diff --git a/deadsands/pyproject.toml b/deadsands/pyproject.toml
index 79e90b0..698bc94 100644
--- a/deadsands/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deadsands/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ dnd-npcs      = { git = "https://github.com/evilchili/dnd-npcs", branch = 'main'
 elethis-cipher= { git = "https://github.com/evilchili/elethis-cipher", branch = 'main' }
 #dnd-rolltable = { git = "https://github.com/evilchili/dnd-rolltable", branch = 'main' }
 dnd-rolltable = { file = "../../dnd-rolltable/dist/dnd_rolltable-1.1.9-py3-none-any.whl" }
+prompt-toolkit = "^3.0.38"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 site = "site_tools.cli:app"
diff --git a/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py b/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py
index dad4618..1a29621 100644
--- a/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py
+++ b/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import click
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ from livereload.watcher import INotifyWatcher
 from pathlib import Path
 from pelican import main as pelican_main
 from time import sleep
+from typing_extensions import Annotated
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 from site_tools.content_manager import create
+from site_tools.shell.interactive_shell import InteractiveShell
 from rolltable.tables import RollTable
 
 
@@ -39,6 +43,8 @@ CONFIG = {
     'import_path': 'imports',
     # where new asseets will be made available
     'production_host': 'deadsands.froghat.club',
+    # where to find roll table sources
+    'table_sources_path': 'sources',
 }
 
 app = typer.Typer()
@@ -53,6 +59,15 @@ class ContentType(str, Enum):
     page = 'page'
 
 
+class Die(str, Enum):
+    d100 = '100'
+    d20 = '20'
+    d12 = '12'
+    d10 = '10'
+    d6 = '6'
+    d4 = '4'
+
+
 def pelican_run(cmd: list = [], publish=False) -> None:
     settings = CONFIG['settings_publish' if publish else 'settings_base']
     pelican_main(['-s', settings] + cmd)
@@ -165,16 +180,24 @@ def restock(source: str = typer.Argument(
         ...,
         help='The source file for the store.'
     ),
-    frequency: str = typer.Option(
-        'default',
-        help='use the specified frequency from the source file'),
-    die: int = typer.Option(
+    frequency: str = Annotated[
+        str,
+        typer.Option(
+            'default',
+            help='use the specified frequency from the source file'
+        )
+    ],
+    die: Die = typer.Option(
         20,
-        help='The size of the die for which to create a table'),
-    template_dir: str = typer.Argument(
-        CONFIG['templates_path'],
-        help="Override the default location for markdown templates.",
-    )
+        help='The size of the die for which to create a table'
+    ),
+    template_dir: str = Annotated[
+        str,
+        typer.Argument(
+            CONFIG['templates_path'],
+            help="Override the default location for markdown templates.",
+        )
+    ],
 ) -> None:
 
     rt = RollTable(
@@ -240,5 +263,25 @@ def new(
                                category, template or content_type.value))
 
 
+@app.command()
+def dmsh():
+    import termios, sys
+
+    session = defaultdict(dict)
+    prompt = InteractiveShell(
+        [
+            "[title]DM's Shell.[/title]",
+            'dmsh'
+        ], config=CONFIG, session=session
+    )
+
+    # ensure the terminal is restored on exit.
+    old_attrs = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin)
+    try:
+        asyncio.run(prompt.start())
+    finally:
+        termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin, termios.TCSANOW, old_attrs)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     app()
diff --git a/deadsands/site_tools/console.py b/deadsands/site_tools/console.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4771c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deadsands/site_tools/console.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import os
+
+from configparser import ConfigParser
+from pathlib import Path
+from textwrap import dedent
+from typing import Union, List
+
+import rich.repr
+
+from rich.console import Console as _Console
+from rich.markdown import Markdown
+from rich.theme import Theme
+from rich.table import Table, Column
+
+from prompt_toolkit import PromptSession
+from prompt_toolkit.patch_stdout import patch_stdout
+from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import ANSI
+from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
+from prompt_toolkit.output import ColorDepth
+
+
+BASE_STYLE = {
+    'help': 'cyan',
+    'bright': 'white',
+    'repr.str': 'dim',
+    'repr.brace': 'dim',
+    'repr.url': 'blue',
+    'table.header': 'white',
+    'toolbar.fg': '#888888',
+    'toolbar.bg': '#111111',
+    'toolbar.bold': '#FFFFFF',
+}
+
+
+def console_theme(theme_name: Union[str, None] = None) -> dict:
+    """
+    Return a console theme as a dictionary.
+
+    Args:
+        theme_name (str):
+    """
+    cfg = ConfigParser()
+    cfg.read_dict({'styles': BASE_STYLE})
+
+    if theme_name:
+        theme_path = theme_name if theme_name else os.environ.get('DEFAULT_THEME', 'blue_train')
+        cfg.read(Theme(
+            Path(theme_path) / Path('console.cfg')
+        ))
+    return cfg['styles']
+
+
+@rich.repr.auto
+class Console(_Console):
+    """
+    SYNOPSIS
+
+        Subclasses a rich.console.Console to provide an instance with a
+        reconfigured themes, and convenience methods and attributes.
+
+    USAGE
+
+        Console([ARGS])
+
+    ARGS
+
+        theme       The name of a theme to load. Defaults to DEFAULT_THEME.
+
+    EXAMPLES
+
+        Console().print("Can I kick it?")
+        >>> Can I kick it?
+
+    INSTANCE ATTRIBUTES
+
+        theme       The current theme
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._console_theme = console_theme(kwargs.get('theme', None))
+        self._overflow = 'ellipsis'
+        kwargs['theme'] = Theme(self._console_theme, inherit=False)
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        self._session = PromptSession()
+
+    @property
+    def theme(self) -> Theme:
+        return self._console_theme
+
+    def prompt(self, lines: List, **kwargs) -> str:
+        """
+        Print a list of lines, using the final line as a prompt.
+
+        Example:
+
+            Console().prompt(["Can I kick it?", "[Y/n] ")
+            >>> Can I kick it?
+            [Y/n]>
+
+        """
+
+        prompt_style = Style.from_dict({
+            # 'bottom-toolbar': f"{self.theme['toolbar.fg']} bg:{self.theme['toolbar.bg']}",
+            # 'toolbar-bold': f"{self.theme['toolbar.bold']}"
+        })
+
+        for line in lines[:-1]:
+            super().print(line)
+        with self.capture() as capture:
+            super().print(f"[prompt bold]{lines[-1]}>[/] ", end='')
+        text = ANSI(capture.get())
+
+        # This is required to intercept key bindings and not mess up the
+        # prompt. Both the prompt and bottom_toolbar params must be functions
+        # for this to correctly regenerate the prompt after the interrupt.
+        with patch_stdout(raw=True):
+            return self._session.prompt(
+                lambda: text,
+                style=prompt_style,
+                color_depth=ColorDepth.TRUE_COLOR,
+                **kwargs)
+
+    def mdprint(self, txt: str, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Like print(), but support markdown. Text will be dedented.
+        """
+        self.print(Markdown(dedent(txt), justify='left'), **kwargs)
+
+    def print(self, txt: str, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Print text to the console, possibly truncated with an ellipsis.
+        """
+        super().print(txt, overflow=self._overflow, **kwargs)
+
+    def debug(self, txt: str, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Print text to the console with the current theme's debug style applied, if debugging is enabled.
+        """
+        if os.environ.get('DEBUG', None):
+            self.print(dedent(txt), style='debug')
+
+    def error(self, txt: str, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Print text to the console with the current theme's error style applied.
+        """
+        self.print(dedent(txt), style='error')
+
+    def table(self, *cols: List[Column], **params) -> None:
+        """
+        Print a rich table to the console with theme elements and styles applied.
+        parameters and keyword arguments are passed to rich.table.Table.
+        """
+        background_style = f"on {self.theme['background']}"
+        params.update(
+            header_style=background_style,
+            title_style=background_style,
+            border_style=background_style,
+            row_styles=[background_style],
+            caption_style=background_style,
+            style=background_style,
+        )
+        params['min_width'] = 80
+        width = os.environ.get('CONSOLE_WIDTH', 'auto')
+        if width == 'expand':
+            params['expand'] = True
+        elif width != 'auto':
+            params['width'] = int(width)
+        return Table(*cols, **params)
diff --git a/deadsands/site_tools/shell.py b/deadsands/site_tools/shell.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..663e00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deadsands/site_tools/shell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from prompt_toolkit import PromptSession
+from prompt_toolkit.completion import NestedCompleter
+from prompt_toolkit.completion import FuzzyWordCompleter
+from site_tools.cli import app
+from enum import EnumMeta
+from inspect import signature
+from rich import print
+
+
+def dmsh():
+
+    session = PromptSession()
+
+    def cmd2dict(cmd):
+        sig = signature(cmd)
+        if not sig.parameters:
+            return None
+        cmds = {}
+        for (k, v) in list(sig.parameters.items()):
+            print(v, dir(v))
+            if v.annotation.__class__ == EnumMeta:
+                cmds[k] = FuzzyWordCompleter([e.value for e in v.annotation])
+            else:
+                cmds[k] = None
+        return cmds
+
+    commands = dict(
+        site=dict((c.callback.__name__, cmd2dict(c.callback)) for c in app.registered_commands)
+    )
+    print(commands)
+    completer = NestedCompleter.from_nested_dict(commands)
+    text = session.prompt("DM> ", completer=completer, complete_while_typing=True, enable_history_search=False)
+    words = text.split()
+
+    print(f"You said {words}")
diff --git a/deadsands/site_tools/shell/__init__.py b/deadsands/site_tools/shell/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc414bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deadsands/site_tools/shell/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .base import BasePrompt
diff --git a/deadsands/site_tools/shell/base.py b/deadsands/site_tools/shell/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..009208f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deadsands/site_tools/shell/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import functools
+from collections import namedtuple, defaultdict
+
+from prompt_toolkit.completion import NestedCompleter
+
+
+from site_tools.console import Console
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+COMMANDS = defaultdict(dict)
+
+Command = namedtuple('Commmand', 'prompt,handler,usage,completer')
+
+
+def register_command(handler, usage, completer=None):
+    prompt = handler.__qualname__.split('.', -1)[0]
+    cmd = handler.__name__
+    if cmd not in COMMANDS[prompt]:
+        COMMANDS[prompt][cmd] = Command(
+            prompt=prompt,
+            handler=handler,
+            usage=usage,
+            completer=completer,
+        )
+
+
+def command(usage, completer=None, binding=None):
+    def decorator(func):
+        register_command(func, usage, completer)
+
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
+
+
+class BasePrompt(NestedCompleter):
+
+    def __init__(self, console=None):
+        super(BasePrompt, self).__init__(self._nested_completer_map())
+
+        self._prompt = ''
+        self._autocomplete_values = []
+        self._console = None
+        self._theme = None
+
+    def _nested_completer_map(self):
+        return dict(
+            (cmd_name, cmd.completer) for (cmd_name, cmd) in COMMANDS[self.__class__.__name__].items()
+        )
+
+    def _get_help(self, cmd=None):
+        try:
+            return dedent(COMMANDS[self.__class__.__name__][cmd].usage)
+        except KeyError:
+            return self.usage
+
+    def default_completer(self, document, complete_event):
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"Implement the 'default_completer' method of {self.__class__.__name__}")
+
+    @property
+    def usage(self):
+        text = dedent("""
+        [title]dmsh[/title]
+
+        Available commands are listed below. Try 'help COMMAND' for detailed help.
+
+        [title]COMMANDS[/title]
+
+        """)
+        for (name, cmd) in sorted(self.commands.items()):
+            text += f"    [b]{name:10s}[/b]    {cmd.handler.__doc__.strip()}\n"
+        return text
+
+    @property
+    def commands(self):
+        return COMMANDS[self.__class__.__name__]
+
+    @property
+    def console(self):
+        if not self._console:
+            self._console = Console(color_system='truecolor')
+        return self._console
+
+    @property
+    def prompt(self):
+        return self._prompt
+
+    @property
+    def autocomplete_values(self):
+        return self._autocomplete_values
+
+    @property
+    def toolbar(self):
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def key_bindings(self):
+        return None
+
+    def help(self, parts):
+        attr = None
+        if parts:
+            attr = parts[0]
+        self.console.print(self._get_help(attr))
+        return True
+
+    def process(self, cmd, *parts):
+        if cmd in self.commands:
+            return self.commands[cmd].handler(self, parts)
+        self.console.error(f"Command {cmd} not understood.")
+
+    def start(self, cmd=None):
+        while True:
+            if not cmd:
+                cmd = self.console.prompt(
+                    self.prompt,
+                    completer=self,
+                    bottom_toolbar=self.toolbar,
+                    key_bindings=self.key_bindings)
+            if cmd:
+                cmd, *parts = cmd.split()
+                self.process(cmd, *parts)
+            cmd = None
diff --git a/deadsands/site_tools/shell/interactive_shell.py b/deadsands/site_tools/shell/interactive_shell.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a37a66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deadsands/site_tools/shell/interactive_shell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+from site_tools.shell.base import BasePrompt, command
+from rolltable.tables import RollTable
+from rich.table import Table
+from pathlib import Path
+from prompt_toolkit.completion import WordCompleter
+from prompt_toolkit.key_binding import KeyBindings
+from prompt_toolkit.application import get_app
+
+
+bindings = KeyBindings()
+
+
+class InteractiveShell(BasePrompt):
+
+    def __init__(self, prompt=[], config={}, session={}):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._prompt = prompt
+        self._config = config
+        self._wmt = ""
+        self._subshells = {}
+        self._register_subshells()
+        self._register_keybindings()
+        self._session = session
+
+    def _register_keybindings(self):
+
+        @bindings.add('c-q')
+        @bindings.add('c-d')
+        def quit(event):
+            self.quit()
+
+        @bindings.add('c-h')
+        def help(event):
+            self.help()
+
+        @bindings.add('c-w')
+        def wmt(event):
+            self.wmt()
+
+    def _register_subshells(self):
+        for subclass in BasePrompt.__subclasses__():
+            if subclass.__name__ == self.__class__.__name__:
+                continue
+            self._subshells[subclass.__name__] = subclass(parent=self)
+
+    @property
+    def key_bindings(self):
+        return bindings
+
+    @property
+    def toolbar(self):
+        return [
+            ('class:bold', ' DMSH '),
+            ('', " [H]elp "),
+            ('', " [W]mt "),
+            ('', " [Q]uit "),
+        ]
+
+    @property
+    def session(self):
+        return self._session
+
+    @property
+    def autocomplete_values(self):
+        return list(self.commands.keys())
+
+    def default_completer(self, document, complete_event):  # pragma: no cover
+        word = document.current_line_before_cursor
+        raise Exception(word)
+
+    def process(self, cmd, *parts):
+        if cmd in self.commands:
+            return self.commands[cmd].handler(self, parts)
+        return "Unknown Command; try help."
+
+    @command(usage="""
+    [title]QUIT[/title]
+
+    The [b]quit[/b] command exits dmsh.
+
+    [title]USAGE[/title]
+
+        [link]> quit|^D|<ENTER>[/link]
+    """)
+    def quit(self, *parts):
+        """
+        Quit dmsh.
+        """
+        get_app().exit()
+        raise SystemExit("Okay BYEEEE")
+
+    @command(usage="""
+    [title]HELP FOR THE HELP LORD[/title]
+
+    The [b]help[/b] command will print usage information for whatever you're currently
+    doing. You can also ask for help on any command currently available.
+
+    [title]USAGE[/title]
+
+        [link]> help [COMMAND][/link]
+    """)
+    def help(self, *parts):
+        """
+        Display the help message.
+        """
+        super().help(parts)
+        return True
+
+    @command(usage="""
+    [title]INCREMENT DATE[/title]
+
+    [b]id[/b] Increments the calendar date by one day.
+
+    [title]USAGE[/title]
+
+        [link]id[/link]
+    """)
+    def id(self, *parts):
+        """
+        Increment the date by one day.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @command(usage="""
+    [title]LOCATION[/title]
+
+    [b]loc[/b] sets the party's location to the specified region of the Sahwat Desert.
+
+    [title]USAGE[/title]
+
+        [link]loc LOCATION[/link]
+    """,
+             completer=WordCompleter([
+                "The Blooming Wastes",
+                "Dust River Canyon",
+                "Gopher Gulch",
+                "Calamity Ridge"
+             ]))
+    def loc(self, *parts):
+        """
+        Move the party to a new region of the Sahwat Desert.
+        """
+        if parts:
+            self.session['location'] = (' '.join(parts))
+        self.console.print(f"The party is in {self.session['location']}.")
+
+    @command(usage="""
+    [title]OVERLAND TRAVEL[/title]
+
+    [b]ot[/b]
+
+    [title]USAGE[/title]
+
+        [link]ot in[/link]
+    """)
+    def ot(self, *parts):
+        """
+        Increment the date by one day and record
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    @command(usage="""
+    [title]WILD MAGIC TABLE[/title]
+
+    [b]wmt[/b] Generates a d20 wild magic surge roll table. The table will be cached for the session.
+
+    [title]USAGE[/title]
+
+        [link]> wmt[/link]
+
+    [title]CLI[/title]
+
+        [link]roll-table \\
+                sources/sahwat_magic_table.yaml \\
+                --frequency default --die 20[/link]
+    """)
+    def wmt(self, *parts, source='sahwat_magic_table.yaml'):
+        """
+        Generate a Wild Magic Table for resolving spell effects.
+        """
+        if not self._wmt:
+            rt = RollTable(
+                [Path(f"{self._config['table_sources_path']}/{source}").read_text()],
+                frequency='default',
+                die=20,
+            )
+            table = Table(*rt.expanded_rows[0])
+            for row in rt.expanded_rows[1:]:
+                table.add_row(*row)
+            self._wmt = table
+        self.console.print(self._wmt)