A quest board is a tremendous technique to current plot hooks to your gamers! It’s visible, simple to grasp, and, like all handouts, add to the immersion of the sport. So, are you able to create a quest board on World Anvil? Sure, you’ll be able to! Let’s take a look at the steps you should comply with.

How you can create a quest board on World Anvil?

That is what quest boards can appear to be on World Anvil!

Now that’s a elaborate quest board, and you can also make one too!

To create a quest board like this one, we’ll use the whiteboards characteristic. Observe these steps!

1. Collect the supplies you want and add them to World Anvil. For an immersive look, be sure you have a background picture (for instance, picket boards), photographs with clean items of parchment, needed posters, and some other ingredient you may discover on a quest board.
2. Create a brand new whiteboard (or load it up for those who’ve already created it). If it’s in your gamers solely, don’t overlook to set it to personal and alter the subscriber group to the gamers of your marketing campaign. You can too hold it fully personal for now and share it when you end it.
3. Choose a background for the hunt board! Within the high left nook menu, open the “Edit” choices and select “Change Background”. Then, search for the background picture you uploaded in step 1 and choose it.
4. Add stuff to the board. Add the parchment graphics and needed posters, after which use the textual content instrument so as to add the quests you need your gamers to see. Don’t overlook to overlap them so it feels extra genuine!
5. Use the inexperienced plus button on the backside to embed articles and maps on the board. For instance, you could possibly add a personality article the needed poster. This manner, your gamers will click on on them and skim extra about their targets or concerning the places they’ll journey to.
6. That’s it! Take a step again, admire your handiwork, and do any modifications you are feeling are wanted!
7. Don’t overlook to embed it into an article in your gamers to see!

Should you don’t know the place to seek out graphics, attempt free inventory picture web sites like Unsplash and Pexels! Take a look at our weblog submit on how you can discover free photographs in your world too.

Past the hunt board: other forms of board!

Conspiracy boards

Undecided what “conspiracy board” means? I’ll let the meme do the speaking:

As a GM, this may be a good way to show a fancy plot with tons of transferring items, like characters, factions, and interconnected occasions. However gamers can use it too! For instance, they may use it to characterize what they suppose is occurring within the sport. The proper complement for his or her session journal!

To create a conspiracy board, use the identical steps as for a quest board, however be sure that to make use of the road instrument as a lot as you’ll be able to! Pink arrows and contours will get you that chaotic (however organized, in your thoughts) look.

That’s how a easy conspiracy board might look on World Anvil!

City discover board

This one’s only a variant of the hunt board. As an alternative of getting particular quests, missions, and needed individuals posters, it simply has details about the city. However you’ll wish to be sure that it’s nonetheless filled with plot hooks and issues your gamers can do! It would simply be a bit extra refined than a quest board.

Observe the identical steps, however as an alternative of specializing in NPCs and maps, write about helpful locations on the town (just like the library or the tavern) and occasions (like public holidays or festivals). The objective is to make a board that may very well be helpful to anybody on the town.

Prepared to start out your quest board in your personal sport? Create an account to make use of our marketing campaign supervisor and get began with whiteboards!

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