Measuring distance

The ruler answers “can I reach them?” without anyone counting squares out loud. Players, GMs and observers can all use it.

Drawing a ruler

1. Pick Measure Mode in the toolbar, or press M.
2. Click where you want to measure from. If you click on a token, the ruler snaps to that token’s centre.
3. Move your cursor — the line follows it and the distance updates live.
4. Click again to lock the ruler in place.
5. Click a third time to start a fresh measurement, or press Escape to clear it.

Note

The ruler is yours and temporary. It isn’t saved with the scene, and it isn’t an area template — for cones, circles and lines that actually pick out targets, use targeting.

The four unit modes

Open VTT Settings in the toolbar and find the Measurement section. The Units picker changes how the ruler counts:

Units	The label reads
Grid Squares	The distance in whole squares, e.g. 4 squares.
D&D 5ft per Square	The distance in feet, e.g. 20 ft.
Daggerheart Ranges	A range band name, with cross-hatch marks and labels along the ruler where each band ends.
Daggerheart Range Rings	The same band names, drawn as coloured rings spreading out from the starting point.

This is a personal setting — changing it doesn’t change what anyone else’s ruler shows.

The Daggerheart bands

Both Daggerheart modes use the same five bands, measured out from the starting point:

Band	Reaches out to
Melee	1 square
Very Close	3 squares
Close	6 squares
Far	12 squares
Very Far	beyond 12 squares

In Range Rings mode each band gets its own colour, so a single click near a creature shows the whole envelope at once — handy when the whole table needs to agree on who’s in Close range.

Related

• Keyboard shortcuts — M for the ruler, and the rest.
• Tabletop settings — where the Units picker lives.
• Targeting — area shapes that actually select targets.
• The grid — square size is what the ruler counts.