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This is a page of tricks culled from the Roll20 Tips and Tricks (Innovative Solutions to Common Problems)^(Forum) in the forum. The list is still ongoing, so please check the thread for latest tricks.

[edit] Often Referenced Tricks

• Chat Menus
• Dummy Account
• Invisible Tokens
• Landing Page
• Library Campaign
• Macro Character Sheet
• Map Pins
• Windows – creating see-though barriers that blocks movement in Dynamic Lighting

[edit] Macro Organization

Macros are complex and powerful tools, and can get overloaded quickly, but now we have the Complete Guide to Macros & Rolls page that unifies all the related pages on the matter, as well as links to many individual macro tricks from the "Stupid Roll20 Tricks" thread.

[edit] To Do

These tips haven't been ported over to the wiki yet. When a tips have been ported, add a link to the page here.

If there are multiple Tricks that are closely related, consider creating a single page for the concept, so that later tricks have a single clear page to be added to.

Check the Roll20 Tips and Tricks (Innovative Solutions to Common Problems)^(Forum)-thread's Index on the first page for links to each individual trick.

• The Beholder Anti Magic Field - keithcurtis
• GM Disable WebRTC if you use other chat program - Gold
• Black Aura Token for Night - lordmage
• --- Giving Players Limited Access - Kyle.G
• Use a "Placeholder" Character(s) to Handle In-Game Languages - Vince
• --- Elaboration - Vince
• Use Emojis in Macro Buttons - keithcurtis
• Party Sight Token - Marius
• Inventory Container Sheet - keithcurtis
• --- Giving Players Limited Access - Kyle.G
• Deck of Cards to Track Player Resources - Gozer the Gozerian
• Keep Crits/Fumbles from Display on Attack Rolls - Scott C.
• 2 column API buttons in Default Roll Template - Bryan P
• Use Modular Macros to Simplify Parsing - Aranador
• Mood Lighting Tokens - keithcurtis — (Video by Nick O, timestamp)
• Environmental Effects (download link) - Kirsty
• Creating a Dummy Account (and why) - keithcurtis
• Query Ordering Without Affecting Functionality - Ziechael
• Keyboard Macro Shortcuts - keithcurtis
• Use /talktomyself to Temporarily Bypass API - keithcurtis
• Easy Area Markers / Room Numbering - The Aaron
• Summing Success Rolls - Bryan P.
• Interactive Tables as Handouts - Jeremy R.
• Managing Magic Items With Handouts - The Aaron
• Prefix Trick to Variably Call Attributes - Kyle G.
• Rolling HP at New Level - Jerry F.
• Player Vault pages/ UI Pages (to manage cards & equipment) - GUI8312
• Trap and Room Markers sans character sheet or API - Scott C.
• Aura Effect to Reveal Hidden Objects or Markings - reported by Gold (Stephen S.'s original thread) (video - Nick O.)
• Use Resources From free Master's Vault Intro Game - Gold
• DM Whisper With No Breaks - Muckbuckle
• Responding to an Old Thread in the Forums - Blue64
• Put building Interiors on Token Layer with AFoW - Taran
• Tooltip Hack in Chat Display - Aranador
• Quick and Dirty Slide Show and Image Display - keithcurtis
• Styled HTML in Roll20 Text Fields - Noobsauce
• Flying Tokens - Arthur B
• Hide Token with Map Assets - Anton Palikhov
• Droppable Torch Token - Gimblejam
• Finding Attributes on Characters - Jeremy R. — (More info - Loren the GM, and even more - Gargamond)
• Pre-Linked Tokens - Blue64
• Quick Play: Room Specific Music - Ye'Olde DM
• Simple Way to have a "Handout" without a Journal Entry or Actually Making a Handout - Kastion
• Drop Down Nester - Scott C.
• PC Token Action to Roll Initiative (D&D 5E by Roll20) - Jeremy
• How to manipulate Attack Actions (D&D 5E by Roll20) - Jeremy
• Use Images in the Default Template - The Aaron (More info by Blue64)
• Spaces in Macro Names - Jeremy (read further posts for cautions)
• Make Doors on DL Layer Clear to Players - godthedj
• Popout sheets/handouts into tabs (Chrome) - Mik Holmes (More info by Malachi and Blue 64)
• Use Rollable Tables to Spice up Flavor Text - godthedj
• Quickly Populating with Rollable Tables - Mik Holmes
• Exploration Mode (TokenMod API) - Mik Holmes (Updated version)
• Hidden Stats, Attributes, and Abilities - Blue64
• More interactive world - every npc is a character mook - gui8312
• Rollable Encounter Images - Blue64
• Aligning Images in Handouts - keithcurtis (More info by Noon)
• Live Handouts - Noon
• Fine Tune 'Snap to Grid' Dynamic Lighting - Ziechael
• Forum Searching... But Better - Ziechael
• Precautions to Take With Very Large Maps - keithcurtis
• Example of Structured Abilities: The XP Macro - Ed S.
• Easily Repeatable Game Searches - Gen Kitty
• Using tints for art compatibility (high level map design) - gui8312
• Use a Macro to Report on Obscure Character Abilities and Rules - PapaWhiskey11
• Save Sorted Marketplace Searches — Free or Newest - Mike deBoston
• Launch Game in Player/GM Mode - Blue64
• Custom Success/Failure Outcome Messages - Ziechael
• Bypass Blank Ability Call Math - Blue64
• Storing and Reading Values for Macros using the Turn Tracker - Pat
• Light Crumbs - keithcurtis
• Record Session in External Window - Elvin (More info by keithcurtis)
• Simplified Hour/Day/Night System With Rollable Tables - Dwarf
• Expanded graphical tools - gui8312