Live Director

The Live Director lets the GM run visual novel scenes in real time without pre-scripting. The GM types dialogue in the Foundry chat, manages characters through a control panel, and handles choices and scene changes on the fly.

Opening the Live Director

Click the Clapperboard icon in the Token Controls sidebar (left edge of the screen). This opens the Live Director panel at 440x700.

The panel is GM-only.

Starting and Ending a Session

Click Start Session to activate the VN overlay for all connected players. The overlay appears with an empty stage.

Click End Session to close the overlay and return to the normal Foundry view.

Chat Integration

During a live session, Foundry chat messages automatically appear as dialogue on the VN overlay.

How it works:

1. Set your chat speaker to the character you want to speak as (using the speaker dropdown in the chat bar).
2. Type a message and send it.
3. The message appears as VN dialogue with the speaker's name, portrait, and any active expression.

Messages that are ignored:

• OOC messages (out-of-character style)
• Dice rolls
• Whisper messages

Narration

To send narration (text without a speaker), send a message with no character speaker assigned, or use the /desc command if available.