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.

The board may also contain unknown entity pins — placeholders labeled with what the party calls an unidentified figure or object (for example, "The Hooded Figure" or "The Hand's Leader"). These appear with a question mark until your GM reveals the identity behind them. You can link theories to an unknown pin just like any other clue.

Adding a theory

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

Click Add Theory on the board.
Write your hypothesis — what you think is true, who you think is responsible, or how you think the clues connect.
Optionally link your theory to one or more clues or unknown pins on the board as supporting evidence.
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.

When an unknown pin is revealed

When your GM identifies the entity behind an unknown pin, the board updates immediately. The question mark and mystery label are replaced with the entity's name and portrait. Any theories you linked to that pin stay intact — they're now connected to the revealed entity.

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.

Troubleshooting

I can't see the Investigation section in my portal sidebar. The Investigation Board only appears if your GM has created one and attached it to your campaign. If there is no board yet, the sidebar entry won't appear. Ask your GM if they plan to use one — they create it from the world's running-your-campaign tools.

I can see the board but the Add Theory button is missing. The Add Theory button requires a full campaign account. If you joined via a companion link (the session-only URL), you can view the board but not submit theories. Create an account and accept the campaign invite to participate fully.

A theory I submitted is no longer on the board. Theories are not deleted — they stay on the board even when marked incorrect. If you can't see a theory you submitted, check whether the board has a filter active. You may also be looking at a different board if the GM created multiple boards for different mysteries.

My theory was marked incorrect but I still think I'm right. An incorrect marking means your GM disagrees at this point in the story. It does not permanently close the theory — circumstances can change. You can add a new theory with updated evidence if you have reason to revisit your hypothesis.

An unknown pin on the board looks different now. Your GM revealed the identity behind it. The question mark label has been replaced with the actual entity's name and portrait. Any theories you had linked to that pin are still connected — they now point to the revealed entity.