At the table
Phone and iPad
Everything works in the Obsidian mobile app. On a touch screen:
- Monster references and NPCs: tap once to look (a bottom sheet on phones), tap again, or use Open in the sheet, to go to the page. The note scrolls so what you tapped stays visible above the sheet.
- HP: tapping a combatant's HP opens a keypad with Damage, Heal, Set HP and Temp HP, plus Crit / Vulnerable / Resisted toggles. It shows the armor working before you apply it, so you don't need the phone keyboard.
- Menus: long-press where a desktop would right-click (map pins and tokens). Rules chips such as Bloodied and Last Stand open on tap instead of on hover.
- Minion group attacks: tapping asks how many minions attack.
- Encounter blocks: the − / + steppers are always visible.
- Bestiary: on a phone it shows the list or one monster at a time. Filters sit behind the sliders button.
- Maps: pinch to zoom and double-tap to zoom in. Tapping a pin opens a card with Open note, Edit and Delete.
- Screen: the screen stays on while combat is running. Turn this off under Keep the screen on during combat.
Prep on desktop, run on the iPad:
- Encounters, maps and monsters live in your notes, so any sync (Obsidian Sync, iCloud) carries them.
- The party, the tracker state and map token positions are plugin data. To sync those with Obsidian Sync, turn on Installed community plugins in its settings.