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5e OGL NPC Sheets - How to copy one NPC Character Sheet to another NPC

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I've just dipped my toes into the world of character sheets and macros, and I'm really appreciative of a lot of the quality-of-life features such as being able to drag monsters from the compendium straight into a journal character's sheet to populate it with those stats. Super big time-saver. In my game, I have a number of multiple NPCs who all have separate journal articles but I intend to use the same, non-SRD stat block. Is there an easy way to build the statblock in the character sheets of one NPC, then duplicate it into the others without having to re-enter details? Edit: I should specify that by statblock and NPC, I'm referring to characters added through the Campaign Journal, which have a default editable "Character Sheet" tab associated with them.
Go to the character you want to duplicate, click edit, and there will be an option to duplicate the character. the duplicate character will be at the bottom of the character journals tab, titled Copy of CharacterName.
Thank you. If I may ask two followup questions: After duplicating Character A to make Character B, is there any additional unlinking I have to do to make sure no elements of the new character are tied to the old? I recently duplicated a monster just to have monster B's token update monster A's token when the bubble attributes were edited, I had to do a bunch of token updates to fix it. Just to confirm, there's no other non-pro way to use one creature's sheets for another than to duplicate the entire journal entry?
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keithcurtis
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I tend to use a technique that might help in a situation like this. My own implementation uses the API, but the principle is the same. I have a number of "stock NPCs": Guard, Veteran, Bandit, Commoner, etc. I differentiate them by changing name, token, and put any individual journal/bio details in the token's GM Notes. This requires them to be stored on a page in the VTT, of course, since you cannot store multiple default tokens that all link to a single statblock in the journal tab.
Oh yeah, just wanted to say thanks to both of you, this has been really helpful for better planning out my workflow.
The only thing that needs to be unlinked in the duplicate is the default token because the new character sheet's token will still be linked to the original. (There's a good reason for that but I can't remember what it is right now) It's a simple thing to select edit, then edit token properties then link the token to the new character sheet. Note that if you're renaming the duplicate, do that first, save changes, then go back and fix the link; don't try renaming and relinking in one step. A I. said: Thank you. If I may ask two followup questions: After duplicating Character A to make Character B, is there any additional unlinking I have to do to make sure no elements of the new character are tied to the old? I recently duplicated a monster just to have monster B's token update monster A's token when the bubble attributes were edited, I had to do a bunch of token updates to fix it. Just to confirm, there's no other non-pro way to use one creature's sheets for another than to duplicate the entire journal entry?