Page Updated:   2023-09-23

On the Campaign Main Page, Bob is shown to be a GM in the campaign by the blue "GM" shown on his icon

The Creator of a game is essentially a GM, but have exclusive access to a number of settings for the Campaign only they can access.

GM Hub is a resource hub for helping gamemasters.

Players have much more limited options on what they can do, than the GM or Creator.

GM

A GM has access to the following:

Capabilities

Within the VTT

• Full access to all Page b Layers
• Create, Modify, and Delete Pages
• Place images and tokens to the Tabletop from their personal P Art Library (not the Creator's library)
• Assign and edit tokens
  • Lock tokens from moving
• Create handouts & characters, assign their view and edit permissions
• Move the Player Ribbon to different Pages
• Add, Remove, and Play music from the u Jukebox
• q Text Chat
  • See GM Whispers and Rolls
  • Can hide messages(since Dec 2022)
• Create Macros and Token Actions
• Modify r Dynamic Lighting on a Page if the game's Creator is a Plus/Pro-subscriber
• Access to all in-game options on the Sidebar's y My Settings Tab in the VTT, except the Transmogrifier

Outside the VTT

• Invite Players (anyone can share the unique join link to the game)
• View and Edit API Scripts (Creator must be a
  Pro
  ^info Subscriber)
• Manage the game's private forum, including sinking and deleting posts
  

Older Guide: Getting Started GMs

Promote someone to GM

Promote player to GM

The Creator or a GM can promote a Player to GM on the Game Settings-page. Hover your mouse over their icon, and select "Promote to GM". You should see that the player gets a blue "GM" on top of their icon.

A game can have any number of GMs, and multiple people can be logged in as a GM at the same time.

The "Launch as player instead"-button is highlighted in blue

As Player

A GM/Creator can make themselves a player in a game

Launch as Player

If you are on a campaign's main page, Using the Launch Game-button you always enter a game as a GM. Below it there is the Launch as player instead-button.

You can bookmark the "launch as player"-button by Right click on it and select "Bookmark Link".

https://app.roll20.net/editor/setcampaign/111111/?desiredrole=player

Rejoin as Player

If you're in-game, you can temporally demote yourself to a normal player, by going to y My Settings-tab, scrolling down to the "Miscellaneous"-section, and pressing the Rejoin as Player-button.

Bottom of y My Settings-tab

API

This section is about a Roll20 feature exclusive to Pro-subscribers (and often to players in a Game created by a Pro-subscriber). If you'd like to use this feature, consider upgrading your account.

Some GM-only features can be indirectly granted to players through the use of different APIs:

• ChatSetAttr -- can be configured to allow players to evaluate or edit stats on characters they don't control, useful for automatically reducing enemy HP, or granting healing/ temp HP to allies.
• CharSheet -- A simple and easily customizable script allowing players to create their own character sheets, using the command !charsheet
• Door Knocker -- Enables players to reveal/hide Dynamic Lighting sections such as doors. The GM can change doors from between locked/unlocked to adjust which doors the players can open. Speeds up DL management for GM as well.
  • can be used for revealing hidden door, as well as making "windows"
• emas -- Provides player !emas and !as commands. This is equivalent to the /emas, which is GM-only
• MapChange -- has option to allow players to move between map pages, and GM can choose which pages are available/visible to them
• Observer^(Forum) -- handy way to add/remove players as "Observer", who can see & control all player characters.
• PublicSheet^(Forum) — create public, read-only versions of character sheets
• Roll20 Audio Master (aka. Roll20AM) -- API commands to manage the u Jukebox, GM can grant selective access to individual players/tracks
• Teleport -- provides a way for GMs or players to teleport tokens within,or between, map pages
• TokenMod -- For managing token properties with chat commands. Usually players have limited control of their token settings, apart from editing the three bubbles.
  • Includes setting that enables players to target tokens they don't control

There are also API that can be used to restrict players more that normal:

• DryErase^(Forum) – An API that can stop players from drawing on the map, deleting any drawing instantly.
• TokenLock – Allows GMs to lock/unlock the movement of all Player Tokens. - Useful for when you want to pause the situation and prevent players from accidentally moving forward.
• MapLock - similar to TokenMod, but can be used for locking down any individual graphic/token on the map, so even the GM can't accidentally move things.
  • Useful if you want players to have control over a token otherwise(see stats, edit/see name & notes), but stop it form being moved.

Creator

Main Page: Creator

The Creator of a game have all the abilities of a GM, in additions to some things that GMs can't do.

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