Story & Memory Cards

Story Cards

Story cards function as lorebooks for FictionLab, helping the AI understand specific words and elements in your scenario. Story cards are optional, but they bring more depth to your scenario.

• A story card consists of:

  • Card Name – Name of the card. Not given to the AI, but briefs user of its contents

  • Card Type – Defines the type of the story card. (Location, Class, Race, Faction or Custom)

  • Trigger Words – Words or phrases that activate the story card. Not case-sensitive.

  • Content Field – Information that becomes available to the AI when the trigger words appear in chat.

• Example: If your scenario includes a mysterious book called Weiss, the AI won’t recognize its significance unless you create a story card explaining its lore. The trigger word for this story card could be "weiss" and the content would explain the backstory of it.

• Story cards help the AI adapt to the roleplay naturally by integrating world-building details when relevant.

• Free users are limited to 10 story cards per scenario and FictionLab+ have access to 30 story cards.

• Only the 3 story cards can be active at the same time. If a new story card is triggered, the oldest active card is made inactive.

Memory Cards

Memory cards help the AI remember important events that have already occurred during the roleplay. Think of them as sticky notes—small reminders that are presented to the AI throughout the session.

Memory cards can be created manually by users or automatically by the AI when significant events happen. The AI reviews the message history every 30 messages to decide whether to generate new memory cards.

Memory cards significantly extend the AI's memory and, in the best-case scenario, allow it to recall events from thousands of messages ago!

Unlike story cards, memory cards are always active and don’t require trigger words to be used.

Important Guidelines:

• Use memory cards only to summarize past events.

• Do not use them to introduce new lore, plan future events, or give the AI instructions. Story Cards and Custom LLM instructions are made for that purpose.

• Misusing memory cards can negatively affect the quality of the roleplay.

Free users are limited to 50 memory cards, while FictionLab+ users have access to 200 memory cards.