Companions, summons and mounts on the D&D sheet

Familiars, beasts, summons and mounts with their numbers already worked out, putting them on the map and calling or dismissing them; the bastion is still in testing.

The D&D sheet also carries whatever goes along with the character: the familiar, the ranger's beast, the artificer's steel defender, what a spell summons and your own mounts. Each one brings its numbers already worked out with your sheet, its actions in the same table as yours and, if you want, its token on the map.

Where it is

Both are at the bottom of the Combat tab. Companions and summons appear when the character can bring any; if it cannot summon anything, that section does not appear. Mounts are always there, under Mounts.

Requirements and permissions

Whoever plays the character handles them; whoever views the sheet read-only sees them without touching. To put them on the map the character must be in a campaign with a table.

Companions and summons

They are listed by their source (the spell that summons them or the feature that grants them) with hit points, armor and reach computed from your level and abilities: the steel defender, for example, shows the number and not the formula. They update by themselves when you level up.

  • HP are typed in and shown on a bar; the only things saved are the chosen form, the current HP and whether it has gone away.
  • Their attacks and damage roll from the sheet, like yours.
  • Bring to the map puts it on the map and Dismiss removes it from the count; Call back brings it back with full HP.

Mounts

Add mount creates a mount from a base (warhorse, riding horse, draft horse, pony, mule, camel, elephant) or Blank. Each has its name, maximum HP, AC and a backpack; the carrying capacity comes from its Strength and size if you do not set it. Copies its AC, HP, Strength and size, and brings its stat block when put on the map. With Put on the map it appears on the map, where another token can mount it. Items from your backpack move to the mount's by dropping them on it.

The bastion

The Bastion tab, with the facilities and their per-turn orders, is in testing: for now it is only offered to some accounts and is not open to everyone. This guide will describe it when it opens.

Frequent problems

"The companions section does not show." It only appears if the character has a feature or spell that summons.

"The mount does not go to the map." Check that the character is in a campaign; if it could not be done, the sheet says so.

See also

The D&D 5e sheet, Automated D&D: what the app rolls for you, Tokens: moving, picking and the menu, Combat at the table.

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