Tokens: moving, picking and the menu

Moving and picking tokens, the right-click menu, the card, conditions and the table menus.

A token is what stands for a character, a creature or an object on the map. This guide covers how a token moves, how it is picked, what its right-click menu and its card offer, how to work with several at once, and which other right-click menus the table has.

Where to find it

Tokens live on the table's map. A token's menu opens with a right-click on it; on a touch screen, by holding it down, and from the keyboard with Shift F10. The card opens with Enter on the picked token, and its settings with E. To move around the map without touching anything else there is the Move tool, and for measuring Measure.

Moving a token

With the Move tool active, drag the token to its square and let go. The token snaps to the grid.
While you drag, a strip of keys tells you what is available: Shift moves without grid snapping, Space sets a waypoint, Backspace removes the last waypoint, and a right-click or Esc cancels the move. Whoever runs the game also has Alt on release, which leaves the token hidden from the players.
The key strip only shows the first few times you move; it comes back while you hold down the "?" key.
If you would rather trace the route with the ruler, pick Measure, start on a token, add steps with clicks and press the Move button (or Space). Cancel leaves everything as it was.

Who can move what is up to the GM through Move tokens. A token locked on the map cannot be dragged.

Picking a token and its card

One click picks the token (yours; the GM can pick any) and it stays marked. A second click right after opens its sheet or, for a GM's creature, its stat block.
The card is a small window next to the token with what you touch in the middle of a turn. It opens by holding the token down, with Ctrl (or Cmd) and click, with Enter or from the right-click menu. It closes with its button, with Esc or when you tap something else on the map.
If you want an ordinary click to open the card too, turn on "Open the token card with a click" in the table customisation.

The card has four sections: Health, Conditions, Quick actions and Visibility and control. To deal damage or heal, type an amount in its field and press Damage or Heal, or type it directly: Enter applies damage, "+5" heals 5 and "=20" sets health to 20.

Note. Players only see the health of the GM's creatures if Enemy health allows it; with "Hidden" the card says "Health is not shown".

The menu is built from who opens it and which token it is: not every row always shows. The actions of the moment go on top and, set apart at the bottom, whatever cannot be undone lightly.

Entry	What it does	Who
Card	Opens the token card	The GM or the owner, on the map
See sheet / View its stat block	Opens the sheet or the stat block	The GM or the owner; the block, if the table lets them see it
Target	Marks the token as the target of attacks (`T`)	The GM
Act as...	Use that character's action bar	The GM
Speak and roll as...	Speak and roll as that creature	The GM, on creatures
Roll its initiative	With combat under way, rolls its initiative, adjusts its value, holds or delays its turn and moves it up or down the order (see Combat at the table)	The GM; the owner, roll only
Effects	Applies the table's effects to that token, or creates a new one	The GM
Damage or healing…	Opens the damage or healing window	The GM or the owner, on creatures with HP
Ask for a roll…	Asks that character for a roll	The GM, on characters
Health	Adjust HP (step 1, step 5 with Shift); the GM also gets maximum HP and "roll HP" when there is a formula	The GM or the owner
Conditions	Add or remove conditions and effects, with the stack count and the defences	The GM or the owner
Combat	Put in or take out of combat, lock, hide and choose what players see of it	The GM
Looks	Size, ring colour, frame, the light it carries and the next side of its image	The GM or the owner
More	Elevation, facing, mount and dismount, copy, duplicate, save to the library, link to an NPC and Token settings…	Depends on the entry
Remove from the map	Removes the token; the notice lets you undo it	The GM

If you right-click twice in a row on the same token, the second one opens its settings directly: see Token settings.

Conditions and health

Under Conditions you tick conditions with one tap. Those that can stack show "×N" and a button to add one more application. "Other condition…" opens the rest. Active effects appear on top, by name.
The defences submenu (Resistances and defenses…) marks resistances, vulnerabilities and immunities per damage type.
In combat, conditions can carry a duration in rounds: see Combat at the table.
Each condition has its icon, the same on the token, in the Combatants panel and on the sheet.

Several tokens at once

The GM can work with many tokens without opening each one's menu.

Pick several: Shift and click adds or removes a token; dragging a box with the Select tool (Shift S) picks whatever falls inside. On a touch screen, holding a token opens its card; for several, use the box.
The Actions on the selection bar appears with "N selected". It offers Number, Hide or Reveal, Into combat or Out of combat, Group, Condition, Damage or healing, Health to maximum and Set health. Delete asks for confirmation.
Bulk drag: with something picked, press inside its box and drag; everything marked moves at once.
Selection filter: with the Select tool, Shift Q drops or restores the What gets selected filter. You can leave ticked only what you want: creatures and NPCs, walls, doors, lights, players, objects and effects, drawings and notes, sounds, zones and paths. That way a box over a corridor does not grab the walls by accident.
Groups: Group gives the chosen creatures a shared name. A group is a prepared combat: you can start combat with just it, add it to the combat under way, roll a shared initiative or hide it. It shows up foldable in the Combatants panel; see Combat at the table.

Tip. The selection bar's actions on tokens go through the same path as a token's menu, so they can be undone the same way.

Mounting and anchoring

Mount… (inside More) puts one token on another: its own mount comes first, if the sheet has one, and nearby creatures below. Mounted, they move together; Dismount separates them.
A vehicle (turned on in the token's settings) carries everything dropped onto it aboard; its menu shows "Aboard (N)" and you can let each passenger off, or everyone.
In the token's settings, "Anchored to" fixes one token to another (a familiar on a shoulder): see Token settings.

Right-click menus on the table

The table uses the same universal menu everywhere: right-click, long press or Shift F10. What it offers depends on what is under the cursor; the menu on the bare floor repeats the "⋯ The table" one. More about the menu system in Right-click, ⋯ and Undo.

Menu	Opens on	What it offers	Who
Token	A token	Everything in the table above	The GM or the owner
Map floor	An empty spot on the map	Ping here, Bring everyone here, Center the view here, token, quick NPC, light, note, text or zone here, measure from here, paste here, reveal or cover a fog square, change floor	Ping and centre, everyone; the rest, the GM
Light	A light on the map	Settings, turn on or off, move to another floor, duplicate and remove	The GM
Wall	A wall	Settings, wall type, hide from players, duplicate and remove	The GM
Door	A door	Open or close, lock it, make it secret, type, settings and remove	The GM
Image or prop	A placed image	Settings, lock, rotate, flip, size, layer, use it if it is interactive, duplicate and remove	The GM
Text or note	A label on the map	Edit, hide from players, show, duplicate and remove	The GM and its author
Effect, sound, portal, zone, path	Each in its place	Settings (the effect: rotate and size), close or open the portal, arm the zone, hide, duplicate and remove	The GM
Area template	A template	Select who is inside, rotate, remove	The GM and its author
Combatant	A row in the Combatants panel	The creature's actions and conditions	Depends on the row
Combat group	A group's header	Start combat with it, add or remove, shared initiative, hide, rename, disband	The GM

Everything destructive in these menus comes with a notice and an undo button. Light, wall and door are explained in Fog, vision and light and Walls, doors, portals and cover.

Table options

They are changed in Table settings, in the players and table sections; the ones that affect combat are explained in Combat at the table.

Option	What it does	Default
Move tokens	Who can move tokens: Only their own, Anyone or No one	Only their own
Enemy health	What players see of enemy health: Hidden, Condition only or With numbers	Condition only
Sheets they can see	Which sheets they can open besides their own: Their own, Allies' or All	Their own
Can draw on the map	Whether players can draw on the map	Yes
Can ping the map	Whether players can ping points on the map	Yes
When combat or the map closes	What happens when combat or the map closes: Everyone goes back to the scene or Nobody moves	Everyone goes back to the scene

Common problems

"A player cannot move their token." Check Move tokens: with "No one" only the GM moves. The token may also be locked on the map; unlock it under Combat.

"Right-clicking a token does not open the menu." If a move or a measurement is half done, the right-click cancels it first. Press it again.

"I cannot find the entry I am looking for in the menu." Not every entry always shows: players see less than the GM, and each row depends on the token (no HP, no Health; no sheet, no See sheet).

"A selection box grabs my walls." With the Select tool use Shift Q to choose which kinds of thing get picked.