DM Quick Start

The post has been superseded by Quickstart Revisted.

This post gives you the quick set of instructions for setting up encounters and running a session in Shard Tabletop.

1. Click the New Campaign button to create a new campaign.

2. Click the invite button on the campaign and send the invite link to your players.

3. Open the Maps page in the campaign and create a new map. Make sure to set the scale correctly so that tokens will be the right size.

4. Click on the map and select New Encounter.

5. Click Add Monster to pick your monsters from the more than 300 available or create your own.

6. Click Add Treasure to add any treasure (items & coins).

7. Repeat to add additional Encounters (step 4) or Maps (step 3).

Now let’s run the Adventure.

1. Click Adventuring on the campaign page. Players that have joined the campaign will automatically be in the combat tracker.

2. Select your starting map. Click where you want the player characters to start and select Huddle Characters.

3. Un-fog the section of the map you want the players to see on their screen.

4. Click the pin and select Add Encounter to add the monsters to the map and to the combat tracker.

5. If combat breaks out, have players roll and enter their initiative scores on their character sheets.

6. Click the Fist Icon in the combat tracker to assign initiative scores to monsters and sort the list.

7. Run the combat.

   • Use the down arrow next to turns to advance the turn order.

   • If a monster gets hit click their token and record the damage or set their state to dead.

   • Repeat until combat completes.

8. Grant treasure: click the Coin Stack Icon at the top of combat tracker to give out treasure. It will show up in Shared Treasure.

9. Click the Finish Encounter button to clear the monsters and create a log entry.

10. Repeat from step 3.

Happy adventuring!!!