
• Captain Aldric (NPC) - “city guard captain, veteran of the northern campaign, secretly working with smugglers”
• Thieves Guild (faction) - “operates smuggling through the docks, has informants in legitimate businesses”
• “The Missing Ship” (Campaign Marker) - active for 3 sessions

Suggestions generated:

1. Relationship: “Mira Thornwood and Captain Aldric both served in the northern campaign. They may know each other.”

   • Accept this to create a connection between two NPCs you might have considered separately

2. Connection hint (Power): “Mira ‘knows everyone’s secrets’ and the Thieves Guild ‘has informants in legitimate businesses.’ Mira might be a Thieves Guild informant.”

   • Save this for later - interesting angle to explore

3. Unresolved thread: “‘The Missing Ship’ has been active for 3 sessions. Consider resolving or escalating it.”

   • Good reminder - the party has been distracted, time to bring it back

4. Forgotten Creation: “The dockside warehouse hasn’t appeared since session 2, but multiple Creations mention the docks.”

   • Dismiss - you’re deliberately keeping the warehouse in reserve

Related

• AI generation - On-demand drafting
• Relationships - Creating and managing connections
• Campaign Markers - Tracking story threads