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[5e OGL] Whisper roll function and monster HP

I started using the 5th ed OGL character sheet recently  and it is fantastic! I have a couple of questions regarding the whisper roll function. as a DM i sometime ask the players to roll secretly, meaning that i am the only one to see the result (perception other checks). I set the sheet with the whisper query function but once they select the whisper option the result is shown to me AND the player who rolled (not the rest of the players). Does that mean that in order to get a secret roll I am the one who should open the character sheet and roll? is there a way to prevent that? I have enough bookkeeping to do without having handy also the players character sheets. I also have another question. Is there a way to adjust the monster HP in a similar way to the character sheet(the arrow up and down)? Thanks everyone 
There is currently no way for a player to blind roll to the GM without using an api script.
ok thanks....and no other option for the monsters HP
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Scott C.
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There is a way around it using API command buttons (No API access or subscription level required).  The way you would do this is to make a macro menu for the things you occassionally need to roll secretly: /w gm &{template:atk} {{desc=**Secret Rolls** [Stealth](!
/w gm %{CharName|Stealth}) Additional roll buttons here}} I've only shown a single skill roll, but you'd simply add all the ones in that you need. Set this as an ability in each player's character sheet (replacing CharName with the character's name) and set it as a token action. Now whenever you need to roll in secret, you can simply select their token, click the token action button (call it roll whispers or something like that). And then select the roll that you need whispered to you. They can also click it when you ask to whisper you the button list; the important part is that you are the one to click the roll button for whatever skill/save/check they need to make. As for the monster HP, you may find this  wiki article on linking tokens to journal entries helpful (especially the part about setting up mooks).
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Scott C.
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SkyCaptainXIII said: There is currently no way for a player to blind roll to the GM without using an api script. And to add to my above, this isn't quite true thanks to some more API command button trickery, but to have the player technically roll would require much more work than my above method as you would need to recreate the attribute additions and templating of each roll. As an example though, the below will have the player technically roll when they send the message, but the result won't be displayed until someone clicks the API command button: [True Whispered Roll](![[
[[1d20+9]]) The downside to this is that the roll gets displayed to the gm as plain text (e.g. 11) without the ability to mouseover the result to inspect the math.