How do I make an Initiative Tracker?

Quest Portal has a built-in Initiative Tracker, so you don't need to build one in a note.

  1. In a session, open the scene deck and choose the Combat tab.

  2. Choose New encounter, add the characters in the fight with +, then choose Add 1 character (or Add 5 characters, and so on).

  3. Choose the pen icon, type each character's initiative, then choose the check mark.

  4. Choose Start, then Next Turn to move through the turns.

Your players follow along in their own Combat tab on web and mobile. Characters you've hidden stay hidden from them.

You can also plan encounters ahead of time in Notes → Encounters, and run them later from the Combat tab.

See Initiative Tracker for the full guide: stopping and resetting an encounter, hiding NPCs, grouping encounters under scenes, and using the tracker on mobile.

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The tavern falls quiet. You spent all week on this villain: the scarred voice, the secret letter, the slow reveal in the final act. Your players have other plans. They have just set fire to the only bridge out of town, the paladin is deep in an argument with a goat, and the rogue has quietly pocketed the letter that was supposed to unravel everything. Somewhere across the river, your villain stands alone in the rain, waiting for an entrance that will never come. The bard leans back, grinning. Four faces turn to you.

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