Roll20 DM Beginner Crash Course

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

I am aware the volume is low. Please stop telling me it is quiet. I recently made a louder, updated version of this video with title cards, and timestamps. Check it out here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKTZfminhaZonsk

[@poleythepolarbear9706]

Some people just can't be satisfied. The volume is fine for me.

[@marcuselliott3919]

Thank you for this video. I heard you just fine.

[@tonytony7915]

what is audio?

[@Damnchaosemerald_e.e]

its still quiet

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

My face has always been too far away from the mic.

[@stephenfraser280]

I'm 8 minutes in only and this has saved me HOURS of time monkeying around. Straight to the point and all the info is super useful. Thanks a ton, you made my game waaaay easier.

[@CrankyOldNerd]

Wished I'd seen this a week ago before we tried our first roll20 game. This is very well done. Thanks for going to the trouble of doing this.

[@graysonfox4159]

Thanks for the crash course Mack! When I was going through to roll20 tutorial it felt like I was learning how to build a car and how all the parts fit together. You're teaching us how to drive the car.

[@Downtimelegion]

At 11:40 you are dragging Proficiency not the Item that's why it didn't appear at Attack & Spell.

[@Domdex_D_20]

Me screaming in my head.

[@Zegger]

Hey, even 2 years later I tried it myself and got confused. It takes a few seconds to load, or 10 in my case. If you pay close attention, you can see the empty list he created and the possibly 5 or so longswords he gave to the character creeping below!

[@MrTantrill]

I was so happy to find the Token Stamper. It saved me a lot of time and I was able to make oodles of tokens.

[@bestpaladinboy]

I have been doing so much of this manual and the hardest possible way ever in comparison, thank you omg

[@Rustedhubcap]

That map trick blew my mind man, ive been struggling with roll20 for a year now.

[@KaraKobold]

when your users need to look up tutorials on how to us your website, thats when you know they need a redesign. all the tools are so overly complicated to use, its just sad.

[@integritie82]

My 4 good friends of almost 30 years and I (we live in 3 different states now) are using D&D as a way to catch up and have a guys night once a week. I'm taking on the DM role and this was super helpful with getting me started. Thank you!

[@nikedadoug]

This is a lot more understandable than the tutorials in the site. Or my learning style is different.

[@robertcox9871]

This so helpful, ive been looking for a while for a video on the basics and so many of them start talking about macros and all sorts. This was perfect for me.

[@lisafoadstock1452]

Been talking to players and they mostly manually create their own character sheets and skills and everything so I think as a complete newb but also a story teller and writer. I might choose to start learning the game as a DM. These videos helping so much !

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

That's great to hear. If you have any questions. Feel free.

[@juanfelipegomezbustos2827]

Dude! Amazing job I really appreciate what you do for all of us that like to play D&D and others. Roll20 always has been a bit hard for me to handle but this tutorial helped me A LOT!!! Greetings from Colombia!!!

[@glassartist1726]

its been two years since this posted, but, am I happy to come across it today! Your video just saved me HOURS of not knowing what I'm doing. lol Thanks....great stuff!!

[@dragonofazkaban7456]

I'm just getting into roll20 because of quarantine, and I was so lost, this helped lessen the confusion, thanks so much!

[@andrewpajak8058]

Samuel is SO PROFICIENT with longswords now! Dude has expertise!!

[@jeffreybarker357]

Good to see a video that isn't years old. I imagine they've made updates here and there over the last five years. Thanks, brother!

[@TrainingFanatic]

Thanks for posting these videos. Roll20 seemed so confusing when I first looked at it, but you have made much simpler for me to understand.

[@_bdavie]

Just started using Roll20 2 weeks ago, and this video helped SO much. Best tutorial ever.

[@baileysymington5753]

This was the BEST crash course I’ve come by. I am a pencil and paper D&D DM and you made it simple and quick. Not only that, you played it cool when things didn’t work out the way you wanted. 😊 Thanks!

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Glad it has helped you. There's a better version I made as well that has easier navigation.

[@clearlyrebecca]

Big ups for this vid. Concise, to the point, no long intros or ads for products/shows (not hating on people who do that, but sometimes it can really drag on). Super appreciated.

[@clearlyrebecca]

@@SilverDragonAcademy It's tough to find the sweet spot because it really moves around based on variables you as a content creator can't really do anything about or predict. This helped me because I'm really in a "crunch" mode at this particular moment, but I might be interested in a more long-winded, detailed video next month (who knows??).

[@lieslbryant4549]

This was super useful! I got my players up and running when we had to make the quick switch to online SO much faster than if I had messed around with this alone. Thank you!

[@JbizzyG]

Thanks for teaching me how to size the grid to match the image and for showing tokenstamp! Major time saver for the last one!

[@JackJester21]

Was super helpful and in nice simple terms without being boring. Thank you SOOO much

[@Alex-ts9jp]

I can confirm you can drag items from the items section into sheets! Awesome video, incredibly useful as a first time DM :)

[@veesacha2923]

man, you're good at making things simple. Good job.

[@wtpasc]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Good video, very helpful.

[@stijnlont5071]

This helped save so much time and pain. I'm trying to make the switch from irl dnd to Roll20, and I was starting to feel overwhelmed but now I feel like it is manageable.

[@geraldmcneil5201]

Super helpful, I'vee been using roll20 for years and still learned a lot of tricks

[@charly329]

Thank you so much! Preparing my first session as a dm and this saved my life!

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

I hope it goes well for you :)

[@homesty117]

Ive used roll20 on and off for a few years, but this was still really helpful. Especially the token website!

[@BittenHand19]

This video saved my ass for tonight because I was having a hard time setting up a map to grid. THANK YOU!!!

[@pierredupont1096]

So good. I'm starting a Pathfinder game in a few months and was so puzzled as to where I was gonna get tokens and such. Thanks a lot! And I can input my NPCs...

[@TheFourWindBadger]

Great tutorial! Perfect for teaching me and helping me setting up my 3.5 campaign!

[@mat_has_a_hat]

Thank you! I'll for sure be coming back for this when I am ready to build my first campaign!

[@111Lestat]

Hey thanks for helping out. Recently found out about this tool and am trying to get a jump on learning it

[@heddagedda]

WOW! Amazing help. I was able to improive my campaign by a lot through your videos! THANK YOU!

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Glad it helped!

[@ArtificialSelection]

This is a tremendously useful and succinct guide! I cannot thank you enough! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

[@omernissan686]

fantastic vid, really helpful and you explain everything very simply and fast. thx again

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Thanks so much. I'll need to do an updated version soon as some features have changed slightly in the newer Roll20 version.

[@vakalkas]

Thanks for the vid. Super useful and delivered in an easy to follow speed! :) gonna set this up for tmrws 3rd session as a complete rookie dnd and dm

[@TheKOzality]

I've used Roll20 in the past but I'm gearing up to continue my current campaign virtually and I found this video super helpful. Thanks!

[@rawkth5996]

2years later & this is still usefull.

[@honeyshuckle9742]

That halfling gets a +80 proficiency bonus with a longsword, they are their own god now. (Thanks for this tutorial, it helps so much)

[@kevinfelton689]

It was until the third time I shouted at the screen "you're dragging the proficiency! You want the item!" before I realized I'd essentially become my father.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

I'm so sorry! This was done in one take so I just ignored it. It's a mistake I still make sometimes.

[@kevinfelton689]

@@SilverDragonAcademy no it's cool. It's just hard coming to the realization that now I'M the old man who forgets that the people on the screen can't hear me.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

@@kevinfelton689 "On the internet, no one can hear you scream..."

[@deandavidov]

This was great. Exactly what I needed to figure out hoe to remote DM. Thanks.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Glad it helped

[@alana767]

I got a lot out of this video. Thank you so much!

[@maarlzipan]

This is a great intro video, thanks for putting this together.

[@bryanrichards8687]

Thanks for the video. Super helpful, especially for aligning maps

[@Bigred42260]

Very well done and very insightful. Good job

[@Cthu1hu]

I learned so much from watching this video! Thank you so much for making this and showing the step by step processes!!

[@storytime7408]

Thank you. Seems simple, but the realigning to grid tool tip was what I was missing. Good video

[@idontevenlikemoney]

Thankyou so much for this. This is gonna save me so much time.

[@TheShadowFellan]

This is a good guide but just by the way in case you didn’t notice at 11:35 when you are adding the Long Sword from the SRD, you’ve pulled over the Long Sword ‘proficiency’ not the item thats why it pops up in the bottom left proficiencies box. You have to pull across the item version for it to get added as an item.

[@Panquernic]

Nice tutorial tho the volume is extremely low

[@DannyThorn2604]

Super soothing though!

[@Ppstarfish]

Turn it up

[@Panquernic]

@@Ppstarfish wow thanks, solved!

[@Ppstarfish]

@@Panquernic 😩

[@melissak7630]

Super helpful. Trying to run games for my kids and their friends (at their request). I don't have a table top background, complete noob. It's hard to keep 9-13 year olds engaged for more than 45 minutes without visuals.

[@bigboystsv]

Starting as a dm soon.. Very hepful guide.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Happy to help Trash Dad!

[@TECMATHEUS99]

You are a life saver. Great and fast video, thanks!!!

[@Edwin-zk1en]

Clear and concise. Thank you!

[@Sonic32084]

Thank you for a great tutorial. Really helped me get started.

[@agee1961]

You are a god send, loved the video thank you!

[@tims.440]

Thanks man this was perfect, exactly what I was looking for!

[@FantasticMrFox-kb3xl]

This was really helpful! thank you so much!!

[@WEDMorn3AM-u9h]

really concise and appreciated.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@P_chanG]

Thank you! This video was what I needed :D

[@roccobernasconi9690]

man this rly saved me rn. Tnx for the great video

[@ogion539]

Thanks for explaining this, very helpful.

[@helcaraxe0411]

Honestly thank you so much, my boomer tech brain can finally comprehend

[@mcnichollsdj]

The ice man cometh. Nice name.

[@helcaraxe0411]

Dai Llafyn a man of culture I see

[@mcnichollsdj]

@@helcaraxe0411 Just a pretentious Tolkien obsessive. :)

[@TakManSan]

Always Rolling with Advantage means you only use the left one if you're not having Advantage, or the better of the two if you do have Advantage, and the lesser of the two if you have Disadvantage. That way you can skip all that Query roll stuff.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

I think its a personal reference. I just like seeing one number instead of two.

[@harrisonbodrie9708]

Thanks this will make Game 2 much easier

[@_tarrvis758]

Incredibly helpful video, awesome.

[@weemcast]

Excellent info, thanks for the help ;)

[@theGhoulman]

That was super helpful to a beginner, such as myself!

[@deadbydavy]

thank you so much for this!

[@fermented-radish]

Thank you for the help!

[@milchi_ruhe]

Thanks, this was very helpful!

[@zombietommie92]

Wow thank you so much this is so helpful I was following along to get used to it lmao thanks!!

[@sipherys1961]

Thanks for the tutorial! Helped a lot

[@draakgast]

man I just lost my shit at 16:33, when that dude showed up I was checking in roll20 to do stuff and hear my name and become so confused XD XD

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Haha Yea, hence the re-record :)

[@dragoprince7]

I'm glad for this video as I never understood how to use roll20 but funny enough I'm just noticing your name as Mack D. in your roll20 and mine is Mackenzie D. The chances man lol

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Unreal! Yea I go my Mack generally, but it is just my preferred name, not my real name. I'm glad this has helped. There isn't really much official content from them that shows "Here is how you use our service" it's bits and pieces and very technical at times.

[@fja3924]

how do you use a map from a PDF on roll 20?

[@lorriedanielle9822]

I owe you my life.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Haha this made my night

[@nlee3113]

when he said to add all of the base tokens to the start page my brain went, time for way too many goblins

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

All the GERBLINS!

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Very good tutorial, thanks.

[@ebrahimnaeem757]

Really great tutorial! Thank you.

[@DM_Kat]

Great video. Very helpful!

[@ghitapaints91]

Thank you so very much

[@zosita110]

i love your tutorial!

[@their_highness_ruto7947]

Can you save maps? Or do you always have to upload them???

[@wb8156]

Thank you!

[@wreckedchaos1464]

Trying to play Dragon of IceSpire Peak and no matter how I align it the grid in the middle of the map is off

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Did you mess around with the image size or the grid part sizes? Sometimes I just give up if I can't get it right.

[@PhoenixLockhart-x4u]

Random question, but what chrome theme are you using? Also, thank you for this guide

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

@@PhoenixLockhart-x4u it might be my Vivaldi browser. It's a different browser altogether.

[@metalTbag]

okay... so what if i do want to bring the players to the next map?

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

Open up the pages tab (the little blue paper icon at the top) and then click and drag the red players ribbon to a different map in that tab.

[@metalTbag]

@@SilverDragonAcademy Awesome! thank you for such a quick reply too! :D

[@maryanngoodhue4198]

Very helpful video!

[@maryanngoodhue4198]

@@SilverDragonAcademy Thank you for being so helpful and responding so quickly!

[@mitchellalorda2282]

Ka Pshhhhhh!! Mind blown!

[@dillonschneider9375]

12:00 he just didn't realize he was doing proficiencies. No errors

[@richardespineli8993]

I cant find the align grid how will it appear? Thanks

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

When you have a map on the map layer, right click it and a menu should pop up. Select 'Advanced' and 'Align to Grid' should be on there.

[@Rednation]

Jesus this video was so helpful guys make sure to like and Subscribe to him.

[@Smashtacular01]

Superb and thorough information. Volume was waaaay low. :(

[@noahthenarwhal3345]

How did you make the map

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

I found the battlemap online!

[@jamescoleman1574]

This is dope an understandable. Can I link my D&D Beyond to this so I don't have to buy anything? I have a ton of books on that site.

[@SilverDragonAcademy]

I don't believe so unfortunately. But if you use the Beyond20 extension it allows you to use any monster stat blocks and character options from Dnd beyond to communicate with Roll20.

[@jamescoleman1574]

​@@SilverDragonAcademythank you. Didn't know that