Help with drop down menu of abilities. Abilities use templates. & HTML entities replacement

Past:  Sheet abilities with "Show as Token Action" clutter the screen. Each ability uses &{template:default}. I created an ability called "SkillMenu" that creates a chat menu listing abilities and even put them inside a template. Now chat is cluttered. I want a drop down menu instead. This requires HTML entities replacement text. What works: SkillMenu ?{Skill |Skill1, %{selected|Skill1} |Skill2,%{selected|Skill2} } Skill1 &{template:default}{{Skill1=[[1d6+100]]}}   I want to add name & add attribute to the role calculation so that it looks like this: However, it breaks when add a template name or attribute to Skill1 ability: Normal With HTML replacements Template Name &{template:default&{{name=@{selected|token_name}}}{{Skill1=[[1d6+100]]}} &{template:default}{{name=@{selected|token_name}}}{{Skill1=[[1d6+100]]}} Attribute &{template:default}{{Skill1=[[1d6+@{Intelligence}]]}} &{template:default}{{Skill1=[[1d6+@{Intelligence}]]}}

You never, ever add html replacements within an attribute call. So dont do this: @{selected|token_name} or this @{Intelligence} PS: thats a great way to describe your problem. You formatted the question excellently.

Thanks for the complement. I already did HTML replacements within "What works" in my original post. I figure there's some bit of coding I'm doing wrong, perhaps putting an HTML replacement where I shouldn't or using @ when I should use # or % or ~. Not sure.

I just pointed out some html replacements you are trying, that you should not do.  never use rolltemplates on anything that begins @{ or %{.

Oh, I get it. Any other ideas?

Yes, try replacing the other stuff, but not those. Personally I rarely use any macros that require html substution any more. I prefer using chat menus : you set up up a macro for each skill (a very simple macro with no html), and then create a chat menu that prints a button for each skill in chat. Then you can click the skill you want.

I'm still attempting drop down menu of abilities with templates. Solution to cluttered chat menu: /w @{selected|character_name}. That way, it's a private message to yourself. I can get the drop down to work if I sacrifice templates, but I'm not willing to do that.

Your initial usecase should work as you've done it (taking into account the unecessary replacements that GiGs pointed out: &{template:default} {{name=@{selected|token_name}}} {{Skill1=[[ 1d6+@{intelligence} ]]}}

Great! It works.