Hidden rolls from character sheets

I'm currently running a SR5 campaign. We are using the Shadowrun character sheets, both for the players as well as my NPCs. The macros available in these sheets are really useful (skill checks, initiative) and I am using them extensively. However, in some cases I would like to execute those macros for NPCs without the players seeing the result, i.e. replace the rolls in these macros by "gmrolls". Is there a way to do that? I first thought that rolls made from a character sheet would only be visible to those who can actually see this character sheet. This doesn't seem to be the case however, as rejoining the game as a player still displays all the NPC rolls.

Without editing the sheet itself I don't believe so. As the rolls are coded into the sheet. Depending on how its coded into the sheet, you MIGHT be able to call the roll with another macro that does a /w first. but not familiar with the shadowrun sheet myself and how the rolls are done. Only other ways you could achieve this is either contact the sheet author to see if he will change it to whisper GM which might be undesirable as that would effect anyone else using it also, or as a mentor level you could copy the sheet and edit it as a 'custom' option in your campaign.

Hi Odsh. I'm not familiar with the Shadowrun sheets in particular, but I imagine they're not too different from all other sheets in the way they handle rolls. As such, yeah, they're not going to be easily modifiable. Your best option is to follow William R's advice and become a Mentor-level subscriber. Not only do you get to modify the sheets yourself, but you also help keep Roll20 well-funded! Another option is to use token actions or macros, and copy the functionality of the sheet's buttons. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out how the rolls are calculated, and where the information they use is stored. From there, just re-build the macro with a /w GM in front of it, as needed. Granted, this method does remove the buttons from within the sheet to external, but sometimes that's a good thing. -Phnord

I see, thanks for the explanation.

Since this is a question regarding Character Sheets, I'll move this over to the Character Sheet forum.