Overview

The encounters book is the place where GMs can store information on specific encounters for their campaign sessions. Currently, the encounter windows allow you to specify groups of creatures or traps to use in each encounter.

Encounter Topics

• Encounter Management: Encounter entries can be quickly added, opened, renamed, and removed.
• Encounter Editing: Once a encounter entry exists, the GM can specify details of the encounter.

Creating an encounter entry

Open the campaign Encounters list using the shortcut on the tabletop.

Click the "New" icon at the bottom of the campaign entry list.

A new entry will be created in the currently active category and opened for editing.

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Open the campaign Encounters list.

Invoke the radial menu on the list area, and select "Create Item".

A new entry will be created in the currently active category and opened for editing.

Opening an encounter entry

Open the campaign Encounters list using the shortcut on the tabletop.

Click on the label or shortcut icon of the campaign entry to open the sheet in its default location.

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Open the campaign Encounters list.

Drag the shortcut icon onto the desktop to open it at that position.

Renaming an encounter entry

Open the campaign Encounters list using the shortcut on the tabletop.

Hover the mouse over an entry in the list, underlining the label.

Invoke the radial menu, and select "Edit".

Type in or modify the label text. Press esc or click outside the label to complete the operation.

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Open the campaign Encounters list.

Open the desired entry.

Click in the "Title" field for this entry.

Type in or modify the field. Press Esc or click outside the label to complete the operation.

Deleting an encounter entry

Open the campaign Encounters list.

Invoke the radial menu on the target entry, and select "Delete Item".

The entry will be deleted.

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Open the campaign Encounters list.

Open the desired entry.

Invoke the radial menu of the entry sheet, and select "Delete Record".

In the submenu, select "Confirm Delete".

The sheet will be closed and the entry deleted.

Encounter sheet overview

Once you have opened a campaign encounter entry, you can then enter encounter data to be used during your campaign sessions. This section will outline the purpose of the fields and sections that are available on each encounter sheet.

• Label: Determines the name used to reference the encounter from the campaign Encounters list.
• Level: The level specified for this encounter.
• XP: The amount of experience points the party receives for overcoming the encounter.
• NPC List: The NPCs that are part of the encounter. You can drag and drop NPCs from the campaign NPCs list or from a reference module to add to an encounter; or you can manually create an entry using the radial menu. The details of each entry are defined in the next page of the manual.
• Add to CT Button: This button adds all the NPCs specified in the NPC list to the combat tracker.

Encounter NPC overview

Each NPC entry that is added to an encounter can be customized to fit your specific encounter needs. This section outlines the purpose of the fields on each encounter NPC entry. If an NPC is dropped on this list from the campaign NPCs list or from a reference module, the fields will be pre-filled with any relevant data found in the reference link.

• Number: How many of this creature type are part of this encounter.
• Token: The token that should be used for this creature type for the encounter.
• Name: The name that will be displayed in the combat tracker for this creature type.
• Level Adjustment: The level adjustment to apply to this creature type. The level adjustment will be implemented using a GM-visible effect in the combat tracker.
• Reference Link: A link to the original reference link used to create this NPC entry, if any.