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Displaying NPCs

So I'm starting a new campaign after our last one (lasted over a year :D) came to an end.  One of the things I had trouble with in the last campaign was that when my PCs were talking to specific important NPCs I liked to bring up a handout with the NPCs picture on it, just to remind them of who they were and where they knew them from. However by the end of the campaign I noticed I was often getting mixed up between handouts and character sheets for the NPCs.  I know I should have organized them a little better, and they do have an icon to show which is a character sheet and which is a handout, but I was wondering if anyone has a better way of doing this? I'd love it if there was a picture on the NPC sheet itself I could share with the players without showing them the stat blocks. Any ideas, or should I just get better at organization?
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
Look into the Supernotes script. If you have a token selected, one of the options is to send the character sheet's token or avatar image to chat. You can also put the avatar image in the GM notes in the form of a markdown link: [x](imageurl) Supernotes can send the whole GM notes field of a token to chat, so you can include quick notes as to who they are looking at. It even respects hidden text only visible to the GM. Putting this in the Token's notes: Will yield this for the GM: Or this for the players: Or, a simple command could just send the bio avatar. You can also auto-generate a handout from any of these options.
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I would put an image link to an unused bubble, or on their sheet and shoot the image into the chat.
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Gold
Forum Champion
Similar to what keithcurtis showed above, but less features, I use the API Mod script called: Color Emote it can be set to show the Token or the Portrait from the Character Sheet, in the chat, upon clicking a macro or typing the !color-emote command
Thanks for the advice everyone, seeing how easy it was to use the mods I whipped up a quick one that allows me to type in !npc 'NPC Name' and it displays the character in the chat window, that'll serve me for now :3  Thanks again!