How to use the Fog of War tool (on Desktop)

[johncs]

Select the Fog of War tool by pressing w or clicking on it in the toolbar.

Typical Uses

• Hiding areas the players haven’t discovered yet.

• Hiding prepared tokens “offscreen”.

• Creating “DM-Only notes” by hiding tokens with notes.

View as Player

Use the “View as Player” button in the toolbar to see the map from the player’s perspective (ie: not able to see anything hidden by Fog of War). This can be a good way to make sure that you’ve prepared the map like you’ve expected.

Individual Actions

With the Fog of War tool selected, you can…

Hide a cell from players by Clicking.

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Reveal a cell to players by Alt-Clicking or Right-Clicking.

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Hide a rectangle of cells from players by Shift-Clicking and dragging. Edges are shown to the players if they border any visible cells.

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Edges are not shown to players if they do not border any visible cells.

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Tokens that are partially behind Fog of War are visible to players.

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Tokens are hidden only if the entire token is within Fog of War.

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