DM tools and settings

When you run an encounter in Mithril Forge, you see details your players do not. The DM view provides extra tools to manage the game state.

Monster stat blocks

You don’t need to flip through books to check a goblin’s armor class. When you add a monster from the Open5e database to an encounter, its full stat block travels with it.

Click any monster’s name in the initiative list to open its stat block. You get immediate access to its hit points and available actions. The player view updates to highlight the monster’s turn, but the players never see the actual stats. They just see the name and a health status indicator like “Injured” or “Near Death.”

Stat visibility

You decide how much meta-knowledge the players get. The settings panel lets you adjust stat visibility across the whole encounter.

Setting	What players see	When to use it
All	Exact hit points and armor class for every combatant.	When you want to speed up the math and don’t care about mystery.
Party-only	Numbers for player characters and their allies only.	When players need to coordinate healing but enemy stats should stay hidden.
Hidden	No numbers at all.	When you want players to rely entirely on your descriptions of who looks hurt.

Tip

Distracted by animations?

The settings menu includes a toggle to turn off interface animations. Flipping this switch makes transitions instant and removes the pulsing visual effects on the active turn. This helps if you run the game on an older laptop or prefer a quieter screen.