Ariadne's Codex of Strings

Hello and Welcome!

We are Alvar (disheveled hair dude, left) and Marcelo (gaunt italian bloke, right), two forever DMs and former TTRPG freelancers hailing from the land of Buenos Aires, Argentina, birthplace of such celebrities as [insert football superstar] and the pope, now partners-in-crime in Delaware, in the illustrious US of A.

Our story

  • How it started

    It was a bitingly cold day when, in a cozy café surrounded by flat whites and tiny pastries, we decided to turn our growing collection of homebrew rules, monsters, items, and player options into something more.

    What began as a hobby fueled by passion and caffeine quickly became a mission: to bring unique, 5e-compatible content to the community.

  • How it's going

    A year and a half later, we’re blown away by what this community has become. Thanks to the incredible support of our ever-growing audience and our amazing Patreon backers, this dream is now our full-time adventure.

    Together, we’ve built a thriving hub for fantasy game enthusiasts, and we’re just getting started. We’re so grateful to have you along for the ride!

The Interns of the City of Strings!

Our tools

Our creations are painted in a very special canvas: the Homebrewery, an amazing tool developed by the good folk at NaturalCrit. It is, almost inexplicably, 100% free. If you want to help them keep the lights on, you can do so here.

The illustrations in our sourcebooks are made using various tools, in a journey that starts with a latent diffusion model and ends in the Homebrewery's markdown editor, going through several phases of manual tweaks and corrections in Photoshop. However, the AI usage we are (for now) limited to for budget reasons imposes great limitations. We are actively phasing towards a mixed process involving real artists!

Community and Collaborations

Since we began our journey, we've experimented with a lot of types of content!

The support of our community has allowed us to work with wonderful artists For example, we created an entry exclusively illustrated with the dark fantasy art of the legendary Kim Diaz Holm: Allfather's Ink. Recently, we released Theseus' Tome of Legendary Foes, featuring works from the amazing Midnight!

We are eager to explore similar projects with fellow creatives. If you would like to collaborate with this passion project in whatever capacity, contact us!

We are looking to expand in the future, and we could use the help of coders, graphic artists, and writers alike.

Contact us!