Target call nested inside of an attribute call.

Good day,

Recently, I figured out, with the help of Silvyre, how to use an @{attribute} call and @{selected|attribute} inside of an %{ability} call. Despite a minor bug when the edit window for the ability is open, it works reliably.

I have been trying to do the same type of thing with a @{target|attribute} inside of an %{ability} and/or another @{attribute} but have been having some difficulty.

In particular, I want something along the lines of @{@{target|Equipped_Armor}|Armor}. This would allow me and my players to simply type the name of a type of armor into the attribute Equipped_Armor and have it auto-populate into any attacks where I need it.

Thus far, I typically get the error "No character was found for '@{target'"

If I try to experiment and find a workaround by using an ability rather than attribute, as in %{@{target|Equipped_Armor}|Armor}, I typically get the error "No ability was found for %{@{TARGET:target|Equipped_Armor}"

As far as I can tell thus far, I cannot use this kind of call against a target, despite it working with a call of the currently selected token, at least when looking for an ability.

Hopefully I am just missing something obvious. Are there any known workarounds that I can use for this?

Thank you for any assistance or advice.

Here's a workaround:

• Use the following as the Current value of @{equipped_armor}: %{ArmorName
• Then, use @{target|equipped_armor}|Armor}
  • This actually seems to work outside of Abilities, unlike %{@{selected|equipped_weapon}|Attack}
    • As such, you could alternatively use the following as the Current value of @{equipped_weapon}: %{WeaponName
    • Then, use @{selected|equipped_weapon}|Attack} outside of an Ability.

I see. That seems to work so far.

Thank you very much for the assistance. I doubt that I would have thought of that.

You're very welcome! Happy rolling!

Is there a work around stuff like this?

%{Macros|@{target|token_name}}

I would name a character Macros, and name the macros for it the token names, but it gives me an error.

Yup;

• Add an Attribute to the Macros Character with the Current value of "%{Macros|". I'd name this Attribute something like "MacrosPrefix".
• Use @{Macros|MacrosPrefix}@{target|token_name}}