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Query Skill Checks.

I noticed on the DnD5E Roll20 Sheet for skills like Thieves Tools and things like that you can select what ability score you'd like to use when using the skill. Is there a way to set up a macro that will let you do that with every skill? For Example: Lets say my party is fighting a creature that can fly.  When it's health gets low it attempts to fly away.  Up next in the turn order is the fighter of the group and they want to run and jump and catch the beast before it can fly off.  I'll have them roll acrobatics but allow them to add their strength instead of their dexterity, and add their proficiency bonus if they are proficient, since being a fighter they use their raw power instead of their agility. Right now I just have them roll a d20 and add it all up themselves. A query macro would make things a lot easier on my players who are unfamiliar with all the bonuses and when to add them and speed up the game a bit because we'll spend less time doing math. Thanks in advance for all the help!
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keithcurtis
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My first thought would be to add two custom proficiencies in the proficiency section, one for proficient, one not, and set them for "query". Maybe a third with "Expertise" if necessary. Then if you ask them to make a Dexterity (Athletics) check, for instance, and they were proficient in Athletics, they would roll the generic Proficient Skill and choose dexterity from the popup. Since there is no selector for "unproficient" in the proficiency field, you will have to subtract the proficiency bonus from the roll for an unproficient skill. Just add -@{pb} into the mod for the unproficient skill. You'll get something that looks like this: The "unproficient" skill would look like this: (As to why question marks always appear in the proficiency field when everything is out of edit mode, your guess is as good as mine.)
Thanks for the reply Keith!  This is perfect!