Beppe! Hey as a newbie roll20 user i've recently waded into the macro waters myself and maybe i can pass on a few tip that have helped me. It'd be nice to see a consolidated MACRO thread like they have the API's. but here is what i got for you. #1. once you make they party's character sheets inside the game, go to their attribute tab and add a few macros. when they log in, tell them to go to that tab and "enable" them. #2. Level 2 macro making involves adding attributes and nesting each of those attributes into your macros like perry did before; my advice, until you play around with it a bit, just have static entries inside your macros. All the following macros are basic and non-nested. yes when the character levels up he will have to adj his + to hit and such but if you are just getting your feet wet you may wanna just do static until you figure out who in your campaign is sticking around for the long haul and you are not wasting all your time inputting a lot of data in their attribute column. helpful macros: 1. one button roll initiative and add the roll into the initiate tracker Macro. (note the player must SELECT their token then hit this button for it to work) [[d20+1+&{tracker}]] this is a basic macro, sub "1" for whatever the characters initiative modifier is. [[d20+@{initiative}+&{tracker}]] = nested version. you will have to assign an attribute named initiative, input that modifier inside the PC character sheet. 2. the quick button - invaribly your PC willhave to roll a random dc and add a modifier. this macro, once clicked on, will pop up a box asking for the modifier for the roll. Example DM: "roll a stealth check." player looks at his stealth score, its a +7. player hits the button, window pops up, types 7, and the the result is posted in chat. [[d20+?{Modifier}]] 3. Basic Attack macro - make a macro for each of your PC basic attacks Example: BUTTON name : Eldritch Bolt /me fires a bolt of dark, crackling eldritch energy at his foe. (flavor text) Ranged 10 ATT: [[d20+7]] vs. Reflex DMG: [[d10+5]] Arcane note: these are for 4e so please adjust as needed of course instead of the static +7 you can nest +@{CHR}+@[LEvEL/2} inside the att roll, char representing the characters charisma score and level representing the characters's level, halved For this to work you need to make an attribute named CHR and LEVEL, thus allowing the PC to simply upate all of his attributes which would automatically adj all his macro'd attacks.
