Hermetic Foundry Tools for Your Saga!

An Ars Magica project

Coming Soon

Hermetic Foundry is under construction. Tools for your saga are being forged.

Hermetic Foundry is being built as a free, open-source desktop companion for Ars Magica players and storyguides. It will bring characters, creatures, covenants, laboratories, spells, enchanted items, books, vis, and other saga material together in one connected workspace.

Currently in active development

Built for Ars Magica

Designed around the records and workflows that players and storyguides actually use at the table and between sessions.

Characters & Creatures

Create and manage magi, companions, grogs, familiars, mundane animals, and supernatural beings with recognizable, sheet-first layouts.

Covenants & Laboratories

Keep members, Boons and Hooks, libraries, vis stocks, laboratories, resources, and linked saga material organized in one place.

Magic, Spells & Items

Track Arts, known spells, mastery, lab work, enchanted devices, equipment, and magical resources without losing the details that matter.

Quick Sheets

Enter existing characters and saga records quickly through direct, practical forms when you already know exactly what belongs on the sheet.

Guided Workflows

Use structured creation and lifecycle tools when you want help moving through the many stages of an Ars Magica character or saga record.

Portable XML

Keep your material open, portable, and extensible through XML save files, importable content packages, provenance, and embedded snapshots.

Designed for Your Workflow

  • Sheet-first screens that use Ars Magica terminology.
  • Fast manual entry alongside deeper guided tools.
  • Linked records for characters, covenants, laboratories, books, items, and more.
  • Custom content packages that remain portable between installations.
  • A desktop application designed to stay useful through long-running sagas.

Built with Care

Hermetic Foundry is being crafted by an Ars Magica player for Ars Magica players, with an emphasis on clarity, longevity, accessibility, and respect for the way each troupe runs its own saga.

The forge is lit. Your saga awaits.