FXMaster+Particle
Fire
Animated fire sprites with manual placement, optional light sources, glow, and token-burning visuals.
FXMaster Documentation
How to set up FXMaster and FXMaster+, what every effect does, and what each control changes on the canvas.
FXMaster documentation
FXMaster is a real-time visual effects module within Foundry that includes Scene or Region based particle and filter effects. FXMaster+ is an expansion module that is installed in addition to FXMaster with additional effects and features. Use these guides to set up effects, understand how they behave, see what each parameter changes on the canvas, and more!
FXMaster effects24
FXMaster+ effects19
Preset families42
Top-down variants17
Start with FXMaster
Install the module, open FXMaster Controls, and add a particle or filter effect to a Scene.
Use Regions and layers
Limit effects to specific areas, suppress scene-wide effects, and control where each effect sits in the layer stack.
Add FXMaster+ features
Create custom particle effects, paint Wind areas, place individual particles, and connect effects to SoundFX rules.
Browse presets
Start with bundled weather and atmosphere setups, then adjust the resulting effects for the Scene.
Popular effects
Section titled “Popular effects”Some of the most popular effects are Fire, Water, Fish, Clouds, Fog, Snowstorm, Lightning, and Screen Shake. Open an effect to review its available controls, defaults, ranges, and a description of what every parameter changes on the canvas.
FXMaster+Filter
Water
Water refraction, caustics, flow, waves, vortices, region-path steering, and token trails.
FXMaster+Particle
Fish
Animated koi, betta, manta ray, and spirit variants with orbit, directional movement, glow, trails, and token avoidance.
FXMasterParticle
Clouds
Moving cloud particles with orbit mode, direction synchronization, and shadows.
FXMasterFilter
Fog
Shader-based fog with configurable color, scale, speed, density, and directional movement.
FXMasterParticle
Snowstorm
Dense procedural snowstorm with side-view or top-down presentation and sweeping background snow.
FXMasterFilter
Lightning
Full-scene lightning flashes with timing, tint, duration, and audio-aware controls.
FXMasterFilter
Screen Shake
Timed or continuous camera shake with strength, speed, smoothness, decay, edge protection, and audio-aware controls.