Your account & what's saved
Running a fight needs no account at all. Signing in is free, and it adds everything OpenFray has to store for you: fights that sync between devices, campaigns and house rules, saved characters, homebrew and imported creatures, your own presets, and a named player-view link. This page explains where your game lives in each case, and how to delete it.
Without an account
Section titled “Without an account”Open the console and run a fight straight away. The whole fight works: creatures from the built-in books, players, initiative, effects, spells, group saves, dice, and the compendium.
Your fight is held in that browser tab. Reload the page, or recover from a browser crash, and the fight is still there. Close the tab on purpose and the fight is gone. This is deliberate: nothing of yours sits on a server you never asked to use. OpenFray warns you before you close a tab with a fight in it.
You can also share a read-only player view with your table without an account. The shared view is stored on no server either way. It reaches your players’ screens as the board changes and is kept nowhere.
Three things do stick around on your own device without an account: your library choices, your choice of light or dark mode, and the link your player view uses.
Signing in
Section titled “Signing in”Sign in with Discord or Google. It’s free, and the first time you sign in an account is created for you.
From then on, these follow you between devices:
| What | Why you’d want it |
|---|---|
| The fight you’re running | close the laptop mid-session, pick it up next week exactly where you left off |
| Creatures and spells you make | your homebrew and imports, in your own library |
| Characters | build the party once instead of retyping them each session |
| Campaigns | your table’s house rules and private notes on the game |
| Your player-view link | name it something your table remembers, and keep it between sessions |
Saving happens in the background while you play. You never wait for it, and there’s no save button.
Nothing you did before signing in is thrown away. The fight on your board stays put.
Deleting everything
Section titled “Deleting everything”In Profile, Delete account removes your account and everything attached to it: your fights, creatures, spells, characters, and campaigns. You’re asked to type your email to confirm.