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Simple API Script to Announce to My Players to Roll for Initiative?

Hello, I'm running a FFG Star Wars game and looking for a simple API script or something that I can click and edit and have it say in Roll20 game chat to my players something like this: "Roll for initiative!  Make a straight Vigilance roll with no difficulty."   Ideally, I'd like something that looks slick and attention getting like the way power cards look. Can anyone point me to something like this?  I imagine it's just about editing a power card script a certain way, but I haven't been able to figure that out yet. I've tried editing power card templates without much luck because they all seem to want you to select a token first.  I've also done some key word searches in  the API forum and Specific Use Questions forum, but I'm coming up empty.   Thanks in advance for any help!
!power {{ --name|Roll for Initiative! --! |Make a straight Vigilance roll with no difficulty. }}
Sky said: !power {{ --name|Roll for Initiative! --! |Make a straight Vigilance roll with no difficulty. }} Thanks, Sky.  Just tired that by copying/pasting it into the Macros area, but it is not working.  Nothing happens at all.  Is the spacing or something off on one of the rows?
You need to install the PowerCards script.
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Andrew R.
Pro
Sheet Author
&{template:default} {{name= Roll for Initiative!}} {{note= Make a straight Vigilance roll with no difficulty.}} That's using the default Roll Template, so it works for those GMs who aren't Pro subscribers. Though I'm a Pro subscriber, I usually use the default Roll Template for my 13th Age monsters, leaving PowerCards for my players. ;)
Alternatively, you could use my Simple Initiative script which pops up the characters name and token image. <a href="https://gist.github.com/Sky-Captain-13/d6acd51388507c8b10b2931950100992" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/Sky-Captain-13/d6acd51388507c8b10b2931950100992</a>
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Ziechael
Forum Champion
Sheet Author
API Scripter
Which ever method you go for you could substitute two areas with queries for greater flexibility: Replace vigilance with ?{Unexpected|Vigilance|Cool} and the difficulty check with ?{Difficulty|None,No|Easy,One|Average,Two|Hard,Three|Daunting,Four|Formidable,Five} to give you the option to change the initiative roll required and the difficulty imposed. ie. !power {{ --name|Roll for Initiative! --! |Make a straight ?{Unexpected|Vigilance|Cool} roll with ?{Difficulty|None,No|Easy,One|Average,Two|Hard,Three|Daunting,Four|Formidable,Five difficulty. }}
Thanks, all. &nbsp;I smacked my forehead about not having the powercards script installed as the issue. &nbsp;I've been on the PC side of things too much!