Roles are how you say who is running a session, as opposed to who is attending it.
Slots
A role has a number of slots — Host might have one, Helper three. Each slot is a seat somebody can occupy. "Helper 2/3" means two of three helper seats are taken.
You set default slot counts in Settings → Features → Sessions → Roles. When you create a session you can change the count for that session, or leave a role off entirely.
Claiming
Open a session and press Claim next to a role that has a free seat. Your name appears in it.
You may hold only one role per session. To switch, unclaim first. This is enforced on the server, so opening a second tab will not let you hold Host and Helper at once.
Managers can remove someone from a seat, and can claim on someone else's behalf.
Two people, one seat
If two people claim the last seat at the same moment, one of them gets it and the other is told it just went. Nobody is silently bumped, and the seat never ends up double-booked.
What claiming affects
- The Discord board shows who is in which role, updated as it changes.
- Announcements can include the staffing line via the
{roles}placeholder. - Recurring schedules open the same roles automatically on every session they create.
Claiming versus registering
Two different things:
- Claim a role — you are running part of the session.
- Register — you are attending. This is what counts against the participant limit.
Both are available on the same panel, and doing one does not do the other.