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New "Informational" Token type

Use Case: I am using an overland map, and constantly supplying tidbits of information to the party that would be valuable to retain somewhere (i.e. "That old fortress across the valley was a great Goliath city until they were destroyed from within by tunneling umber hulks. Rumor is all their treasure is still there for the taking!"). This allows for the party to accumulate knowledge of the game world, and even make decisions on what they'll do next based purely on player motivations. To accomplish this, I create 'seeds'- tokens denoting points of interest that are linked to journals containing what the party knows. These tokens have a number of shortcomings: They are technically 'characters', so my mysterious stronghold has an Attributes and Abilities  tab that I really don't want. They players can move tokens that they are allowed to view the linked journals for. A precocious player might rename or relocate my area. Accessing the linked journal requires SHIFT+Double clicking. This isn't inconvenient, but it's not as neat as, say a mouse-over. A casually curious player might not take the time. What I'm requesting/suggesting: Create a separate form of token that is purely informational. Have it behave much like a token with the following differences: It's not playable.  You can make it visible or invisible to players, but they don't control it. They cannot move or rename it. It has no 'stats' . You can supply mouse-over text, and an 'on-click' event that opens the relevant journal If the player has access to it. It has no numeric values or bars, and can provide no auras. If we wanted to get carried away we might include accessibility through macros or something like that, but really, I just want something to track points of interest. As always, I'm a huge fan of your guys' work, and I'm looking forward to whatever's next! Thanks again!
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