Locations

[jaydarkson]

Under the World button on the right menu there is another button labeled "Locations". What is this used for? Is there a video tutorial somewhere I can watch?

[LordEntrails]

It's new as of yesterday. I don't think their is any documentation on its use yet.

[wndrngdru]

I use them a lot for world-building and they are nice for presenting a general "vibe" to a location. The Description field can be easily dumped to the chat window using the small button at the top of the window. Anything outside that field is not shared. So I put general descriptive narrative in the description box and all my other notes about a location in the GM Notes field.

The Pictures tab (bit of a misnomer since it only allows one) can be used to create "a thousand words" when needed or available.

Sub-locations are pretty much what they sound like. You can also drag and drop other locations to this area. One thing to note about doing that, though, is that it creates a copy of the location rather than a link to the original. This means that any edits to the original would need to be copied to the Sub-locations as well, though it's easiest to just delete the copy and re-drop the original.

As far as what they're used for: I use them mostly for places the PCs may visit multiple times. Locations where what's there is more important to know about so that the what's happening can be improvised. Locations in a town or city end up there a lot for me.

[Zacchaeus]

Under the World button on the right menu there is another button labeled "Locations". What is this used for? Is there a video tutorial somewhere I can watch?

It is there in preparation for the New DMG.

[Moon Wizard]

They're meant to be used as @wndrngdru mentioned; just as a placeholder for location type of data. They can contain general description (sharable with players via button), GM-only description, and sub-locations.

It's going to be used to define Bastion Facilities from the 5E DMG. Then, you can create a campaign Bastion location record for a PC; and drag and drop the Bastion Facilities into the Bastion to create copies of those facility records and customize.

If using for world building, use the Add button to add new sub-locations records, instead of copying.

Regards,
JPG

[Mephisto]

I would love to see the "GM Notes" functionality of not being shared in books.