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Getting Started

• In-App Tutorial for GMs: Roll20 has a built-in tutorial straight in the app to familiarize new GMs to the Roll20 platform
• Introduction to tRPGs: Never played a tabletop RPG before, but would like to know how? This video series should help bring a new gamer up to speed.
• Video and Voice Chat: How to get video and voice chatting set up in a Roll20 Game
• Code of Conduct: The official Roll20 Code of Conduct expected on our site.
• Forum Posting: A walk-through on how navigate and post on our official forums
• Keyboard Shortcuts Reference: Our list of keyboard shortcuts for experienced users
• Changelog: A list of all major revisions and updates to the Roll20 Platform
• Game Management: How to create, organize, and manage your games
  • Game Settings Page

The User Interface

1. The Tabletop: This is the largest portion of the playspace. This is where you set up your battle maps or board game play mats and where you'd place your tokens or meeples. You can also use it as a dry erase board.

2. The Tabletop Toolbox: This toolbar on the left side of the Tabletop lists the various tools used for moving art assets, drawing, writing, measurement, rolling, and other that affect or interact with the Tabletop in some fashion.

3. The Page Toolbar: When you click on the little tab on the top of the screen, this pulls down the Page Toolbar. This is where you can store multiple scenes (Pages) for the Tabletop and bounce players between them.

4. The Sidebar: Lastly is the Sidebar on the right side of the screen. This has multiple tabs that manage the in-game chat, music/audio, character sheets and handouts, and Roll20's settings.

Gameplay

Character Sheets

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 add a character sheet to a campaign
• 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 Sheet Documentation

* Character Sheets designed and supported officially by Roll20

See all Character Sheet Guides »

Custom Sheet Creation

• Building Character Sheets: The How-To for making your own character sheets (for Pro Subscribers Only)
  • Sheetworkers: An advanced feature of the Character Sheets system which allows the sheet author to specify JavaScript which will execute during certain events, such as whenever the values on a sheet are modified.
  • 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 your Sheet to be easily translated into other languages
  • Sheet Author Tips Misc. Advanced Tips for those who often works with this character sheets.

Beyond the Application

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