Roll20 GM Overview: Learn the Basics!

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Quick overview of how to get started GMing your game in Roll20. We talk about how to create tokens and maps, how to roll dice, and everything else you need for a basic campaign.
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00:00 Roll20 GM Overview
00:20 The Virtual Tabletop
00:32 Adding Tokens to the Tabletop
01:19 Token Settings: Control, Bars, Auras, Markers
01:59 Adding a Map
02:40 Drawing Tools: Freehand, Shape Tool, Clear Drawings
03:12 Text Tool
03:19 Pinging your Players (**TIP** Shift + Ping = Scroll)
03:32 Page Toolbar
03:53 Switching Pages
04:13 *TIP* Splitting the Party
04:24 Page Settings
04:38 Fog of War & Dynamic Lighting
05:00 Inviting Players
05:15 Video & Audio
05:30 Controlling Tokens
06:06 Chat
06:32 Dice Roller
07:02 3D Dice
07:25 Journal: Character Sheets
08:21 Connecting Tokens to Characters
08:50 Journal: Handouts
09:13 Jukebox: Adding Music to Games
09:51 Turn Tracker
00:10:36 Settings Tab
00:10:49 Macros
00:11:38 Card Decks
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@justinfujimura2509 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Moving our game to roll20 for COVID

@JW-wr4ep 4 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, same here. I hope we are locked down for 18 months. I'd be level 35 at least.

@thearabcowboy 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, same here!

@baileymorton4116 4 жыл бұрын

I got a game started via roll20 last Sunday

@NpcManDoesStuff 4 жыл бұрын

@@JW-wr4ep hhahahaha yes, but actually no please xD

@darthdadt 4 жыл бұрын

Upcoming session this weekend. I’m a Luddite so this tutorial was perfect.

@belltowersubductions5104 4 жыл бұрын

Session in an hour, this was a lifesaver.

@davidhamblin5825 4 жыл бұрын

how'd the session go?

@belltowersubductions5104 4 жыл бұрын

We sat at our respective tables failing to get the voicechat to work for everyone while I desperately typed up their Character sheets, slowly uncovering all of the errors made in their creation, at least a year ago, and how it made putting them into roll20 impossible, until it all started to truly fall apart, ending with me walking away to make a cup of tea, one leaving to look at porn, one asking questions over voicechat despite not being able to hear us, completely oblivious to the chaos, half the players took part in a heated shouting match over something not related to the game whatsoever, and we haven’t scheduled the next session. Further roll20 testing, methinks, will be done with a different group from now on.

@davidhamblin5825 4 жыл бұрын

@@belltowersubductions5104 sorry to hear that man, sometimes these things don't work out. I have yet to try roll20, any tips or things to be wary of?

@belltowersubductions5104 4 жыл бұрын

My experience wasn’t much more than an hour of pain, but from that pain was born two pillars of wisdom: write up the players’ character sheets into roll20 as far beforehand as possible, and make sure everyone’s voicechat works beforehand too. Other than that, I’m afraid I’m not much help.

@michaelmatejka1068 4 жыл бұрын

Belltower Subductions we use discord chat while on roll20.

@eranbenzeev627 4 жыл бұрын

this was SO MUCH simpler than the tutorial on the sight. thank you!

@abrahamalfaro7908 3 жыл бұрын

Way simpler, but now I want to see how long it takes to prep and build a session.

@RisingLava 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I read the whole in-game tutorial when I could have just watched this.

@AndrewLuhring 4 жыл бұрын

Roll 20 really needs to make more of these videos for dms. This shit is super complicated to draw maps and stuff in roll 20 and Idk how to hide rooms and stuff. like if i have a hallway, and theres a secret passage but i don't want the players to see it its like... how do i dentify something as a wall and should be hidden. how do i make sure my dynamic lighting stuff doesn't go outside the room? etc

@clarkwhitlow2474 3 жыл бұрын

Theres a reveal tool and a hiding tool

@Kylekashi 3 жыл бұрын

In the current version of the app you apparently do it with layers. There is a layer for DM only stuff and if it becomes visible you move it to the common layer.

@Gamercatos 2 жыл бұрын

@@clarkwhitlow2474 9

@mrandrewv 9 жыл бұрын

This looks seriously awesome. I'd be interested in seeing a table showing how the free version compares with the pay version.

@colevendittelli6129 4 жыл бұрын

@TheGamingWarriors125 Жыл бұрын

I’m just upset that we have to RE purchase content we already own the physical books of for campaign maps. That’s what we were told by several players.

@somefrozendude3475 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGamingWarriors125I like to have my players use their actual character sheet and just use their roll20 sheet/token as a way to decide where they are, enemies are, and when enemies die. I use statblocks from my monster manual for non-pc's still and just subtract health from my tokens. It's not super annoying to do imo, but it is annoying.

@TheGamingWarriors125 Жыл бұрын

@@somefrozendude3475 yea but still requires purchasing the maps right? Like if you're using the campaign books you'd need the maps for t hem right?

@thomasingle8827 9 жыл бұрын

Nice video. I have been looking for something like this for a long time. I just signed up and can't wait to get started. Big thanks to the entire Roll20 crew!

@Shippoiship 10 жыл бұрын

I'm relatively new to GMing and have been looking for a way to play games online. This is a real godsend.

@jeremykendall7524 4 жыл бұрын

This was by far the best tutorial I've watched tonight. I love how you jumped right in and got to it. I feel much more confident building now! If I could like this more than once I would!

@hawkthetraveler6344 3 жыл бұрын

Hands down the best organized and executed tutorial of any of the VTT demos online Nov 2020. Thank you for showing what the product can do, for having smart pan/zoom during the tutorial, and for clear audio. Really well done definitely makes me think favorably of Roll 20 for its ease of use.

@Roll20App 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! We just want to get everyone in and gaming as quickly and easily as possible.

@ardidsonriente2223 4 жыл бұрын

Superb tutorial, direct, clear, complete and short. Thanks for the great job.

@BCoydog 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. This tutorial was perfect. Thank you. I could ramble, but words don't do it justice. Great service. Great tutorial. Great things, altogether!

@atinybard6594 4 жыл бұрын

This should seriously be the first video you can access in the tutorial section on the actual site. Super useful.

@Noooiiiissseee 3 жыл бұрын

I'm about to start up my first campaign and this video saved me so much time. Thank you for making it!

@AnOdd1plays 9 жыл бұрын

This sounds awesome. Getting some great ideas.

@lychordia 3 жыл бұрын

This is fabulous. Thank you for the basics!

@astroempires1733 9 жыл бұрын

Such an informative video, thanks! Really great program.

@rydog3452 4 жыл бұрын

I am running a game over the Corona virus outbreak from home and this is really gonna help out. This is a lot more then I thought there was gonna be with this site.

@KTiMe13 9 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome! I'm going to try it right now. :)

@omegaRST 3 жыл бұрын

This seems really well made with a lot of thought put into it!

@getanimated6889 4 жыл бұрын

This was extremely helpful, thanks for the video!

@ciaranspalding3993 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, helped immensely as I try to move to Roll20 due to Covid

@Volsati 10 жыл бұрын

This has helped so much! Thank you for the tutorial.

@atomicnectar Жыл бұрын

great vid! love the addition of hot keys

@torreslab8276 3 жыл бұрын

Its the first time i really undertand how to create a game. Thanks.

@sajadamjad4752 4 жыл бұрын

Quick and to the point i love it

@NoInfoAvail 9 жыл бұрын

TY for making this and TY for roll20!

@JeremyTheGraten 9 жыл бұрын

You guys run a great site! Thanks!

@warling5042 3 жыл бұрын

This was the best tutorial video ever.

@gabrielhawk 9 жыл бұрын

I think I am in love with this program

@profdetti 5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. Really clear, neat and usuful! Kudos.

@MalisonStage Жыл бұрын

Very helpful video. Thanks so much! 😁👍

@nilcraify 4 жыл бұрын

Super helpful, THANK YOU !!!

@edgyhamster749 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Riley... Your intellect is definitely greater than 10!

@josephle5373 3 жыл бұрын

Great, introductional video. Really well done.

@MarkProjMgr 4 жыл бұрын

Good video, short and concise

@MatthewsPersonal 4 жыл бұрын

Great work guys!

@design4earth 3 жыл бұрын

great explanation. I can start and start to explore more features at a later date.

@GeniusOnHisWay 3 жыл бұрын

concise and clear! Thank you

@Idococaine123 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, helped me a bit.

@WilliamAlexanderJr 4 жыл бұрын

Super helpful thank you for the video.

@CPRANDOM2428 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome info!

@andrewthornley5172 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid. Tks.

@gaelicgod6460 4 жыл бұрын

This is so cool. Just starting to use this w my friends

@dewaarya7000 3 жыл бұрын

This is really give me help to DM games on r20... thank you very much

@davidheary2482 4 жыл бұрын

THIS IS AMAZING!

@iskevosi 3 жыл бұрын

I had a friend wanting to get into Roll20. I use it a lot, but I wanted to find a tutorial that he could follow. I found this, and though it's good it is also old and could do with updating with some of the latest screenshots with the new content. Might be worth doing Roll20!!

@SergioFariasLopes 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome !!!

@Scatterbrain76 9 жыл бұрын

Very cool dude. Good job

@bekimachine Жыл бұрын

This is great - thanks!

@NIGHTWINGEX 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I’ve been using photoshop and sharing my screen this is a great idea

@seibervideo Жыл бұрын

I thought about doing that but dang if my computer isn’t too slow for that. 😅

@carlsmagicbicep9736 4 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful

@spaceblockb5284 Жыл бұрын

8 years later and still the most comprehensive guide

@lockei6947 Жыл бұрын

I love the fact that this video is still useful nowadays.

@S0phisticatedZ0mbie 4 жыл бұрын

Youre the greatest

@kaydengacha3799 3 жыл бұрын

The Best

@James-yl3ix 4 жыл бұрын

Oh dang this video is old. And so relevant right now!

@InWitheNew 4 жыл бұрын

Holy balls was this helpful.

@GallowglassAxe 4 жыл бұрын

I approve the StarTropics Dungeon Theme

@DAVID4GAMER 9 жыл бұрын

is there some more tutorials, since afther seeing someone who made a badass DyD dungeon board makes my curiosity for play even Uberkilling

@pandoratheclay 3 жыл бұрын

I am having a session zero soon,just so I can get the characters done and I will also set up the stuff like this

@LemmeChaingrabYoShit 4 жыл бұрын

bounce on my boys goblin to this for hours. thanks now me and my homies can rp as the hunks we truly are

@squirrelarmy9890 3 жыл бұрын

NVP right here

@froschkenig 4 жыл бұрын

Well apparently my internet connection sucks too much, because a lot of things weren't happening in real time ;-)

@danniemiesse4643 3 жыл бұрын

11:19 how was that done? It would have been helpful to see the Macro settings bar while that gui was brought up.

@Hyena_Heckler 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit this is so fucking cool!

@danielandrae9743 2 жыл бұрын

looks great, just wish there was a Lizardfolk token

@silverrain530 2 жыл бұрын

Is it possible for everyone to be DM? In my group, there isn't really a DM, the role kind of just flows from player to player.

@MarshmallowMadnesss 4 жыл бұрын

My advice would be to allow at least an hour for everyone to sort out their audio issues before the game. For some players accustomed to playing at a table with people in the room, the switching between character sheets and the map is very jarring. Remember to click your "token" and then your character sheet, then finally your spell or attack or check. For people onna small screen, moving back and forth takes getting used to.

@99zxk 2 жыл бұрын

Trying to follow along with the program. Wish that the tutorial didn't use drag and drop from the desktop as I don't have the file.

@conner1466 4 жыл бұрын

Is it at all easy or posible to do a full campaign of 4 to 5 players using the free version? Or just the gm paying for it... None of us have the money to each buy the membership right now due to nature of world

@alexandrebarahonachewbaniche 8 жыл бұрын

Is there may be several masters of the game?

@Wineblood 4 жыл бұрын

Is this still accurate? My campaign is moving to roll20 and this was clear enough for me to try out tomorrow morning.

@mcdirty764 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, all still correct

@davidt.6873 4 жыл бұрын

@@mcdirty764 hey for some reason the jukebox seems really different now did something happen? Or is not included in the free version because its not entirely working for me?

@greenwithenvyband8505 3 жыл бұрын

Can I use this as a visualizing tool for my players to see if they are physically there with me? As in, in the place of a map and physical tokens?

@Roll20App 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@simonbrown5017 4 жыл бұрын

hey does anyone know how he got the tokens to look so big in the search area? i can only gettiny pictures and a link so i have to go through each and every one of them, its very tedious, any tips? 0:55

@cndmarksmen7383 3 жыл бұрын

For those that play this online, is a laptop ideal or can this be run on a tablet type system, looking at getting into this but as a console (ps4) gamer I have no idea what I'll need.

@edthered 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a more recent tutorial?

@donaldburkhard7932 4 жыл бұрын

Make video for new player user and what needs to be done.use own character or use GM charActer only? What cost to start as player, what equipment needed? PC, Mac, iPad -i am disabled using 9yr old iPad with 9.3.5 OS.

@willedwards681 2 жыл бұрын

When I try to drag a map made in campaign cartographer or dungeon designer into roll20, I either get a box saying it may take several minutes (it never loads in at all) or the box doesn't even bother to appear

@davidt.6873 4 жыл бұрын

hey the jukebox isn't giving me an option to add?

@clee888 4 жыл бұрын

how can i add my players to the game? i went through the tutorial and understand creating the map, but trying to connect people to the map. thank you!

@Roll20App 4 жыл бұрын

Once you've invited folks to the game, you can let them see any map or page you create by dragging the red PLAYERS bookmark in the Page Toolbar over to the page you want. Players will only ever see what's on the Map and Objects & Tokens layers on the page their bookmark is on. Let us know if this answers your question!

@alexmoran8662 3 жыл бұрын

how do you get to this starting page? I don’t see anything in the game iv created to make a map

@RossMcDowall94 9 жыл бұрын

This definitely needs updated with character sheets.

@davidkreutzkamp6602 8 жыл бұрын

+Ross McDowall you mean like online editable character sheets? There is nothing stoping you though from uploading scans of a character sheet as another option.

@RossMcDowall94 8 жыл бұрын

I mean the video does not have the new character sheet feature which Roll20 has.

@OGtantan 3 жыл бұрын

Where did the map come from? Source, like what website or map building tool did he use to get it?

@kitcarandang 3 жыл бұрын

I made my one-shot session by going to pinterest and other image hosting sites (deviantart, photobucket, etc.). Also a simple Google search also helps.

@ChaoticLegion01 4 жыл бұрын

Where do you get those background maps from?

@fureyfamilyvideos66 4 жыл бұрын

Maps can be found free online in various places. I use: www.reddit.com/r/battlemaps/ You can also buy them from various places for cheap as dirt, including Roll20 marketplace and others.

@wurutana 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to start even more basic? Like "how to start a campaign?"

@iskevosi 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9WphNZhqNyYoGQ.html

@harrygaren1919 Жыл бұрын

Hi Folks. I am a bit of a boomer when it comes to this stuff. I've been playing since I was a kid, so I went through basic D&D, then AD&D 1st, 2nd, 3.5 ed, and then I missed 4rth, and went straight to 5th ed. Now I realise I have to change with the times and start using the this system. I'm a very accomplished DM/GM, but when it comes to using Roll20, I am a newbie. OK, my question for you is that I have a ton of material in pdf files. I have loads of pathfinder stuff, such as packs of different monsters. I would like to use these tokens in my rolld20. How do I import these token files into my game? Thanks for any help, and I hope to see some of you in my new campaign.

@InTheNickofTime 4 жыл бұрын

Why no eraser feature for drawings?

@GoffestRocka 4 жыл бұрын

yeah I seem to be having issues to where my players cant move their characters when I give them permission or even wont be able to seem name and some players tokens I have put down, and idk how to fix it.

@fordgraca 4 жыл бұрын

Did you find a solution to this? Share if you do

@GoffestRocka 4 жыл бұрын

@@fordgraca yeah, turns out the players had to move the tokens from the journal to the board themselves

@bndllama9067 3 жыл бұрын

When I try to move tokens or images the controls invert and I can't do it, it always goes wonky and all I want to do is move or rotate a token. Frankly I haven't been able to find any help with this and it makes the whole system unusable.

@amarhantus 4 жыл бұрын

You should tell ROLL20 to adjust the transcription of your video, there are A LOT of pieces missing.

@JordanSBurns Жыл бұрын

👋

@TheTIGSY 10 жыл бұрын

How do i edit my campaign once i leave the creator?

@raphaeltrumpetsound 10 жыл бұрын

Join the Campaign as GM...Go to furthest tab...My Settings...Hopes this helps.

@Light1c3 4 жыл бұрын

I can't seem to find any free premade tokens :(

@evansherlock6330 4 жыл бұрын

When I go to the library and type things in nothing comes up, any ideas?

@davidt.6873 4 жыл бұрын

hopefully your not in jukebox that might be it also what are you typing?

@ryanince3270 Жыл бұрын

i like it but every time i try to get in it wont let me play any games

@lunagorton6890 2 жыл бұрын

I'm having a bit of trouble. When I drag the map to insert it into the game, it just won't load

@stompie5233 2 жыл бұрын

The map size is probably too big

@suffer444 10 жыл бұрын

can u trnslate text on another languages?

@davidhamblin5825 4 жыл бұрын

what language?

@Jacorowi Жыл бұрын

Yeah I can't do any of this. I guess I just have no idea what I'm doing. Can't add any tokens and I saw that this was a bug from like 10 years ago and this guy said it should be fixed but I don't think it is.

@titaniumteddybear 4 жыл бұрын

Also, your in-app tutorial is borked. There is no way to move backwards through the tutorial, so if you misunderstand something you need to start the whole section over again. I just clicked in the wrong place, which removed the "gear icon" that I need to click on in order for the tutorial to move forward. So now I need to restart the section, again. Have you peeps really not done any UX feedback processes? This is basic stuff :/

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