Fantasy Grounds :: The Virtual Tabletop for Pen & Paper Roleplaying Games

Accessing the combat tracker

Click the "Combat tracker" button on the tabletop.

The combat tracker opens. The state of the combat tracker is the same as it was the last time it was closed.

Creating entries

Invoke the radial menu on the combat tracker list area, and select "Create Item". A new entry is created to represent an actor.

Assign a token to the entry by dragging a token onto the empty slot on the left side of the new entry.

Type a name for the entry on the space to the right of the token.

Set the actor's hit points and wounds.

Set the actor's size and reach.

Assign the friend-or-foe status by dragging one of the three colored indicators at the bottom of the combat tracker to the slot provided.

Creating NPC entries from personalities

Open a personality or the personality list.

Drag a shortcut from the personality sheet or the personality list onto the combat tracker.

A new item will be created, containing the information obtained from the personality. A link back to the personality sheet will be created.

Creating PC entries from portraits

Drag from a player character portrait onto the combat tracker.

A new entry will be created. Some fields will be linked to the data on the character sheet of the player character, and changes made on the combat tracker will be reflected on the character sheet as well.

Deleting entries

Hover the mouse cursor over the actor you wish to delete from the list.

Invoke the radial menu and select "Delete Item".

Assigning tokens to entries

Locate the token slot on the left side of an entry on the combat tracker.

Drag a token onto the token slot.

The token can be dragged onto a map to create a token instance with the properties defined for the entry.

Scaling tokens

Assign a token to an entry if no token is defined.

Hover the mouse over the token and spin the mouse wheel. A scaling factor is displayed in a bubble next to the token. The scaling factor will be adjusted in increments of 0.1. To adjust in integer increments, hold down the control key while spinning the mouse wheel.

Any token placed on a map using the combat tracker entry token will be scaled correspondingly.

Space and reach

Adjust the space and reach fields on a combat tracker entry.

Any token placed on a map with a grid activated will shade a number of squares based on the size setting, using a color determined by the friend-or-foe setting. Hovering over the token on the map will reveal the reach of the actor, indicated by darkened grid squares.

For an actor whose size is a multiple of 10 feet, make sure to place the token on a grid line intersection.

Displaying property sections

Each combat tracker entry has expandable sections for offensive statistics, defensive statistics and active effects.

To temporarily display a section, hover over one of the three section icons on the right side of the combat tracker entry.

To toggle the persistent display of a section, click on the section icon. Actors that have been targeted have their defensive statistics expanded regardless of this setting. Also, the actor in turn will have its offensive statistics always displayed.

Using effects

Toggle the effect section visible using the section icon.

Locate the empty effect entry, and type in a label for the effect. A new blank entry will be automatically created for future use.

The numeric fields following the label field can have various uses, one very common purpose is to use them as an effect duration counter. Set the duration of the effect in the field following the label string. Set the adjustment field, located next to this control, to -1.

The counter will be adjusted the next time the current turn reaches the actor presently active. This will be indicated by the "Update on" label below the effect details. If you wish to change this setting, drag from the name field of a combat tracker entry onto the adjustment number field of the effect.

Assigning initiative

Drag and drop initiative results from rolls made in the chat window, or adjust them by using the mouse wheel or the keyboard for all actors involved.

The list will be sorted in descending order of initiative automatically.

Using the next actor button

To move to the next actor in the initiative order, press the "Next actor" button at the bottom left corner of the combat tracker.

You can also drag the next actor button to a hot key and activate the hot key.

If the current actor is the last one in the list, the turn indicator will shift to the beginning of the list, and the turn counter will be adjusted. Otherwise, the turn indicator will move to the next actor in the list.

If the newly activated entry is a PC, a notice of this will appear in the chat window.

Any effects marked as updated on the newly activated actor's turn will be adjusted.

Changing the active actor by hand

Drag the active turn marker onto another entry on the tracker. This entry will be marked as active.

If the newly activated entry is a PC, a notice of this will appear in the chat window.

Effect counters and the turn counter will not be adjusted.