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Creating a Spell Template

March 04 (7 years ago)

The spell SRD on Roll20 has been immensely helpful in adding WOTC created spells to my player's sheets. I was wondering if there was an option where I could create my own spells and then click and drag them to the player's sheets much like WOTC's spells in the SRD. This would save me time in constantly rewriting the same spell over and over again.

March 05 (7 years ago)

Jeremy

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I haven't found anyway to do this where I can reuse them. Though I can say I've used the D&D 5th Edition Wiki to help me copy and paste the descriptions and critical details like duration, etc. It's at least faster than manually copying the text out of my book with loads of typos. Here's hoping the PHB and DMG get introducded to the Compendium sooner than later.

March 07 (7 years ago)

Silvyre

Pro

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As a Pro user, you could write macros using the ChatSetAttr API Script to add spells to a Character.

For example, here's a ChatSetAttr macro that creates a simple 1st-level spell with several fields filled out.

!setattr {{
--sel
--repeating_spell-1_-CREATE_spellname|My Spell
--repeating_spell-1_-CREATE_spellschool|conjuration
--repeating_spell-1_-CREATE_spellcastingtime|1 action
--repeating_spell-1_-CREATE_spellrange|Self
--repeating_spell-1_-CREATE_spellduration|1 minute
--repeating_spell-1_-CREATE_spelldescription|...
}}

The names of repeating spell Attributes can be found in the HTML, starting here, if you'd like to have the macro do more initial configuration.

March 07 (7 years ago)

Edited March 07 (7 years ago)

keithcurtis

Forum Champion

Marketplace Creator

API Scripter

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Here is a thread with a spreadsheet to help you format the macros necessary to use chatsetattr to put in character class abilities for the Shaped Sheet.
And this thread discusses how to do the same thing for feats.

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