Discord sharing setup
The Discord sharing feature lets you post entity cards, NPC portraits, and scene images from the GM Screen directly to a Discord channel — useful for sharing what the party is seeing during a live session without screen sharing your entire screen.
Before you can use it, you need to create a webhook in your Discord server and paste the URL into Skryrún.
Step 1 — Create a webhook in Discord
- Open Discord and go to the server you use for your campaign.
- Right-click the channel you want to post to (e.g. #session-table or #gm-screen) and select Edit Channel.
- In the channel settings, click Integrations in the left sidebar.
- Click Webhooks, then New Webhook.
- Give the webhook a name — Skryrún works, or anything you'll recognize.
- Optionally upload an avatar image for the webhook.
- Click Copy Webhook URL and keep it somewhere handy.
- Click Save Changes.
The webhook URL is a secret — it lets anyone who has it post to your channel. Keep it in Skryrún and don't share it publicly.
Step 2 — Add the webhook to your world in Skryrún
- Open your world in Skryrún and go to World Settings.
- Find the Discord Integration section.
- Paste the webhook URL you copied from Discord into the Webhook URL field.
- Click Save.
The webhook is stored per-world. If you run multiple campaigns in different servers, set a different webhook on each world.
Step 3 — Use it in the GM Screen
Once the webhook is saved, a Discord button appears in the GM Screen toolbar.
Click it to open the share panel. From there you can:
- Share an entity card — posts the NPC or location name, description, and portrait (if one is set)
- Share a scene image — posts an image you've set as scene background art
- Write a custom message — add context, read-aloud text, or GM notes before posting
The post appears in your Discord channel immediately. Players in the session don't see it in Skryrún — you control when and what gets sent.
Troubleshooting
The Discord button doesn't appear in the GM Screen. Check that you've saved a webhook URL in World Settings. The button only appears when a webhook is configured.
Posts are going to the wrong channel. The webhook is tied to a specific channel when you create it in Discord. To change the channel, create a new webhook in the correct channel and update the URL in World Settings.
I got an error when trying to post. Discord webhooks expire if they're deleted in Discord. Go back to your server's channel integrations, verify the webhook still exists, and re-copy the URL if needed.
My webhook URL was accidentally shared publicly. Delete the webhook immediately in Discord (channel settings → Integrations → Webhooks → Delete). Then create a new webhook and update the URL in Skryrún.
See also
- What to test — specific things to try with Discord sharing during your beta test
- GM Screen — full overview of the live running interface