
"20" or "ABC") and for numerical values you can also enter relative values (i.e. By clicking on the bubble, you can change the value. These three input bubbles can be used by players or the GM to keep track of health, turns, money, fuel, or any other useful metric for your game. This can be very useful when aligning tokens that do not have identical dimensions. However, by holding the Alt key while using the image handles to resize you can temporarily disable this functionality. If you are using a grid for your play area, typically when resizing a token, it will snap to the grid. The rotation handle represents the "front" of the token and can be used to orient the token to face any desired direction. Additionally, each token has a rotation handle that juts out from the token itself. You can use these image handles in order to change the size of the token. Resizing and Rotating TokensĮvery token is accompanied by image handles on each of the corners of the token and in the middle of each side. Image Handles) to greatly simplify the process. You can always scale the token image by right-clicking and selecting Advanced > Set Dimensions you can also make use of a grid that can influence other methods of changing image scale (i.e. To upload your custom token markers in the first place, you’ll want to visit the Token Marker Library (available in the Tools menu) where you can create and manage entire sets of custom token markers.Any image that is placed on the Objects and Tokens or the GM Info Overlay layer will automatically become a Token object. Outside it, you can add multiple sets to one game AND re-order them from the Game Details page. Inside the Virtual Tabletop, your custom token markers will appear in the same token overlay menu as before. Name change aside, you’ll find a lot that’s familiar here. We’re also aware that some tabletop systems use terms like “condition” instead of “status,” and far be it from us to tell you which word you should use! So Custom Token Markers it is.


How many fish does Sir Bearington have in their pocket? Maybe your “fish” token marker helps you make Sir Bearington’s pocket inventory both trackable and visible. There’s also a new feature on the Game Details page that lets you choose which token sets you want to make available in your games!Īlong with the new functionality, we also changed the name of this feature from “token status” to “token marker.” (Don’t worry, API Pros: we kept the same “statusmarkers” programming object so this change wouldn’t break your scripts.) This system is often used to indicate a status (like “sleeping” or “poisoned”), but we were inspired by watching our users find other, creative ways to use them in their games. We’ve added a new Token Marker Library to allow you to create and customize as many sets as you want. But we knew we wanted to support a wide variety of game systems and aesthetics, and your votes showed us that you felt the same way. One of the most popular items on our Suggestions Forum has become a reality: say hello to Custom Token Markers!įor a long time, we’ve supplied a basic set of generic token markers that automatically load in every game.
