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Must-Have APIs for OSR games (and NOT D&D or PF)

It appears most of the popular scripts are geared toward D&D, Pathfinder, and 5' (1") grid tactical "minis" combat gaming. As someone who only runs OSR games, lots of "theater of the mind" and general ranges (stabbing, spitting, shouting distance)... but lots of images, handouts, and character sheet use... What would be the best, most useful, must-have APIs?
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Gold
Forum Champion
I guess, "must-have" depends on what you want to do, Here are some that I use in all kinds of games (that aren't D&amp;D or PF), MotD (message of the day), TokenMod if you do GM-prep involving setting up tokens / bars / auras / status markers, ColorEmote to let your PC type in chat with their Character Picture large and a colorful background, Recursive Table to make more powerful rollable tables, Marching Order / Carry Tokens / Bump / Random Rotate.... for different types of token movements, Roll20AM / SimpleSound / or keith's new audio one.... for controlling the Jukebox with macros/chat triggers, ChatSetAttr if you want to automate/macro/chatbuttons for changing Character stats (can work with any char sheet, any game system that has Attributes in roll20) Director... New for theater of the mind,&nbsp; <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/12437726/script-director-a-roll20-mod-to-handle-theater-of-the-mind-play" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/12437726/script-director-a-roll20-mod-to-handle-theater-of-the-mind-play</a> And some more obscure (not in the One-Click) code snippits I favor, Waypoint Patrol to have tokens marching in a pattern/loop around the map such as a flying dragon or guard patrols, h2-chatfont for the option of large emphasis text or oversized Emoji in the chat, AnnounceNats to display a special colorful message when someone rolls 1 or 20. Hope this helps! If you don't have any API mod and this is your first one, get MoTD Message of the Day and start there.
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vÍnce
Pro
Sheet Author
Keith just added a new mod/script geared specifically for "Theater of the Mind" play and AFAIK it's system/sheet agnostic. <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/12437726/script-director-a-roll20-mod-to-handle-theater-of-the-mind-play" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/12437726/script-director-a-roll20-mod-to-handle-theater-of-the-mind-play</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
vÍnce said: Keith just added a new mod/script geared specifically for "Theater of the Mind" play and AFAIK it's system/sheet agnostic. <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/12437726/script-director-a-roll20-mod-to-handle-theater-of-the-mind-play" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/12437726/script-director-a-roll20-mod-to-handle-theater-of-the-mind-play</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; It's System/Sheet agnostic, but really only fully functional on Jumpgate, since it utilizes the area outside the page margin for GM Assets. That link also includes a video walk through. You can also check out Jukebox Plus , if you use a lot of audio. It also has a video walk through.