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Attack Roll + Global Attack Modifier calculator

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Josh
Pro
This could very well already be a thing and I can't find it. Regardless, my problem is that in my very homebrewy DND campaign, I have a lot of characters with a lot of Global Attack Modifiers that they can use. Some are flat values like the one in my example I'm about to post, but others roll dice to add to the attack roll. Also, players have a lot of actions. This means that I regularly have to calculate the attack roll and the global attack modifier's sum all the time and it takes up a fair bit of time. The suggestion is to add an option to automatically calculate the sum of an Attack Roll and the character's Global Attack Modifier. It could be as shown in my example, or just replace the two distinct rolls- but the option would be very nice to have. In this example, I have the same set of attacks. On the left is how it is. I have to add all those numbers up to figure out what hits. On the right is what my suggestion roughly is. Just an option to automatically add the attack roll + the modifiers up to save time. For my group it would be very helpful. End Note: I know that I could use macros and abilities to circumvent this issue, but I have many many character sheets and going from a big list of buttons pressed from the character sheet, to having a bunch of macros and abilities would be a sizeable time investment- one that I really would like to avoid making if possible.
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Gauss
Forum Champion
Hi Josh,  Which character sheet is this for? (Looks like D&D 5e 2014's output but that could also apply to the D&D 5e 2024 sheet.)
Ah yes it's the 2014 sheet
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Gauss
Forum Champion
Alright, so first thing...the 2014 sheet is no longer being updated except for critical issues like the sheet is broken (not an official statement, just an observation, we haven't had any significant improvements to the 2014 sheet in years).  Second, if you'd like I can work with you on ways for you to apply those modifiers directly to your attacks.
That makes sense. Guess I should've assumed that. I'd like that. I tried messing around with the 2014 Attack Buttons in some character sheets- and found that as far as inputting values into it directly, it seems my main options are choosing a basic attribute (STR, etc.) and adding flat numeric values (+1, 2, etc.), notably that doesn't let me input any attributes there. Finally the proficiency bonus would let me play around with some attribute references, but then that would apply to Skills and Saves, too- which I don't want them to apply to necessarily. Also changing the value of the PB makes the character sheet look very strange. I should be available most of this week, feel free to PM me.
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Gauss
Forum Champion
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