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New macro command for character sheets

I recently started a thread here . A short summary is that I put a lot of ability macros onto character sheets, and I like to have emotes in them using the character name ("Grug swings his mighty hammer", etc). There are three different ways that ability macros can be called (token actions, directly from the character sheet, or from a scoped copy on the macro bar). Currently, there's no way to write a single macro that can be called sensibly using all three methods, by both controlling players and GM. As the discussion evolved, I realized I could really use the following: /charem - a macro that "emotes" from the character, using the name from the character sheet rather than...anything else. This must *not* be GM-only. Current workarounds include things like "/emas" (which doesn't work for players, and you need to design the macro for operation in one of the three calling methods), "/em" (which works iff you have the dropdown correct), or "/desc" including the name directly (which doesn't work for players and isn't as copy-paste friendly). I suspect that scoping already exists (likely there's a *this object you could get ahold of). In fact I'd be quite surprised if there isn't, given that ability macros don't require "Pug|STR" if they're on Pug's character sheet... Thoughts?
I asked for token actions/macros to emote as the token/character name many months ago. Nothing came about of it... so I went and wrote my own API script to do just that.
Willing to share?
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Stephen S.
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Not sure if this the one Badger is talking about. Wiki Power Cards And the API thread is here LINK
I've brought this up multiple times. Hasn't been properly addressed. But yes, +1
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I wish we had this feature too.