How to: Run your first encounter | Scribe

    How to: Run your first encounter

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    Navigate to [https://app.roll20.net/editor/#](https://app.roll20.net/editor/#)
    Click the "Turn Tracker" button in the left side toolbar.
    Click the Journal icon.
    Click the character sheet name to open the character sheet.
    Click the "Character Sheet" tab to access your the specific character sheet.
    In this example, we used the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Charactermancer to set up our Dragonborn Paladin!
    Select the token representing the character you wish to roll for initiative. You will know if it is selected if the blue boarder appears around the token!
    Click the word "Initiative" to cause the selected token to roll initiative! This roll will appear in the chat window.
    Heads Up! If the token is not selected when rolling initiative in this way, an error will appear in the chat window.
    Double click the top of the character sheet window (near the name) to cause it to collapse. You can double click the minimized version again to expand!
    Select the character sheets for your other encounter participants.
    Click the "Character Sheet" tab to access the game specific character sheet.
    Select the token representing the character you wish to roll for initiative. You will know if it is selected if the blue boarder appears around the token!
    This is an NPC, so the sheet looks a bit different. Click the "INIT" icon to roll initiative for this token.
    Double click the top of the character sheet window (near the name) to cause it to collapse.
    You can see the collapsed versions of the sheet here. This can help save on screen space. You can reposition them around the screen wherever is convenient for you!
    Repeat the same steps for adding any number of NPCs or players to your encounter!
    If you have multiple of the same creature, you can use the same character sheet and roll initiative by simple having the other tokens selected!
    Once our Kobold Shaman is done with their turn, we minimize the sheet again to make sure we can see the action!
    Now we need to sort our turns. Click the cog wheel to open the Turn Tracker settings.

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