A couple of simple GMing in R20 use questions

I have three use questions which might overlap. How can you roll a X +N as a GM without typing it? For example, how can you "/roll 3 (d20+4)"? Rolling several 20's is easy enough but not 3 d20 each with +4 How can you add a token to initiative in a single click, as a GM. This is possible as a player. I can manually add it, but then it doesn't have a icon/token. How can you have something you find in the search, for example a spell's info, show up in the chat? If it is in a character sheet it shows up when you click on it, but there is nowhere to click in the search interface that I can see. How can you move characters to a new map without copy-pasting them? In Firefox, none of these seem to have UI buttons but these I expect are core features for a virtual d20 rpg platform. They're such basic features, that I have to assume I'm just missing something. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

1. Isn't something that is easy with the regular dice roller.&nbsp; It is something that is easy with the api (pro subscription perk) using something like ScriptCards, I believe.&nbsp; With a free account, you could set up several macros that roll multiples, and then use a chat menu to call which one you want for the total number of dice.&nbsp; How this looks will vary based on what the variation on total number of dice is likely to be, if the modifier is usually a set number or needs to be queried each time, or if it is based on an attribute on a character sheet.&nbsp; Chat Menus are the first link under the Macro section of the Roll20 Tricks thread (first post is an index):&nbsp; <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/5899495/roll20-tips-and-tricks-innovative-solutions-to-common-problems/?pagenum=1" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/5899495/roll20-tips-and-tricks-innovative-solutions-to-common-problems/?pagenum=1</a> 2. You write a macro and set it up either as a token action or on your quick macro bar.&nbsp; Technically it is 2 clicks, because you have to have the token selected.&nbsp; Some examples of initiative macros are on the wiki:&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Dice_Reference#Roll_To_Initiative" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Dice_Reference#Roll_To_Initiative</a> 3. I'm not sure what you mean by search.&nbsp; If you mean entries that you find in the compendium, there isn't a way to get them to print directly to chat.&nbsp; You can drag a compendium entry to the VTT, and if it isn't a creature, then it will generate a handout in the journal tab that people can look at.&nbsp; If there are rules that you need to reference often, then the handout can be popped up for everyone to see if you open it and click the "Show to Players" button. 4. Assuming you have assigned the tokens to a character sheet in the journal, you just grab the name in the journal and drag it out to the map.&nbsp; If placement isn't a concern, then players can do that as well.&nbsp; If placement is important, I will place player tokens that way before moving the player ribbon to the new map.

Hi, Axon A, I've got a couple of answers that might work for you. For a frequent roll type, it's worth writing a macro.&nbsp; You can do it on the "macros" tab (looks like a bulleted list of lines in the upper right corner, but I much prefer using a character sheet.&nbsp; The macros are easier to write there because on the tab when you have to use ascii escape codes for some characters, and every time you save they get lost and have to be replaced.&nbsp; So create a character sheet with an obvious name, like "macro storage," and on the attributes and abilities&nbsp;&nbsp;tab, add an ability.&nbsp; Name it something you will remember, short if possible, with no spaces -- the field will automatically replace spaces with dashes.&nbsp; Then click on the pencil icon to open the macro field and type what you would type into chat.&nbsp; Click the pencil again to close it, and click on&nbsp; "show in macro bar." It will only show for someone who has control of the character sheet, so if you don't give control to players, only you see the button at the bottom of the tabletop.&nbsp; Then you can click on it to make the roll in one step. For the case you mention, use /r 3d20+3*4 When you say "move characters to a new map" do you mean move tokens?&nbsp; I recommend you read&nbsp; this .&nbsp; It's a little dated but the basics are still the same.&nbsp; Once you have a token set up as you like and linked to a character sheet, you can just drag the character (by the name, not by the avatar or the three bars that show up) and drop it onto the map you're looking at. Hope this helps.&nbsp; Sorry I can't help with initiative tracking or searching. As a Pro user I rely on some API scripts that are not available to you, but I'm sure others can help with those.

For question 1, if they are against the same difficulty roll, you can use a a group roll, like: /roll {3d20+4}&gt;15 It'll calculate each roll, with the _+4 on each roll, and compare vs the difficulty, and tell you how many hit/succeed. 2: to add to Kraynic's answer, you just need to make sure that &amp;{tracker} is in your intitiative roll macro. You can create one macro, and use it for all characters, with something like &amp;{template:default} {{name=Initiative for @{selected|token_name}}} {{roll=[[1d20+@{selected|Init} &amp;{tracker}]]}} Change Init for whatever the initiative attribute is in your game.

1.&nbsp; Make a macro.&nbsp; You could wrap the rolls in a template or just do simple [[XdYY+Z]] 2.&nbsp; I'm pretty sure you can now drag and drop the initiative buttons to a macro bar with their poorly implemented drag and drop in the sheets.&nbsp; Just hold down on initiative and drag down towards the bottom of the map.&nbsp; Drop it and as long as you have the token selected when you click that button that appears, it will roll and place you in initiative.&nbsp; 3.&nbsp; You can't send compendium to chat but you as the DM can drag entities from that to the map area, then "show players" and it becomes a window that opens in their view.&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.&nbsp; Moving tokens between maps automatically without copy and paste is not possible unless you have API access and are using either Mapchange API or Teleport API.&nbsp; API access is only available if the session you are DM'ing is owned by a pro subscriber or you are a pro subscriber.&nbsp;&nbsp;