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Getting Started

Introduction to TTRPGs: Never played a tabletop RPG before, but would like to know how? This video series should help.
Roll20 Crash Course
Youtube Tutorials
Code of Conduct: The official Roll20 CoC expected on our site.
Video and Voice Chat: Get Video&Voice chat set up in you Roll20 Game
Game/Campaign Management: How to create, organize, and manage your games
- Game Settings Page
Keyboard Shortcuts & Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts
Forum Posting: How navigate and post on our official forums^(Forum)
Changelog: A list of all major updates to the Roll20 Platform

The four sections of the Interface

Rolling Dice

Tips

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Troubleshooting

Your Games and Content

Finding A Group

Broadcasting your Games

Site Policy

Teaser Trailer for the Mobile app

Legacy Dynamic Lighting will be phased out on May 18th 2021. More info: LDL Retiring^{(Blog, Archived)}

Subscription Comparison & FAQ: A list of our [[subscription tiers, their perks, and Frequently asked questions. Free – Plus – Pro

This section explains how character sheets work within Roll20 as well as provide guides for some of the available community sheets.

Character Sheet Basics: How to they work
- Adding Character Sheet how to add a sheet to your campaign, or to assign to individual players
Charactermancer: How to use the guided character creation and leveling tool
Character Sheet Index: A (mostly) up-to-date list of character sheets available on Roll20.
Building Character Sheets: How to go about building a character sheet

* Character Sheets designed and supported officially by Roll20
See all System Specific Guides »

Building/Editing Character Sheets: The definitive starting point for editing existing character sheets or creating your own(for Pro Subscribers Only)
Character Sheet Layout General advice on how to create the main layout of your sheet
Custom Sheet Sandbox Great tool for working on custom sheets
Sheetworkers: Allows the use of some limited JavaScript to edit character stats in a more complex manner.
Roll Templates: These are a special facet of the Character Sheets system which provide additional layout and styling options for the display of roll results.
Beginner's Guide to GitHub: How to upload a character sheet for community use
Add translation capabilities: How to set up a Sheet to be easily translated into other languages
Sheet Author Tips Misc. Advanced Tips for those who often works with this character sheets
Character Sheets & Compendium^(Forum) Good place to ask for help on editing sheets
Sheet Request Thread, Consolidated, mk II^(Forum) Thread for requesting sheets. Read the first post^(Forum) before posting a new request.