This has probably been asked before

Is it possible to update an Attribute or Token Bar directly from a Macro? In other words say I have a damage amount I want to apply to a Selected Token which would immediately update that Token's Health Bar (let's say bar1). Is this possible and if so what would be the Macro entry. @{selected|HPs} = @{selected|HPs} - ?{Modifier|0} How would I get the result of this to apply to the token automatically?

Alright, thanks for the quick response Riley.

The problem with this sort of thing is it requires extensive permissioning, not to mention you then need basic if statements to make the best use of it. And as the real kicker you then need to think about what happens if someone runs the wrong macro,selects the wrong token or runs a macro more than once. As Riley has suggested before, there is a critical mass on macro systems when you get to a point where you may as well have just given people a API for an established scripting language (hence why mentors have been given a javascript API). If you are looking at going down the route of doing this sort of thing with the API then just pop over to the API forums (everyone tends to be very helpful) or you can give me a PM and I may be able to give you a hand depending on what you are trying to achieve.

I'm pretty happy with macros as they are now. I can get away with not using the API for a lot of stuff and don't have to pester my GM to upgrade or add something to a script, etc. The only thing I'd like as a GM myself, would be to run macros on every token selected instead of just the first one in the array of selected tokens.