Foundry Modules Walkthrough Part 1: Ironmonk's Tokenbar, Active Tiles, and more

I'm joined today by one of the Foundryvtt community's most active module developers, Ironmonk. Monk gives us the amazing Active Tiles module, but did you know about his mountain of other modules... all of which are free?!

Join me to hear about new things in Active Tiles, but also Tokenbar, Breaktime, AlwaysHP, Hotbar Expansion, Scene Navigation, Enhanced Terrain Layer, Sound Enhancements, and Wall Enhancements.

How to find and support Ironmonk:

Other modules mentioned:

00:00 Intro to Ironmonk
02:00 Active Tiles intro
04:45 New to Active Tiles
10:22 Tokenbar
22:45 Breaktime
23:35 AlwaysHP
25:24 Hotbar Expansion
26:45 Scene Navigation
29:29 Enhanced Terrain Layer
32:35 Sound Enhancements
34:15 Wall Enhancements
36:18 Coming Up

How to find and support Ironmonk:

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These VTT battlemaps and assets are made for game systems like DND5E (Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition), PF2E, Warhammer and more for virtual tabletop platforms like Foundry VTT, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds. Using Dungeondraft mapping software as well as Clip Studio Paint.

[Eluinn]

Just wanted to say that I LOVE your interviews with the actual Mod creators as it provides a true deep dive into mods that one can't really get without that perspective. These videos have prompted me to try out many mods that I passed up before, simply because I didn't know of the functionalities. It's even helped me consolidate as sometimes multiple mods could be replaced with one, or a mod provided a function that was a bonus feature in another.

[benjamindeh]

Woah, such a cool video. I was only using monk's journal but seeing this short explaination now I see the value in a lot of the others. Thanks a lot.

And thanks a lot MONK! you are an asset to the community.

[rmasoni]

I use almost all of Monk's modules. They're incredibly useful, well made and reliable.

[quegs]

As a novice Foundry GM watching this:

Monk’s Active Tiles: you have my curiosity
Wall Enhancements: you have my attention

[brettshepherd]

Such a cool community. So glad you have been doing these sessions with other creators. I love all the little stories and such behind all this cool content. And some of the little tips have really opened my eyes as to how I can use these tools even more/better.

[KalarGM]

Another amazing interview! I have used his scene navigation for so long that I forgot it wasn't stock foundry.

Thanks so much for his great series!!

[real-zenithas]

Tokenbar has been immensely useful for my games; not only for the tokens themselves, but for the roll requests and exp sharing! I have automated exp distribution after encounters, but when my players finish a 'chapter', I find Tokenbar to be really useful to reward them. Wasn't aware about the loot interaction, I'll have to look more at that!

[VTTom]

Some of my favorite Modules are from Ironmonk. Active Tiles is my absolute favorite and an gamechanger in automations and GM support.

[drew_and_dragons]

More amazing content. Love both these creators! Thanks for all you both do for DMs like me!

[sarahdubois]

Bussin'!
Props to Monk for all his work

[evinfuilt]

I’ve used a lot of monks, looks like I need to add break timer and his wall tool.

[joshh]

Shout out to the Discord community. Some brilliant folks in there!

[MrJb]

I don't see the link to Krogar's(sp?) wiki that was mentioned in the video.

[Jk-zvtz]

Hey mate. Your Gnollspine keep. Whats up with the stairs? Only 1 of them works from going from 1 to level 2, but going down to the basement or any higher just won't work. Clicking it just opens the journal link called stairs which says; This journal entry should be enabled for all players to see and interact with it. Assign a map pin to this entry if you want users to see and initiate teleporting points.



Alternatively, use the 'gm-only' journal entry to only allow the GM to see and initiate a teleport point.

i have tried looking at your guides to see how to do that, but i can't seem to find what i am supposed to do here. Just odd one set of stairs works out of the box, and the rest don't.

[shayulghul]

How close do the points have to be to use the Join Wall Points feature? It doesn't seem to do anything in v8 or v9 and there's no feedback after clicking the button.

[dlsisson]

Tokenbar is a great module and very useful. But It covers half my macro bar and I can't seem to figure out how to move it. I tried the "Rest Location" button in settings and it didn't do anything.