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20 practical guides to the tools at your table. Find a quick answer, then open the full walkthrough when you need it.

20 guides

How do I create a campaign or join my friends?
Getting started · Everyone

A campaign is your group’s saved game. The person creating it becomes the GM; players join using an invite code.

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How do I upload, rename and delete maps?
Maps & tokens · GM

Use Maps to organise your campaign’s scenes, upload an image and choose the map everyone plays on.

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How do I line the grid up with my map?
Maps & tokens · GM

Grid alignment lets you resize and reposition the app’s squares without changing your map artwork.

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How do I move around the map and measure distance?
Maps & tokens · Everyone

The pointer handles both map movement and token selection. Measurement guides appear while you drag and clear when you release.

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How do I create a character and level them up?
Characters · Players & GM

The guided creator helps you choose a class, ancestry and starting details, and walks through higher-level choices one level at a time.

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How do I import a D&D Beyond character?
Characters · Players & GM

Import a filled 2014 D&D Beyond character PDF to prepare a character for review. This makes a copy; it does not connect or synchronise your Beyond account.

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How do I add a homebrew class or subclass?
Characters · Players & GM

You can build a subclass manually or prepare a class from a document, then review its features and level choices before using it.

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How do I add tokens, portraits and extra creature copies?
Maps & tokens · Everyone

A character sheet is reusable, while each token placed on the map has its own encounter state. Several rats can share a template without sharing damage.

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Where are my actions, skills, saves and class features?
Characters · Everyone

Click a token you control to open its compact menu. Actions, Spells, Features, Items and Checks keep the most-used controls close to the map.

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How do I equip items, drink potions and throw things?
Characters · Players & GM

Add equipment to the character, then use supported item controls from Items in the token menu. Notes alone do not automatically create a usable item.

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How do I roll dice and keep a roll private?
Combat & spells · Everyone

The Dice panel supports a pool of dice, while character controls roll the relevant abilities and attacks. Visibility is chosen before the roll.

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How do initiative and turn permissions work?
Combat & spells · Everyone

The GM starts and advances initiative. Players can correct their own player-token scores, while the GM can correct any token’s score.

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How do I cast a spell or target an attack?
Combat & spells · Everyone

Select an action in your token menu, then choose a valid target or point on the map. The app checks range and applies supported mechanics according to the campaign’s automation mode.

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How do damage types, defenses and conditions affect a token?
Combat & spells · Players & GM

Damage type belongs to the action being used. Supported automatic damage uses the target’s configured defenses, while conditions and active effects are tracked on each placed token.

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How do concentration and lasting spell areas work?
Combat & spells · Players & GM

Supported concentration effects stay linked to the casting token. Persistent map areas can remain visible after the short casting animation ends.

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How do rests, Hit Dice and death saves work?
Characters · Players & GM

Rest controls sit beside token HP. Short rests let you spend available Hit Dice, while long rests restore supported resources according to the app’s 2014 rest rules.

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Can we switch automatic game mechanics off?
Combat & spells · GM

Yes. Choose Automatic for supported rule processing or Chat only when your group wants to handle the consequences themselves.

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How do I hide areas and set up dynamic lighting?
Maps & tokens · GM

Fog hides areas you draw, while optional lighting limits each player’s view to their own tokens’ configured sight.

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How do I play music and save a session playlist?
Interface & account · Everyone

The GM chooses a YouTube link and can save links for quick changes. Eligible players join playback on their own device.

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How do I move menus and make the interface easier to read?
Interface & account · Everyone

Floating panels can be repositioned, and Accessibility & privacy offers device-specific controls for text, contrast and motion.

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