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Hi, I know it's possible to link to a handout from a handout with syntax [handout]. Using the same syntax in chat did not work. Is it possible to link to a handout from chat? Kind regards Danii
Yes, but you have to know the handout’s URL. If you have a handout linked in another handout, you can get the URL by right clicking and copying the address. In chat you can either post the Raw URL, or put it into a button as: [button name](URL) so yes, it can be done, but it’s hard to do on the fly.
Another way to get it is to use the External Journal. You can copy a link from there: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/campaigns/journal/NUMBER/handout/<IDENTIFIER" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/campaigns/journal/NUMBER/handout/<IDENTIFIER</a>> Take the <IDENTIFIER> off the end of it and put it into: [button name](<a href="http://journal.roll20.net/handout/<IDENTIFIER" rel="nofollow">http://journal.roll20.net/handout/<IDENTIFIER</a>>) Depending on how many you're doing, that would be much faster workflow.
I'd like to thank you again and share what I did with this: One handout for each spell in my gamesystem (non D&D), visible to all players. One macromule, not visible to the players but editable by players, with... One macro for each spell with damage or other effects that require rolling the dice. Each characters (pc and npc) "Bio & Info" tab has links to handouts for all spells they can use - easy to find. Each spellhandout has a description of the spell and a link to the corresponding macro to roll the dice - so when rolling dice the players are reminded of the exact rules. Syntax in Hyperlink (the backtick at the beginning does the trick): `%{macromule|macroname} Each macro has in the chatoutput a link back to the handout - so the other players can follow what is happening if they want. Never again forget to add this weird bonus mentioned in this specific spell rules. And the flow of this setup is a lot faster than rolling all dice seperate or manage umpteenth tokenactions for the macros. Huh... come to think of it... this would be a good implementation of a chatmenu with all spellhandouts as link. Guess I have some more work to do. :D
