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Pick up NPC action name from 5e sheet

I keep a base NPC character sheet around which I duplicate to create a new NPC. In the base sheet abilities, I include several abilities of the form "%{selected|NPCAction1}", "%{selected|NPCAction2}", etc, as the sheet itself suggests. So when I copy the base sheet to a newly created NPC, I just edit the ability's name, and now I can select the token and have its attacks as token actions. Convenient. Here's my question: Is it possible to also edit the base sheet to pick up the *name* of the attack from the character sheet. It would just be one more small edit I could skip.
I'm not %100 sure what you are looking for but @{selected|npc_action_name1} is the tag that will pull just the name from the NPCAction1.  
Yes, but apparently it doesn't just work to include that in the *name* of the ability?
Eric said: Is it possible to also edit the base sheet to pick up the *name* of the attack from the character sheet. Would you mind rephrasing your question, Eric ?
When you edit an "Ability" in the abilities column of the "Attributes and Abilities" tab of the standard sheet, there are two text boxes you can edit. One of them is for the macro itself, and the other is for the name which can show up in the macro or token action bar. What can you enter in the name text so that it uses the name retrieved from @{selected|npc_action_name1}?
That input field only takes text; it cannot parse Attributes.
Ah, too bad.