Use the campaign battle map

Unlike the standalone Battle Map, the campaign's map is saved with the campaign, shows your players' characters with live HP, and keeps hidden areas off players' screens entirely.

Before you start

Set it up

1. Turn the map on

   In settings, under Play, turn on Battle map. It's off by default.

2. Open it

   At the table, switch the stage to Map. (Classic page: the Battle map section.) Click the map's name to rename it.

3. Size the grid

   Use the Cols and Rows steppers.

4. Paint terrain

   Choose Paint, pick a Terrain — Wall, Water, Difficult, Hazard, Cover, Door — and click cells. Click a painted cell again to clear it.

5. Or build it from the story

   Press ✨ Build from the story and the AI lays out a map from what's happened in the campaign (1 AI credit). Edit it like any other.

Put people on it

1. Place the party

   Press Place the party: a token for each linked character, showing their portrait and live HP.

2. Add other tokens

   Choose Add Token, pick its type (Character, NPC, Villain or Object), type a label and click a cell.

3. Move tokens

   Choose Move, click a token, then click the cell to move it to.

4. Drop an area

   Choose Area, pick a Shape (Circle, Cone or Line), set its Radius or Length and, for a cone or line, its direction, then click the origin. Click the same cell again to remove it.

5. Save

   Press Save map when Unsaved shows. Everyone at the table sees the saved map.

Hide what they can't see yet

1. Draw hidden terrain

   Pick the terrain under Paint first, then choose Draw Hidden and click cells. Hidden cells show hatched to you and aren't sent to players' screens at all. They save as you draw.

2. Reveal as they explore

   Choose Reveal and click a hidden cell to show it to the party, or press Reveal all.

If something's off

There's no Map on the stage

Turn on Battle map under Play in settings.

“Someone else moved something…”

Another admin changed the map while you were editing. Save yours and their changes come in.

“Enter a token label first.”

Type a label before clicking a cell with Add Token.

Players see “The GM hasn't set up the map yet.”

The map is empty or unsaved. Add something and press Save map.