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How to: Run your first encounter
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Navigate to [https://app.roll20.net/editor/#](https://app.roll20.net/editor/#)
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Click the "Turn Tracker" button in the left side toolbar.
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Click the Journal icon.
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Click the character sheet name to open the character sheet.
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Click the "Character Sheet" tab to access your the specific character sheet.
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In this example, we used the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Charactermancer to set up our Dragonborn Paladin!
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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!
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Click the word "Initiative" to cause the selected token to roll initiative! This roll will appear in the chat window.
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Heads Up! If the token is not selected when rolling initiative in this way, an error will appear in the chat window.
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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!
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Select the character sheets for your other encounter participants.
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Click the "Character Sheet" tab to access the game specific character sheet.
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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!
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This is an NPC, so the sheet looks a bit different. Click the "INIT" icon to roll initiative for this token.
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Double click the top of the character sheet window (near the name) to cause it to collapse.
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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!
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Repeat the same steps for adding any number of NPCs or players to your encounter!
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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!
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Once our Kobold Shaman is done with their turn, we minimize the sheet again to make sure we can see the action!
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Now we need to sort our turns. Click the cog wheel to open the Turn Tracker settings.
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