Cthulhu API?

Hallo guys, i'm an experienced player but i'm pretty new in Roll20. I'm trying to create my first campaign, based on Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium rules (so, it's basically d100). Does anyone got suggestion? I'm searching for an already made API, or a quicker and faster way to create characters' sheets, but also for suggestions. Any help will bevery appreciated. Thanks in advance :) Krom

What, exactly, are you looking to get out of an API script? I've got a character creation script listed here (it's written for D&D, though adapting the attributes for any other game should be simple). What else are you looking for? EDIT: You do need to be a Mentor subscriber to add API scripts to your campaigns. However, you don't need scripts to play most tabletop games.

Thanks for the reply Brian! Well, i didn't know that only mentor could use API scripts, but i've read it just now, and i'm going to subscribe/donate in the next days, 'cause i really like this project and the idea behind it ;) More than an API, i need a stable or preset pages layout for my campaing, and a way to create and administrate characters ' sheets (i could create a single macro named "roll d100" but then, after every dice roll, we'll need to check manually if the result is enough or not). Equipment is an issue too: otherwise, i'll have to handle personally with old-fashioned paper sheets and let the players give a look once a while. Thanks again and sorry for all this "noobity" :)

Have played BRP on Roll20 so I may be able to advise. I did try an API script for crit/special/success/fail/fumble but I have never used it 'live' for a couple of reasons. I use 'abilities' for a skills and a few generic macros. The abilities all roll d100 < target. The target can be a charater stat or written into the ability and edited each time it advanced. It can be regular or inline rolls and can also include emotes, etc. I use gmwhisper to imitate hidden rolls.  For character sheets I tend to use handouts with embedded tables and sometimes linked PDFs for more static stuff. All of this will apply to RQ,CoC etc too.

Thanks LochaberAxe! Using those macros seems easy and reasonable. Should i just type /r d100 < target ability? That could also help me in taking care of the character sheets too. I didn't think about using the handouts, but it sounds great and fast. Do you know if i can find somewhere any editable pdf CoC sheets file to use? Or, once created one, how to save it as model for the other characters? I mean, there's a way to save the "stats/abilities" page of a single character and transfer it to the others? I don't mind the idea of copying every single ability manually on every single PG, but if there's a faster way it will be nice. Another 2 questions: how do i use the gmwhisper command?  And: there's an already written layout for the campaign pages? I'd like to use something distinctive to emphasize the atmosphere , if there's something already done. I don't like that grey and barren field behind. Or i'll try with something new and maybe i could share it with other CoC players (still don't know how, but i'll learn :D). Thanks again :)

Krom said: how do i use the gmwhisper command? /w gm text That will send a whisper to the GM(s), regardless of their display name.

Thanks!

Hi Krom Sorry for taking so long to reply. Here is what I do with GM Whisper for secret rolls taken from a previous post. There have been changes since so it could be that other options would work better for you in CoC.  In my example the emote is visible to players so you would not put something like that for an ability that had no gesture/noise/etc. I don't tend to use /gmroll in character abilities because the player rolling it sees the result as well as the GM. I may change these to 'inline' rolls for my next campaign. For abilities which the player would know instantly whether or not he/she had succeeded I use an emote followed by a regular or inline roll. The macro bar would be much too busy  if I had to put Sense, Listen, Spot, etc for each player on the bar. There are a LOT of rolls in BRP/RQ/CoC which we do as hidden rolls. My current method works : e.g. SPOT HIDDEN ability /em scans the area for anything unusual /w gm Spot Hidden roll - target 65 Followed by   /gmroll 1d100 by the GM

Krom I use a rollable table for hit location and  I have a macro which rolls it. Different tables would be required for multi-tentacled horrors

Lochaber you are saving my campaign! :) Thank you very much, i'll follow your suggestion on macros. I still have some problems but i'm on the right way!

LochaberAxe said: Hi Krom Sorry for taking so long to reply. Here is what I do with GM Whisper for secret rolls taken from a previous post. There have been changes since so it could be that other options would work better for you in CoC.  In my example the emote is visible to players so you would not put something like that for an ability that had no gesture/noise/etc. I don't tend to use /gmroll in character abilities because the player rolling it sees the result as well as the GM. I may change these to 'inline' rolls for my next campaign. For abilities which the player would know instantly whether or not he/she had succeeded I use an emote followed by a regular or inline roll. The macro bar would be much too busy  if I had to put Sense, Listen, Spot, etc for each player on the bar. There are a LOT of rolls in BRP/RQ/CoC which we do as hidden rolls. My current method works : e.g. SPOT HIDDEN ability /em scans the area for anything unusual /w gm Spot Hidden roll - target 65 Sorry for this other question: i've made a macro for Spot Hidden (as well as for Psychology and so on) like that. /em scans the are for anything inusual /w gm 1d100 <@Spot Hidden using this kind of macro, does the player see the result of the roll? How can i do otherwise?  I mean, when you say "Followed by   /gmroll 1d100 by the GM<2 what does it mean exactly? Maybe i got it: after that macro (used by a player) i'll roll 1d100 as GM (using another macro like /gmroll 1d100)...am i right? Any suggestions for the macros a GM will need? I've made /em ...please made all of you a sanity check (only emote) /gmroll 1d100 (for hidden rolls) /r 1d100 (just to quick up the rolls)