What do I need to use Tabletop Campaign Starter?

System & level; Length; Tone; The party; Boundaries.

Is Tabletop Campaign Starter free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Tabletop Campaign Starter

Q: How do I know the Tabletop Campaign Starter output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: The hook gives the party a reason to act early; Session-zero includes tone and content boundaries/safety tools; The adventure is beats with branches, not a rigid script; Encounters are scaled to the stated party level and size.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-05 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-hobbies

Spin up a tabletop RPG one-shot or a session-zero for a new campaign — a hook, a map of the first adventure, NPCs, and encounters tuned to your party. Use when asked to start a D&D campaign, run a one-shot, help me DM, session zero, or make me an adventure for my party. Produces a premise and hook, a session-zero framework (tone, safety tools, expectations), a first-adventure outline with beats and branches, ready-to-run NPCs and encounters scaled to party level/size, and improv fallbacks for when players go off-script.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“Make me a D&D one-shot for four level-3 players, spooky tone.”“Help me start a campaign — I've never DM'd before.”“I need a session zero framework for my new group.”“Give me a hook and first adventure for a heroic 5e party.”“My players always go off-script — help me prep to improvise.”

What to give it

▸System & level — which ruleset, party level, and number of players

▸Length — a one-shot (single session) or the start of a campaign

▸Tone — heroic, gritty, comedic, horror, sandbox

▸The party — classes/archetypes if known, and any player preferences

▸Boundaries — themes to include or avoid at the table

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓The hook gives the party a reason to act early

✓Session-zero includes tone and content boundaries/safety tools

✓The adventure is beats with branches, not a rigid script

✓Encounters are scaled to the stated party level and size

✓Improv fallbacks are provided for off-script play

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**A railroad** that punishes players for not following the plot.

**Skipping session zero** and blindsiding players with tone/content.

**Encounters that ignore party level** — trivial or a TPK.

**All combat, no character** — NPCs with no want or voice.

**No plan B** for when players do the unexpected.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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