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'''GM'''('''Game Masters''') are the ones who can control basically all aspect of a [[Campaign]] while in-game.[[File:Roll20-gm.png|right|thumbnail|500px| 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.

[https://gmhub.roll20.net/ 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:<br />

==Capabilities==

'''Within the VTT'''
* Full access to all Page {{Layers}}
* Create, Modify, and Delete [[Page Toolbar|Pages]]
* Place images and tokens to the [[Tabletop]] from their personal {{Art Library}} (not the Creator's library)
* Assign and edit [[Tokens|tokens]]
** [[Token Lock|Lock]] tokens from moving
* Create [[Journal|handouts & characters]], assign their view and edit permissions
* Move the [[Page_Toolbar#Player_Ribbon|Player Ribbon]] to different [[Page Toolbar|Pages]]
* Add, Remove, and Play music from the {{Jukebox}}
* {{Text Chat}}
** See GM Whispers and Rolls 
** Can hide messages''(since Dec 2022)''
* Create [[Macros]] and [[Token Actions]]
* Modify <span style="font-family:Pictos Custom;">r</span> [[Dynamic Lighting]] on a [[Page Toolbar|Page]] if the game's Creator is a Plus/Pro-subscriber
* Access to all in-game options on the [[Sidebar]]'s {{My Settings}} Tab in the VTT, ''except'' the [[Transmogrifier]]
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'''Outside the VTT'''
* Invite Players (''anyone'' can share the unique join link to the game)
* View and Edit [[API|API Scripts]] (Creator must be a {{Pro}} Subscriber)
* Manage the game's private [[forum]], including sinking and deleting posts<br />
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Older Guide: '''[[Getting Started GMs]]'''
[[File:Game-promote-to-gm.png|right|thumbnail|700px|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.
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[[File:Launch-as-player-feb2022.png|thumb|right|500px|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 {{button|Launch Game|pink}}-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 {{button|Right click}} on it and select "Bookmark Link".
{| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| Old "join as player" trick
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| By default, you always enter a game as a GM, if you are on it's main page, and either have to do the above each time, or you can right-click the '''Rejoin as Player'''-button and bookmark it.

You can also save the normal "enter game"-link as a bookmark, and add <code>/?desiredrole=player</code> to the end of the url.

Result should be about: <pre style="overflow:auto;white-space:pre-wrap;">https://app.roll20.net/editor/setcampaign/111111/?desiredrole=player</pre>

Using the bookmark you can you can enter the game directly as a player, avoiding accidentally spoiling yourself something before you have gone to the button.
|}
===Rejoin as Player===
If you're in-game, you can temporally demote yourself to a normal player, by going to {{My Settings}}-tab, scrolling down to the "Miscellaneous"-section, and pressing the {{button|Rejoin as Player|blue}}-button.

[[File:Rejoin-as-player-feb2022.png|thumb|center|300px|Bottom of {{My Settings}}-tab]]
==API==
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{{:Player API}}

=Creator=
{{main|Creator}}

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

=Related Pages=
* [[Game Management]]
** [[Game Settings Page|Game Settings]]
** [[Player]]
* [[Community FAQ]]
* [[Subscription]]
** [[Free]]
** [[Plus]]
** [[Pro]]
* {{Compendium}}
* [[Character Sheet]]
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