Chat and chat commands

Chat sits beside the map: talk in or out of character, whisper, and roll dice by typing. Rolls post their result with a full breakdown.

For: Game Masters and players · Plan: Free · 3 minutes

Open chat

Click Chat on the tool rail (right edge). A dot on the icon means unread messages.

Send a message

Type in the box and press Enter. Shift+Enter starts a new line.

Use Speaking as above the box to choose who is talking: you, your character, or (for the GM) any character or GM. As the GM, selecting a token on the board also speaks as it.

Reply to a message

Hover over a message and click Reply. The reply quotes it. Click ✕ to cancel.

Whisper

Type /w followed by a name and your message:

/w gm the door is trapped, isn't it?
/w "Sir Aldric" meet me by the well

Use quotes for names with spaces. Only you and that person see it. /players lists who you can whisper to.

Find old messages

Use Search messages… at the top, or the filter to show only Talk, Emotes, OOC, Whispers, Rolls or Scene messages. Load older messages goes further back.

Chat commands

Command What it does
/roll 1d20+5 (or /r) Rolls for everyone to see. Add a damage type at the end, such as /roll 2d6 fire, to light up the dice.
/gmroll 1d20 Rolls for you and the GM only.
/selfroll 1d20 Rolls for you alone.
/me draws a sword An action, in italics.
/ooc brb An out-of-character message under your own name.
/w name message Whispers to one person, or the GM.
/players (or /who) Lists who you can whisper to.
/table name Rolls a rollable table. /table 3 name rolls it three times.
/selftable name Rolls a table only you see.
/tables Lists the tables you can roll.
/help Shows this list.

The GM also has:

Command What it does
/desc text A scene description, set apart from the chat.
/as "Name" message Speaks as a named NPC.
/gmtable name Rolls a table only you see.

Dice formulas

Type /roll 1d20+5 and press Enter. The die lands on the board and the result posts to chat.
  • Dice and modifiers: 1d20+5, 2d6+1d4-1.
  • Advantage and disadvantage: add adv or dis, for example 1d20+5 adv.
  • Keep and drop: 2d20kh1 (keep the highest), 4d6kh3 (roll four, keep three), kl, dh and dl.
  • Exploding dice: 1d6!. Rerolls: 1d20r1. Counting successes: 5d10>=8.
  • Damage type goes last: 1d8+3 slashing, 8d6 fire.

Up to 100 dice in one roll. Only d4 to d20 and d100 are thrown in 3D, and only up to 20 dice at a time.

GM tools in chat

Hover over any message for Hide (from players), Mute (that player, for this session) and Delete. Clear at the top empties the chat.

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