Foundry Tutorial Basics: Getting Started. From World Creation to Combat, Running Your First Game

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro and What We'll Cover

FOUNDRY SETUP SCREEN
1:09 - Installing a System
3:16 - Initial Configuration
4:14 - Updating Foundry
4:45 - Creating a World

INITIAL WORLD SETUP
6:55 - Adding and Configuring Users
8:43 - Directories Overview
9:30 - Tools Overview

CREATING AND IMPORTING CHARACTERS
14:58 - Creating an Actor
15:38 - Adding a Custom Portrait
17:46 - Creating a 5e Character from Scratch
20:19 - Importing Features, Items, and Spells
25:20 - Other Character Sheet Notes
27:20 - Alternative Feature, Item, and Spell Additions
27:44 - Configuring Tokens
29:48 - Token Movement
30:21 - Importing Monsters
32:29 - Importing Premade Player Characters

PLAYER PERMISSIONS
33:21 - Configuring Player Character Permissions
35:36 - Claiming a Character as a Player
36:52 - Pausing and Unpausing the Game
37:37 - Differences in Player and GM Permissions/Tools
38:12 - Changing User Permissions Pt1 Removing Mouse Hover
39:44 - Changing User Permissions Pt2 Summoning a Familiar

BATTLEMAP SCENES
42:04 - Importing and Creating a Battlemap
43:49 - Adding Walls
46:04 - Adding Lighting

RUNNING A COMBAT ENCOUNTERS
48:38 - Setting Up an Encounter and Rolling Initiative
51:23 - Activating a Scene to Move Players
52:51 - Running Combat as a GM
58:48 - Participating in Combat as a Player
1:00:46 - Public, Private GM, Blind GM, and Self Rolls
1:02:56 - Manual Rolling Dice via Chat
1:05:02 - Chat and Speech Bubbles
1:06:27 - Out of Character and Whisper Chat
1:07:54 - Ending an Encounter and Awarding Experience

THEATRE OF MIND SCENES
1:09:12 - Example Theatre of Mind Scene Setup
1:10:24 - Specific Configurations for Theatre of Mind Scenes
1:13:07 - Additional Theatre of Mind Considerations and Options

OUTRO AND CONCLUSION
1:14:11 - Final Thoughts