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Questions with this tag should focus on issues encountered while using the Roll20 tool, or questions about how to use certain elements of the tool. (Note that tool recommendation questions are no longer allowed on RPG.SE.)

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How can I use Roll20 to reroll some dice until I get no duplicates?

Is there a command or macro that would help me roll 5d11 until I get no duplicate values? At the beginning of each session I roll 5d11 and if there are any repeating numbers I roll again until there aren't any. I can't seem to find anything on…
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How can I have a Token with a Macro on Click in Roll20?

I would like to add a token (legend button) to the world overview, which allows to click another token and show a description of the place. So far I have created a token (A), which has a token macro (as a character-sheet…
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As a DM how do I make a Macro for monster attacks and Save Check in R20

I wanna make a Macro that uses @Selected but I dun't know how to put it in a way that whenever I've selected a monster when I press the attack1 button in the Bar the monster I am selecting will roll a Dice corresponding to it's weapon on attack1.…
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Enabling dynamic lighting in Roll20, but the dynamic lighting tab is missing

Trying to enable dynamic lighting but I'm missing the Dynamic Lighting tab shown in the official tutorial. My Game: The official tutorial:
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How can I add attributes to all characters in a folder and set them to a default value?

I recently decided to consolidate my macros that refer to a character's gender by pronoun into a single one using attributes on the character sheet (ie subjective, objective, possessiveA, and possessiveP) and am looking for a way to loop through…
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Adding a fixed value to a macro roll in Roll20

I want to write a macro that rolls another macro and adds a fixed value. Example: /me is spotting with a bonus of 2 @{Charname|spotcheck} + 2 I just can't get it to work... @{char|spotcheck} runs the @{char|spotcheck} macro just fine and returns…
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Can a macro update a token's sheet?

Short story: I want a macro to change the sheet of the token it is using OR a heal macro. Long story: I am using the bars in the token menu to keep track of a crit system. This system works like this: I roll 1d100 each time I attack. If it's X or…
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Can a Roll20 macro select a rollable table according to a roll(ish) result?

In coming up with an answer to this question, I found a method to reference a table according to a variable. Quite different to this question, the solution concatenates a variable to a table name prefix to fetch a value from a single-item rollable…
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How to show "Success" or "Failure" in roll20 macros?

I'm setting up Roll20 macros to play Frostmark, a DnD 5e derivative that has a mana mechanic of sorts; Spells are powered by souls and if you fail a soul check when casting a spell, you lose the soul you were using to power the spell. I'm trying to…
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How can I issue multiple commands from a single query choice in Roll20?

I created a set of macros using the API to generate attributes for characters on Roll20 to refer to their pronouns for use in macros. I currently have it set up with 3 macros, each with 4 lines because I can't add multiple attributes with a single…
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Why can't I find this Map in roll20 that happens to be included in a module I bought?

I would like to show maps to my players of the town of Leilon (and Neverwinter, for that matter). It's my first time using roll20, so I went through the tutorial. It says that under the "Art Library" tab, I can search for assets. I select…
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