Glossary of Tessel terms

Key terms

• Campaign — the central space that gathers the sessions, characters, and notes of an RPG table. Each campaign is isolated from the others.
• Session — a game meeting recorded in the campaign, usually from the audio.
• Note — a free-form note, organized in a tree and with versioning.
• Character — a campaign entity. A PC is a player's character; an NPC is controlled by the GM.
• Fragment — a structured excerpt the AI extracts from the session (event, battle, place, character).
• Palantir — the AI chat that answers questions about your campaign.
• Credits — the unit consumed by AI features (transcription, extraction, images).
• Community — the public area where campaigns marked as public appear.