This is great! I have a player with a warlock in my group and he was just asking about a macro for Eldritch blast with Agonizing blast built in. I'll send him here. Thanks again for another greatly helpful macro vid for Roll20!
The eldritch blast macro will be used today in my game Demolition Force. You can catch it live on Twitch and Facebook @ Pop Culture Cosmos 2pm PDT. Thanks so much for the great content, my players love the automation and special effects!
Nick, thanks again for such a helpful macro. My dream come true would be if you would do a how-to series on power cards, (or the newer version). Keeping fingers crossed!
Thanks for the vid Nick. I always learn stuff from you. Out of curiosity, is there any reason not to just do the Great Weapon Fighting calculation within the "Attacks & Spellcasting" section of the character sheet?? You can enter 2d6ro
You're totally right, Simon. Great Weapon Fighting just makes for a good example on how to demonstrate the concept of automatically rerolling dice. I used the default template because the text fields on the character sheet are kinda small, and it's easier for me to explain when I have more real estate. I might do another video in the future on how to take full advantage of all the features in the character sheet for stuff like that. Thanks for watching, and happy gaming!
Hey mate, just wanted to let you know, this video seriously helped my party move from Tabletop Simulator, to Roll20 due to distance of players TS is to laggy. but these macros really aloud for the party to feel they were not losing out. Cheers!!! just subed :)
Hi Nick, love your videos! I notice you're using Notepad++ to create your macros. I was wondering how you go about using it specifically to help format your macros and what settings you have it set to etc. Thanks, keep up the great quality work!
Hi Jackson - Glad you like the videos! I don't use anything special in Notepad++ for the macros - mainly I use it so I can show the text in a bigger font in the videos.
Awesome work Nick, thank you for your time. I`ve a question, please. Its possible to introduce sounds in that fx effects by the macros, but without API. Only Plus. Thanks for the inspiration! Greetings from Spain!
Well, in order to have that crit stuff automated without the API, you have to use the sheet attack itself, there everything is built in for you. You could even go into the attack itself and replace the 2d6 with the 2d6ro
That's a great point about building it into the sheet, or using a different roll template. I think I may do a video on that sort of thing in the future. Thanks for watching!
The video is well put together and the information presented is pretty decent, but I genuinely have to wonder... why? Pulling attributes from the sheet means you already have a sheet that does all this automatically and in a more graphically pleasing way... why would you use a manual Default Template macro? 9/10 times folks using the 5e sheet will already have the bulk of these methods in place already. I can absolutely see the benefit to non-standard games or games without a built-in character sheet (We had to use these methods before character sheets were even a thing with Roll20). The rest of the tutorial, showing roll manipulations, math logic, etc is spot on!
Totally fair question. The 5e sheet doesn't handle Great Weapon fighting or Halo of Spores - you have to manually roll (or re-roll) for those, and lots of players and DMs want combat to be as fast as possible. As for Eldritch Blast, yes, that is included in the sheet, but this shows how to incorporate special effects. If the default template isn't your thing, I have another video that shows how to use the templates that are specific to the 5e sheet here - m.ua-cam.com/video/akkZdg4--rE/v-deo.html Thanks for watching, and happy gaming.
So I was wondering if you would be able to do a video on making an API for rolling on a table and it automatically listing the result of the roll in the chat log. Thinking of things along the line of the Wild Magic table for the GM to roll or a loot table for the gm to roll.
8:51 was exactly what I needed for scaling damage dice for spells like Firebolt (where the scaling isn't even because why would we make math easy?) For anyone interested, the formula for something like Firebolt scaling looks like the following: [[[[1+{5,11,17}
Is it possible to have a special effects target 2 different tokens? For example I have 2 trolls in opposite directions and shoot both with an eldritch blast, is there anyway to make the special effect trigger twice? Can I add it to the macro twice?
The default template will, and the die rolling concepts apply there, too. The items on the character sheet may be named differently, that's the only thing I'm not sure about.
@@NickOlivo I know I've seen your API screen, but I can't remember everything you're using. Currently, I'm most interested in Alter Bars working with Power Cards, but in general more info about APIs are good. That stuff gets a bit complicated for people like me who forgot all the coding they learned in the 90s.
@@NickOlivo to handle crit you just add the key phrase cs after the die roll. Then you use the greater than symbol and your target number. You can combine this with halfling reroll on 1. D20cs1 That tells it to crit on 20. Then you can use the crit call to tell it which dice to roll in the case of a critical hit. And it also tells it to reroll on a natural 1.
Now I need to know how to make an eldritch blast macro that will allow the selection of the appropriate number of targets for the character level and proceed to roll attacks and damage
But the Leon H. trick cannot be used in & {template: default}? {Question? | Option, {{Option? [[1dN + @ {Attribute} [Attribute]]] | Option, {{Option [[1dN + @ {Attribute} [Attribute] + [[{3,5,7,9}
I'm trying to make the standard eldritch blast macro work and although id did do the fx it now doesn't any help on this: &{template:default}{{name=Eldritch Blast}} {{Attack= [[1d20 + @{pb}+ @{charisma_mod}]]}} {{damage=[[1d10 + @{charisma_mod} {Agonizingblast}]]}} /fx beam-death @{selected|token_id} @{target|token_id}
Oh wow, that circle of spores macro is nice, I think my Druid PC will appreciate it! Speaking of things to appreciate, I made a whole bunch of Power Card macros based on the last video and I wanted to share it where people might actually get some use out of it! github.com/dude-non/roll20powercards
Actually you can have attack rolls roll crit damage only when you roll a crit. It's just a different template at least on the OGL sheet. &{template:atkdmg} {{charname=Darmin}} {{rname=Spear, +2}} {{mod=+10 + 0}} {{r1=[[1d20 +10+0[CUSTOM]]]}} {{attack=1}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=[[1d6+9]]}} {{dmg1type= Piercing(One-Handed)}} {{crit1=Crit: [[1d6]]}} {{dmg2flag=1}} {{dmg2=[[1d8+9]] | [[2d6]] | [[1d8]]}} {{dmg2type= Piercing(Two-Handed) | Giant | Radiant}} {{crit2=Crit: [[1d8]] | [[2d6]] | [[1d8]]}} {{normal=1}}
Thanks Nick... keep the non-pay subscription content coming. The more we know...the more likely we will upgrade. Cheers, brother.
Im a simple man...i see nick olivio I leave a like! Thanks Nick, my Tortle Circle of Spores Druid will appreciate this!
Glad it was helpful! Happy gaming!
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Thanks very much!
ditto!
Love the videos, especially the step by step breakdown to help understand what’s going on.
Glad you like them! Happy gaming!
The warlock player in the party is going to be mighty happy to have this in. Thanks!
This is great! I have a player with a warlock in my group and he was just asking about a macro for Eldritch blast with Agonizing blast built in. I'll send him here. Thanks again for another greatly helpful macro vid for Roll20!
Fantastic! Glad it was helpful!
This is super helpful. I really need a list of these macros and so many more. I have no idea how to program these macros.
Absolutely brilliant!
*runs off to create new macros*
That fx trick is an absolute godsend, thank you!
Nick - you are a treasure.
The eldritch blast macro will be used today in my game Demolition Force. You can catch it live on Twitch and Facebook @ Pop Culture Cosmos 2pm PDT. Thanks so much for the great content, my players love the automation and special effects!
Very cool! I'm glad the content is helpful!
Nick, thanks again for such a helpful macro. My dream come true would be if you would do a how-to series on power cards, (or the newer version). Keeping fingers crossed!
I've done a couple of vids on Powercards you might find helpful - ua-cam.com/video/FIBo_BMpSNo/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/VoptnwpMpt8/v-deo.html
@@NickOlivo I've seen the one where you make a wizard's spell. Would love to see a series on the different things one can do with Power Cards.
Very cool! I am looking forward to hitting my players with the fx feature!
Amazing video as always. This is great stuff, thank you for taking the time to walk us all through these neat and useful macros.
Thanks for the kind words, Steven! Happy gaming!
Thanks for the vid Nick. I always learn stuff from you. Out of curiosity, is there any reason not to just do the Great Weapon Fighting calculation within the "Attacks & Spellcasting" section of the character sheet?? You can enter 2d6ro
You're totally right, Simon. Great Weapon Fighting just makes for a good example on how to demonstrate the concept of automatically rerolling dice. I used the default template because the text fields on the character sheet are kinda small, and it's easier for me to explain when I have more real estate. I might do another video in the future on how to take full advantage of all the features in the character sheet for stuff like that. Thanks for watching, and happy gaming!
@@NickOlivo Ah I see. Thanks for the clarification. I would definitely be interested in a video showing those kinds of features!
Thank you for the continued work. I look forward to more inspiration, both in the non API side, and with ScriptCards/PowerCards!
Hey mate, just wanted to let you know, this video seriously helped my party move from Tabletop Simulator, to Roll20 due to distance of players TS is to laggy. but these macros really aloud for the party to feel they were not losing out.
Cheers!!! just subed :)
Hi Nick, love your videos! I notice you're using Notepad++ to create your macros. I was wondering how you go about using it specifically to help format your macros and what settings you have it set to etc. Thanks, keep up the great quality work!
Hi Jackson - Glad you like the videos! I don't use anything special in Notepad++ for the macros - mainly I use it so I can show the text in a bigger font in the videos.
Great job Nick, always a decent video. Where do you find your maps at? They are always so crisp.
Awesome work Nick, thank you for your time. I`ve a question, please. Its possible to introduce sounds in that fx effects by the macros, but without API. Only Plus. Thanks for the inspiration! Greetings from Spain!
Hi Juan - glad you liked the vids! Unfortunately, there isn't a way to play sounds in the macro without the API.
Well, in order to have that crit stuff automated without the API, you have to use the sheet attack itself, there everything is built in for you. You could even go into the attack itself and replace the 2d6 with the 2d6ro
That's a great point about building it into the sheet, or using a different roll template. I think I may do a video on that sort of thing in the future. Thanks for watching!
@@NickOlivo thanks for making these videos :D
The video is well put together and the information presented is pretty decent, but I genuinely have to wonder... why?
Pulling attributes from the sheet means you already have a sheet that does all this automatically and in a more graphically pleasing way... why would you use a manual Default Template macro? 9/10 times folks using the 5e sheet will already have the bulk of these methods in place already.
I can absolutely see the benefit to non-standard games or games without a built-in character sheet (We had to use these methods before character sheets were even a thing with Roll20). The rest of the tutorial, showing roll manipulations, math logic, etc is spot on!
Totally fair question. The 5e sheet doesn't handle Great Weapon fighting or Halo of Spores - you have to manually roll (or re-roll) for those, and lots of players and DMs want combat to be as fast as possible. As for Eldritch Blast, yes, that is included in the sheet, but this shows how to incorporate special effects. If the default template isn't your thing, I have another video that shows how to use the templates that are specific to the 5e sheet here - m.ua-cam.com/video/akkZdg4--rE/v-deo.html Thanks for watching, and happy gaming.
Love these videos so much.
So I was wondering if you would be able to do a video on making an API for rolling on a table and it automatically listing the result of the roll in the chat log. Thinking of things along the line of the Wild Magic table for the GM to roll or a loot table for the gm to roll.
I can certainly look into it. Happy gaming!
8:51 was exactly what I needed for scaling damage dice for spells like Firebolt (where the scaling isn't even because why would we make math easy?)
For anyone interested, the formula for something like Firebolt scaling looks like the following:
[[[[1+{5,11,17}
Great video - I've often wondered how some of my friends have nicely formatted dialogs. No more /r2d12 commands for me. :)
Can the syntax of the macro shown at the end (for choosing the target for the FX) be used to update the @target|token_id @hp after an attack?
No, you need an API in order to actually change the hp of a token.
Is it possible to have a special effects target 2 different tokens? For example I have 2 trolls in opposite directions and shoot both with an eldritch blast, is there anyway to make the special effect trigger twice? Can I add it to the macro twice?
For that, you can add it to the macro twice.
Nick will this work with another game system, like Pathfinder 1E?
The default template will, and the die rolling concepts apply there, too. The items on the character sheet may be named differently, that's the only thing I'm not sure about.
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH - U DA BEST!!!!
Really cool and useful! 👍👍
Any chance you might run through more of the API that you use?
Hi Matt - you mean which ones I use in general, or is there a specific one you were curious about?
@@NickOlivo I know I've seen your API screen, but I can't remember everything you're using. Currently, I'm most interested in Alter Bars working with Power Cards, but in general more info about APIs are good.
That stuff gets a bit complicated for people like me who forgot all the coding they learned in the 90s.
I feel like the eldritch blast macro was overcomplicated with a lot of unnecessary extras.
Are you using the tint api? Mine stops working when someone moves a token
I am using that api, but I haven't run into that issue, sorry. Have you asked about it over on the forums?
Well done!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
@@NickOlivo I’ll reply with something that will handle your critical rolls for you. The reroll details were new to me!
@@NickOlivo to handle crit you just add the key phrase cs after the die roll. Then you use the greater than symbol and your target number.
You can combine this with halfling reroll on 1.
D20cs1
That tells it to crit on 20. Then you can use the crit call to tell it which dice to roll in the case of a critical hit. And it also tells it to reroll on a natural 1.
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
Now I need to know how to make an eldritch blast macro that will allow the selection of the appropriate number of targets for the character level and proceed to roll attacks and damage
look at his videos on magic missle/scorching ray
But the Leon H. trick cannot be used in
& {template: default}? {Question? | Option, {{Option? [[1dN + @ {Attribute} [Attribute]]]
| Option, {{Option [[1dN + @ {Attribute} [Attribute] + [[{3,5,7,9}
You'd might be better off nesting all that, like what's described here- wiki.roll20.net/Macros#Nesting_in_a_Roll_Query
I'm trying to make the standard eldritch blast macro work and although id did do the fx it now doesn't any help on this:
&{template:default}{{name=Eldritch Blast}} {{Attack= [[1d20 + @{pb}+ @{charisma_mod}]]}} {{damage=[[1d10 + @{charisma_mod} {Agonizingblast}]]}}
/fx beam-death @{selected|token_id} @{target|token_id}
Hi Christopher - change {AgonizingBlast} to [AgonizingBlast] and let me know if that fixes it for you.
maybe it won't work, because I see that you need a space between template and the name text and includes the advice of Nick
Oh wow, that circle of spores macro is nice, I think my Druid PC will appreciate it! Speaking of things to appreciate, I made a whole bunch of Power Card macros based on the last video and I wanted to share it where people might actually get some use out of it! github.com/dude-non/roll20powercards
Nice!
copied and pasted the macros but when I use them I get type error h is undefined
Which macro, and how are you calling it? Have you added it to the abilities section of the character's sheet?
Actually you can have attack rolls roll crit damage only when you roll a crit. It's just a different template at least on the OGL sheet. &{template:atkdmg} {{charname=Darmin}} {{rname=Spear, +2}} {{mod=+10 + 0}} {{r1=[[1d20 +10+0[CUSTOM]]]}} {{attack=1}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=[[1d6+9]]}} {{dmg1type= Piercing(One-Handed)}} {{crit1=Crit: [[1d6]]}} {{dmg2flag=1}} {{dmg2=[[1d8+9]] | [[2d6]] | [[1d8]]}} {{dmg2type= Piercing(Two-Handed) | Giant | Radiant}} {{crit2=Crit: [[1d8]] | [[2d6]] | [[1d8]]}} {{normal=1}}
That's a great point, Darryn. Thanks for the tip!