Requesting a Roll from Selected Tokens

Overview

This addition to the Foundry VTT Token Control menu allows the GM to request a roll of a specific type to all players with selected tokens. Roll settings are pre-selected by the GM and the user just needs to hit a button in chat to make the particular roll. A chat message appears to only the players whose token has been selected. If a selected token does not have an active player controlling it, the GM can make the roll. Only the GM can see this menu button.

How to Use

1. Select the tokens to roll in the active scene.
2. Press the request roll button.

3. A pop-up menu will appear

4. As the GM select the appropriate roll parameters.

• The first box, "Character Names" shows all names of the actors selected. Valid actor types are Travellers, Animals, and Robots. The GM can unselect any actors before submitting the request.
• The second box defines the roll parameters as any other roll. By changing the Mode, the GM can control what part of the results are public. These modes are the standard Foundry VTT modes. For example, a "GM Blind" roll sends the roll results only to the GM and no players. See https://foundryvtt.com/article/dice/ for more detail of these types.

5. Select the roll modifiers. Here the GM selects the specific of the roll.

• The Skill Name box allows the GM to optionally select a skill name from a consolidated list of all the skills from the selected tokens. If none of those skills are desired for the check, select untrained. Note that the roll will default to untrained if a selected actor does not have that skill. "---" is for no skill to be used.
• The second box defines the characteristic to be used. If a skill is selected, this will override the skill's default characteristic setting. Choosing "---" is for no characteristic modifier to be used. If a skill is selected but the characteristic is set to "---", the skill's default characteristic will be used for the roll.
• The other modifier box is for custom/situational DM's
• Note that if a skill is not selected but a characteristic is selected, the roll will be a characteristic check. If neither a skill nor characteristic is selected, the roll will be a straight, 2d6 roll.

6. Click the request a roll button.
7. A whispered message will appear to only those players (and the GM) who are active and where the GM selected their token form the active scene.

8. The player simply needs to press the dice button on the chat message to make the requested roll. This will make the roll for all their controlled actors that were selected. no need to press the button multiple times. Which players or GM owns an actors is determined at the time the GM requests the roll. So if actor/token ownership has changed, the request should be resent. Note that the players don't see a pop-up allowing them to set any of the roll parameters; and depending on the Roll mode, they may or may not see a chat message with the results of their roll.