How OpenFray works — the DnD 5e combat console

A free, browser-based Dungeons and Dragons 5e combat console. Here's how it works.

OpenFray is a combat console and initiative tracker for Dungeons and Dragons. It keeps track of a fight for you: who acts when, everyone’s hit points, the conditions and effects on each creature, and the dice. It also has a built-in list of creatures and spells to pull from. It runs in your web browser, on a laptop, a tablet, or a phone, and you don’t need an account. Signing in lets you save your game.

The handbook is organized by what you need. New here? Start with Getting started and run your first fight. After that, the guides give you the steps for each task, the concepts explain how OpenFray thinks, and the reference describes every screen in detail.

Getting started

Open the console, add your creatures and players, and run your first fight. Getting started.

Running a fight

Step-by-step guides: rounds & turns, attacks, saving throws, effects, spells, and the player view.

Concepts

How OpenFray thinks: the three kinds of combatant, how effects work, honest dice, and what’s saved where.

Your library

Set up a campaign & house rules, build your own creatures & spells, and import from D&D Beyond.

Reference

The tracker, the stat block, the compendium, dice & roll formulas, the game log, and settings.

Your account

What works without an account, what signing in saves, and how to delete it all. Your account & what’s saved.