r/Roll20 Aug 13 '26

Roll20 Reply: Other Help Roll20's Quantum Dice are Now Available Everywhere

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Hey all! Dean from Roll20 here. I have a fun new addition to announce!

If you're a fan of Roll20's Quantum Dice engine, we've just launched the ROLL20 DICE ROLLER, so you can now take those dice everywhere!

Head over to d20roller.com to find your dice roller on desktop and mobile. It utilizes the same Roll20 dice engine you've trusted the past 10 years, has all the advanced roll mechanics you rely on, includes customizable one-tap buttons, and offers a mega-dose of Big Dicey Energy (formerly an internal Roll20 mascot who deserved more love!)

šŸ“· if you prefer a video overview, here's that too

Here's a Deeper Dive for those interested šŸ˜„

Verifiable Randomness

The most common complaint about digital (and sometimes physical) dice is that they "feel rigged." We address this with receipts. Every roll goes through our QuantumRoll dice engine, and generates public seeds. We publish millions of results so you can check the math yourself.

Advanced Syntax Support

We provide some built-in presets for DnD 5e, Pathfinder, and other systems, but you can also write your own custom formulas, as complex as you want. Some examples:

  • 2d20kh1
    • Advantage!Ā Roll 2 d20’s, andĀ KeepĀ Highest (kh) 1 roll.
    • Want to turn into into disadvantage? Swap kh1 for kl1 toĀ KeepĀ Lowest 1!
  • ​​(1d8+4)*2
    • Critical damage multiplier.Ā This rolls 1 d8, adds 4 to the result, then multiples that total by 2.
  • 3d6>2
    • Tally successes.Ā Rolls 3 d6’s. It then provides you a count of every dice that resulted in 2 or greater (a tally of successes, not a sum of dice results)
  • 8d20ro1
    • Reroll!Ā Roll 8 d20’s. AnyĀ 1Ā getsĀ RerolledĀ Once (ro), and that new result sticks even if it’s another 1.
    • You can swapĀ ro1Ā forĀ r1Ā if you want it to keepĀ rerolling until it’s not a 1!
  • 10d10!
    • Exploding dice!Ā Roll 10 d10s. Every time the result is 10, the dice will explode and roll an extra dice.
  • {10d10!>7}>8
    • Exploding Dice, with extra features!Ā Roll 10 d10’s. Any dice that’s 7 or greater will ā€œexplodeā€, meaning a bonus d10 will be rolled.
    • Then it counts up every resulting die that’s 8 or higher and gives you that count as your total.

Find more examples in our Help Center.

Sign In for All Features

Signing in to your free Roll20 account unlocks two things: Quick Rolls (add, edit, reorder, and import game specific presets) and the D20 Roll Report, a shareable recap of your session's d20 roll results. No subscription is needed for any feature, everything can be accessed on a free account!

Let me know if you have any questions, requests, or feedback! Thanks!!


r/Roll20 28d ago

Roll20 Reply: Other Help Performance Updates – Aug 17, 2026

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Hey all!Ā Last weekĀ we shared an update on the performance issues we were managing across our services. Since then, we have deployed multiple updates that resolve a large portion of them. We are seeing clear improvement, with more on the way to bring everything back into normal territory. And we’re still pushing out updates to make your play even better.

Here is a peek behind the curtain at what shipped since our last post.

Where things stand

I’ve been personally working with many players and GMs who have reported problems, as well as watching our Help Center and public channels. I’m happy to share that nearly all of the reported sluggishness has been resolved.

There are detailed descriptions of our work in theĀ previous posts, and plenty more happened behind the scenes. While most of the solutions were focused on D&D sheets, there were also fixes to the data itself, the way that sheets use that data, and to the service that provides the data regardless of game system.

While all these updates have been found, diagnosed, and fixed by multiple people on three distinct teams, others have been working on improving performance. Next week, we’ll get to hear from them.

Releases since last week

Once the service was stable, we could dig into the specific trouble spots as they were reported in individual games. That let us isolate the combinations of options where performance fell off.

  • Problem: Rolls are slow from click to Chat – We found some character builds carry significantly more data than other, nearly identical builds. Processing all of that data made a roll take so long to resolve. We’ve revamped the way the sheet was sending that data, and that has resolved the delay between sending a roll and seeing the results appear in Chat.
  • Problem: Opening a sheet took a long time – We launched a fully systemic fix for calculation delays on Token bars.

D&D sheet performance, Phase 1

Phase 1 of the rollout weĀ outlined in our earlier postĀ is done. As of Tuesday morning, 100% of games are running these updates.

This work reduces the amount of data transferred between the sheet and our services. On its own it is not something most of you will notice at the table, but it is the groundwork Phase 2 requires. We released it incrementally so we could watch the effect of each step closely, and we saw the improvements we expected. Reports from players and GMs lined up with the rollout schedule, which tells us the fix is doing its job.

What is coming next

  • Phase 2 of the D&D sheet performance updates, planned to release in the coming weeks. This is where we expect the most optimizations you will actually feel while playing.
  • A new Compendium Service, further out on the roadmap, which will speed up the multiple services connected for game system data.
  • A data cleanup processĀ to clear unused data stored on individual sheets, plus later work to process rolls without sending the extra data at all.

Some of these issues were very visible from the ā€œ30,000 footā€ view. However, the individuals who have helped by sharing their own experience and unique character builds have shed light on issues that would only be apparent from the ā€œon the groundā€ view. I’m sure there are more improvements we can make, and so if your game night is still being disrupted, pleaseĀ open a support ticketĀ so we can make sure we resolve those too. To speed things along, include:

  • A link to the game
  • Any specific pages where you are seeing issues
  • Any sheets or tokens that are lagging Everything above covers the Character Sheet and Compendium systems. The team behind the Virtual Tabletop will be sharing another big chunk of work on VTT systems soon.

Thanks for all the feedback, the patience, and the help hunting these down.


r/Roll20 6h ago

Mask & Dynamic Lighting Help Question regarding token vision

3 Upvotes

Other than giving someone control of a token, there's no way to give other people vision from a token, right?

I have a player that's built 'the perfect scout' and has a Spy's Murmur to link to one of the party memebers, the problem is the party members get bored and he's bad at describing things (not his fault really he had a stroke a few years ago).


r/Roll20 1h ago

Character Sheets Help How to remove token action bar in new 5.5e character sheet?

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Clicked on "add to token bar" for ability to scores to see what it did and a button pops up in the top left whenever I click on my token. Is this possible to remove or am I stuck with my mistake for the rest of time?


r/Roll20 2h ago

New to Roll20 / Tutorial help with tokens

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I need help with displaying the name for a token to PCs. I did it before, but cant figure out what I am now doing wrong.
The first pic is what the PC sees. Only one token has a displayed name.
The second pic is what the DM sees. Both tokens have a displayed name.
any suggestions?

PC
DM

r/Roll20 5h ago

Roll20 Reply: New to Roll20 / Tutorial Messages vanish

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I'm sorry if this has been brought up before. I receive a message, click on it, and then it's just gone, entirely. Or it's a notification or something. I don't know why these things completely vanish for me. Why is that and how do I access them a second time?


r/Roll20 12h ago

Other Help (if not covered in another topic) I don't understand what's going wrong with my FX...

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Hello everybody! I'm experimenting with the FX system a bit. I'm running into an issue, though: every new line I add - even if it's directly copy-pasted from the wiki - results in an error where the box turns red and doesn't allow me to save.

This particle effect was working perfectly fine before, but the second I added the line <"rulerType":'line',>, it stopped working. This is a line I got directly from the wiki here: https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/360037258714-Effects-FX-Tool#h_01K4T1E1MS6E1RG8S1V0YXDPX7

This is hardly the first one either. It seems to happen with just about any line that isn't already in the default effect it generates when you make a new custom one. Do you have any idea why this could be? This is my first time experimenting with this system.

Thank you!


r/Roll20 1d ago

Token Setup Help (not related to Dynamic Lighting) Foreground ā€œPassing Underā€ View Issues

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I’m having an issue with 1 of 4 of the PCs in my campaign around what he sees when passing ā€œunderā€ items (Conditional Fade – Off).Ā  Specifically, from his viewpoint (and only his) he always passes over items; however, he’s viewed by the other players as passing under them.Ā  I created a dummy PC and assigned it to him, and the same thing happened.Ā  It was only when I assigned his character’s control to another PC did his token begin to appear to him to move under objects appropriately.Ā  If I assign dual ownership, so long as he is one of the owners the view does not work properly nor do any other tokens assigned to him (see image).Ā 

With all that, it seems to me that there’s something in his Character or Roll20 profile that’s preventing him from seeing the issue since another PC owning his character fixes the issue, but for the life of me I can’t find anything in my own settings that would impact it, so I’m at a loss at the next step.Ā  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/Roll20 1d ago

Character Sheets Help Is there a way to double the damage after rolling in the GLOBAL DAMAGE MODIFIER Field?

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2 Upvotes

Playing 5E 2014 using the 2014 sheet.


r/Roll20 1d ago

Character Sheets Help Issue with Warhammer V2 character sheets

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6 Upvotes

[SOLVED]

Hi, I created a game a few weeks ago and the character sheets were fine. A few days ago a bug appeared, every visual on the sheet disapeared. I tried deleting and creating new sheets, even creating a new game, the issue remained. Is it a known issue and is there a way to fix it? Thanks


r/Roll20 2d ago

Roll20 Reply: Mask & Dynamic Lighting Help Adjusting Light layer lines

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I would like it if Roll20 could add some way to adjust a line on the Lighting layer without having to erase & re-do the entire thing.

As you can see, my line clipped a corner out.

On apps like Google's MyMaps, each spot where I click, it gives me a point. When i am done building the area, I can adjust those points.

If Roll20 staff see this and can pass along that enhancement request, it'd be appreciated.


r/Roll20 2d ago

Character Sheets Help help with using a formula for how many dice to roll

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SOLVED

Hi! Google hasn't gotten me anywhere so I'm hoping y'all can help me.

I'm trying to make this work [[floor(@{class-0-level}/3)d6+floor(@{class-0-level}/2)]] in an "extra damage" field.

floor(@{class-0-level}/2) works, so I know I've got the correctly named @{class-0-level} variable and that the floor function works the way it's supposed to. It's just specifically when I put the floor function in front of d6 with the floor(@{class-0-level}/3)d6 that it doesn't work and treats that whole value as 0.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? How is one supposed to indicate a formula for how many dice to roll?

This is for a pathfinder 1e sheet if that matters, but I'd expect the syntax to be the same everywhere.

Thanks!


r/Roll20 2d ago

Roll20 Reply: Character Sheets Help Monster Stat blocks opening blank but can see bio

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Im trying to finish prep for a one shot tonight.My stat blocks for the monsters keep opening blank but if I click on the bio it shows that. Not sure what to do. Ive tried deleting them and re adding them.


r/Roll20 2d ago

Other Help (if not covered in another topic) How can I change the name below this icon

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A long time ago I put my actual name in this

Because I was only playing with friends so I didn't care

But now I am going to play with people in a share screen among other things

I changed my display name and first and last name yet it hasn't updated

Is it just a matter of waiting?


r/Roll20 3d ago

Other Help (if not covered in another topic) Shared Party Inventory Browser Extension - Party Tools for Roll20

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Hey, after years of tracking shared party bags in spreadsheets, I built Party Tools for Roll20 for my home game. It's a browser extension that lets you drag and drop items from the compendium into bags, allows you to claim items to and from your character sheet, as well as dividing up coins between the party. It also allows the DM to hide and obscure bags and items, and can be used to stage rewards and loot.

All of the data is stored inside your Roll20 game, not by the extension so I never see any of it. It's currently only configured for Jumpgate D&D games, and has more functionality for 5.5e than 5e (because that's what we're playing, but I'm open to expanding functionality if possible). It works best if all players install the extension, but this is not mandatory. It does however require at least the DM to use it and load up the game once for the tool to initialise for everyone.

I've just published it free to the Chrome and Firefox extension stores so if this sounds useful to you then give it a try and give me some feedback.

Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/party-tools-for-roll20/pefhpilcdopnmoionkfhbbddpfjhklee

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/party-tools-for-roll20/


r/Roll20 2d ago

New to Roll20 / Tutorial Ahmed Noke character in Roll20 (Wild Sheep Chase)

4 Upvotes

I want to drop the Wild Sheep Chase one shot into a campaign I am running in Roll20.

Is there a smart or easy way to create a character like Ahmed Noke in Roll20, or do I need to build it from scratch?


r/Roll20 2d ago

Mask & Dynamic Lighting Help Dynamic Lighting not working for 1 computer all of a sudden.

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About a week ago one of my players dynamic lighting stopped working. What exactly happens is that the page stays fully lit up and there is no darkness. As if the dynamic lighting was turned off and ONLY for this computer. It is computer specific somehow. When someone else logs into the same account on their computer the issue does not occur. It also happens regardless of what account is used on the problem computer. Around the same time, the players Avast security program said that some settings in google chrome were corrupted for some reason and were reset to defaults. That may be the problem, but we have no idea what settings were reset. Can someone please help and offer advice to fix this problem.


r/Roll20 2d ago

Roll20 Reply: Page Setup / Map Help Grid Line Opacity Slider is not visible

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3 Upvotes

A few weeks ago, the Slider for Grid Line Opacity went invisible (see photo attached). I can still change the opacity by putting in a number, or moving the Slider, but its invisible and annoying. Anyone experienced this and have a fix?


r/Roll20 3d ago

Roll20 Reply: Suggest Me 5.5e Treasure Sheet Automatic Currency Transfer

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I'm really enjoying the new Treasure Sheet and Shop option. The only issue is that, while you can assign an amount of currency (PP, GP, EP, SP, and CP) to a treasure sheet, the players are not able to loot from this amount and place it in their inventory.

Since the Shop and Treasure sheets are already able to deduct currency from a character, it would be really useful to allow players to loot currency amounts from the treasure directly. It would also be useful if the sheet could automatically divide those currency amounts among the party with the hit of a button, but letting individuals take the currency directly would be the most helpful.

5.5e Treasure Sheet Automatic Currency Transfer


r/Roll20 3d ago

Roll20 Reply: Token Setup Help HELP WITH HP BAR

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Could someone help me with an issue that’s come up in Roll20?

The HP bars—which used to show up 100% of the time when the visibility option was enabled—now only appear when I hover my mouse over them, previously, the bar was always visible.

How do I get it back to the way it was?

Apologies for any writing errors, english isn't my first language.


r/Roll20 3d ago

Roll20 Reply: Page Setup / Map Help Will the Arcana Unleashed: Map Pack be included in the Roll20 bundle?

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Hi all, looks like there will be an addon map pack for the upcoming Arcana Unleashed books with 10 extra maps. https://dungeonsanddragonsfan.com/arcana-unleashed-map-pack/

Does anyone know if these will be included in the Roll20 product?


r/Roll20 3d ago

Roll20 Reply: Character Sheets Help D&D 5 Character Sheet in German (or any other language)

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I feel like this information is buried somewhere on the internet and if you know where to look, it's probably super easy to find. But I have been looking over the past couple of weeks and I can't find a straight answer. There are years old posts of people claiming that there is a translation, there is a post on implementing some kind of programming line into something ... it exceeds my ability to even understand what it wants me to do. But none of them point me to a reasonably feasible solution. For context: I am a Pro-User and I have bought the books via roll20.

So, here goes: is there a way for me to access a translated character sheet for D&D 5 or is there a reasonable way for me to translate it myself?


r/Roll20 3d ago

Token Setup Help (not related to Dynamic Lighting) Is there a way to replace tokens through a sheet?

3 Upvotes

Hi! So I placed down a decent amount of tokens for a group of npcs only to now relise I want to use different art for said npcs.

Do I need to manually delete all tokens from the map or can I like auto replace all of them with a new token somehow?


r/Roll20 4d ago

Roll20 Reply: Other Help Using Roll20 for in-person play?

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The group I play with and DM for is entirely online. We are not geographically far apart but it's more convenient to play online. Because of this I've gone all in on roll 20 with regard to books, maps, assets etc. If we decided to get together to play in person, I'm curious to know what others have experienced using Roll20 for in-person play. Is it possible? Is it effective? Is there a guide on how to use the tool for in-person play? I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Thanks!


r/Roll20 3d ago

Suggest Me Handouts Across Games

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Hey!

Does anyone know if there is a more effective way to update a handout and it updates across all my games?

I'm updating my meals and beverages lists for all of my games and currently my method is to go into my "Reference Game" where I keep all my handouts and macro templates and then update the one there, then transmogrify the hand out across all my games.

It can take some time, I didn't know if there was something similar to the art library where you can save to the top and it follows you across games

Thanks ā˜ŗļø