The session ends. The story does not.
Most adult tabletop groups meet once a month — if they are lucky. Convoke is the layer between sessions where downtime, travel, side scenes, and character moments actually happen. Then everyone shows up to the table already in the story.
No credit card. 5e today, more systems coming.
The case for the in-between
You only get four hours every three weeks.
You spend the first thirty minutes remembering where you were. The second thirty minutes shopping in town. The third thirty minutes catching the new player up. By the time the actual scene starts, you have burned half the night.
Convoke takes the parts of D&D that do not need everyone in the room — and lets them happen on everyone's own time.
What moves between sessions
Four things that no longer eat table time.
Downtime activities
Crafting, training, research, faction work, tavern conversations. A player can spend a week of their character's life on Convoke between sessions.
Travel
The party crosses a mountain pass. Instead of "we travel for three days" eating thirty minutes at the table, the journey unfolds async — encounters, dreams, character moments, watch rotations.
Side scenes
That backstory arc one player has been waiting to play? Run it as a one-on-one between sessions. Convoke's whispers and per-conversation visibility make solo scenes natural.
Lore reveals
The GM drops a journal page in the wiki. Players who pursue it find it. The rest of the party may never know.
What stays at the table.
- Big combats. The kind where dice fly and the room cheers.
- Boss conversations. When you want everyone leaning forward.
- The ending. Always the ending.
How a hybrid month looks.
Week 1
What happens
Live session — major combat and a cliffhanger
Where
At the table
Week 1-2
What happens
Scribe drafts the recap. Players post reactions. GM reveals lore.
Where
Convoke
Week 2
What happens
Solo backstory scene with the rogue
Where
Convoke
Week 3
What happens
Party shops, crafts, researches. Travel begins.
Where
Convoke
Week 4
What happens
Travel encounter resolves async. Party arrives at next location.
Where
Convoke
Week 4
What happens
Live session — the players walk in already there, already tense.
Where
At the table
What makes this work
Built for the in-between.
- Push notifications so async posts do not get lost
- Threaded conversations for parallel scenes
- IC/OOC toggle so chatter does not muddy roleplay
- Two calendars — real-world and in-world
- Blast the Horn — confirm the next live session without thirty Discord pings
- Lore wiki with knowledge tracking so reveals between sessions stay clean
Add Convoke to your existing campaign.
Free in open beta. Works alongside any VTT or in-person setup.