Is there a way to allow another player to control a players character sheet in a campaign, roll dice etc?
Up until now whenever a player can't make it then as the DM I am having to make all the dice rolls on the character sheet of the player based on what the other players say they want the character to do but is there a way for that character sheet to be made available for anyone to run in the campaign? It would just streamline things a little for me as DM especially in combat.
The other person can just load up the relevant sheet and roll as normal. The only thing they can’t do is change equipment or hit points if I remember correctly.
You would need the player who owns the sheet to unassign the character so whoever is standing in for them can claim it
That is only needed for a permanent change of ownership, the OP is asking about a temp solution for when a player misses a session. Anyone in the campaign can go onto the other character sheet and make rolls on behalf of the other player. We do it all the time.
Yeah, I just keep a separate list of any spell slots, limited use features, or HP adjustments and give them to the DM at the end of the session, and ask them to update the sheet (so we don't forget before the next session and the missing player has time to review & prep). Occasionally I also need to ask them mid-game to hit the long or short rest button, but overall it's not too bad how it is now.
I'm usually the one that ends up running other PCs in combat, what I've typically done is use the character creator to quickly make a rough copy of the character. It doesn't have to be perfect, just match up the attributes, levels and combat loadout.
Another solution is to not use the missing character. Absent players are a fact of life, but it shouldn’t make extra work for anyone. Usually, in groups I’ve played in, that character just isn’t there. The next time they play, they are there. And they still get full xp for the session they miss, because it’s much easier to keep everyone at the same level. We just don’t think too hard about it, and bother to contrive some reason why the character isn’t there — they just aren’t. We just lean more into it being a game, I guess.
You would need the player who owns the sheet to unassign the character so whoever is standing in for them can claim it
That is only needed for a permanent change of ownership, the OP is asking about a temp solution for when a player misses a session. Anyone in the campaign can go onto the other character sheet and make rolls on behalf of the other player. We do it all the time.
My players just tried and they can't only person who can is me as the DM is there something they have to set?
Another solution is to not use the missing character. Absent players are a fact of life, but it shouldn’t make extra work for anyone. Usually, in groups I’ve played in, that character just isn’t there. The next time they play, they are there. And they still get full xp for the session they miss, because it’s much easier to keep everyone at the same level. We just don’t think too hard about it, and bother to contrive some reason why the character isn’t there — they just aren’t. We just lean more into it being a game, I guess.
We generally try to do this but heading into a BBEG fight that has specifically been balanced for the whole party, as in the last session ended with the players in the room seeing everything they needed to fight :)
You would need the player who owns the sheet to unassign the character so whoever is standing in for them can claim it
That is only needed for a permanent change of ownership, the OP is asking about a temp solution for when a player misses a session. Anyone in the campaign can go onto the other character sheet and make rolls on behalf of the other player. We do it all the time.
My players just tried and they can't only person who can is me as the DM is there something they have to set?
Make sure the character is set to Public
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You would need the player who owns the sheet to unassign the character so whoever is standing in for them can claim it
That is only needed for a permanent change of ownership, the OP is asking about a temp solution for when a player misses a session. Anyone in the campaign can go onto the other character sheet and make rolls on behalf of the other player. We do it all the time.
My players just tried and they can't only person who can is me as the DM is there something they have to set?
You would need the player who owns the sheet to unassign the character so whoever is standing in for them can claim it
That is only needed for a permanent change of ownership, the OP is asking about a temp solution for when a player misses a session. Anyone in the campaign can go onto the other character sheet and make rolls on behalf of the other player. We do it all the time.
My players just tried and they can't only person who can is me as the DM is there something they have to set?
Make sure the character is set to Public
It is already set to public
That's very weird then. Anyone with access to the main campaign page should be able to view the character sheet
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Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
You would need the player who owns the sheet to unassign the character so whoever is standing in for them can claim it
That is only needed for a permanent change of ownership, the OP is asking about a temp solution for when a player misses a session. Anyone in the campaign can go onto the other character sheet and make rolls on behalf of the other player. We do it all the time.
My players just tried and they can't only person who can is me as the DM is there something they have to set?
Make sure the character is set to Public
It is already set to public
That's very weird then. Anyone with access to the main campaign page should be able to view the character sheet
can view it, clicking on the sheet doesnt trigger the auto dice roll.
If you want to make rolls for someone else, you need to take a look at their character, so it needs to be set to Public. It was, check. Then you need to copy down all the statistics you care about, so that's their scores, skills they are proficient in, whatever weapons they are using (maybe the ones they have in their inventory) any magic items they have, and any spells or feats. Then you create a brand new character of your own, and you can use it to roll for them. The DM will need to keep track of their actions, so you need the combat log set to broadcast to whomever, maybe just the DM, maybe the whole party.
Ok so have sorted out who will be jaeguring, they are going to roll manually, it would be really handy if DnD beyond would allow proxy rolling on a character sheet, might add it to the feature request list.
I'm confused, as long as the sheet is set to public, any player can view and roll from that sheet.
There are a few things that the owner or dm can't do, but those are small things that are easily manged
seemingly not, sheet is set to public and only the owner can roll from the sheet, other players can see it but are unable to roll from it, I can as the owner of teh campaign but I am the only person that can.
What people are talking about is using the clicky-boxes on the character sheet next to each ability. For example, if they have a longsword up in the area for Attacks, there is a box you can press that lets you roll to hit, and a box that lets you roll the damage. It's neat because if you get a crit, the damage box flashes, and when you click it, it rolls the extra dice for the crit. You can't use those boxes for someone else.
I'm confused, as long as the sheet is set to public, any player can view and roll from that sheet.
There are a few things that the owner or dm can't do, but those are small things that are easily manged
seemingly not, sheet is set to public and only the owner can roll from the sheet, other players can see it but are unable to roll from it, I can as the owner of teh campaign but I am the only person that can.
Are you using the beyond20 plug in?
We use it in my campaign and that allows the players to see and use any public character sheets, with limitations
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Is there a way to allow another player to control a players character sheet in a campaign, roll dice etc?
Up until now whenever a player can't make it then as the DM I am having to make all the dice rolls on the character sheet of the player based on what the other players say they want the character to do but is there a way for that character sheet to be made available for anyone to run in the campaign? It would just streamline things a little for me as DM especially in combat.
The other person can just load up the relevant sheet and roll as normal. The only thing they can’t do is change equipment or hit points if I remember correctly.
You would need the player who owns the sheet to unassign the character so whoever is standing in for them can claim it
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That is only needed for a permanent change of ownership, the OP is asking about a temp solution for when a player misses a session. Anyone in the campaign can go onto the other character sheet and make rolls on behalf of the other player. We do it all the time.
Yeah, I just keep a separate list of any spell slots, limited use features, or HP adjustments and give them to the DM at the end of the session, and ask them to update the sheet (so we don't forget before the next session and the missing player has time to review & prep). Occasionally I also need to ask them mid-game to hit the long or short rest button, but overall it's not too bad how it is now.
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I'm usually the one that ends up running other PCs in combat, what I've typically done is use the character creator to quickly make a rough copy of the character. It doesn't have to be perfect, just match up the attributes, levels and combat loadout.
Another solution is to not use the missing character. Absent players are a fact of life, but it shouldn’t make extra work for anyone. Usually, in groups I’ve played in, that character just isn’t there. The next time they play, they are there. And they still get full xp for the session they miss, because it’s much easier to keep everyone at the same level. We just don’t think too hard about it, and bother to contrive some reason why the character isn’t there — they just aren’t. We just lean more into it being a game, I guess.
My players just tried and they can't only person who can is me as the DM is there something they have to set?
We generally try to do this but heading into a BBEG fight that has specifically been balanced for the whole party, as in the last session ended with the players in the room seeing everything they needed to fight :)
Make sure the character is set to Public
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
It is already set to public
That's very weird then. Anyone with access to the main campaign page should be able to view the character sheet
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
can view it, clicking on the sheet doesnt trigger the auto dice roll.
I've never seen someone be able to roll off someone else's sheet.
Birgit | Shifter | Sorcerer | Dragonlords
Shayone | Hobgoblin | Sorcerer | Netherdeep
If you want to make rolls for someone else, you need to take a look at their character, so it needs to be set to Public. It was, check. Then you need to copy down all the statistics you care about, so that's their scores, skills they are proficient in, whatever weapons they are using (maybe the ones they have in their inventory) any magic items they have, and any spells or feats. Then you create a brand new character of your own, and you can use it to roll for them. The DM will need to keep track of their actions, so you need the combat log set to broadcast to whomever, maybe just the DM, maybe the whole party.
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Ok so have sorted out who will be jaeguring, they are going to roll manually, it would be really handy if DnD beyond would allow proxy rolling on a character sheet, might add it to the feature request list.
I'm confused, as long as the sheet is set to public, any player can view and roll from that sheet.
There are a few things that the owner or dm can't do, but those are small things that are easily manged
seemingly not, sheet is set to public and only the owner can roll from the sheet, other players can see it but are unable to roll from it, I can as the owner of teh campaign but I am the only person that can.
What people are talking about is using the clicky-boxes on the character sheet next to each ability. For example, if they have a longsword up in the area for Attacks, there is a box you can press that lets you roll to hit, and a box that lets you roll the damage. It's neat because if you get a crit, the damage box flashes, and when you click it, it rolls the extra dice for the crit. You can't use those boxes for someone else.
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Are you using the beyond20 plug in?
We use it in my campaign and that allows the players to see and use any public character sheets, with limitations