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Using Aether

Everything you need to play at a table or run one as the game master.

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Aether is a virtual tabletop. You and your friends share scenes, move tokens, keep campaign material in a connected Library, show handouts, roll in Chat, and track combat. One person runs the game (the game master, or GM); everyone else plays.

These pages are for playing and running games. If you want to build a game system or write an extension, head to Building on Aether.

#Where to start

If someone sent you a link, start with Joining a table. If you are the GM, follow the three-guide first-session sequence:

  1. Create and open your first world
  2. Prepare your first session
  3. Run your first session

The Library is substantial enough to learn on its own. Its three-guide sequence begins with Organize your world in the Library.

#What a world is

A world is one campaign: its maps, characters, notes, and the people invited to it. Worlds sleep when nobody is in them and wake up the moment someone joins, so a world is always there without you having to keep anything running.

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