Investigation board

The Investigation Board is where the party tracks clues, theories, and connections discovered during play. Your GM creates a board for a specific mystery or investigation thread in your campaign — you work with what they've revealed.

Accessing the board

The board is accessible from your character portal under Investigation in the sidebar. Your GM may also share a direct link during a session if they want the party to reference it at the table.

What the board contains

Your GM populates the board with revealed clues — entities or notes they've made visible to the party. These might be NPCs connected to the mystery, physical evidence, locations of interest, or information the party uncovered during play. You can view these clues but can't edit or remove them.

Adding a theory

Theories are your working hypotheses about what's going on. Any party member can add one.

  1. Click Add Theory on the board.
  2. Write your hypothesis — what you think is true, who you think is responsible, or how you think the clues connect.
  3. Optionally link your theory to one or more clues on the board as supporting evidence.
  4. Submit. Your theory appears on the board with your name attached.

The board shows who submitted each theory. If two party members have different theories about the same clue, both appear — disagreement is part of the process.

Theory feedback from your GM

Your GM reviews theories and marks them as they see fit:

  • Confirmed — the pin snaps to the entity your theory correctly identified and turns green. You know you're right.
  • Incorrect — the theory is flagged. The record stays on the board — wrong turns are part of the investigation.

When a theory is confirmed, you'll see it lock in visually. When one is marked incorrect, the flag is visible to all party members. Your GM decides when and whether to give feedback — they may wait until a reveal moment in the story.

📝Note

Your GM doesn't have to mark every theory. Some may stay unconfirmed until the campaign resolves them naturally. An unmarked theory isn't necessarily wrong.

Collaborative boards

All party members can add theories and link evidence. The board is collaborative by design — it reflects the party's collective understanding of the mystery. Use it to share your thinking with the rest of the group, not just to keep personal notes.

💡Tip

If you're following a session via a companion link without a full account, you can view the board but can't submit theories. Join the campaign with a full account to participate.

See also