[Script Request] GM Roll Announcer

When you play with a DM screen and physical dice, everyone knows when the GM is actually rolling dice because they can hear it, and it can incite anticipation, or increase a player's trust that a DM isn't fudging (ha, like actually rolling dice makes a difference, but you know.)  It's all about the theatrics. In Roll20, when we make GM rolls they're silent. Is there any way to create a script that would listen for GM rolls and cryptically announce to the chat that the GM is rolling? ("The GM mysteriously rolls some dice.")  

on('chat:message', function(msg) { let gmrollSent = false; if (msg.type === 'gmrollresult') { // user used "/gmroll" or "/gr" command gmrollSent = true; } else if (msg.type === 'whisper') { // user use "/whisper" or "/w" command if (msg.target === 'gm' || playerIsGm(msg.target)) { // user whispered to "gm" or to a player with GM privilidges if (msg.inlinerolls && msg.inlinerolls.length) { // whisper contained at least one inline roll gmrollSent = true; } } } if (gmrollSent) { if (playerIsGm(msg.playerid)) { // user who sent the command has GM priviledges sendChat(`player|${msg.playerid}`, '/em mysteriously rolls some dice'); } else { // user who sent the command does not have GM priviledges sendChat(`player|${msg.playerid}`, '/em rolls some dice so only the GM can see'); } } });

Sure!  But you don't need one to get started, you could have a macro you use for gm rolls: #gmr 1d20+8 Which does: /desc The GM mysteriously rolls some dice. /gmroll

Nice Brian!

For a low-tech but flexible 'mysterious' roll announcer I use this (sometimes I send it just to make them squirm...): /desc The DM makes a roll behind his screen. /gmroll ?{how many?|0}d?{what die|6}

Thanks Brian I'll give it a try! As for the macro idea, I've tried it before, but most of my GM rolls are connected to the shaped sheet NPC macros so I don't roll them manually.