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Allow players to control Aura visibility

Score + 14
1670360734

Edited 1670360763
Hi gang, Our group tends to use auras on combat screens to help remind about passive buffs (Aura of Courage for example). Presently, the only way for the other players to see the aura on a token is for a GM to go into the token and grant visibility. This becomes a burden on our GM if our token is removed from the board for any reason, or when we change screens. Could the onus for visibility be shifted to the player controlling the aura? Not all players have GM rights, and I'd much rather take a few extra seconds on a fresh screen to set up than make our gracious host(s) have to work more than necessary. Thank you!
1670365309

Edited 1670365506
Gold
Forum Champion
I believe the Players have access to the Aura RADIUS setting.  Have them set the radius to 0 or -1 or -2, that should disappear the aura. More detailed bits, yah, your GM probably needs to give you an Aura (or 2 auras) in the first place, by default these are available accessible to the Player who controls the Character that the Token is representing (from the GM's settings viewpoint this is checkmarking the EDIT permission on Auras, and I'm saying I believe having this checkmarked is the Default setting anyway).  In the player's viewpoint, double-click your Token to get a pop-up panel of settings, scroll down to bottom for Aura Radius settings. Increase to positive numbers to show the aura like 1, 2, 5, 10, 20.  Reduce that to Zero or less to hide the aura underneath your token, making it invisible.
The GM only needs to set Aura visibility once. When set up, the controlling player can set the token as the default token. Then, as Gold says, you can set the radius anytime you want.
I passed this information along to my GM's, and they have confirmed that this setting is in their control (after digging a bit), and they will be fixing permissions on their end. Apologies for wasting the bandwidth of this forum on something that was already a thing! And thank you for helping us fine-tune our experience!