- Getting Started
- Rolling Dice
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Running a Game
- Create Game
- Navigating Astral Maps
- Inviting players to your game
- Game Portal
- Maps
- Vision Restrictions and Effects (Dynamic Lighting)
- Characters
- Handouts and Documents
- Initiative Tracker
- Chat
- Audio Player and Dynamic Audio
- Action Bar
- Game Settings
- Shortcuts
- Context Menus
- Drawing Tools
- Visual FX
- Weather
- Character Sheets
- Map Editor
- My Vault
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Advanced Use
- Available Fonts in Astral
- Supported Files
- Replacing Sheet Pages Without Removing Contents
- Player View: Previewing as a Player
- Astral Performance Optimization
- Using Markdown in Astral
- Getting Best Results with Animated Maps
- Subscription Status, And How It Affects Your Party
- Additional Artistic Resoures Links
- Software Conflict Troubleshooting
- Beta Testing
- Beyond20 - D&DBeyond Integration: Support and Resources
- Guides and Tutorials
- FAQs
- Official Content
- Publishing on Astral
- Submit Bug Report
Chat
The Basics
Tabletop Chat allows players and GMs to chat or emote as characters. If the icon next to the input forms shows your avatar, you are speaking as yourself, Out-of-Character (OOC).
You can also combine multiple rolls within messages, as shown here:
You can also use the dice buttons to quickly build rolls on-the-fly, as seen here:
For more information about rolls and syntax, check out the Dice Rolling section.
Clearing Chat
To clear chat, access the hamburger menu next to the input field, and select the "Clear" option. This action is not undoable!
Private Messaging
Private messaging between players, or from GM to player, is not yet supported. However we do have support for private messaging from players to GMs. There are several ways to accomplish this.
If it's an action on a character sheet, you can right click the action and select "Send to GM" to have it only visible to your GM(s) and yourself.
If you want to send any chat message to a GM, you can use the /gm
or /dm
chat commands. Starting a message with /dm
(for example: /dm hey can I steal the macguffin from player2?
) will likewise make that message only visible to you and the GM.