I’m curious what everyone’s path into ST looked like, because I doubt most people just randomly started on sillytavern.

Mine was:

2023: Character.AI

2024: ChatGPT, I think it was GPT-4o

Early 2025: JanitorAI

Late 2025: SillyTavern

Character.AI was my introduction to AI RP. The first time I used it it genuinely felt amazing. I never really experienced anything like it before and I got addicted to it REAL QUICK. I spent hours just jumping between characters and starting random RPs.

Then in 2024 I somehow ended up doing whole NSFL RPs with ChatGPT. 😭 Ah the good old days. I didn't care about models, presets, context, paranmeters or and more back then. Just opened a chat and RP’d, really.

In early 2025 I moved to JanitorAI because I couldn't bypass ChatGPT guardrails anymore, which is (probably) where I started paying attention to character cards, different models and how much the actual setup affected the RP.

And when I FINALLY found SillyTavern in late 2025 I went from “bro I just want to talk to characters😭” to discussing presets, providers, context and 50 other things. I actually didn’t know existed before.

What was your progression as a community member? Did you come from Character.AI, Janitor, Chub, ChatGPT, another frontend, or have you been using ST since it came out?

Also what actually made you switch instead of staying wherever you were before? For me it’s because of how much control ST gives you..

Hello again, friends!

I know it's only been about a week since 1.0, but I've been testing and tweaking pretty much nonstop since then, and I've been going through every bit of feedback y'all sent. Quick refresher in case you missed the first post:

The presets are for any roleplay and don't need the extension, and the Engine is a niche tool for metaphysics-specific roleplay (mind control, possession, etc).

Prose Updates

• Style Lenses. Six optional narrator voices: Hardboiled, Wry, Literary, Gothic, Pulp and Warm. Each one is a short description of the voice plus a sample to tune to. Switch on one per chat (or none, if you like the novelistic default), and the Smut lens still stacks on top of whichever you pick.
• How People Talk. Characters stop talking like an assistant ("Here's the deal", "Two things.", "Real talk") or a therapist ("that's completely valid", "how are you holding up?"). Personal questions come from what the character wants out of you, and when you say something heavy, people react like people, which sometimes means badly.
• Nobody bends toward you without a reason. A bold line doesn't win instant respect, pleading doesn't undo a refusal, NPCs don't magically share your persona's hobbies, and characters don't slowly drift nicer and more agreeable over a long chat.
• The Director now also picks what the prose pays attention to each turn (hands, doorways, who's looking at whom, that sort of thing) and a first letter for any new character's name. Goodbye, Elara and Kael.
• Intimacy Draws. Random picks for position, flavor, tempo and what's driving the other character, so sex scenes don't all play out the same way. It only kicks in once a scene is already sexual, and it never decides anything for your character.
• The banned-phrase list picks up the AI slopisms that kept showing up in my own chats (and WH Editor helps to enforce this as well).

Preset Updates

The flagship Worldhopper preset has every model's setup in one: Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and GLM. Blocks meant for specific models start with a colored dot for each (🟠 Claude, 🔵 Gemini, 🟢 DeepSeek, 🟣 GLM), like 🟠 ✚ Teeth [Claude], so you can go down the list once, switch on the ones with your color and switch off the rest. Blocks without a dot are for everyone. It's the one to grab if you hop between models.

If you'd rather not touch anything, each model family also has its own preset: WH Shifter for Claude, WH Planeswalker for Gemini, WH Delver for DeepSeek and WH Nomad for GLM. Each one holds only its own model's blocks, without the other models' stuff or any dots to sort through, and comes with its own samplers set (temperature, top P, top K, penalties), since those really aren't one-size-fits-all. WH Delver also leaves out a few optional blocks, because DeepSeek follows a shorter prompt more closely. They're all built from the flagship.

• One setting to change, whatever model you use: set Prompt Post-Processing (in your connection settings) to Semi-strict (no tools). While testing I found that Claude Sonnet through NanoGPT was ignoring the instructions that sit after the chat: the per-turn rules, the last-second checks and the formatting. With Semi-strict it follows them, and it didn't change anything for the models that were already fine.
• Impersonate works properly now. It used to fight the rules that tell the model never to write for you. It gets its own instruction now, and every model I tried writes your next message in your own voice.
• GLM support is new, as WH Nomad. I tested GLM 5.3 on real scenes next to its thinking version and DeepSeek, and it needed very little: the shared blocks plus the last-second check that stops it from writing your character's part. The plain model follows your lead closely, while the thinking one takes more initiative on its own.
• If you were on WH Planeswalker or WH Delver, they're back as 1.1 with everything above, and if you were on Worldhopper 1.0 with Claude, WH Shifter is your new home (Worldhopper itself is the flagship now). They're separate imports, so your old 1.0 presets stay as they were.

Worldhopper Engine 1.1

Content note: this is adult fiction about control, and nothing switches on until you pick a mode for a character. You can skip this extension entirely if you're not into it.

• The Mind Book is the big addition in 1.1. Hypnosis, mind control and altered perception each keep their own record now, separate from the Body Ledger, and there's a bar above the chat for it (like the Ledger's strip) that you can tap/click to edit.
  • Hypnosis is realistic by default. Inductions take time, trances deepen in stages from light to somnambulistic, susceptibility varies from person to person, and every session makes the next one easier. The model only gets the line for the stage someone is actually in, so it knows a light trance won't hold lasting conditioning, and when you say a trigger word, it fires.
  • Mind control keeps track of what the controller set in someone's will, with newer settings replacing older ones, and what's still their own. By default they stay fully themselves apart from that, so lines like "somewhere deep inside, she screamed" get cut, unless your card or your story has set them up as drones or as fighting it.
  • Altered perception (renamed from Perception Rewrite) tracks who can't perceive whom. When that person is in a scene with the people who can't see them, the model gets told how the scene looks from their side.
• The Body Ledger is leaner. It only runs for modes where someone is actually in another body, so it stays out of the way (and off your model bill) in chats that don't need it, and bodies no longer fall off it just because the scene moved somewhere else or nobody mentioned them for a while.
• There's an on/off switch in the Engine's header now, so you can turn it all off without disabling the extension, and your boxes and badges still show while it's off. Most of the old toggles are gone and just part of how it works.
• Under the Ledger there's a "Last turn" line that shows how long each turn spent on the Engine, so if things feel slow you can see whether it's the Engine or your model.

WH Editor (new, separate extension)

The Editor from 1.0 is its own extension now: WH Editor. It catches stock phrases, "not X, but Y" framing, chopped dialogue and the like, and has your selected model rewrite only those lines, with one tap/click to bring the original back. It works with any preset and any card, no Engine needed, on Chat or Text Completion, and the switch in its header is the only on/off you need. If you had the Editor on in 1.0, install WH Editor and your settings and slop list carry over (the Engine will remind you once).

Links

• Presets, regex and the Card Builder: https://coz-rp.github.io/
• Engine: https://github.com/Coz-rp/SillyTavern-Worldhopper
• WH Editor: https://github.com/Coz-rp/SillyTavern-WH-Editor

The Engine updates from SillyTavern's extension manager like before, WH Editor installs from its link the same way, and the presets are fresh imports from the site.

Credits

I tested a pile of other presets this week and re-tooled some of the best ideas for these presets, so this list got a bit longer:

• The toggle setup in the preset follows Marinara's preset.
• Realistic Frankenstein: the last-second gate checks, Vocation, Vocal Limits, the attention rules in Voice & Prose, and the Impersonate fix.
• Sola V2 Flame and Realistic Frankenstein: How People Talk.
• Pura's Director: the Director's focus and name draws (with Geechan's name randomiser and Deigo's banned-name list), and Intimacy Draws.
• Megumin Suite, Writer's Block Unlimited, Sola V2 Flame and Realistic Frankenstein: the "nobody bends toward you" rule.
• Megumin Suite, Sola V2 Flame, Pura's Director and Writer's Block Unlimited: the voices behind the Style Lenses, and a good number of banned-phrase entries.
• The Director module, and the idea behind the Editor, come from Orb's Director → Writer → Editor setup.

Everything is still public domain, so take whatever's useful. Bug reports and "the model still does X" reports are very welcome, here or as GitHub issues. Same ask as last time: please don't turn the replies into a debate about the Engine's topics. If it's not for you, then it's not for you!

Thanks, homies!!

HENSHIN!

WHERE STORIES RISE, THE SUN RIDES.

I never thought I'd see the day where I'd make my own preset, but here we are.

Welcome to Sun Rider, a two-in-one RP preset!

Sun Rider started as me wanting a lightweight, character-focused preset and somehow ended with me building an entire Kamen Rider simulator on top of it.

So there are basically two sides to Sun Rider:

1. CHARACTER-DRIVEN RP

Much like Kamen Rider itself, the focus is on characters first.

The main prompt was heavily inspired by Kamen Rider 555, and I even watched interviews with its writer while figuring out how I wanted the character system to work.

The main prompt is only around 700 words, with most of Sun Rider's additional systems kept completely optional.

At the center is Character Calculus, a custom reasoning system I built to turn character psychology, circumstances, relationships, and goals into concrete choices and consequences.

You can keep Sun Rider relatively lightweight or start turning on the frankly ridiculous number of optional modules if you want all the bells and whistles.

2. KAMEN RIDER SIMULATOR

Have you ever wanted to become a Kamen Rider?

Well... now you can.

Transform. Fight random Monsters of the Week. Use forms, skills, and finishers. Gain EXP and level up. Track Rider stats, HP, stamina, transformation state, and injuries.

And, yes, sometimes a monster decides that your normal slice-of-life RP has gone on peacefully for long enough.

There is something deeply funny about becoming a superhero in the middle of a mafia RP.

HIGHLIGHTS

Character-driven stories.

Character Calculus applies structured reasoning to character psychology, decisions, relationships, and consequences.

Light-to-medium and modular.

Most systems are optional. Turn on what your story needs and leave everything else off.

Make your own preset.

Mix and match POVs, tenses, writing styles, response formats and lengths, Kamen Rider-inspired story modes, trackers, world simulation, internal thoughts, social dynamics, Rider mechanics, and more.

Three visual regex suites with built-in presets.

Switch between:

- Kamen Rider

- Minimal

- Compact Celestial

No manually toggling every individual regex.

Full optional Kamen Rider simulator.

Transform, fight Monsters of the Week, gain EXP and levels, use forms and finishers, manage HP and stamina, and let Rider bullshit invade whatever completely unrelated RP you were trying to have.

FAQ

• What the hell is Kamen Rider?

Very simplified explanation: it's a Japanese superhero franchise kind of like Power Rangers, except it's usually centered around one main transforming hero, the Kamen Rider, rather than a five-person Ranger team.

There are monsters, transformations, ridiculous belts, motorcycles, drama, new forms, finishing moves, and an alarming amount of emotional damage.

KAMEN RIDER WIKI

• Do I need to use the Kamen Rider stuff?

Nope! The entire Rider side is optional. I use the base preset for regular RP and Dead Dove characters too.

• What models does it work with?

Sun Rider was primarily built and tested on GLM 5.x.

I haven't properly tested smaller models, Gemini, Claude, etc., so I don't want to pretend I know how well every model handles it.

• How do I change the regex style?

Open the Regex extension and use the included presets to switch between:

- Kamen Rider

- Minimal

- Compact Celestial

You can also disable the visual regex entirely.

• Can I use the Rider simulator in a completely unrelated RP?

Absolutely. Honestly, I recommend doing it at least once because it's hilarious.

Nothing says grounded organized-crime drama like suddenly having to transform because a monster showed up.

• Why is everything named after Kamen Rider?

Because sometimes I want to watch my feel-good tokusatsu show. What? I can't have a henshin feeling?

FINAL NOTES

This is my first preset, so feedback is genuinely welcome!

I've spent a frankly unreasonable amount of time building, compressing, testing, breaking, rebuilding, and testing this thing again.

If something behaves strangely, you've tested it on another model, or you have an idea for something that could be improved, let me know below.

I hope you have fun making Sun Rider your own.

HENSHIN!

WHERE STORIES RISE, THE SUN RIDES.

DOWNLOAD

SUN RIDER v1.0 - OFFICIAL RELEASE

DOWNLOAD HERE

A short README is included inside the preset with the basic Rider setup and COT instructions.

[13 Greetings + Images] A graceful noble from a rare lineage. She is looking for a party.

Chub: https://chub.ai/characters/AeltharKeldor/elysia-lady-of-the-guild-09a5283d7abd

Character Tavern: https://character-tavern.com/character/aeltharkeldor/elysia__lady_of_the_guild

About Elysia

Elysia was born into House Vaelenari, an isolated noble House in Srurpolis. The Vaelenari are a rare race with magnificent wings and an innate gift for enchanting magic. They are known for their extreme pride and belief in their superiority over other races. From a young age, Elysia was trained as a deadly archer and enchanter. However, she hated her House's cold arrogance and cruelty. Unable to accept her House's harsh traditions, she made a life-changing decision: she abandoned her grand castle and traveled to The Capital, determined to use her powers to protect others. There, she joined the Aelthar Keldor guild and rose to A-Rank.

Today, Elysia is known as the Lady of the Guild. Unlike her kin, she is incredibly polite, elegant, and compassionate. She is genuinely welcoming, deeply values her fellow adventurers, and is always ready to protect anyone in need. But beneath her warm smile, she carries the heavy burden of her past, knowing that her House never truly lets anyone go.

Scenarios

1✧ Elysia approaches you at the guild and asks to form a party with you.
2✧ On your first day at the guild, Elysia silences some mocking veteran adventurers and offers to guide you.
3✧ During a griffin hunting quest, Elysia arrives to help you just as the beast's mate appears.
4✧ While camping at night, Elysia asks you to help unbuckle her armor since her wings make the back straps hard to reach.
5✧ You and Elysia are forced to stay at a dirty inn, where she struggles to hide her discomfort with the conditions.
6✧ You arrive at the guild as Elysia's Vaelenari sibling, sent by your father to bring her back home.
7✧ You find an exhausted Elysia making a desperate last stand against four Corrupted Treants after her party is wiped out.
8✧ You join Elysia for dinner at her home, only to discover that the Lady of the Guild is actually a terrible cook.
9✧ After weeks of dating, Elysia confesses the deadly secret of House Vaelenari.
**10 ✧**At the guild's quest board, Elysia and Eira invite you to join their party for their next quest.
11✧ [Possible NSFW] On your day off, you go clothes shopping with Elysia and Eira, where the tight space creates some unexpected physical tension with Eira.
12✧ [NSFW] Eira accidentally walks in while you and Elysia are having sex in a rented tavern room.
13✧ [NSFW] As things heat up in her bedroom, you discover a completely different side to Elysia.