Invite Characters

Player Sheet with GM Edit Ability

Important GM Note

CAREFUL: When inviting a player make sure that there isn't already an article with the exact same name (and as a result the exact same link) in your world. This will cause both articles to show a 404 page when navigating to them. To resolve this issue just delete or rename the article NOT connected to the character profile of the player!
So if you already have a character article with the same name, you should rename your character first before inviting the player.

01.

Player

Account

Create a FREE World Anvil account or ...

Login to an existing World Anvil account.

02.

Player

Features

Makes sure their RPG Character Manager is enabled in Account Features

03.

Player

Hero Character Profile

Create a new character profile or ...

Activate an existing character in their dashboard and goes to "Your RPG Character" tab.

04.

Game Master

Character Sheet Placeholder

Goto stat blocks

Select the character sheet from the dropdown

Create new statblock

Maybe name the sheet after the username of the player

Fill in any required fields

Hit Save

Sheet will refresh and give a success confirmation.

05.

Game Master

Copy URL

Copy the sheet edit url

Optional if you dare!

URL Example

https://www.worldanvil.com/heroes/sheet/735063/edit

GM Pro Tip

GM Pro Tip
Save the edit url of the sheet before handing it off. If for any reason you don't see an edit button you should be able to use the link.

06.

Game Master

Private World

If your world is Private add the username of the player to your subscriber access tab.

STOP!

Make sure it is their World Anvil Username, cAsE sEnsiTive.

Not their hero name, not the character and not the name of their pet!

07.

Game Master

Campaign Invite

Navigates to your Campaign List

Selects a campaign

Provide your player the invite link by ...

Copy and pasting the link or ...

Sending the link as email

08.

Player

Accept Invite Link

Click the invite link to the campaign/world

Select a character to attach or

Create a new character

Oh No! 404 Error !

404 Error
If he GM has you as part of the party but not yet attached to the world/campaign this can create a 404. The GM will need to delete the party and re-invite you.

09.

Game Master

Activate the Campaign

Navigates to their Dashboard

Click the "Your Campaign" tab

Selects a campaign

Switcher Dropdown

You may also use the switcher menu at the top center of your screen to switch between worlds, campaigns and characters.

10.

Game Master

Transfer Sheet

Go to statblocks

transfers sheet to username.

bottom of the sheet view

Please keep in mind this transfers ownership of the character sheet to a player but does not attach the character sheet to their hero character profile.

11.

Player

Select the Sheet

Go to your World Anvil Dashboard

Select your RPG Characters tab

Scroll if need be and activate your character

Click the edit button

Scroll to the bottom of the Basic Tab

Select RPG System

Create/Choose Character Sheet Button

Select the Placeholder Sheet from the dropdown

Choose and edit this sheet button

Character

Some things to keep in mind when using the word Character. You have ...

Character/Person Article

Character/Hero Articles

(This is a character/person article with a hero attached)

Character Profiles or Hero

Character Sheets

(Character sheets are attached to heroes also known as character profiles)
So as you can see World Anvil has a lot of character!

Sage Advise

In order for the Transfer ownership to be possible ALL 3 of the following must be true:

A campaign should be active

The user trying to make the transfer should be the current owner of the sheet

The active campaign should have more than 0 characters currently under it.

Dimitris the Forge Master