Portraits and expressions

One of Dice Queen’s greatest charms is the ability to visually express your character’s emotional state during campaign scenes.Instead of a static image that never changes, your character comes to life through a package of portraits and emotional expressions (emotions).

How portraits work in Dice Queen

Unlike other VTTs where images are added loosely on the screen, in Dice Queen the portraits belong strictly to the tokens.

• Each sheet can contain multiple portraits mapped to different emotions (e.g. Neutral, Joyful, Angry, Scared, Hurt, Victorious).
• At any time during the session, the player can open the expression selector on the sheet and choose which emotion is active.

Where does active emotion appear?

As soon as you change the active emotion on your sheet:

1. On the live stage (Stage Mode): If the narrator activated his portrait on the stage, the image projected on the screen of all connected people changes in the same second.
2. In live broadcast (Transmission Mode): In the OBS Studio overlay, the art next to your webcam updates instantly, transmitting all the drama of your performance to the live audience.
3. In the header and watermark of the listing: The avatar at the top of your listing and the subtle background image now reflect the chosen expression.

How to register portraits and new emotions

In the Portraits tab of your profile:

1. Click ”[+ Add portrait]”.
2. Upload the image (lightweight formats like WebP or PNG are highly recommended).
3. Assign the name of the corresponding emotion (e.g.: “Crying”, “Confident”, “On fire”).
4. Define a default image that will be loaded whenever the character enters the scene.

Best practices for portrait art

• Transparent background: Portraits with a cut-out background (transparent PNG or WebP) look much more elegant superimposed on stage backdrops.
• Vertical proportion: Images in bust or half-body format provide better visual reading next to other group mates.

To understand how the narrator organizes the portraits and defines their sizes on stage, check out the article Portraits and tokens on stage.