Using @{selected|-} with /as and showing a characters portrait in the chat

I have a token macro that I want to fire a message in the chat, currently I'm doing this: /em @{selected|token_name} swings against @{target|token_name} But I want to use /as. However, when I use /as I don't get a portrait, only the name (even if I use /as @{selected|character_name}. Can it be done?

Well.. first of all you can use /emas "@{selected|token_name}" to emote as that selected token (I put quotations around @{selected|token_name} as I've found if there's a space in the name it doesn't format correctly) However, I've never had a token image appear when using /as or /emas. I actually created a macro called EMAS that will include /emas "@{selected|token_name}" so all I have to type is #EMAS and then the emote I want to appear for NPCs I don't want to create a journal entry for. I've never actually tried creating a NPC token linked to a journal entry to see if /emas or /as would work as you want. The images in the chat are pulled from the Journal entry so it would be interesting to see...

/as and /emas do not show character avatars; they are designed to be used for nonexistent characters (eg, minor NPCs that do not need a character sheet)

But is there something that does, for existing characters?

Heilemann said: But is there something that does, for existing characters? Using the drop down and making sure there's an image in the character entry.

In a macro...

As a mentor, you could create an API script to send messages as a character, which will display the character's avatar in chat. For example: var character = // getting a reference to the character object left as an exercise to the reader sendChat('character|' + character.id, '/em takes a long walk down a short pier'); You could create an API command to do this, and use that command in a macro. Note that there is a bug with sendChat which causes it to not display the avatar if you use, eg. sendChat('player|' + player.id, message); but it works fine for characters.