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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8134724" data-attributes="member: 6921763">Using Roll20 over here for battle maps and visuals.Discord or Zoom for audio.These are Roll20 specific... but maybe apply to other VTTs...One thing that has been helpful for me as DM is to have a &quot;session starting screen&quot;.&nbsp; On that screen (assuming we didn't leave off in the middle of a scene last time) all the PC tokens are present and I encourage the players to make sure their HP totals are up to date as they arrive for the game.&nbsp; When we're ready to start the action, I can then easily select all of them, copy them, and plop them down on the map for the new scene.Another tip someone shared with me recently:&nbsp; if you have a group of monsters that share the same initiative, use the Add Turn functionality on an extra monster token in an unseen part of the screen that is not on the map.&nbsp; That way, if you delete one of the monsters when it goes down in battle, you don't inadvertently end up losing the initiative in the initiative tracker.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8134724, member: 6921763"] Using Roll20 over here for battle maps and visuals. Discord or Zoom for audio. These are Roll20 specific... but maybe apply to other VTTs... One thing that has been helpful for me as DM is to have a "session starting screen". On that screen (assuming we didn't leave off in the middle of a scene last time) all the PC tokens are present and I encourage the players to make sure their HP totals are up to date as they arrive for the game. When we're ready to start the action, I can then easily select all of them, copy them, and plop them down on the map for the new scene. Another tip someone shared with me recently: if you have a group of monsters that share the same initiative, use the Add Turn functionality on an extra monster token in an unseen part of the screen that is not on the map. That way, if you delete one of the monsters when it goes down in battle, you don't inadvertently end up losing the initiative in the initiative tracker. [/QUOTE]

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