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[Macros] Is it possible to make Macros for every player, as the GM, rather than just herself?

The title says it all. As a GM, can I pre-create Macros for my players that they can use, without having to give them the content of the Macros and have them create it themselves?
Yes you can.  In the edit macro window there is an optional function to grant players access to the macros you create in the GM's My Settings tab.  You can also set these macros as token actions, which will then only show up when allowed players click on their token.
You have full control over their character sheets as the GM. Anything they can do for themselves, you can do for them.
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Garrett V. said: Yes you can.&nbsp; In the edit macro window there is an optional function to grant players access to the macros you create in the GM's My Settings tab.&nbsp; You can also set these macros as token actions, which will then only show up when allowed players click on their token. If you use the 1st way that Garrett said... Advise your Players on the 1st session that they can go to the Settings Tab and check-mark "Show Macro Quick Bar", then they should checkmark every Macro that they can see listed there. (It will only show Players the macros that the GM has set to Visibility: All Players). &nbsp;So while the GM can make macros that players can use, here, the players will only see it as convenient Macro Buttons on-screen after they enable their own Macro Quick Bar , an advisable step. By the way this method works best for games that don't rely on Character Tokens. Wiki docs for this, <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Macros#Macro_Bar" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Macros#Macro_Bar</a> If you use the 2nd way that Garret said... make the Macros as "Token Actions" + Visibility: All Players... now the buttons will automatically show up for any player, but only when their token is selected. This works well for games where each player is commonly controlling their own Token. You might say to players 'Click your token and then you'll see a Macro Button called ATTACK' so this is a pretty convenient way to "give" the macros that you want them to roll. Wiki, <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Token_Actions" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Token_Actions</a> For greater personalization, GM can make the macros in either way as-above, and set Visibility only to certain PC's rather than All. So if you have a Wizard PC and you want to assign a certain spell-macro just for them, GM can do that. 3rd option, you can also make the macros on the Attributes & Abilities Tab of a Character. &nbsp;Some GM's like to put some favorite Macros as Abilities here on a Template Character before the game begins. Duplicate that Template Character when a Player is making a new Character, and they will start with these macros from the Abilities right at the start. Wiki for this, <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Journal#Abilities" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Journal#Abilities</a>
Thanks! Can't believe I completely glossed over that.