Token Action Collections

Hello! I'm MC, relatively inexperienced DM on Roll20. Background Info Here is how I used to add new monsters to my campaign:     - Make a duplicate of my monster template, which is pre-populated with all my of token action macros.     - Search the compendium, see if the monster I want is available for drag and drop. If so, drag into character sheet, otherwise, fill out the stat block/actions. This part is pretty time consuming.     - Find a token image to use for this new monster. Make any variable binds I need, and finish up misc. stuff on the monster sheet. This has worked pretty well for me so far, but is quite tedious to do. I recently purchased the Monster Manual on Roll20 in hopes to alleviate some of that process. Since the MM has tokens already with a plethora of information and the stat-blocks ready to go, I figured it would completely eliminate my process and make it super easy to add monsters to my campaign! However, I had forgotten one thing - my token actions. I quickly realized that all of my token actions would have to be added anyway for every new monster. My Suggestion I  think a great addition to Roll20 would be the functionality to store and add 'Token Action Collections' to character sheets. Essentially, a DM could generate a set of commonly used Token Actions in a 'Token Action Collection'. Then, the DM could drag this collection into the Abilities and Attributes section of a character sheet, and have ALL the token action macros from the collection be added automatically to that sheet. I know I would find great use in a feature like this!  Let me know what you think!

Nice idea. I think an alternative might be to just be able to apply one of the global token macros to only specific tokens. So when you create a new global macro, you check the "token action" box, then maybe there is a section under that where you can apply some sort of filter. Like it could be a textbox where you can enter "charsheet_type=npc" or "token_name_startswith=gob" or "bar1value<bar1max. This way you can create them once, and then just not show them on certain tokens or under certain circumstances.

Using API (I think tokenmod and tokenaction) and the following macro, you can click a token, click the macro and viola, you have token actions for any token: !token-mod --off showname --on showplayers_name --on showplayers_bar1 --set defaulttoken !deletata !ta I hope this solution will work to save you much time.

Patrick said: Using API (I think tokenmod and tokenaction) and the following macro, you can click a token, click the macro and viola, you have token actions for any token: !token-mod --off showname --on showplayers_name --on showplayers_bar1 --set defaulttoken !deletata !ta I hope this solution will work to save you much time. EDIT: I just upgraded to Pro to test this out. It appears the TokenAction script has an issue with newly created NPC sheets from drag & dropping from the compendium. Solution is to toggle the sheet from NPC -> Not NPC -> Back to NPC. Took hours to figure out, I don't know why it acts like this, but very frustrating. I feel my original suggestion is still relevant after this experience. Unfortunately as a Plus member (not a Pro member), I do not have access to the Roll20 API and community tools. If I ever decide to upgrade, I'll look into this solution. Spren said: Nice idea. I think an alternative might be to just be able to apply one of the global token macros to only specific tokens. So when you create a new global macro, you check the "token action" box, then maybe there is a section under that where you can apply some sort of filter. Like it could be a textbox where you can enter "charsheet_type=npc" or "token_name_startswith=gob" or "bar1value<bar1max. This way you can create them once, and then just not show them on certain tokens or under certain circumstances. As personal preference, I appreciate the convenience of drag & drop, but I can definitely see this as a functional alternative. Conversely, I think that would reduce customization options per token, and may make managing all the token macros tricky.

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