What can GMs and players do?

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The person who creates a game is its GM. A game can have multiple GMs. Everyone else who joins via the game link is a player.

GMs and players have different tools and abilities.

GM Tools

GMs have the full toolbar and can:

  • Draw and erase with the Fill, Edge, and Fog of War tools.
  • Create, edit, resize, rotate, and delete tokens. This includes setting labels, GM-only labels, token images, shapes, and visibility.
  • Upload and manage background images.
  • Hide areas from players using Fog of War.
  • Edit the color palette.
  • Manage games and maps — create, rename, archive, duplicate, export, and delete.
  • View as Player to preview what players see (press v or click the button).

Player Tools

Players have a smaller toolbar with only the tools they need:

The player toolbar showing Pan, Zoom, Token, Measure, and Laser
The player toolbar showing Pan, Zoom, Token, Measure, and Laser188×614 11.2 KB

Players can:

  • Move tokens by dragging them. Players cannot create, delete, resize, or edit tokens.
  • Pan and zoom around the map.
  • Measure distances with the Measure tool.
  • Point at things with the Laser tool.
  • Roll dice using the Dice Tray.

Players cannot draw, erase, use Fog of War, upload background images, edit the palette, or manage games.

View as Player

GMs can preview what their players see by pressing v or clicking the “View as Player” button. This shows the map without Fog of War hidden areas and without GM-only labels. Press v again or click “View as GM” to switch back.