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How to whisper a large block of text to a player?

July 04 (5 years ago)

I attempted to whisper information regarding a player's character having been taken over by a doppleganger.  There was a couple of paragraphs of text and it was for the player's eyes only however only the first sentence was whispered and the rest was sent to open chat, ruining the secret.

Is there a way to do this?

July 04 (5 years ago)

Edited July 04 (5 years ago)
keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter

Put the whispered text into a roll template. It is self-contained. Here is an example that should work in any game. Just make sure you select their token first:

/w "@{selected|character_name}" &{template:default}  {{=?{input text of whisper}}}


July 04 (5 years ago)

Another option would be to put it in a handout then just reveal it to the one player...

July 04 (5 years ago)
Pantoufle
Pro
Sheet Author
Translator

And whisper a link to the handout ? :D

July 05 (5 years ago)
Ziechael
Forum Champion
Sheet Author
API Scripter

You can also just wrap the paragraphed text in {{}} (they'll display as part of the whisper but keep the entire thing hidden).

/w "@{target|character_name}" {{Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3 etc etc}}