Tokens

A token is a piece on the battle map. One image, sitting on one or more grid squares, that somebody can pick up and move. Everything at the table that has a position — a hero, a goblin, a summoned wolf, a runaway cart — is a token.

Tokens and actors are not the same thing

This trips people up, so it’s worth stating plainly:

	What it is	Where it lives
Token	The piece on the map. It has a position, a size, a facing, vision, and a picture.	In a scene.
Actor	The character behind the piece — the sheet, with stats, cards, and resources.	In your actors library, independent of any map.

A token can be linked to an actor. When it is, the piece on the map and the sheet are joined up: the token’s owner can move it, its conditions and hit points read from the sheet, and right-clicking the token offers Open Sheet.

A token doesn’t have to be linked. Plenty of tokens — a barrel, a bloodstain, a fleeing NPC — are just pictures on the map with no sheet behind them.

Note

One actor can have many tokens on many maps. Duplicating a token doesn’t duplicate the character.

What’s in this section

Adding tokens

Drag a piece onto the map from the Tokens panel. Read it

Moving & selecting tokens

Click, drag, nudge, rotate — and the four move styles. Read it

Token settings

Size, vision, invisibility, highlights and the right-click menu. Read it

Who can move which token

Linking to a character, and the rule for who’s allowed to drag what. Read it

The token list & groups

The GM’s roster of every token in the scene. Read it

Related

• Adding tokens — getting your first piece onto the map.
• Who can move which token — the ownership rule in one paragraph.
• Actors — the character sheets tokens link to.
• Token library — where your own token art is stored.