DM Help

Campaign: Curse of Strahd

Overview

The DM panel controls everything your players see: backgrounds, scenes, quests, maps, items, initiative, notifications, Spotify, Hue lights, and special effects.

Top Toolbar

• Player screen: open QR/control info, open players screen, toggle preview pop-out.
• Initiative: create, manage, activate, and edit live initiative rounds.
• Config: Hue/Spotify status and quick settings links.
• Campaign: switch campaign, create campaign, import/export campaign archive.
• Settings: open app-level settings and utility actions.

Display Panel

• Show standalone images to players.
• Display maps and set map focus/marker/viewport.
• Show inventory items as full-screen display cards.
• Use quick action buttons to close/clear active content.

Scenes

• Create/edit scenes with background image, Spotify playlist, optional initiative link, special effects, and Hue scene hooks.
• Activate a scene to apply all configured outputs at once.
• Deactivate scene to stop scene-linked outputs and reset display state.

Quests

• Create quests and attach scene references.
• Activate quest to publish it to players and track current progression context.
• Deactivate quest to clear active quest state.

Maps

• Create map records with sections and points of interest.
• Display a map, reveal sections/POI progressively, and focus the camera.
• Clear map to return to previous image/background display state.

Items & Inventory

• Create loot/item records with ownership.
• Transfer items between party members.
• Display item cards to all players when needed.

Initiative & Combat

• Build combat order with friends/foes and optional grouped multi-enemy foes.
• Track HP, conditions, death saves, and active turn/round progression.
• Save named initiative presets and reactivate them later.
• Clear initiative to fully remove combat UI from player views.

Notifications

• Create notifications for DM, players screen, and/or player-control audience.
• Clear per-audience or clear-all by audience without deleting historical records.
• Resurface existing notifications to rebroadcast important updates.

Audio, Lights, and Effects

• Spotify controls: select playlists, play/pause/stop/fade, set volume.
• Hue controls: connect bridge, apply default/scene, and turn room off.
• Special effects: trigger configured visual/audio effects for dramatic moments.

Players Screen (what your players see)

• Current image/map/item display selected by DM.
• Current initiative tracker and turn indicators.
• Current quest and scene context.
• Broadcast notifications relevant to player audience.
• SRD content shared from player control when enabled.