So, first off, first post, loving roll20 (as do my far away friends who I game with).
I've been playing with macros and they seem pretty cool. I've hit a wall. What I'd like to do is be able to see some basic info for a selected token without opening up the character sheet. (Also, it would be very nice if I could access the character sheet directly from the token).
For instance, I may want to know a character's basic stats. I have a macro on the token that might look like (note: using savage worlds, but this is not an issue specific to that system)
I've been playing with macros and they seem pretty cool. I've hit a wall. What I'd like to do is be able to see some basic info for a selected token without opening up the character sheet. (Also, it would be very nice if I could access the character sheet directly from the token).
For instance, I may want to know a character's basic stats. I have a macro on the token that might look like (note: using savage worlds, but this is not an issue specific to that system)
/w GM @{Selected|Name}: AGI:@{Selected|Agility}
and I get a nice message of: (To GM): Joe Hero: AGI:8!,
I could do without the "!", but it's a small price to pay.
So it works! And it's much easier and faster than going to the character list, finding the character, looking up the value, and closing the character sheet.
However, if I want to use a calculated field, say for SavageWorlds, the parry or toughness, the command:
/w GM @{Selected|Name}: Parry:@{Selected|Parry}
gets me a result of : (To GM): Joe Hero: Parry:((4!-((1 - 0) * 4))/2)+2
Blah.
now I've found a few forum entries about this, most notably this one, but without suggestions that don't really work and no real conclusion that I can see.
So, I thought it was worth it's own thread.
Also, maybe there is a better way for me to get what I want. E.g. How to get an attribute or two from a character via his token without having to go through the time-consuming process mentioned earlier in this post. The more time I am futzing around looking up info, the less time my players and I are having fun.
Again, LOVE roll20!
Thanks!
and I get a nice message of: (To GM): Joe Hero: AGI:8!,
I could do without the "!", but it's a small price to pay.
So it works! And it's much easier and faster than going to the character list, finding the character, looking up the value, and closing the character sheet.
However, if I want to use a calculated field, say for SavageWorlds, the parry or toughness, the command:
/w GM @{Selected|Name}: Parry:@{Selected|Parry}
gets me a result of : (To GM): Joe Hero: Parry:((4!-((1 - 0) * 4))/2)+2
Blah.
now I've found a few forum entries about this, most notably this one, but without suggestions that don't really work and no real conclusion that I can see.
So, I thought it was worth it's own thread.
Also, maybe there is a better way for me to get what I want. E.g. How to get an attribute or two from a character via his token without having to go through the time-consuming process mentioned earlier in this post. The more time I am futzing around looking up info, the less time my players and I are having fun.
Again, LOVE roll20!
Thanks!