This is easily the most beginner friendly breakdown of Roll20 that I've seen so far! Pleeeaaase do the version from a DM's perspective. Both campaigns that I'm in have started using Roll20 while we play remotely, but we just use our D&D Beyond character sheets that are open in another tab. It's already made and it's really simple to just toggle over. But one for the DMs who are new to using Roll20 that's as accessible as this one was would be such a huge help!
You can actually use a chrome extension called "Beyond20" which links your DnD Beyond character sheet to Roll20. You could directly roll on your attacks on DnD Beyond that way.
@@ashutoshmohapatra7320 I know for sure some of us won't want to download something when we can just move to the very next tab, hahaha. If we planned on staying a digital campaign, maybe, but I think we'd all rather just move to the next tab to use the layout we're most familiar with for now. But that's cool that that exists! Also, all of us use real dice. Rolling digital dice is way less fun and really takes away from the experience for us.
Things you can put in chat to roll for ability checks: /r 1d20 + any modifiers (for checks) /r 2d20kh1 + modifiers (rolling for advantage) /r 2d20kl1 + modifiers (rolling for disadvantage)
Btw you can drag in your spells, weapons, equipment and Warnock invocations from the compendium and just put them into the sheet and it will do it for you. Hope this helps someone :)
I would be interested in seeing the GM side, I have run a few games with roll20 but you never know if you missed something... unless you read tutorials I guess.
The SRD compendium click & drag feature makes *some* of the pain go away. Getting the group to contribute so you can make the compendium work for you...? So good...
I watched this video even though I have 2 ongoing roll20 campaigns going on and found the solution to the "constantly rolling with advantage problem", thanks davvy
Wow Davvy! You made a tutorial about Roll20 that didn't take 2 hrs to explain. I applaud at thee. Now give us some sweet education as how to DM in it so that we all roll 20s like you
Love the vid, but I have to say charactermancer can be very helpful, despite its flaws, here's an example: youre making a half-orc barbarian, simply go to the charactermancer, pick halforc, then pick barbarian. it'll automatically present you with the race features anf skill profeciency choices of the class (choosing from a drop down box). On the equipment tab if you choose to start with class starting equipment it also gives you the choices. If the other tabs are unnecessary after that, simply finish using the charactermancer, and whatever you have input before is already in the sheet. -Rage? check -Battle axe & javelins? Check -Relentless endurance? Check -Brutal Critical? Check -Halforc profeciency with intimidation? Check -any other profeciencies you chose? Check each with their description (if applies) and in the correct place, hell even the starting pack of your choice and the equipment within it. Sure it isn't amazing without buying more content but it saves you from manually inputting the menial basic stuff.
We just started a Roll20 campaign today, and this is by far the best tutorial on how to get a character made and how to use the sheet that I have seen. And as an added bonus, I learned about Beyond20 through the comments, streamlining everything! Well done Davvy!
Okay now I've been enlightening to the fact that that character sheet thing even exists I've never known in all my years of using roll20 and trying to make games by myself but that was a thing I just kept using Google docs to keep track of everything and thought that the character sheet thing was a paid for thing that people who bought the product got had no idea how to use it this will be very useful for my moving forward with things
Not sure if you knew but most of the basic stuff can be searched on the compendium tab and dragged onto your sheet. That adds it and all it's macro stuff automatically. It is very helpful.
dude not gonna lie I desperately need you to make that dm's guide one, I've been using roll 20 for about a year as a player and didn't know all the stuff you can do with spell cards, this was super helpful, and I'm mega excited to learn more
I don't know who you are, or what you do (Probaly DnD stuff funny enough) but i subscribed and liked just for this video because it was so well made. Thank you for your help. -Random guy who refuse to spend all his money on DnD stuff to get expansions
I would love a follow up of this targeted for DM's. Planning to make a campaign using Roll20 for some time now to give my normal DM a chance to play for once, but figuring out maps and such is daunting and slow progress. This was a very nice and comprehensive guide, so I look forward to such a follow up for DM's. Keep up the good work, good sir!
Wow. I am shook. I didn't think you could speak slow enough to make a tutorial this easy to follow; then this video blew me away. What an absolutely amazing tutorial! Such a great job, Davvy! This is going to help so many people :D You the best! As a preference, I still use the charactermancer before editing manually (to save time + effort). Especially if creating a caster. That's just preference though.
Please do make that video on DMing for Roll20. I’d like to start an online campaign some day soon, and your guide was the most new player friendly video I’ve seen about Roll20. You explained everything really well, thanks for the awesome video!
HEY DAVVY. Get educational again, I wanna see this from the DM's perspective! I've been floundering, getting it to work, but consider making another vid!!!! This one just turned out so well. I have used it numerous times for numerous groups
If you do own all the content character mancer is really nice. I use it as a DM to keep my infrequent PCs sheets leveled. It's also really nice if you want to whip up a NPC with PC levels, or if you want to experiment with optimization and leveling through different builds. That and the drag and drop MM is really what keeps me on roll20 as a DM. Dynamic lighting is neat too, and adds a lot to dungeon exploration. You can also drag and drag every mundane item, which is really nice for weapons and armor. I think all the magic items outside of XGE are in there too.
you can drag stuff from the compendium onto a character sheet. so search for searing ray -> drag -> it'll auto-populate the spell (or the item, proficiency, etc). This is great cause it'll also populate attacks / ac+initiative calculations, which helps for new players.
Fucking subbed. +1 sir. Short, entertaining and your voice doesn't make me want to become a hermit in the woods with squirrel friends (haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....) Well done.
Me and my friends use dnd beyond and owlbear rodeo for the maps. If we found this out earlier we could have used this. Although 2 of the players only uses smartphones, I don't know how mobile phone friendly roll 20 is compared to dnd beyond. And we managed to finish a full campaign with two of us only using phones. In our next campaign we pooled in some cash so our dm can unlock races\subclasses\feats and share the content among the party.
You can also!!! Download beyond20 browser extension, to roll straight from you character sheet on dnd beyond! OR... if everyone doesn’t want to download something, just use the “beyond importer” script they also have people’s characters sheets get imported in a few easy steps!
Hey bro thanks for this vid has really made roll20 easier to understand and will definitely have to give my account another go also LV ur channel bro hope u are staying safe
When you are putting an attack cantrip like Fire Bolt on your sheet, be sure to change the level progression under the attack section of the spell to be “Cantrip Dice”. That way it will auto roll multiple damage dice when you reach the appropriate level. Use “cantrip beam”for eldritch blast only.
If anyone is shopping for different virtual tabletops, Roll20 is, I think, pretty easily the best free option and probably the best option if you are using modules. That said, if you're running a homebrew campaign of any kind and don't mind throwing down a one-time $50, Foundry is vastly better and I absolutely recommend it.
I played with the free version for almost a year without any issues at all. The only reasons I went Pro were because of Dynamic Lighting and API support. I do agree with the Charactermancer thing. I was using the Charactermancer for a while without buying the PHB or other books for Roll20. It was a pain in the ass where more than half the subclasses wouldn't be available.
Armour class is not actually calculated manually, it's calculated automatically based on your dex if you have no armour, and if you use items from the compendium which give you armour class then it will incorporate that. There are options in the options tab for changing how all of this works so that you can have automatic tracking of Unarmored Defense or similar things.
The compendium also has a ton of items, which come with attack stats for weapons, auto-AC calculation for armor, and macros for quite a few stat-boosting items.
Absolutely interested in a DM perspective video. This has been a wonderful explanation, you're helpful today Davvy. Don't worry, I won't hold you to this standard lol
Trying to play d and d online because people in my country don't really play it and this vid is a godsend,hope you make the em version of this so I can actually get my friends to play it since we can't get the hard copy stuff
there's also map tools , however , even if it gives you way more options, you need to do everything yourself, from writing the macros(or import them from the community) and preparing the maps
Despite 3.x being more complex than 5e, the character creation on Roll20 is, I daresay, better than in paper. Except for equipment and spells. That's when you just gotta trust your friends and have them all make paper lists.
*Me already halfway through a campaign on roll20
"Better watch this, just to be safe."
Caught you with that FOMA
I was literally typing this comment when I read yours! 😂😂
tbh be honest
Same been using it for years, but watching this just in case....
same
This is easily the most beginner friendly breakdown of Roll20 that I've seen so far! Pleeeaaase do the version from a DM's perspective. Both campaigns that I'm in have started using Roll20 while we play remotely, but we just use our D&D Beyond character sheets that are open in another tab. It's already made and it's really simple to just toggle over. But one for the DMs who are new to using Roll20 that's as accessible as this one was would be such a huge help!
You can actually use a chrome extension called "Beyond20" which links your DnD Beyond character sheet to Roll20. You could directly roll on your attacks on DnD Beyond that way.
@@ashutoshmohapatra7320 I know for sure some of us won't want to download something when we can just move to the very next tab, hahaha. If we planned on staying a digital campaign, maybe, but I think we'd all rather just move to the next tab to use the layout we're most familiar with for now. But that's cool that that exists!
Also, all of us use real dice. Rolling digital dice is way less fun and really takes away from the experience for us.
Fire bolt has a range of 120 feet good job
My mom told me she's proud of me.
@@DavvyChappy Can't relate.
Glad I found this
"Warning, educational!"
Wait, since when this channel is dedicated to guides? I thought it was all about sexy voices, innuendos and hating the feys
I’m almost at 100k, I need to diversify my *brand*
ESPECIALLY THE WIZARD
Says coronavirus in the first 5 minutes:
UA-cam: fine, I guess I'll keep all this money
HE IS MAKING EDUCATIONAL STUFF!
OH NOOOOOO
Shhhh, it’s actually really great content!
Things you can put in chat to roll for ability checks:
/r 1d20 + any modifiers (for checks)
/r 2d20kh1 + modifiers (rolling for advantage)
/r 2d20kl1 + modifiers (rolling for disadvantage)
/r 1d8 + modifiers + 2d6 (combining damage ex: rogue sneak attack)
/r 3d6 + modifiers + 18 (adding a constant such as optional crit rule)
/r 1d20 - modifiers (subtraction works too)
Btw you can drag in your spells, weapons, equipment and Warnock invocations from the compendium and just put them into the sheet and it will do it for you. Hope this helps someone :)
Yes, but only the base ones, so i recommend to double check in case one might be missing on casting a cool spell like necrotic bell
This helps me! Cheers
I wish this was up earlier, I have been having such a hard time trying to lead my players through Roll20. Thank you so much Davvy for making this!
Heck yeah, I would like more of that sweet education juice. I'm really curious about the process from a DM's perspective!
I would be interested in seeing the GM side, I have run a few games with roll20 but you never know if you missed something... unless you read tutorials I guess.
Over the past few days i played my first 2 games ever of DnD on roll20 and had so much fun
The SRD compendium click & drag feature makes *some* of the pain go away.
Getting the group to contribute so you can make the compendium work for you...? So good...
Thank you, my 5 hour struggles of figuring out why sheets weren't appearing is over....
Now I can just link my players your video once more! Thank you Davvy for explaining things for me.
This must be the most entertaining Roll20 tutorial in the realms of UA-cam.
I watched this video even though I have 2 ongoing roll20 campaigns going on and found the solution to the "constantly rolling with advantage problem", thanks davvy
This is hands down the most comprehensive and BRIEF roll20 explaination. Thank you.
I’ve always been confused by the roll20 stuff. This turned out to be a godsend.
Wow Davvy! You made a tutorial about Roll20 that didn't take 2 hrs to explain. I applaud at thee. Now give us some sweet education as how to DM in it so that we all roll 20s like you
Love the vid, but I have to say charactermancer can be very helpful, despite its flaws, here's an example:
youre making a half-orc barbarian, simply go to the charactermancer, pick halforc, then pick barbarian. it'll automatically present you with the race features anf skill profeciency choices of the class (choosing from a drop down box). On the equipment tab if you choose to start with class starting equipment it also gives you the choices.
If the other tabs are unnecessary after that, simply finish using the charactermancer, and whatever you have input before is already in the sheet.
-Rage? check
-Battle axe & javelins? Check
-Relentless endurance? Check
-Brutal Critical? Check
-Halforc profeciency with intimidation? Check
-any other profeciencies you chose? Check
each with their description (if applies) and in the correct place, hell even the starting pack of your choice and the equipment within it.
Sure it isn't amazing without buying more content but it saves you from manually inputting the menial basic stuff.
Good video
We use roll 20 and discord to play nowadays
"But you just have to type it out and you'll never have to do it again"
*Cries in casters that picks their spells each day*
Wow this was not only an informative tutorial, but it was very entertaining
The whole 'dragging spells over' thing literally saved my life, thank you so much.
We just started a Roll20 campaign today, and this is by far the best tutorial on how to get a character made and how to use the sheet that I have seen.
And as an added bonus, I learned about Beyond20 through the comments, streamlining everything! Well done Davvy!
I definitely want that DMs perspective video! Had to move an ongoing game of Curse of Strahd from in person to Roll20 because of the Rona.
As a non tech savvy individual I'm glad Tech Savvy Chappy was here to help
I put this in my dnd server and it has helped so many new players
Top tear work man
I was about to have by first run on roll 20! Keep them coming! This was super helpful
I got the notification while watching the video so good job youtube
I would certainly love to see more about Roll20
8:04 Bro you cant catch me off guard like that i was drinking water XD
Exactally what I needed, I like the way you explain this man keep it up
Okay now I've been enlightening to the fact that that character sheet thing even exists I've never known in all my years of using roll20 and trying to make games by myself but that was a thing I just kept using Google docs to keep track of everything and thought that the character sheet thing was a paid for thing that people who bought the product got had no idea how to use it this will be very useful for my moving forward with things
Not sure if you knew but most of the basic stuff can be searched on the compendium tab and dragged onto your sheet. That adds it and all it's macro stuff automatically. It is very helpful.
Lol nvm if I would finish the video fully I would have seen you already put that in lol.
I would love a video from a DM's Perspective
also just in case you forgot.
YOU ARE AMAZING DAVVY!!!
Ahh cool a new Davvy chappy video and.... aAAH AAAHHH AHHH I DIDN'T READ THIS IS EDUCATIONAL!! AHHHHHH NOO! I'M MELTING. HOW COULD YOU CHAPPY!
This is the most friendly and quick version I have seen, I just sent this to my whole table so hopefully we can use Roll20
Hell yes to the GM Guide video!
I didn't know about the SRD dragging spells! I've been manually writing spells for 50 some odd characters for 3 years! Thank you so much!
dude not gonna lie I desperately need you to make that dm's guide one, I've been using roll 20 for about a year as a player and didn't know all the stuff you can do with spell cards, this was super helpful, and I'm mega excited to learn more
I am dying for a DM version! This was super informative, thanks Davvy
Oh wow, I did not know you could drag and drop spells directly onto the sheet. This would've saved me so much headache!
I just started a campaign on r20 so your timing is amazing.
This is painful. I literally finished my friends' sheets the DAY before this came out.
Nicholas vanDonkersgoed I will go back in time and release this just for you.
yo love the content keep up the great work
Yo, as an avid D&D player, this video is a BIG help to me, and I appreciate the living HELL out of it! Keep up the good work, m'dude
I don't know who you are, or what you do (Probaly DnD stuff funny enough) but i subscribed and liked just for this video because it was so well made. Thank you for your help. -Random guy who refuse to spend all his money on DnD stuff to get expansions
PLEASE DO THE DM VERSION PLEASE
I would love a follow up of this targeted for DM's. Planning to make a campaign using Roll20 for some time now to give my normal DM a chance to play for once, but figuring out maps and such is daunting and slow progress. This was a very nice and comprehensive guide, so I look forward to such a follow up for DM's. Keep up the good work, good sir!
Definitely sending this to my players, thanks dude
Wow. I am shook. I didn't think you could speak slow enough to make a tutorial this easy to follow; then this video blew me away. What an absolutely amazing tutorial! Such a great job, Davvy! This is going to help so many people :D You the best!
As a preference, I still use the charactermancer before editing manually (to save time + effort). Especially if creating a caster. That's just preference though.
Good timing! I just had to learn this myself the other day. I'm joining my first game in a week. Love you're work!
Please do make that video on DMing for Roll20. I’d like to start an online campaign some day soon, and your guide was the most new player friendly video I’ve seen about Roll20. You explained everything really well, thanks for the awesome video!
HEY DAVVY. Get educational again, I wanna see this from the DM's perspective! I've been floundering, getting it to work, but consider making another vid!!!! This one just turned out so well. I have used it numerous times for numerous groups
If you do own all the content character mancer is really nice. I use it as a DM to keep my infrequent PCs sheets leveled. It's also really nice if you want to whip up a NPC with PC levels, or if you want to experiment with optimization and leveling through different builds. That and the drag and drop MM is really what keeps me on roll20 as a DM. Dynamic lighting is neat too, and adds a lot to dungeon exploration. You can also drag and drag every mundane item, which is really nice for weapons and armor. I think all the magic items outside of XGE are in there too.
Omg I just learned how to use roll20! I just finished ranting to my friend how I wished their was a video explaining how to use roll20!
Yes to DM's perspective, please.
PS - You are my wife's fab D&D UA-camr.
Been waiting for something like this for a while. THANK YOU
you can drag stuff from the compendium onto a character sheet. so search for searing ray -> drag -> it'll auto-populate the spell (or the item, proficiency, etc). This is great cause it'll also populate attacks / ac+initiative calculations, which helps for new players.
Fucking subbed. +1 sir. Short, entertaining and your voice doesn't make me want to become a hermit in the woods with squirrel friends (haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay....) Well done.
You can also use the compendium to drag and drop items and weapons onto your character sheet as well.
Me and my friends use dnd beyond and owlbear rodeo for the maps. If we found this out earlier we could have used this. Although 2 of the players only uses smartphones, I don't know how mobile phone friendly roll 20 is compared to dnd beyond. And we managed to finish a full campaign with two of us only using phones. In our next campaign we pooled in some cash so our dm can unlock races\subclasses\feats and share the content among the party.
You can also!!! Download beyond20 browser extension, to roll straight from you character sheet on dnd beyond! OR... if everyone doesn’t want to download something, just use the “beyond importer” script they also have people’s characters sheets get imported in a few easy steps!
Hey bro thanks for this vid has really made roll20 easier to understand and will definitely have to give my account another go also LV ur channel bro hope u are staying safe
super helpful video. Good info, to the point, entertaining. Thank you.
When you are putting an attack cantrip like Fire Bolt on your sheet, be sure to change the level progression under the attack section of the spell to be “Cantrip Dice”. That way it will auto roll multiple damage dice when you reach the appropriate level.
Use “cantrip beam”for eldritch blast only.
If anyone is shopping for different virtual tabletops, Roll20 is, I think, pretty easily the best free option and probably the best option if you are using modules. That said, if you're running a homebrew campaign of any kind and don't mind throwing down a one-time $50, Foundry is vastly better and I absolutely recommend it.
I played with the free version for almost a year without any issues at all. The only reasons I went Pro were because of Dynamic Lighting and API support. I do agree with the Charactermancer thing. I was using the Charactermancer for a while without buying the PHB or other books for Roll20. It was a pain in the ass where more than half the subclasses wouldn't be available.
Thanks for the education warning
I fucking love you man. Please make more R20 tutorials... I am begging you!
last time i was this early, especially the wizard was still funny
Ashton it’s still funny tho
I never found it funny, but that's just me
Armour class is not actually calculated manually, it's calculated automatically based on your dex if you have no armour, and if you use items from the compendium which give you armour class then it will incorporate that. There are options in the options tab for changing how all of this works so that you can have automatic tracking of Unarmored Defense or similar things.
This is great!!! Thanks Davvy-Chan
The compendium also has a ton of items, which come with attack stats for weapons, auto-AC calculation for armor, and macros for quite a few stat-boosting items.
That's so great! I've tried to find some tutorials for this but jeez: there's so difficult to follow. Thanks for the video!
Thank you Davvyy this video is great
I would indeed like more educational videos on online dnd
YES we want DM guide to Roll20
As a DM, please teach me oh Davviest of Chappies
The crit part on the attack roll is extra damage for a crit, if your weapon doesn’t do anything special on a crit then you don’t need to change it.
This was super helpful and beginner friendly thank you! Hope you decide to do a GM specific one!
This was fantastic and made it easy to use
I would REALLY wanna watch the DM version of this video! >_< The video is great btw!
System reference also works for the base class/ races in the PHB (not all subclass/ subraces included)
Absolutely interested in a DM perspective video. This has been a wonderful explanation, you're helpful today Davvy. Don't worry, I won't hold you to this standard lol
Trying to play d and d online because people in my country don't really play it and this vid is a godsend,hope you make the em version of this so I can actually get my friends to play it since we can't get the hard copy stuff
Very well done video. You are very entertaining to listen to lol
After the Nolan T. controversy, I'm surprised guides are still being made. Good guide, maybe I'm holding a grudge.
Oh a DM video like this would be really helpful!
Kinda hoping this becomes a series of sorts. I know some of my friends could use some help with Roll20's GMing side.
there's also map tools , however , even if it gives you way more options, you need to do everything yourself, from writing the macros(or import them from the community) and preparing the maps
I need more of this!!!!!!!!!!!
Despite 3.x being more complex than 5e, the character creation on Roll20 is, I daresay, better than in paper. Except for equipment and spells. That's when you just gotta trust your friends and have them all make paper lists.
I love how he prefixed that it was educational, for the naysayers but was still very funny in my opinion.
Roll20 is a great place to play. Hopefully even more people find their way there. No better time to learn to play online.
That was actually very helpful Davvy. Didn’t know I could drag spells into character sheet! I will ditch chartomancy, always preferred fiddling.
Best tutorial
I need more of this for my education.