Role-play guides: setups, character cards and comparisons
These are the guides I wanted when I started: how to install the tools, how to write a card that holds up, and what to type when no scene comes to mind. Product facts come from each product's own pages, and where something could not be checked, the article says so.
How to set up SillyTavern on Windows, macOS or Linux
Install SillyTavern on Windows, macOS or Linux, find the local address, connect a Chat Completion or Text Completion API and open a first character.
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The best AI chatbot for roleplay depends on how you play
Eight roleplay chatbots compared from their own pages: free options, memory limits, content rules and listed prices, with every unverified gap marked.
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How to write a roleplay character card that holds up
What goes in each field of a roleplay character card, how many tokens to spend, how example dialogue works, and a short sample card to copy and adapt.
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AI roleplay prompts and scenario ideas that give the AI something to do
AI roleplay prompts sorted by genre, from salvage tugs to flooded valleys, plus what makes a scenario prompt work: a role, someone opposite and a clock running.
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Perchance AI roleplay: how it works, its limits and the alternatives
How Perchance's AI character chat works, from example characters to lorebooks, what its own pages say about storage, ads and limits, and where else to play.
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