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How Does an AI Dungeon Master Work? Inside Embertold's Agent Architecture
The journey of building an AI that runs tabletop RPG sessions: the tool-calling agent architecture, the statelessness constraint, and the design philosophy behind Embertold's Game Master.
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Lorenzo · May 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Every Tool in Embertold's AI Game Master Toolbox, Explained
The AI Game Master has a full toolkit of specialized, typed functions at its disposal. Here's what each one does and how they get orchestrated turn to turn.
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Lorenzo · May 21, 2026 · 6 min read
How Embertold Generates Fantasy Scene Art in Real Time
How we turn narrative descriptions into scene illustrations on the fly: the prompt engineering, style consistency, and caching that make it work.
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Lorenzo · Apr 23, 2026 · 3 min read
How We Keep AI Dungeon Master Stories Coherent Across Dozens of Chapters
Long adventures are a challenge for AI. Here's how Embertold keeps your story coherent across dozens of chapters using chapter summarization and context management.
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Lorenzo · Apr 15, 2026 · 4 min read