Token specific macros

I am fairly new to Roll20, so bear with me please. I have read a lot of documentation and watched a few videos, but have not found a solution. I created a new campaign and created a new character sheet for a Kobold. I filled out as many of the fields as I thought necessary (HP, AC, Ability Scores, Weapons, etc...). I then placed a token on the map and linked it to the character sheet. Now, when I select the token, in the top left corner of the screen, it has a macro button for 'initiative'. Great! Awesome! Wonderful! But.... how do I get other token specific macro buttons to appear there? Such as 'attack' and 'damage' macros? What I am going for is the ability to create a lot of monster/NPC characters sheets, link them to tokens, and then be able to just quickly select the token, roll a macro, and then quickly select another token and carry on. Thanks in advance for your help. -Brian G.

Firstly, we need to know which system/character sheet you're using. Once we know that, the sheet creator will likely come along and tell you how to do what it is you wish to do. :)

Brian, I'm going to move your thread to the Specific Questions Forum since your questions aren't bug related but a request to understand the features. To answer your question, when a macro appears in a bar on the top left when it's selected those macros have been set as "Token Actions". Otherwise they can appear along the bottom of your screen, if they've been set to appear in your "Macro Quick Bar" and those will always be visible, whether you're selecting a token or not. To do what you want and have a universal set of macros that roll for whichever npc token you have selected, you'll want to make those global macros, from your settings bar, with the selected macro function. I don't know what sheet you're using but I'll give you an example. Click on My Settings Create a new Macro Make it an universal macro by using selected: "@{selected|token_name} attacks with a [[1d20+@{selected|strength_mod}]] and hits for [[@{selected|damage}+@{selected|strength_mod}]] damage!}} Save the macro and set it to be "In Bar" That macro should appear at the bottom of your screen. Optionally you can set it as "Show as Token Action" and it will appear as a token action in the upper bar when selecting a token. Now, whenever you have a token selected and click that macro it will roll an attack, so long as that token has a character it's representing with an attached character sheet.

Sounds to me like 3.5 based on the information given... either way you have a couple of options, either as Steve rightly says or if you aren't using universal macros you can add more specific ones as abilities on the character sheet and tick the 'token action' checkbox there which will make the macro available only for tokens that represent that particular character... useful for those macros that have limited appeal such as spells or special abilities. If it is 3.5 and you need any further help feel free to PM me and i'll do what i can to ease you into the system :)

I guess what I really want to know is.... why did it automatically add a macro button for Initiative, but not for anything else? Here are some screenshots.

On the character sheet, token macros are set up in the html code. Initiative is the only one I set up that way because it needs to be used with the token selected to get the initiative to go in the tracker automatically. I did not set up any of the rest of them that way because not everyone has the same ideas on what they would like up there. All of the non-repeating section macros can be called using the title of the macro given in the mouse over if you want to set them up as token abilities using the abilities section.

Ah, I see now. Thank you so much!