The bots

The table’s Discord server keeps four bots, each named in the Old Norse manner for the work it does. All of them can be tried freely in #botspam.

The Scribe (Craig)

The Scribe is Craig, the voice-recording bot; the name states the office. Summon it into a voice channel with /join and it records each speaker on a separate track; /stop (or dismissing it from the channel) ends the recording. The person who summoned it receives a private link to download the audio, as multi-track or mixed files. Recordings are kept by Craig for a limited time, so download anything worth keeping soon after the session.

Þingboð (Apollo)

Þingboð is Apollo, the scheduling bot, named for the Old Norse thing-summons — the token passed farm to farm until everyone knew when and where to assemble. Sessions are scheduled with /event, which posts a sign-up the whole table can answer with a click; the bot then reminds those who signed up as the time approaches. Answering the summons is the whole job: mark availability when the event posts.

Hlautteinn (Avrae)

Hlautteinn is Avrae, the dice and combat bot — the official D&D Beyond bot, named for the lot-twig the Norse cast in divination. It rolls dice (!r 1d20+5), looks up rules (!spell fireball, !monster goblin), and runs initiative in-channel. To play with a real sheet, link Discord and D&D Beyond accounts at avrae.io, then run !import <character sheet url>; a sheet must be set public on D&D Beyond, or its owner’s accounts linked, for the bot to read it. After the Dungeon Master links the campaign, rolls flow both ways between Discord and the D&D Beyond Game Log. The Dungeon Master’s walkthrough is at Avrae: a DM’s demo.

Bragi (Jockie Music)

Bragi is Jockie Music, the music bot, named for the skald of the gods. It plays music and ambience into a voice channel. On this server its commands begin with !music: join a voice channel and use !music play <song or link>, with !music pause, !music skip, and !music stop doing what they say.