The player view

A live, read-only screen for your table. Seven themes, works on phones and tablets, and updates as soon as the round advances.

The player view is a live, read-only window into your encounter: the screen your players keep open on a tablet, laptop, or phone while you run the session. It shows the current turn order, HP totals, conditions, and round counter, all updating the moment you advance a round or apply damage.

Players install nothing. They open the link you share and see the encounter. This article covers what the view shows and how it behaves on different devices.

The player view at desktop width in the Grimdark theme: round 3, the Bugbear Warrior's turn highlighted, and each combatant's initiative, tags, and health status. — The player view: a live window into your encounter, no install required.

On any screen

The player view works at any width, from a 65-inch TV to the phone someone props against their dice tower. The layout adapts without losing information: initiative numbers, HP totals, tag pills, and the active-turn pointer all stay readable at narrow viewports.

On a phone-width screen the view keeps the same layout and everything stays readable.

The player view at phone width, with the initiative order, health status, and condition pills all readable. — The player view on a phone-sized screen.

Any device with a browser and a network connection works as a player-view screen. Tablets, phones, second monitors, and shared laptops all join the same room simultaneously.

Seven themes

The player view has seven themes. Each one is a complete colour palette: backgrounds, text, borders, and accent colours all shift together. The themes are:

grimdark (default): deep shadows, muted iron tones
frostbound: cool blues, silver highlights
verdant: forest greens, warm amber accents
infernal: embers, deep crimson
necrotic: bone white on near-black, sickly green highlights
celestial: bright gold, soft violet
spellbook: warm parchment tones, arcane purple accents

The theme picker lives inside the player view itself, not in your DM dashboard. Look for the small pill button in the bottom-right corner of the screen with two overlapping coloured circles (one for the active theme's accent, one for its background). Tap it to open a grid of all seven themes; tap a theme to apply it. Each player selects whichever theme suits their setup independently. The choice sticks per device; it does not affect what other players see or what you see in the tracker.

The theme picker open in the bottom-right of the player view, showing theme cards for Grimdark, Frostbound, Verdant, Infernal, Necrotic, and Celestial. — The theme picker: each player chooses independently, and the choice persists on their device.

Live across devices

The player view is driven by the same encounter state as your DM tracker. When you advance the round, apply damage, or toggle a condition, every open player view updates straight away, without a refresh.

Multiple devices can join the same room at the same time. One player might have the view open on a tablet, another on their phone, a third on a shared laptop at the end of the table. All three see the same state simultaneously.

To share the player view, open Settings from the user menu in the tracker header . The Share with your party pane holds your share URL and a Copy button. Tap Copy and send the URL to your players by message or as a QR code. The URL is permanent for your account; you only need to share it once. The tracker header also carries an external-link icon labelled "Open player view in new tab", handy for keeping the player view open on a second screen during the session.

The DM tracker in round 3, with the Bugbear Warrior's turn highlighted and HP shown for each monster. — The DM tracker, where you make changes.

The player view of the same encounter, with the same initiative order, active turn, and tags as the DM tracker. — The player view showing the same encounter. It updates when you advance a turn on the DM screen.

What's next

Next, running your first encounter walks through initiative, turns, HP, and conditions. Conditions and tags explains how tag pills appear on the player view.

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