NPC Initiative - Explain?

I get how to roll in PC initiative... easy.  But NPC seems... odd?  I have to go into a character sheet of a PC and hit "NPC sheet"?  Then I have to tweak stats... and THEN roll?  That seems... excessive when PC initiative is so straightforward.  If I'm on a PC character sheet and hit the radio button NPC, it switches, but using the PC's stats... that makes no sense. Can someone explain how to use and easily roll in NPC initiative into the slots in the chart to the left in the game?

Select the token, open the character sheet and then click the NPC / Monster's name

So, you have to load in all monsters as NPC's ahead of time?  I was confused because on PC sheets there are NPC tabs, radio buttons, etc.

No. If you want to load initiative without a character sheet, you can simply right click the token, and hit add turn, then manually type a number in. You can also use the code &{tracker} on a dice roll to add the selected token to the tracker with the die roll result as its initiative. Here is the one I use for my pathfinder games: &{template:pf_generic} {{name=@{selected|token_name} ❖ Initiative [[d20+?{Modifier|0}&{tracker}]] }} {{header_image=[Init](<a href="http://i.imgur.com/H7zQfO6.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/H7zQfO6.png</a>)}} Click a token, then run that macro. It will ask you the creature's initiative modifer, add that to a d20 roll, then add the result to the turn tracker.

The initiative roll on the PF sheet will use the same stats whether you roll from the PC or the NPC section of the sheet. &nbsp;The tracker info will be the same, the only difference will be the output to chat will add "NPC" if rolled from the NPC section . There are many attributes that are shared across both sections of the sheet. &nbsp; I use Aaron's groupinit script. ;-)

[[ 1d20+?{Initiative Bonus|0} &{tracker} ]] Will put the selected token into the initiative order. No character sheet required.

Sky said: [[ 1d20+?{Initiative Bonus|0} &{tracker} ]] Will put the selected token into the initiative order. No character sheet required. Is that you HB? &nbsp;;-)

Vince said: Sky said: [[ 1d20+?{Initiative Bonus|0} &{tracker} ]] Will put the selected token into the initiative order. No character sheet required. Is that you HB? &nbsp;;-) He has been transforming...