The Grimoire of Minds
Four minds can sit at your table — and behind them wait the voices and the brushes. Each DM is a different weight of thought, a different pace of speech; the narrators give the realm a voice, and the painters give it faces. Here is what each one is made of, and what it is best at.
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The steadfast Dungeon Master — the default voice at every free table. Fast, dependable, and built for structured play: it runs the rules engine, the Guardian, and the extraction of every scene into the world state. A sparse mixture-of-experts model that wakes only a sliver of itself per token, it answers with a brisk, reliable cadence and offers three selectable reasoning levels (low, medium, high) so you can trade depth for speed.
The swift mind — a budget-conscious alternative from the Qwen family. It reads text, images and video, holds a full 1M-token context window, and pairs a hybrid linear-attention core with a MoE body so it stays fast on long campaigns. The economical choice when you want Alibaba’s storytelling without the heavyweight bill.
The grand mind — Alibaba’s 2.4-trillion-parameter flagship, a sparse MoE that activates only 95 billion parameters per request. A full 1M-token context window (roughly 750,000 words — entire books at once), deep reasoning that always thinks, and the richest prose of the four. When your campaign deserves the full ceremony, this is the voice that delivers it.
The quick-thinking mind — a sparse MoE reasoning model from DeepSeek with 13B active parameters out of 284B total. It reasons fast (~113 tokens per second measured) and reads the whole realm in its 1M-token context window. The pragmatic pick: strong reasoning at a fraction of the weight.
The voice that belongs to the table — StepFun TTS reads your DM, characters and NPCs aloud with a brisk, reliable narration. It is the everyday narrator: fast, dependable, and there for every adventure. Free for every path since 2026-08-15.
The richer narrator — Qwen’s audio mind reads the scene with more warmth and nuance, offering a male and a female narrator (longanlufeng and longanlingxin) and a softer, more expressive pacing. When the realm should linger on its words, this is the voice. Unlocks with the one-time Patron top-up (30€).
The everyday painter — StepFun image edit 2 paints generic but serviceable avatars: a fast, stylized portrait for every face at your table. It reads your adventurer’s dossier and paints a recognizable character quickly. Good when you simply need a face; not the brush for lifelike realism. Free for every path since 2026-08-15.
The premium brush — Wan 2.7 Pro renders top-quality, realistic avatars: lifelike faces, believable skin and light, in full 1080² resolution, up to 10 portraits a day. When a character deserves a portrait worth framing, this is the brush. Unlocks with the one-time Patron top-up (30€).
| Mind | Context | Parameters | Active | Speed | Best at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StepFun 3.7 Flash | 256K | 198B | ~11B / token | ~425 tok/s (prompt) | Structured play, rules, Guardian |
| Qwen 3.6 Flash | 1M | MoE | — | fast | Budget storytelling, long memory |
| Qwen 3.8 Max | 1M | 2.4T | 95B / request | ~46 tok/s (output) | Deepest prose & reasoning |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | 1M | 284B | 13B / token | ~113 tok/s (output) | Fast reasoning, long sessions |
| The Voices — TTS Narrators | |||||
| StepFun TTS | — | — | — | fast | Narration — Free |
| Qwen TTS | — | — | — | fast | Rich male & female narrators — Patron (30€) |
| The Brushes — Image Painters | |||||
| StepFun image edit 2 | — | — | — | fast | Generic avatars — Free |
| Wan 2.7 Pro (image) | — | — | — | ~3–5 s per image | Realistic 1080² avatars — Patron (30€) |
| Qwen Image 3 Pro (image) | — | — | — | ~5–15 s per image | Strong text & detail — Patron (30€) |
A note on numbers. Context windows and parameter counts come from each model’s official release material. Token-per-second figures are independent measurements (Artificial Analysis / Intelligence Index) or the vendor’s own prompt-processing figure — real speed at your table varies with load, context length and reasoning level. Free players always travel with StepFun 3.7 Flash and the rotating OpenRouter free DMs; DeepSeek, Qwen and the other DM minds unlock with the one-time Patron top-up (30€). The voices: StepFun TTS narrates for free; Qwen TTS adds richer male and female narrators with Patron (30€). The brushes: StepFun image edit 2 paints generic avatars for free — Wan 2.7 Pro and Qwen Image 3 Pro paint top-quality, realistic portraits at 1080² with Patron (30€).