Macro for swapping (speaking as) characters as GM

Hi there, I have several NPCs and I want to swap between them very fast (so that my players can always see the picture of the NPC currently talking). I know that I can search for the NPCs in the "Speaking as" dropdown list, but this takes some time and slows down the talking of me as GM. I wonder if there is a possibility to swap characters using a macro? Perhaps by writing a macro for every single NPC which activates my NPC wehn I run the macro? Does anyone have an idea on how to do this? Thanks in advance!

As GM you can use the /as functionality . You could make these universal Token Action macros: /as "@{selected|token_name}" ?{What do they say?} /as "?{Who is speaking?}" ?{What do they say?} And if you want to be able to use the selected token name in a query, use this: !?{ Who is speaking |@{selected|token_name}} /as "?{ Who is speaking }" ?{What do they say?}

Thanks for your response, Jarren K. I know this functionality. Actually, I meant that I want to swap the avatar picture so that the NPC I SPEAK (not: write) as is visible. Actually, I really want to use my voice and talk. But I want that the picture of the NPC for which I talk is shown. For example, I want to speak through the microphone as NPC "Armon" and I want that the picture of "Armon" is shown as my avatar. So I can select Armon in the "As" dropdown menu. Then the following is shown: Next, I want to talk through the microphone as NPC "Geshmine" and I want that her picture is shown as my avatar. To do this, I can select Geshmine in the "As" dropdown menu. Then, the following is shown: Because I am swapping every few seconds between five NPCs, I want to have a macro button, that does this change for me. Is there a possibility to do this? Thanks in advance!

Here's an API script that will switch your speaking as: You need to call it with the character id like this: !switch @{bob the slayer|character_id} Code: on('ready',()=>{ on('chat:message',(msg)=>{ if('api' === msg.type && /^!switch/i.test(msg.content)){ let p = getObj('player',msg.playerid); if(p){ let a = msg.content.split(/\s+/); if(a.length>1) { let c = findObjs({ type: 'character', id: a[1] })[0]; if(c){ p.set({ speakingas:`character|${a[1]}` }); sendChat('',`/w "${p.get('displayname')}" Switching to <b>${c.get('name')}</b>.`); } else { sendChat('',`/w "${p.get('displayname')}" No character found for ID <b>${a[1]}</b>!`); } } else { p.set({ speakingas: '' }); sendChat('',`/w "${p.get('displayname')}" Switching to self.`); } } } }); });

Oh yes, that works great. Thank you very much! :-)

No problem! =D