The videos suggested by "Roll20" were torturous, and I almost said never mind. Wife found your videos and each was a joy to follow along. TY TY TY. 20yr returning paper & pen DM now tech savvy w/t roll20 VTT and loaded for bear, thanks to you teaching all the bells and whistles.
I've been playing on roll20 for a year now but I just started DMing a roll20 campaign and your tutorials are absolute must-haves! Thanks so much for doing all of them and for being so thorough and precise! I've watched a lot of tutorial videos but no one covers as much as you do in organized, easy to understand form. None of this is outdated either, even with the updated dynamic lighting. It's still all relevant info, just a slightly different layout on the properties tabs. Thanks again!
You are welcome. Yea, I was worried new lighting would render the tutorials useless, but honestly, they just moved a few things around, and currently, you can still opt to just use the legacy lighting.
Transmogrifier! I was going back and forth between my test game and my regular game *sob* you just saved me so much time. WHY didn't I know about this before??? Thank you.
Loving this series tho a bit outdated it has still been an extreme help walking me trhough using roll 20, much appreciated CrashGem you got my support.
I noticed the cones are all 90 degrees. But cone effects in 5e are not. The distance from the caster is equal to the width of the cone at that point. This works out to a cone of 53 degrees. I think earlier editions of D&D used the 90 degree ones.
True... I have gotten away with using these thus far because they look cool. A great pack of pre-made templates is available in the marketplace that uses more appropriate 5e sizing: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/460/area-of-effect-template-pack
Is there some trick to keeping these templates behind the player tokens? Mine obscure them, so I draw them translucent but then I still end up having to move them to back.
Unfortunately not that I have found. You still need a quick right-click send to back for them from the GM. Still, a great way to track areas of effect, and if set up well, a lovely visual.
I don't think I do, it was honestly a ton of work to set all of my custom spell templates up the way I wanted. If I could do it all over again I would just grab this asset pack from the store and call it a day: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/460/area-of-effect-template-pack
@@CrashGem Hmm... I see. But normally, when you pull an image from the right menu, the last item to enter the grid always comes on top of others per-existing tokens, however your spell effect always comes on bottom, behind all the tokens. Is there something else I am missing?
@@SoaresPatrick Nothing comes to mind. It's been a bit since I used Roll20 frequently. I don't think their was a hotey i was holding to make that happen. Sometimes I would drop templates on the map layer which will of course always be behind the actors, but did not think I did that during this series.
It would be handy if you could assign to players the task of MAKING their spell tokens/templates. The DM has a ton of work to do and others should help shoulder the load.
Agreed. Shared workload and investment in resources definitely strengthen a game and a group. Right now all my games are pay to play, so I happily sink the extra hours in to make extra nice assets for everyone.
@@CrashGem I just drew out the shapes in paint and then imported them in, rename them to the correct squares needed e.g. 8x8. Because when you initially drag them in they set to one square anyway you can right click, select advanced and then select Set Dimensions and change to units to set the spell size in this case 8x8.
I'm curious since I currently have the free version but when I create a folder and move anything into it, nothing happens. Is this a feature of a subscriber perhaps? Seems rather simple but not sure why it's not working for me otherwise.
@@CrashGem turns out you have to drag the icon on the left; if you drag the words to the right nothing happens. Took trial and error. Thanks for replying. The series is helping me albeit to your point aged so Ty for the work you did here.
One of the bes tutorials EVER. But... I have other question. Spells like Spirit Guardians project from the caster, so the token can't be centered on the character's token. Any suggestions? Txs!
Can you link spell effect templates to a Character/NPC token. For example, if someone casts Spiritual Guardians and then moves across the battlefield, can we link the character's token to the template instance so that both move together?
Technically, yes. Practically, not really. You can group tokens together, (drag select, right click group tokens) but they drift apart very easily and cause the tokens to break through dynamic lighting barriers. There might be some API scripts that fix these issues, but I don't know of any offhand.
if the creator of the game has a pro subscription on roll20, they can add the API script "Carry Tokens" which allows you to do just this. It is part of roll20's script library and can be installed to any game with just a few clicks.
How do you get the characters to appear over the affect mine just blocked them out gonna have to watch again. Rest of the series has been great, learning alot.
how did you make the sleep art start in the background, like behind the characters? i'm trying to make spell tokens but they constantly start in the foreground as all tokens do when you first put them on the map.
I think this might have been a fluke or trick of the way it recorded, because anything new always defaults to the top of the layer. You end up having to right click, move to back templates like this.
You have to re-register the token after any changes, including the size. Make the template the size you want and then register it again with the associated npc character sheet.
@@psibernight2177 That is likely a coincidence. I haven't tested a token say, 100 by 100, but I have some tremendously big spell tokens, including entire rooms and 60 foot and 90 foot cones. It is very easy to forget to re-register your tokens, that's almost certainly what happened here.
Is the Transmog tool only for Pro users? Oh and this is a GREAT series!!!! I'm learning so much. Played D&D since 1979, but moving online w/ my 4 sons (who are all over) is really going to be a new experience.
With a pro account you gain access to a feature called Transmog. It allows you to move content from one campaign to another, including any character sheets and linked tokens you have made. If you run more than one roll20 game I strongly encourage gaining access Transmog, it is very useful.
Oh as a player you’d have to use character vault. It’s way more cumbersome than transmog but it will let you move over tokens you have made as a player.
When you select? So, when you first drag an asset into Roll20 from your computer, it normally imports at the original resolution, this is usually too big. If you drag something in from the library, and you have a grid turned on, it will shrink down to be 1x1 grid, which is usually too small. To prevent this you can work on the GM layer, or hold ALT while you drag in the asset from your library. Once a token is sized, if you register it to a sheet at that size it will always drag in at the size you registered it at. So once built correctly my fireball will be 20' radius every time I drag one out.
@@rasmusmller2716 ah. those were created by rolling randomly for traits while using the charactermancer. Basically, it's just the results of a rolled table with a style template applied. If you want to format your own macros to look like you'd need to dig deeper into macro scripting.
@@CrashGem aah perfect, I understand now :-) Would you share the template? Since it's not "default" (purple box) and not "=desc" - or where I can find information about the template you used (it's not on the official Roll20 templates wiki)
You could create your own roll20 game, build all the stuff you want, and use Character Vault to bring the stuff over to your GM's roll20 game. The GM would then need to assign the assets to you.
This is a really cool idea im definitely going to use. Where did you get the art for the tokens? I followed your dmsguild link and there was only a few in that product
It's all art stumbled across online for the most part. With tools like token tool and token stamp you can grab art you like and make tokens for your game with relative ease.
Thank you! These are great! Really good. One question... I'm new to this, so sorry if I should know, but how do you get your spell tokens to always go underneath the player tokens? Mine often go on top of them.
New assets always stack above existing assets. You can (as the GM) right click > "move to back" to make it appear below everything else. Sadly no settings to set the default for this. Though I am sure there are API scripts that can make this the default.
Those free ones are a bit problematic: for the cones, the art isactually quite a lot shorter than the box itself, so not optimal for visual representation
Yea I found the best thing I could do was set up my most common spells manually so the size and look matched what I needed. Was a ton of work but I was very happy with the results. Hopefully they add a template tool to roll20 eventually like FVTT has.
The videos suggested by "Roll20" were torturous, and I almost said never mind. Wife found your videos and each was a joy to follow along. TY TY TY. 20yr returning paper & pen DM now tech savvy w/t roll20 VTT and loaded for bear, thanks to you teaching all the bells and whistles.
Dude thank you so much for this guide series, you've really saved my dnd group during these quarantine times.
Happy to help. Glad you guys can keep gaming together.
I've been playing on roll20 for a year now but I just started DMing a roll20 campaign and your tutorials are absolute must-haves! Thanks so much for doing all of them and for being so thorough and precise! I've watched a lot of tutorial videos but no one covers as much as you do in organized, easy to understand form. None of this is outdated either, even with the updated dynamic lighting. It's still all relevant info, just a slightly different layout on the properties tabs. Thanks again!
You are welcome. Yea, I was worried new lighting would render the tutorials useless, but honestly, they just moved a few things around, and currently, you can still opt to just use the legacy lighting.
Transmogrifier! I was going back and forth between my test game and my regular game *sob* you just saved me so much time. WHY didn't I know about this before??? Thank you.
It's easily my favorite Roll20 feature.
Love the FFT Tutorial music! Helpful tips for new Roll20 folks !
Glad it was helpful!
These tutorials are fantastic! Your explanations are clear, your demonstrations are helpful, and you make it fun. Thank you!
Glad you like them!
Great video! DMing for my first time in about 12 hours & this video helped me get a few things in order. Thanks!
Hope everything went well.
This is great! I've been using Roll20 for a while now but I'm still learning useful tips and ideas. Much appreciated!
You are very welcome!
Loving this series tho a bit outdated it has still been an extreme help walking me trhough using roll 20, much appreciated CrashGem you got my support.
Thank you. I know they are aging out, but I am happy people are still finding them useful.
Bless your soul for this playlist. You have made my DnD life wonderous :D
I gladly accept a +1d4 to all attacks and saves, thank you.
I noticed the cones are all 90 degrees. But cone effects in 5e are not. The distance from the caster is equal to the width of the cone at that point. This works out to a cone of 53 degrees. I think earlier editions of D&D used the 90 degree ones.
True... I have gotten away with using these thus far because they look cool. A great pack of pre-made templates is available in the marketplace that uses more appropriate 5e sizing: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/460/area-of-effect-template-pack
Don’t know if it helps but you can rotate the templates.
@@CrashGem I ended up making my own for the spells the players have. They look cool, and my players love them!
You could also make a Multi sided token and put all the spell templates you want into it. Or groups of themed multi sided token.
I keep meaning to do this for spiritual weapon in particular.
Is there some trick to keeping these templates behind the player tokens? Mine obscure them, so I draw them translucent but then I still end up having to move them to back.
Unfortunately not that I have found. You still need a quick right-click send to back for them from the GM. Still, a great way to track areas of effect, and if set up well, a lovely visual.
do you have a video on proper sizing of these spells?
I don't think I do, it was honestly a ton of work to set all of my custom spell templates up the way I wanted. If I could do it all over again I would just grab this asset pack from the store and call it a day: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/460/area-of-effect-template-pack
@@CrashGem Thanks as always. Not for Sale anymore Sad face!
If you go to map layer before you drop the tokens, they'll be the right size. At least for the store ones I have
Or hold down Alt while you drag and drop them in.
How do you manage for the spell tokens always be below the player tokens (in the Z axis), not obscuring them in the grid?
Right click, move to back.
@@CrashGem Hmm... I see. But normally, when you pull an image from the right menu, the last item to enter the grid always comes on top of others per-existing tokens, however your spell effect always comes on bottom, behind all the tokens. Is there something else I am missing?
@@SoaresPatrick Nothing comes to mind. It's been a bit since I used Roll20 frequently. I don't think their was a hotey i was holding to make that happen. Sometimes I would drop templates on the map layer which will of course always be behind the actors, but did not think I did that during this series.
@@CrashGem I see, thanks.
It would be handy if you could assign to players the task of MAKING their spell tokens/templates. The DM has a ton of work to do and others should help shoulder the load.
Agreed. Shared workload and investment in resources definitely strengthen a game and a group. Right now all my games are pay to play, so I happily sink the extra hours in to make extra nice assets for everyone.
This is a solid pack, already set up: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/460/area-of-effect-template-pack
@@CrashGem I just drew out the shapes in paint and then imported them in, rename them to the correct squares needed e.g. 8x8. Because when you initially drag them in they set to one square anyway you can right click, select advanced and then select Set Dimensions and change to units to set the spell size in this case 8x8.
I'm curious since I currently have the free version but when I create a folder and move anything into it, nothing happens. Is this a feature of a subscriber perhaps? Seems rather simple but not sure why it's not working for me otherwise.
Wish I knew, this series has aged out quite a bit, unsure what the new settings/memberships provide.
@@CrashGem turns out you have to drag the icon on the left; if you drag the words to the right nothing happens. Took trial and error. Thanks for replying. The series is helping me albeit to your point aged so Ty for the work you did here.
One of the bes tutorials EVER. But... I have other question. Spells like Spirit Guardians project from the caster, so the token can't be centered on the character's token. Any suggestions? Txs!
We would just turn on the Auras of the character for sprit guardians, every token/actor/mini should have a spot to setup an aura.
@@CrashGem Wow, thanks for that!
Can you link spell effect templates to a Character/NPC token. For example, if someone casts Spiritual Guardians and then moves across the battlefield, can we link the character's token to the template instance so that both move together?
Technically, yes. Practically, not really. You can group tokens together, (drag select, right click group tokens) but they drift apart very easily and cause the tokens to break through dynamic lighting barriers. There might be some API scripts that fix these issues, but I don't know of any offhand.
if the creator of the game has a pro subscription on roll20, they can add the API script "Carry Tokens" which allows you to do just this. It is part of roll20's script library and can be installed to any game with just a few clicks.
@@wellering89 Good to know. I will need to check that one out.
Hot dang.That is amazing.
Thanks! Roll20 has some great features. It's just getting past the learning curve that's the hard part.
How do you get the characters to appear over the affect mine just blocked them out gonna have to watch again. Rest of the series has been great, learning alot.
This question gets asked a lot. I have no idea? You can easily shuffle template to the back though with a simple right click, "to back"
how did you make the sleep art start in the background, like behind the characters? i'm trying to make spell tokens but they constantly start in the foreground as all tokens do when you first put them on the map.
I think this might have been a fluke or trick of the way it recorded, because anything new always defaults to the top of the layer. You end up having to right click, move to back templates like this.
Tried this several times but Roll20 continuously resized the fireball the token down making it very frustrating. Any idea why?
You have to re-register the token after any changes, including the size. Make the template the size you want and then register it again with the associated npc character sheet.
@@CrashGem It seem to work when I did it on the map layer. Is there a size limit to the token size?
@@psibernight2177 That is likely a coincidence. I haven't tested a token say, 100 by 100, but I have some tremendously big spell tokens, including entire rooms and 60 foot and 90 foot cones. It is very easy to forget to re-register your tokens, that's almost certainly what happened here.
@@CrashGem awesome. Thank you so much for the great advice.
Is the Transmog tool only for Pro users? Oh and this is a GREAT series!!!! I'm learning so much. Played D&D since 1979, but moving online w/ my 4 sons (who are all over) is really going to be a new experience.
It is only for Pro users. Really only needed if you run more than 1 game, but if you do, it is such a powerful and useful resource.
Wonderful videos! How can I share the tokens in games I'm a player?
With a pro account you gain access to a feature called Transmog. It allows you to move content from one campaign to another, including any character sheets and linked tokens you have made. If you run more than one roll20 game I strongly encourage gaining access Transmog, it is very useful.
Oh as a player you’d have to use character vault. It’s way more cumbersome than transmog but it will let you move over tokens you have made as a player.
When I select something for a token it defaults to a medium(one cell) creature size 99/100 times. Any tricks to get it to work?
When you select? So, when you first drag an asset into Roll20 from your computer, it normally imports at the original resolution, this is usually too big. If you drag something in from the library, and you have a grid turned on, it will shrink down to be 1x1 grid, which is usually too small. To prevent this you can work on the GM layer, or hold ALT while you drag in the asset from your library. Once a token is sized, if you register it to a sheet at that size it will always drag in at the size you registered it at. So once built correctly my fireball will be 20' radius every time I drag one out.
CrashGem oh there’s the trick!
@@DefaultProphet Sweet. Glad you figured it out.
How do you create the chat template boxes?
chat template boxes? Can you elaborate a bit or give me a time stamp of an example?
@@CrashGem around 6:10 you have Personality Trait, Ideal, Bond in the chat - how did you create those kind of templates?
@@rasmusmller2716 ah. those were created by rolling randomly for traits while using the charactermancer. Basically, it's just the results of a rolled table with a style template applied. If you want to format your own macros to look like you'd need to dig deeper into macro scripting.
@@CrashGem aah perfect, I understand now :-)
Would you share the template? Since it's not "default" (purple box) and not "=desc" - or where I can find information about the template you used (it's not on the official Roll20 templates wiki)
So how do I get these assets into a game I am the player of. thanks, these are great!
You could create your own roll20 game, build all the stuff you want, and use Character Vault to bring the stuff over to your GM's roll20 game. The GM would then need to assign the assets to you.
Love these videos :)
Glad you like them!
Very useful, thanks!
You're welcome!
This is a really cool idea im definitely going to use. Where did you get the art for the tokens? I followed your dmsguild link and there was only a few in that product
It's all art stumbled across online for the most part. With tools like token tool and token stamp you can grab art you like and make tokens for your game with relative ease.
Awesome I’m adding this
Do it! Lots of great template art available now.
Thanks, very helpful.
Happy to help!
There is no transmogfi tool on my roll20, is that a paid feature?
It is a paid feature. If you plan to run more than one game it is a tremendously useful tool.
@@CrashGem Thanks for the info, think ill pay for the plus version soon. and also thanks for the tutorials, mate. keep up the good work
@@alexandreg1565 I definitely plan to. Working on some player videos next.
@@CrashGem Ist it a Pro-Feature than? I'm Plus-Subscriber for two years now but can't find that.
@@sirpwn8538 ah this comment got lost in my notifications. Yea Transmog is a Pro feature (the priciest plan).
Thank you! These are great! Really good. One question... I'm new to this, so sorry if I should know, but how do you get your spell tokens to always go underneath the player tokens? Mine often go on top of them.
New assets always stack above existing assets. You can (as the GM) right click > "move to back" to make it appear below everything else. Sadly no settings to set the default for this. Though I am sure there are API scripts that can make this the default.
@@CrashGem Thanks!
Like when I heard about Transmog I was like - Thanks GOD of my GOD!....
why do my spell tokens cover the players
You have to right click move to back or drop on the map layer.
Those free ones are a bit problematic: for the cones, the art isactually quite a lot shorter than the box itself, so not optimal for visual representation
Yea I found the best thing I could do was set up my most common spells manually so the size and look matched what I needed. Was a ton of work but I was very happy with the results. Hopefully they add a template tool to roll20 eventually like FVTT has.
Can you buy and sell these kind of things on Roll20? You could make some coin I reckon!
I mean... I could... It would be nice if the template art sets came with a 5e friendly prebuilt NPC sheet, that's for sure.
This is a solid pack, already set up: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/gameaddon/460/area-of-effect-template-pack