MidiQOL

[vast bane]

This works

[hasty jackal]

okay lemme test

[vast bane]

theres a problem with the formula in other though

My guess is the other formula needs the long form attribute mod

[hasty jackal]

it worked for me

[vast bane]

OH, my 4 thats missing is unrelated to your issue

[vast bane]

apparently other formulas ignore global modifiers thats strange and probably a problem for midi

[hasty jackal]

yeah

but it worked

thanks

[vast bane]

I suspect that its working as intended, globals should not stack between instances of healing from the same item:

[hasty jackal]

yep is working as intended

[modern badger]

I would like to know why it isn't showing me name of the retribution-style damage .3.

[hasty jackal]

since i dont have that heal damage bonus i dont have that issue

[modern badger]

and the damage roll

[hasty jackal]

probably a midi issue tho

[vast bane]

show me the macro thats doing retribution damage, you probably left out some options in the damageOnlyWorkflow

wait a minute

you got a naughty module installed I think

are you using check hits for dnd5e?

[modern badger]

nno!

and now it's not working at all u_u

[modern badger]

this is the AE

try {
    const actor = args[0].options?.actor;
    const token = args[0].options?.token;
    const target = fromUuidSync(args[0].tokenUuid);
    
    if (!actor || !token || !target) return;
    const damageRoll = await new Roll("1d8").roll({async: true});
    await new MidiQOL.DamageOnlyWorkflow(actor, token, damageRoll.total, "force", [target], damageRoll, {itemCardId: "new", itemData: actor.items.getName("Tale Of The Avenger")});
    // Could do a MidiQOL.completeItemUse with the fetched item instead
} catch (err) {
    console.error(`Retribution ${version}`, err);
}```

and this is the macro .3.

[vast bane]

```js
paste macro here
```

[modern badger]

oh, forgot the ItemMacro. again

[vast bane]

I think theres also a mistake in one of those lines and the JS code will show us

[modern badger]

const version = "10.0.33"
try {
    const actor = args[0].options?.actor;
    const token = args[0].options?.token;
    const target = fromUuidSync(args[0].tokenUuid);
    
    if (!actor || !token || !target) return;
    const damageRoll = await new Roll("1d8").roll({async: true});
    await new MidiQOL.DamageOnlyWorkflow(actor, token, damageRoll.total, "force", [target], damageRoll, {itemCardId: "new", itemData: actor.items.getName("Tale Of The Avenger")});
    // Could do a MidiQOL.completeItemUse with the fetched item instead
} catch (err) {
    console.error(`Retribution ${version}`, err);
}```

fancy

[vast bane]

isn't it damageOnlyWorkflow @violet meadow ?

[modern badger]

but yeah, I wanna have it show both the damage roll and the 'Tale Of The Avenger' card text

rn it works

I just want to see the roll and all

for some reason it shows the roll perfectly when I use the base 'Retribution' feature but not when I change the name and such ..

[vast bane]

I can get you this far:

[short aurora]

Retribution is on the caster/owner of the original item, this one is on a target, does it look as expected if the caster casts it on themselves?

[vast bane]

have the person hit themself

[modern badger]

it doesn't show up when someone else hits them

neither when they hit themselves .3.

it doesn't seem to have anything to do with that

no clue rll

[vast bane]

do you have the module I circled above?

[modern badger]

nope

I check hits directly with midiqol

[vast bane]

that should not check twice

[modern badger]

oh

it's not checking twice

the 'hits dummy' is the retribution attack

but for some reason it isn't showing the name and the roll

[vast bane]

and the macro above is the retribution item macro?

what does retribution ITEM have?

for details

mostly want the bottom third but really the whole details

[modern badger]

ok so here's the chatlog

u mean the one I made?

or the base one?

[vast bane]

why is the actor on use referencing a compendium item?

[vast bane]

I think its technically ok, but abnormal, usually you reference the feature on the actor

[modern badger]

because that's the way the sample's coded

.3.

'Retribution'

[vast bane]

ok I got all sorts of not understanding here

how many items are involved in this setup and what are their names?

[modern badger]

basically, I got 1 '5. Tales Of The Avenger' item in the actor

and 1 in a compendium

and the ItemMacro references the compendium item

[vast bane]

do both items have item macros?

[modern badger]

yeah

see, test dummy has the original Retribution macro and the one I modified

[vast bane]

do you have automation that yoinks the compendium item temporarily to the sheet?

[modern badger]

for some reason, the OG one shows the dialogue and roll perfectly well, while the other one just says 'hits' and does it below the hood

[modern badger]

nope

[vast bane]

you gonna have to wait for bugbear to return to help you. This is confusing AF

[modern badger]

it shouldn't be confusing, it's the way the original Sample Retribution is coded ;;

the item has an ItemMacro and references itself in the AE

[violet meadow]

Will need some touching up. I cannot do it now

It's a common issue with these items

[modern badger]

it's fine!

it works anyway ;v;

just wondering why it happens heh

[violet meadow]

For the MidiSRD fire shield I needed an extra item to get the targeting correctly

I will explain when I have time 😅

[modern badger]

hah, no worries

rn it works

it just doesn't look great

[vast bane]

why are there 2 items involved though?

[modern badger]

oh boy this subclass is full of pain for foundry automation

I'm just gonna do this manually and turn off the effect when they lose the temp HP 😂

[vast bane]

I don't see retribution in that feature?

[dark canopy]

could mutate the target with wg and revert when the temp HP runs out

[modern badger]

wg? .3.

[dark canopy]

warpgate

[modern badger]

hmm

that seems super complex 😂

[vast bane]

I have a world script that kills a specific ae on targets who lose temp hp

could very easily adapt that to this

Hooks.on('midi-qol.RollComplete', async workflow => {
    if (workflow.hitTargets.size != 1) return;
    let targetToken = workflow.targets.first();
    if (!targetToken) return;
    let targetActor = targetToken.actor;
    if (!targetActor) return;
    let targetEffect = targetActor.effects.find(eff => eff.label === 'Symbiotic Entity');
    if (!targetEffect) return;
    let tempHP = targetActor.system.attributes.hp.temp;
    if (tempHP != 0) return;
    MidiQOL.socket().executeAsGM("removeEffects", {'actorUuid': targetActor.uuid, effects: [targetEffect.id]});
});

change Symbiotic Entity to whatever you are trying to end on someone

also fyi spore druids out there, this script is dope 😉

keep in mind that this script only works when the damage is applied by midi, if you manually clear the temp hp via core means it will not catch it

[dark canopy]

hook on updateActor instead

[vast bane]

I think there was a reason we didn't

I wonder if this can be handled with the new onuseMacroname handling

[tired cobalt]

Hi everyone!
I want Shocking Grasp to automatically grant advantage if the target is wearing metal armor. I searched and saw that Moto mentioned that this could be implemented with an ItemMacro, preRoll, using a conditional that search the armor description for words related with metal.

["iron","steel","metal"].some(mat => token.actor.itemTypes?.equipment?.some(i => i.system.armor?.type === "shield" && i.system.equipped && i.system.description.value.includes(mat)))

That is the conditional code that Bugbear wrote during that convo (but I want the condition to check on armors, not shields). Can someone give me a general idea about how the macro should look like? 🙏

[vast bane]

have a macro fire on isDamaged

If temp hp 0 and symbiotic exists, end it

[dark canopy]

that's what you would do in updateactor

[modern badger]

:3

[vast bane]

this kind of world script is really easy with worldscripter module

I feel like the target count check is unnecessary in this world script though

[modern badger]

this world script is run once when u turn the thing on?

'3'

[dark canopy]

3?

[molten solar]

https://tenor.com/view/kiss-face-gif-25964129

3

[vast bane]

I can't stop laughing at this

[vast bane]

if you use the module then any macro that is stored in its compendium will run and stay active the whole time the world is up

make sure its a script macro, but I'm pretty sure world scripter auto fixes that mistake when people do it

you just need to make sur ethe name of the effect is the same in the world script macro and the thing on the bard

or whomever it gives it to

and remember, they have to lose health via midi, just reducing hp on the token is not gonna fly unless you figure out the other hook

I also have an effect macro on symbiotic that clears the temp hp, I did this cause theres always the chance the druid either re uses it early, or needs to shape into an animal from symbiotic:

actor.update({'system.attributes.hp.temp': 0});

I have this as an effect macro on deletion on the actual ae and wildshape ends the ae

(I don't use core wildshape, I use warpgate shennanigans)

[modern badger]

oh, okie c:

interesting

MOAR automation

[dark canopy]

less so than a chain of other modules 😅 a few lines of code, and clicking "revert" when they run out

[modern badger]

y'know what would be poggers

AE special duration having 'the actor has no temp* hit points' as one of its durations :p

[vast bane]

have you looked to see if there is one? Hint: ||There is one||

[modern badger]

sorri, meant to write temp hit points

[vast bane]

that special duration would basically be exactly what badger suggested when I shared my world script only manually made for your world only

[modern badger]

I can't find the command for a damage bonus

was it 1dX[damagetype]?

[vast bane]

for the effect value?

Yes regardless for a damage formula format

[modern badger]

so this would be correct? .3.

needs a comma or something?

[vast bane]

yeah but if you really wanna do it all I think it needs an onUseMacroName that also expires after the hit and have the macro just simply apply the frightened condition(the next time you hit a target)

[modern badger]

yeh, well, dunno twt

[vast bane]

you can yoink it out of any of the premade bonus action smites I'd imagine

[vast bane]

Wow I think I just came up with a brilliant idea for redirect damage reactions. Since I don't fast forward i could have the aura be a grant message that prompts to do the damage to the other target.

[spice kraken]

Don't forget +

[mellow fossil]

Looking for a template macro for grease and hunger of hadar. If anyone has sample macros that use template macro for me to use as a base for learning, i'd appreciate. I already looked at darkness and cloudkill from chris and spirit guardians from lonelybugbear

[vast bane]

pretty sure grease is in midi SRD, if its not there its in active auras premades

CPR does not have either of those spells sadly

[mellow fossil]

midi srd grease doesnt have advanced functionality. Im going to check active auras.

[vast bane]

Active auras has a premade for it

[mellow fossil]

Btw, thanks, i have referenced more then once a list of links for midiqol premades you made.

[vast bane]

the old midi srd v9 was an overtime via active auras:

turn=start,
saveAbility=dex,
saveDC=@attributes.spelldc,
rollType=save,
label=Fall prone on fail

if (!game.modules.get("advanced-macros")?.active) { ui.notifications.error("Advanced Macros is not enabled"); return }
if(args[0].tag === "OnUse"){
AAhelpers.applyTemplate(args)

}

[mellow fossil]

Does it apply this aura to a template, or only to a token? I dont have active auras installed atm.

[snow quarry]

Is it possible to have two fondition removal options? Such as either the start of their next turn, OR moving? And is it possible to damage someone in that manner or would that need to be a macro?

[vast bane]

I haven't tested it but I for a fact know how to do them, as I have one for spreading spores right now for my druid player. When the tokens step into the template, depending on how the overtime is setup it fires at beginning or end of turn, the key however, is to make sure that midi is not stepping on active auras

you have to check the "activation true box" and then put false in activation condition on the spell

cause you don't want each actor to get the full blown aura ae, you want them to get active auras transfer instead

cause active auras is actualy a form of effect transfer itself too

@toxic cape your midi damage automation is set to off, that is your problem

there are levels to damage automation in midi, theres OFF, manual damage but automate the DI/DV/DR, and then full auto. You probably have it OFF which makes things kinda messy when you use merge cards.

Either turn on the manual setting for damage so that you get the damage card for midi, or turn on the legacy buttons in the main midi settings if you really do want fully OFF(imo people only set it to off cause they don't realize theres a manual with bells and whistles)

[mellow fossil]

is this supposed to go into item macro? or effect macro?

[vast bane]

item macro

and then details of the spell will be ItemMacro After Active Effects

I honestly think that macro repeat is a typo, its an old midi srd v9 premade

he doesn't support active auras in midi srd v10

leave it in if it doesn't work right then remove it

[vast bane]

lets make this easy on you:

[vast bane]

make a blank spell, import that into the blank spell in sidebar

[mellow fossil]

Imported. going to test it.

[vast bane]

its not the greatest but it does technically do most of it

what it really needs is a macro= line for applying prone

[mellow fossil]

Yeah. That'd be great. I wanted to do it with template macro to have it set properly when someone enters the area or ends his turn there

[vast bane]

yeah thats possible but with macros for active auras, spirit guardians is an example of that with active auras. For template macro, gonna have to corner bugbear or chris for that

[hasty jackal]

i wonder, at the moment it is impossible for a feature to scale using points? like for example

Deals 1d6 damage if you use one point, if you use two or more points add 1d6 per point used

[tired cobalt]

Can someone look into this? I don't necessarily need the macro ready to work. But if you know a macro similar to this, it would be a great start.

[vast bane]

Lay on Hands premade

[vast bane]

CPR has Shocking Grasp

hol up, it does not look like shocking grasp is automated for that part though

I don't think you can really pull that automation off reliably

the best you can do is not fast forward and put a reminder in the popout for advantage/normal/disadvantage

[hasty jackal]

where can i found the premade¡

[vast bane]

Midi Sample items has lay on hands, Crimic's patreon has the version that purges diseases and poisons

[hasty jackal]

kk

[tired cobalt]

So the conditional, checking the description of the armor, is not an option, right?

[vast bane]

The Dm would need to reliably name all the armor and equipment properly and somehow account for creatures like Steel defenders and Iron Golems

[tired cobalt]

I can do that. 😆

[vast bane]

the activation condition would be a mile long and you'd still be adding onto it 3 months from now

[tired cobalt]

(I'm the DM)

Mmm... But if there's a keyword in the target, like "metal"? 🤔

[vast bane]

you'd have to do a target.equipped for every single armor you think is made of metal, then also do a check if they are named Iron Golem and any other creature whose made of metal like all the drones

you can't parse equipment descriptions in an activation condition I don't think

when you start diving down these rabbit holes, there is always one question I ask myself and if its not solid then I don't go down the rabbit hole. Wilil this automation be definitive or still have holes I have to account for?

[tired cobalt]

The code I put in my first message was something someone from this channel made, that apparently does that... Or it was a joke? 😅

[vast bane]

I would not break my back for a partial automation. Advantage reminder however, could totally pull this off easily

what if the character wielding the shield is a druid, then its not metal its wood

[tired cobalt]

This is true. Well, I wanted to try but I get it.

[vast bane]

if you don't fast forward you can plop a nice message in the popout

great for these kinds of conditionals

[tired cobalt]

It does not affect shields: it says "wearing armor". You wield a shield.

[vast bane]

you could also do an optional.name on shocking grasp and just have shocking grasp constantly prompt if you want to roll 2d20

My wizard player has this spell and he ONLY uses it for the express purpose of trying to get advantage on an attack roll so hes never forgotten to ask if they have metal or not lol

[tired cobalt]

👍
Thanks for all the suggestions, Moto.

[hasty jackal]

i tried copying lay on hands but didnt worked this is the effect im trying to set

[vast bane]

is this published? I feel like I've seen this premade before

[hasty jackal]

yeah

its from XGE

[vast bane]

if its warlock related, always check CPR lol, Chris is a warlock player

[hasty jackal]

kk

[vast bane]

CPR has it

[hasty jackal]

yeah

going to install the mod

[vast bane]

As a general rule of thumb, It might be wise to all new folks to share the description ofwhat you are trying to make before we take the trip down the rabbit hole, theres alot of past projects we could leverage

[modern badger]

what's the simplest way to do this with MidiQOL?
"As a bonus action, you can utter a vow of enmity against a creature you can see within 10 feet of you, using your Channel Divinity. You gain advantage on attack rolls against the creature for 1 minute or until it drops to 0 hit points or falls unconscious."

specific advantage vs. a creature from a specific creature

[vast bane]

that has to be premade, that predates CPR

wow I can't believe its not in anywhere, thats vow of enmity isn't it?

[modern badger]

hm, it's not SRD so it isn't in midiSRD

yeah

[vast bane]

Channel Divinity?

[modern badger]

yeah

can't be that complex to code right?

[vast bane]

I swear this exists somewhere

[modern badger]

Build-A-Bonus doesn't let u do adv. so that's a no-go

[vast bane]

https://discordapp.com/channels/170995199584108546/1010273821401555087/1077396177722556507

[vast bane]

⬆️

[modern badger]

it's not working :<

const workflow = MidiQOL.Workflow.getWorkflow(args[0].uuid)
const tactor = workflow.targets?.first().actor;
if (tactor?.effects.find(eff=>eff.label === "name_of_the_effect")) workflow.advantage = "true";

Is nameoftheeffect supposed to say Vow Of Enmity: Mark?

its not working :<

[vast bane]

very specifically whatever the name of the ae that goes on the target

[modern badger]

yeh, it's there

doesn't roll adv. :c

[vast bane]

you probably are not understanding that its two ae's with different boxes checked, I gotta afk for a few I'll reinvisit this in a sec

[modern badger]

mark is applying to the enemy and normal is applying to the user ;;

it works now u3u

[modern badger]

Is there a way I could draw an item from a table and give it to an actor as a temporary item that dissapears on use?

.3.

[vast bane]

description of the thing you are tryin to make

[modern badger]

Tales From Beyond, still at it

basically, you roll a Bardic Inspo die and draw from a table, getting one of the features until you take a long rest or use it

and you get to use the feature once and it dissappears after

until you roll again

[vast bane]

I would pull this off how I pull off all my traps

[modern badger]

? '3'

[vast bane]

inline roll commands to populate the roll in the rolltable and have it roll abilities off my avatar

[modern badger]

huh?

[vast bane]

scroll to "Item Command"
https://github.com/kaelad02/inline-roll-cmd

Lets say that your table is that of 8 abiltiies called Bard 1-8. You can put in the rolltables as text document entries: [[/rollItem Bard 1]]

then have the bard roll the table to themselves and if they click the button thats created from this, it will find their bard 1 item and roll it

you'll need late targetting for it, and probably need to clear targets before they click the button or else it will unintentionally go one someone they don't mean to

all of my traps in my campaign are on an avatar that I have setup as the assigned character for me so whenever I see a trap button in my journal entries its a button I just roll and it applies to who I target

[modern badger]

yeah that's the issue because the way this feature is meant to be used is that you can roll the Tale early and decide when to use it .3./

[vast bane]

I still think it'd work

if its a set and use later thing then thats something like an optional.name or a macro.createItem

so rollItem, apply it to self or whomever, and let it play out

rollItem only works for the assigned actor of the user or the selected token actor

to be clear, its a module

its not built into midi or core

what it does is it replaces the need to make a shit ton of macros for the table

instead it just rolls the item on your assigned actor, in this case, the bard

surprised the wildmagic surge module doesn't have the spirits bard thing in it too

[violet meadow]

IIRC I had tried to make use of that, but as Moto said, you will need to make sure you name your Item's "materials" correctly

[scarlet gale]

Tagger might be useful for this

Check for a specific tag on the target

[dark canopy]

Yes. A table of items can be rolled. Item retrieved and handed to an actor

[vast bane]

if the actor already has them then inline roll commands can circumvent all the macros

[violet meadow]

Did you find one? I got the MidiSRD version (not yet updated), but I can grab it out of my dev branch and share if you still need it

[vast bane]

theres an old midi srd confusion out there somewhere too, I think it just does a dice roll in overtimes

[dark canopy]

👍 cool, just didnt see an answer to the specific "can roll and grant" questions

[violet meadow]

It should be working. I enriched some text and cleared it up a bit

[violet meadow]

Yes, I think we had been discussing this with Moto once upon a time? 🤔

[vast bane]

I have a really simple but cool Command spell automation

then I just have dae expire it with a special duration

I found myself constantly forgetting to run the command

could prolly args off it to keep it all self contained for midi srd

[violet meadow]

Hmm, I got the basic commands working, but I not sure about how much use you can get out of them, as for the most part my players find totally unpredictable ways to use it...

[vast bane]

that and suggestion I find are hard to automate that well

[violet meadow]

Dialog with some basic options, Prone, Disarm, Come here, stop and a button that essentially just places a "Command" icon on the target.

[modern badger]

how? o3o

[vast bane]

have you already made them, if so where are they currently?

[modern badger]

in a compendium

[vast bane]

do they all get rolled and applied to the bards target?

or do they get added to random actors who are the targets?

[modern badger]

nono, added to the bard

[vast bane]

put them on the bard, install inline roll commands, make a table that has 8 entries or whatever that are all [[/rollItem FEATURE]] where feature=the exact name of the 8 items you'd use on the bard to fire them.

then its a matter of making an on use macro for the bards rolling of the table as a whisper to themselves

[modern badger]

the way the feature works makes this a bit cumbersome tho!

it'd be way better to be able to pull them from a compendium

[vast bane]

I literally do this for 40 traps on my avatar

[dark canopy]

const results = await game.tables.getName('foo').draw()
const roll = results[0]

information about the item rolled is in roll (just not sure what it is)

[modern badger]

and not have them in the bard's statblock inherently

[vast bane]

You could probably hide them on the bard fwiw with css or something or you can try to figure out how to write macros to do the same thing as what I just said is possible with a module install

[modern badger]

const results = await game.tables.getName('foo').draw()
const roll = results[0]

what would I replace here?

[dark canopy]

name of the table

[modern badger]

in the getname?

[dark canopy]

yea

if its in a compendium, you will get it from fromUuid instead

[modern badger]

and where would I put this macro? :0

[dark canopy]

unsure what exactly you are trying to do, but rolling from tables and creating items on actors is core and assistance can be sought in #macro-polo

[modern badger]

yeah, but this functionality is not what I'm looking for, I wanna create a table that gives the specific item

to the actor

[vast bane]

but its always the same actor correct?

then they roll it and its own args play out

[modern badger]

yeah but they need to be able to hold onto it long after they've rolled it :0

[vast bane]

if all you want to do is roll on a table and give an item to someone thats basic rolltable stuff, drag the items to a rolltable

[violet meadow]

@modern badger sidenote. Did you solve the Tale of the avenger issue?

[modern badger]

I have no idea how to do that

[modern badger]

it still works but it doesn't show the roll or the feature name ;;

the items are on my rolltable

[violet meadow]

Item details screenshot and final macro

[vast bane]

Look, I know what you want, I know its possible the way I'm showing you, but you aren't seeing what I'm trying to tell you. You can go their route but you are gonna have to write macros, or go the really simple route of just rolling a table of documents and dragging the document manually

[modern badger]

I'd like to know the macro tvt

[vast bane]

If all you want is for 8-12 items in a compendium to be in a table, drag them to an empty table

when the bard rolls on the table, the bard can drag it from chat to their sheet

what I'm trying to give you is a rolltable that rolls it

[modern badger]

const version = "10.0.33"
try {
    const actor = args[0].options?.actor;
    const token = args[0].options?.token;
    const target = fromUuidSync(args[0].tokenUuid);
    
    if (!actor || !token || !target) return;
    const damageRoll = await new Roll("1d6").roll({async: true});
    await new MidiQOL.DamageOnlyWorkflow(actor, token, damageRoll.total, "force", [target], damageRoll, {itemCardId: "new", itemData: actor.items.getName("Tale Of The Avenger")});
    // Could do a MidiQOL.completeItemUse with the fetched item instead
} catch (err) {
    console.error(`Retribution ${version}`, err);
}```

here's everything @violet meadow

[modern badger]

yeah but I want the item rolled to automatically be given to the bard, that's all!

Is there a simple way to do that? ..

[vast bane]

I trully feel that is an unnecessary storage step

aren't there only like 8 or 12 of them?

[modern badger]

yeah, and I wanna make it as easy as possible for my players, and thematically have the thing where they roll for their specific thing and can consider that they only have that one .3.

[vast bane]

you could remake them all as items, remake them as innate spells, remake them as features, and then just pack them away in a custom category or a custom bag and hide them or leave them out and tell the bard no touchey, then you aren't chompin on a compendium for something only 1 user is going to reference

[modern badger]

u3u

but that's not what I wanna do

chompin' on a compendium is fine

[vast bane]

you are highly unlikely to get someone to write that macro for you lol

[modern badger]

I just have no idea how to do it, it must be simple but I'm code-illiterate and can't find a solution in the foundry wiki :<

Is it that complex?

[vast bane]

well its gonna be 8-12 macros for sure I imagine

[modern badger]

huh? ;A;

[vast bane]

or a macro that rolls the table and yoinks the result to the sheet so just 1

[violet meadow]

what does this compendium item link refer to?

[modern badger]

itself

but in compendium form

.3.

same thing as the retribution item

[violet meadow]

The macro I shared before, made it so that it doesn't need a compendium item

[violet meadow]

Is it Self or 1 creature Target?

THe one in the compendium?

[modern badger]

1 creature target

ok, grabbed your non compendium macro!

question, does that one need an AE?

[dark canopy]

just to close the loop and may serve as a good template: #macro-polo message

[vast bane]

If I had to do it I'd probably have the table just be a DAE that gives the item and then has a button in the VAE so that the player doesn't have to go hunting for the item

[modern badger]

ok @violet meadow I used ur macro without AE, and it's still not showing the dmage roll and feature name .3.

lookie

[hard sedge]

A (hopefully) quick question... trying to set a damage formula for an effect value and I can't seem to get the key or formula right to call the damage based of the spell's level. Here's the code: "turn=start,
damageRoll=(2 * @item.level)d4,
damageType=acid,
label=Caustic Brew Acid,
saveRemove=true,
saveDC=@attributes.spelldc,
saveAbility=dex"

I've tried a few variations of the damageRoll, including ((@spellLevel)TIMES2)d4, ((@item.level)TIMES2)d4 --- replacing TIMES with *, of course (discord formatting). Any suggestions?

[vast bane]

damageRoll=(@spellLevel * 2)d4,

saveRemove is also redundant you could have left it out

When dealing with Overtimes I like to use this cheat sheet so I don't mistype:
#1010273821401555087 message

[hard sedge]

Still giving this result. Thanks for the note about saveRemove though

[vast bane]

is it a dfreds CE?

[hard sedge]

Yes

[vast bane]

drag it to the item

I thought this was fixed, hol up, are you on old midi/dfreds?

[inland vortex]

Thank you. I found the midi-qol one, and found several things I was looking for in that compendium

[hard sedge]

Dfreds and Midi are both up to date. I also cannot drag the effect to the item - doesn't add anything in the effects tab (unless it isn't supposed to)

[vast bane]

you can drag ce's to OWNED items effect tabs

contrary to proper safe editing

[hard sedge]

I was able to add the effect to that item how you mentioned. It still results in the same 0d4 formula.

[tired cobalt]

If you happen to have it, can you share the Item Macro you used when you were trying this? 😬 I want to give it a try.

[vast bane]

My strong guess is you have Effective Transferral or Ready Set Roll installed

(or wire)

[hard sedge]

I also have none of the other modules enabled or installed - including WIRE and Ready Set Roll.

[vast bane]

make sure effect transfer is on in midi I guess

workflow tab/special/first drop down

[hard sedge]

Darn. Not a huge deal, I can revert back to a flat formula without calling the spell level, was just hoping it was a simple syntax error!

[vast bane]

is the item a spell?

[hard sedge]

It is

[vast bane]

can you show me it applying in chat to a target?

[hard sedge]

Sure

[vast bane]

do you not have dae installed?

[hard sedge]

It is applying the effects to tokens and tagging them in chat with initial damage.

I do have DAE enabled, ver. 10.0.25

[vast bane]

CPR to the rescue:

turn=start,
damageRoll=((@spellLevel)*2)d4,
damageType=acid,
label=Caustic Brew Acid

[hard sedge]

That's where I pulled the syntax from in the first place and the first formula I used. Will retry now that the item has the DFreds CE.

[vast bane]

it used to be a dfreds/midi issue like 4 versions ago during 4.0's release for dfreds that the transfer wasn't taking the item level

but that should all be gone

I didn't insist on versoins from you, but you are certain you are on the newest right? dfreds and midi?

[violet meadow]

its been some time now, will need to check if I got something. I will take a look in the morning!

[vast bane]

do you have CPR? why not just use CPR's tashas caustic brew?

[hard sedge]

Pretty confident, updated them on Foundry last night - Midi is 10.0.36 and DF is 4.2.1...formula remains at 0d4 after reapplying the before syntax.

[tired cobalt]

Thank you! 😁

[vast bane]

if you have CPR, click the medkit at the top bar

update it to CPR's version so it gets rid of the dfreds flag on the item

dfreds is suppose to be fixed for not transferring spell level

but I think we just got a new version maybe it broke again

actually isn't the spell level midi?

[scarlet gale]

Pretty sure it's midi adding the spell level stuff

[hard sedge]

No dice. It correctly found the automation and added it, but is still resulting in a 0d4 formula on failed saves.

[vast bane]

ok now I gotta test his

[scarlet gale]

(that can easily be a bug)

[vast bane]

no theres something wrong with CPR's version

[scarlet gale]

Isn't there no initial damage?

Only overtime stuff?

[vast bane]

probably, this dingus is on the end of their day and tired lol

[hard sedge]

I'm using a modified version of the spell personally.

[scarlet gale]

Well...

[vast bane]

my caustic brew works

[scarlet gale]

the overtime on mine works too

[vast bane]

turn off all but midi/dae/socketlib/libwrapper

I doubt this specific CPR needs CPR enabled right?

[scarlet gale]

yea, it's just a basic midi overtime

should just need midi and dae

if it's doing 0d4 it means it's not getting the spell level

[vast bane]

lets rule out module conflict then we'll start digging into settings

[scarlet gale]

turn=start,
damageRoll=((@spellLevel)*2)d4,
damageType=acid,
label=Caustic Brew Acid```

[vast bane]

I didn't point these out cause I half assumed you couldn't see a bad roller but seeing as how it rolls 0, you don't have roll groups, MRE, better rolls, or WIRE installed right?

[hard sedge]

Sec, creating a testing environment duplicate of my world quick. Will update once I finished.

[vast bane]

just use find the culprit for module troubleshooting

I assumed you'd see a damage roll before the overtime, so I stupidly rushed to ready set roll/Wire/Effective transferral but really any of those rollers in the list could be the culprit possibly here

[modern badger]

uhhh, if I wanna use the optional flag for guidance

what do I write in the thing?

[violet meadow]

Just send me an export of your Item by DM and I will take a look tomorrow

[modern badger]

1d4, 1?

[vast bane]

let dfreds handle it

dfreds CE has guidance as a premade

[modern badger]

oh

[vast bane]

if you have the second option in the special section in the workflow tab set to something like ae before CE then if guidance has no ae on it, on the item, then it will try to apply this CE

the one bummer about guidance is the conc doesn't end after usage but oh well

if you omit count in an optional.NAME then it assumes 1 and done

which is mentiond in the readme, and honestly I never remember those so I keep the readme bookmarked to the optional.name section

[hard sedge]

With just the 4 enabled it is functioning as intended. I will double check I don't have a strange rolling module enabled, but I don't believe I do. Will also add find the culprit quick.

[vast bane]

in all seriousness, can you let me know what it was so I can add to the list if its something not in the list

I have been pondering fast forwarding for the DM on damage, My players are level 12 now and I do ALOT of actions each turn now

[hard sedge]

Alright, never used find the culprit before - how do I find what I'm looking for? -- nvm. Google is a friend.

[hard sedge]

So...I have no idea what's going on? When I first activated Find the Culprit and pressed start, nothing happened. I manually reloaded the world, and it hadn't deactivated any modules (could still see Monks TokenBar), and asked if the issue persisted. I said yes, and it was convinced I only had the aforementioned modules activated. I pressed reactivate all modules. Everything EXCEPT the locked modules then got deactivated. Ok, fine - restarted the world again, used Find The Culprit, and the issue still persisted with DFreds CE activated. Trying again without it activated - but quick question. Does it matter if I use the app version of Foundry vs. the Browser version for Find the Culprit, and is it behaving as expected?

[hasty jackal]

it is possible to create a DoT effect on an attack?like poison damage per turn

[vast bane]

what version of FTC are you on?

[hard sedge]

I assume that's what is said down on the bottom upon startup: "Foundry Virtual Tabletop | Version 10 Build 291" - otherwise, I don't know.

[vast bane]

midi overtime effects,

Heres my cheat sheet for it:
#1010273821401555087 message

and the readme has info on overtime

[vast bane]

manage modules, look for find the culprit, number to its right

[hard sedge]

Ah - misunderstood your question. 1.4.3, just installed it minutes ago.

[vast bane]

0_o

thats really abnormal

that is not the newest find the culprit

[hard sedge]

The version?

Strange.

[vast bane]

hit update in the menu

[hard sedge]

👍

[hasty jackal]

uhmm

[vast bane]

1.4.6 is newest

[hard sedge]

Just got that version now.

I will also have to reenable all my modules now /sadge

[hasty jackal]

sorry for being dumb but i dont understand the overtime stuff

[vast bane]

did you look at the readme?

[hard sedge]

For some reason it seems that DFreds CE may be the issue here as it was the only non-required module that was activated with the issue persisting (and not active with a successful role). Going to reenable everything and will get back to you when I wrap up.

[vast bane]

cause even if I typed it all to you, even I have to go look at it from time to time or use the cheat sheet

overtime is a special active effect key that runs a setup at a specific point every turn of the owner

you have to enter in a bunch of lines like my cheat sheet has, someone just shared one for caustic brew above

#1010273821401555087 message

the last line should not have a comma, if you look at my cheat sheet I shared above to you, it gives you all the options for you to copy/paste, if the option has a // in front then it can be omitted from your overtime as its the default

all of them are explained in the readme

[hasty jackal]

so i guess it should be something like this
flags.midi-qol.OverTime OVERRIDE turn=end,damageRoll=1d6+5,type=necrotic,saveDC=17,saveAbility=con,label=Blood Bost

[hard sedge]

It seems to have been DFreds. I have reenabled all my modules (*iirc) except for that one and it is functioning correctly.

[vast bane]

I prefer to do linebreaks after the commas but technically thats ok

is the 5 in the damageRoll really suppose to be a flat 5?

WAIT, type= is wrong

damageType

[hard sedge]

DFreds is ver. 4.2.1, updating returns the same version 🤷‍♂️

[vast bane]

you have a typo I just noted it above

[hard sedge]

Well now I'm further confused - reenabling DFreds and the function is working correctly - it is using a preapplied version of the effect though, will reapply and double check.

[hasty jackal]

kk

flags.midi-qol.OverTime OVERRIDE turn=end,damageRoll=1d6+5,damageType=necrotic,saveDC=17,saveAbility=con,label=Blood Bost

like this?

[vast bane]

the ae should have no boxes checked in the first tab of the AE, and then the item itself should have its range/target set to dictate who gets it

if its for some reason a self/self then do self/self otherwise 1/blank/creature(or enemy)

[vast bane]

oh shit is your caustic an active aura?

I don't think active auras transfers spell level

[hard sedge]

Afraid not.

[vast bane]

phew

that does bring up a really good point for MrPrimate

[hard sedge]

Changing second drowdown to Apple CE and item effects from Apply CE, then look for Absent if not seems to function (more or less) as intended, though it does obviously duplicate the effect.

[hasty jackal]

like this?

this is the effect configuration

[vast bane]

that can really mess up CPR

you really should not do CE before AE unless you have dfreds as your mainstay premade module

actually I think CPR specifically checks the box if you have that setting

[scarlet gale]

I'm missing context here

What about CPR?

[vast bane]

remove that special duration

[vast bane]

hes got CE before AE in midi for effect transfer

[scarlet gale]

ah gotcha

I reccomend using AE over CE

[vast bane]

me too

[hard sedge]

Would you suggest I return to CUB? Applying Item Effects before checking DFreds works as intended - a single status is applied, damage is rolled overTime until the save is completed, and status/concentration removed.

[hard sedge]

To clarify - AE = item effects, correct?

[vast bane]

Cub conflicts with CPR

[hasty jackal]

and this is the feature configuration

[scarlet gale]

Not really conflicts, just not accounted for

[vast bane]

and in that particular phrase, it means FOUNDRy item, not dnd5e item

so features, spells, items, yada yada

[hard sedge]

Correct, spells and all that good stuff

Got it. Was going to say, that seems to have fixed my issue. Thank you so much for your help.

[vast bane]

if cub is managing ae's then I think macro.ce will mess up?

macro.ce won't have as many options cause it won't be set to replace or add

[vast bane]

it could just be the reboot that fixed things

you really shouldn't rely on dfreds for player sheet items

dfreds/midi is good for monsters with spellls or something

or cantrips

[hard sedge]

Is there an alternative? Or do you mean just creating a new DAE per item?

[vast bane]

create the ae on the item, draggingt the CE should have been the same thing but maybe I missed that it still treats it as a ce

[hard sedge]

It does seem to treat it as such, but using the Active Effects first in Midi seems to still work with the CE dragged effect

I think the only problem was that is was checking CE first, found the effect with the name and said "screw the active item effect" so it couldn't pull the local item level.

[vast bane]

gotcha so you should do AE before CE, and I will test the midi/ce thing now, thats a shame if that broke again

or maybe it hasn't been fixed yet 0_o

it was a thing during his vacation I think, maybe nobody posted it?

or we gave it to dfreds not realizing it was tposneys deal

[hard sedge]

Exactly. It doesn't seem to be a CE/Midi issue specifically, just that Midi says it will only look for an Item Effect if it doesn't find a CE first --*with the CE before AE option.

[hasty jackal]

there

is the configuration ok?

[vast bane]

is it meant to apply on on save fail?

[hasty jackal]

yep

[vast bane]

somewhere below the snippet is a box that needs to be checked

effect evaluation true yada yada

@scarlet gale and @violet meadow I dunno why this has come back, but I thought tim fixed this: The fluff in reactions are throwing warnings in the console again, maybe clear out the fluff in reactions for your premades?

Apparently Which is a javascript function/expression?

[hasty jackal]

this?

[vast bane]

the big box yes, the half dam save box I think only works on the initial damage, if you want half dam save in the overtime theres a code for that to add

[scarlet gale]

midi really just needs it's own activation condition area that isn't the core description one

[dark canopy]

that isn't based on eval() 😱

[vast bane]

both absorb elements and shield have fluff that start with Which

[hasty jackal]

nah is just if the target fails he gets the dot

if not the target takes half damage and no dot

[vast bane]

its funny that its always reactions that have the fluff, and all these reactions have ae's

and they always start with Which

[hasty jackal]

now it worked, but can i add something like "if you use two points of resource the damage becomes 2d8"

or that is really hard and specific?

[vast bane]

anythings possible with macros

I'd look to how lay on hands does it

healing light in CPR is something similar I think

lay on hands is easier to dissect though

[hasty jackal]

yeah im trying to dissect the effect

okay cant find how it works

i dont understand how can i make something similar

[hot flower]

is there an easy one-line macro to remove concentration?

i've got this macro, which finds concentration, but isn't removing it. Removes all the other AEs though: ```js
// Remove all temporary effects from the selected token
let removeList = token?.actor?.temporaryEffects.map(e=>e.id)

console.warn("removeList:", removeList);
token?.actor?.deleteEmbeddedDocuments("ActiveEffect", removeList)```

[vast bane]

if its a dfreds CE use dfreds

he gives you a sample compendium of macros and in there is one you can retrofit

if the actor is always going to have concentration you can forego the if statements

if its not the owners document you need to use midi instead I think

[hot flower]

ah, yes, it does seem to be dfreds now that I dig into it.

thanks!

[short aurora]

dnd5e has a "equipped armor" field. Checking the description for metal makes a nice onUseMacro for Shocking Grasp with this slapped in there in Before Attack Roll.

if (this.targets.first().actor.system.attributes.ac?.equippedArmor.system?.description.value.toLowerCase().includes("metal")){
this.advantage = true;
};

[vast bane]

need to search the descriptions I think

[short aurora]

Caught me just before the correction, this should be pretty much a catch-all

[vast bane]

should also do names like iron golem, steel golem, all the drones, steel defender

[short aurora]

I'll leave that to them, technically I guess they don't wear armor and that's what Shocking Grasp hits. I kinda get that, I don't necessarily think Plate Armor is hurt by having lightning coursed through it, but liddle me inside definitely is. Later thought: wouldn't they just have given carte blanche advantage against constructs if that was their intent? Seems like their kind of design. More of a #tabletop-discussion tho'

It's "natural armor" system wise

[violet meadow]

Saw that yesterday and wanted to raise an issue but forgot

[violet meadow]

Metal shields should also be affected iirc.

edit: not remembering correctly it seems 😄

[short aurora]

They had a line that looks like it was checking for shields, but the same property path also has a shield field if they want to expand

My Google says shield shouldn't count because wield != wear, but again back to #tabletop-discussion 😄

[sudden crane]

Midi exports a function to retrieve concentration, then you can delete the effect:

const effect = MidiQOL.getConcentrationEffect(args[0].actor);
  if (effect) {
    await effect.delete();
  }

[violet meadow]

Yea need to use that more 😅

[vast bane]

its just a warning though, the reaction still plays fine

I think when he fixed it he fixed it causing a stoppage so it still has the warning

I wonder if its possible to automate shield better. Could it have an activation condition for reduce all damage if the name of the damage is "Magic Missile"?

now that there is an istargetted reaction prompt?

[tired cobalt]

Thank you Krig! 😁
This is exactly what I needed.

[violet meadow]

I have it for MidiSRD 😄

Brooch of Shielding. Waiting to check if the latest MidiQOL fixes an issue I had with some timings

[gaunt python]

Hi automation lovers. I'm looking at automating a pre-attack, reaction-based, target-swapping magic item:

"When a creature you can see attacks a target within 30 feet of you while you are carrying this magic shield, you can use your reaction to magically swap places with the target of the attack... The attack is made against you instead."
Would it be feasible to automate this, given the need to constantly check all eligible targets in range if they are attacked to then auto-prompt the reaction for the player wielding the shield, or should I just go with the usual "the monster is about to attack X, does anyone else want to react?" and just auto-animate the 'swapping places'?

[vast bane]

third party janky reaction with active auras but the larger the aura the laggier it will get and if your table already has lag without active auras it gets worse with active auras

I need an on use midi macro that finds the first shield in inventory and if its not equipped, equip it, if it is equipped, unequip it. Is this possible?

so a toggle like ability for their shield

wow, asked Chat GPT:

Don't leave chat GPT macros up unless they are vetted first

[short aurora]

It's wrong twice as fast

[vast bane]

well it only knows up to v9 foundry

was it right in v9?

[short aurora]

I only checked the first line; maybe? I don't recall a characterId in there, but I've never called for a user's character in that fashion

[vast bane]

I think I'm gonna make it an effect macro so the actor definition is simple to fix

on creation, will equip the shield, and on deletion will unequip the shield

that means I only need to do the actor.update lines

I am tying shield master to an item roll

[short aurora]

HAHAH careful running that macro, it just made all my items shields

[vast bane]

oh god

I will delete that macro

Heres what I need. I need to automate shield master AND dual wielder feat. I need 2 active effects that turn each other off. The first AE when applied will apply th shield master automation, equip his first shield in inventory and delete the other ae for dual wielder. Then I need the opposite, the dual wielder when turned on will run the ae for dual wielder and equip their preferred offhand sword and shut off shield master

[short aurora]

I'm currently fighting the filter system, so anyone else is free to pitch in

[vast bane]

I think I figured out how to use chat gpt better for this, instead of asking to write the whole thing I just ask it how to do parts of it

Its not midi so I'm moving to macro polo

cause its all effect macros

[violet meadow]

The loadout macro I have in my foundrymacros git, will do that. At least the Dual Wielder part

And some Fighting styles

[vast bane]

I'm gonna go check it out in a few here just finishing up some stuff, now that I kinow midi better I can revisit my advantage reminders on shieldmaster, clearly it should be supersaver.dex for half of it

[violet meadow]

Hmm I could add the Shield Master feat automatically too

Oh and now with the correct triggers can be 100% automated 🤔

[vast bane]

awwwwww, toggle effect disables the effect instead of removes it

I just wrote it all for deletion and assumed toggle would remove/add, instead it suspends/unsuspends

[modern badger]

ok, I've been converted

automated reactions, saves and optionals

[vast bane]

https://media.giphy.com/media/l0MYGb1LuZ3n7dRnO/giphy.gif

[tired cobalt]

This is working great and as intended... Except when the target has Natural Armor or doesn't have an equipped armor. In those cases, midi is not auto-rolling the spell attack (it shows the chat card with the Attack button).

[violet meadow]

There should be an error in console which would be easily solvable with some optional chaining, would be my guess.

Does adding a ? after equippedArmor do it?

[vast bane]

I wanted to add to that activation condition to include creature names like "Anything with drone, iron, metal, steel in name"

add clockwork to that list

[tired cobalt]

Let me check.

Yes, now it works @violet meadow 😁

[static sparrow]

In a midi item macro, how do I get the spellcasting ability mofidifier used with a spell? (Tangentially, is there a list somewhere of everything you can get out of args[0]? The gitlab page wasn't much help.)

[vast bane]

hmmm is the caster a multiclass of two different casting attributes?

[static sparrow]

Nope!

[vast bane]

you should be able to just call the actor.s spellcasting ability modifier, might have to define actor if its not a selected/assigned actor

[static sparrow]

Well ideally I'd get whatever @clever carbon is for the item in question, right?

Oh heck,

[vast bane]

no cause @mod is a roll formula thing on items themselves

[static sparrow]

I finally did it, accidentally pinged MoD 😔

[vast bane]

you must use longform @abilities.x.mod in macros

in your case its one of the new things for spellcasting

coles post has it

If you really want a forehead slap moment hit down arrow when accidentally atting mod 😉

(don't)

[static sparrow]

What post is that?

[tired cobalt]

If I wanted to check for multiple words, I should change

("metal")

to

["metal", "metallic"]

...right? Or that's not possible?

[vast bane]

the pins in #dnd5e

[vast bane]

Just want to point out that unless the item is describing an amazing 80's metal band, its metallic

[tired cobalt]

Thanks!

[vast bane]

I'm gonna throw a Tungsten Golem at you to really throw that shocking grasp for a loop.

[tired cobalt]

As Krig said, RAW the golem is not "wearing" armor.

[vast bane]

someone should make that activation condition though just to show to dnd5e channel so everyone can get a laugh at a mile long activation condition.

yeah but raw isn't fun and I treat my players like my kids, I say no once and when they beg I cave

[violet meadow]

@attributes.spellmod so search for that in the actor's rollData

[vast bane]

actor.system.attributes.spellmod.value would be the macro version if you have the actor selected or its your assigned actor and no selection. If its an item roll you have to define actor as args something.

Also spellmod is dnd5e 2.1+ I believe so if you are on an older foundry or 2.0.3, you won't see it

[static sparrow]

Unless 2.1 came out, like, yesterday, I should have it. Thanks to you both!

[modern badger]

trying to do this

would it be 2 separate overtime effects?

this will deal damage at turn start and prompt save at turn end right?

[spice kraken]

If you really care about the damage being at the start and save at the end, then yeah. Otherwise just pick up and use damageBeforeSave=true

[vast bane]

use my cheat sheet, type is wrong

[modern badger]

why? .3.

is it damageType?

[spice kraken]

damageType

Look at the midi readme

[modern badger]

it says type in the midi wiki lol

had the same issue yesterday

[vast bane]

highly recommend keeping my shared cheat sheet here handy:

#1010273821401555087 message

[vast bane]

the benefit of my cheat sheet is its designed for you to select/copy/paste so that typo's can't happen either

cause if I had a nickel for every damned time I capitalized the first letters of shit in foundry macros I'd be a rich man

[spice kraken]

That's how you don't learn

[vast bane]

I suppose, but my goal is to avoid typos

Super is right about the damagebeforesave thing

I also attempted to do two overtimes in one ae and it was...messy and not functional

[modern badger]

:0

I mean

I did it and it works pretty well

it deals damage at turn start and saves at turn end

[spice kraken]

I do it for hunger of hadar and it works flawlessly

And that one has the item macro for an OT on a template

I also make sure those labels will include Turn Start and Turn End in there just so I know where it's coming from if there is an issue

[modern badger]

can u share ur hunger of hadar macro?

also I'm cracking my head open figuring out how to do this

first, overtime damage auras, second, figuring out how to check for 'enters for the first time'

[spice kraken]

I'm on v9, but look how at the Active Auras compendiums have there template auras setup

Grease is one IIRC

[vast bane]

Shield Master and Dual Wielder feats

1. Fill in the descriptions with your source materials.
2. Requires Effect Macro, Midiqol, DAE, and optionally Advantage Reminder
3. Edit the Effect Macros and replace the names of the items with the items your actor would want toggled equipped/unequipped.
4. If you change the names of the feats, you must also change the names of the effects in the effect macros.
5. The on toggle off effect macro is currently broken till I figure out whats up with midiqol. Do not suspend the effects(toggle with midi) or they will get stuck in a suspended mode
6. These items are features so import over blank features.

if a guru wants to take these and gussy them up with a dialog prompt for shield and weapons go ahead 😉

I personally went the easy route and defined the specific names of the items for the person I made them for.

[modern badger]

oh ok so it basically applies the effect to whoever ends/starts their turn on the area

[vast bane]

v9 midi srd oddly enough has the best grease

[spice kraken]

I live and die by v9

[modern badger]

also, how the hell do you check for 'enters for the first time on its turn' for an aura?

[vast bane]

someone just made hunger of hadar and grease and dm'ed me let me see who it was

[spice kraken]

I make those turn ends to account for that

[vast bane]

this sort of automation requires macros and I personaly avoid it

[modern badger]

but macros are cool .3.

[vast bane]

template macro module exists to make this easier, but its not easy

[spice kraken]

If I could write macros in shell or python, I'd be a macro guru

[modern badger]

I mean I can do it from grease

[spice kraken]

But since idk JS yet, I keep it as simple as possible

If I need to change the spell a little bit to do something easily with an AE, I will

And if it's something I can't do with an AE and need a macro, we just do it manually

[vast bane]

@mellow fossil made grease and hungers of hadar the most recently.

I believe they also punted on first time entering and did end of turn like super and I

really only Chris and Bugbear deal in that sort of level of automation here

(and tposney since he did spirit guardians premade)

you could probably do it in effect macro fwiw if active auras properly transfers the actual effect document to the aura recipients

an on creation effect macro to roll the item minus the effect transfer

origin.use();?

wow I think I just solved when first entering...

[violet meadow]

Check this Spirit Guardians <#1010273821401555087 message>

This should do everything except for applying the "stronger" aura in case of multiple ones

[vast bane]

God this is ugly:

wheres Lukas when I need them

this is not a document link, its inline roll commands in VAE

[modern badger]

how do I tie this to a template instead of an aura? :0

[vast bane]

use template macro instead of active auras/CPR auras

[violet meadow]

Search for a post of mine about Spirit Guardians and Template Macro

Does CPR have it?

[vast bane]

I think chris was doing a cloudkill the same time you were doing SG

CPR does not have grease or hungers of hadar

I went through this exact scenario with Lionel yesterday and I helped them in DM's make a pseudo automation for it

[modern badger]

huhhhhh, don't see it o3o

[scarlet gale]

My spirit guardians actually just uses my own token update hook

[violet meadow]

<#1010273821401555087 message>

[vast bane]

the v9 grease is pretty janky but does everything minus the enter save

but if they stay in it, at end of turn it saves

[modern badger]

ok

I might give up on the 'first enter' automation

[violet meadow]

Both of the shared ones actually take care of the "first enter" but it's a bit tough to get it right at first

[vast bane]

For grease, it prmpts a save on roll, so if you can get an effect macro to roll the grease item with the right target args, it could be totally doable with a 1 liner effect macro on creation

you just have to mod the item before the roll to be a single target instead of place template

so probably not a 1 liner 8)

[modern badger]

ok, got it

how would I modify this for hunger of hadar?

I see no place to tweak the overtimes .3.

and it has nothing at turn start and end

[violet meadow]

Are you asking me about that or Moto?

[modern badger]

u ;3;

[vast bane]

Hooks.on("visual-active-effects.createEffectButtons", function(eff, buttons){
  if (eff.label === "Dual Wielder") {
  buttons.push({
    label: "Equip Shield",
    callback: function(){
      MidiQOL.completeItemUse(eff.parent.items.getName("Shield Master"));
    }
  });
  }
});

[violet meadow]

best practices as you said in Chris' discord 😄
Search for MidiQOL.completeItemUse(

oh I can see you had used that from the search results too 😄

[vast bane]

it goes before?

[teal stirrup]

Hey, how do I use the flags.midi-qol.advantage.ability.save.str flag in an effect

[vast bane]

updated?

[spice kraken]

Custom | 1

[violet meadow]

Seems better Moto!

[vast bane]

I highly doubt my imaginary friend knows how midi works, don't give me a cryptic answer ;p

[violet meadow]

Yeah it should be fine

But what would the Shield Master Item use do?

equip the shield?

[vast bane]

It does this:

https://media.giphy.com/media/12NUbkX6p4xOO4/giphy.gif

#1010273821401555087 message

they have complex effect macros when the item rolls and applies the ae's the ae's utilize effect macro to control which one is active at any given time and also specifically manages my paladin players offhand object

the buttons are meant to facilitate an easy way to toggle between them since midi's toggle effect feature is...well broken imo

if you set an item to toggle effect, it suspends it

and the suspend is abnormal, effect macro doesn't pick it up

So I leverage the VAE buttons

hopefully he sees the ping in chris's discrd and fixes it so I can employ the suspension catch in the effect macros

I don't ever want the two ae's on these feats to be suspended ever, so I put a deletion macro in on suspend for effect macro, but midi /shrug

I'm sure someone like you or chris could go in and put a dialog in them, but dialogs are the bane of my existance so I opted to just define the items directly lol.

[teal stirrup]

trying it, thank you!

[short aurora]

Dialogs are kind and caring, what kind of dialog would you have liked?

[pseudo bough]

Hello , i got a problem with MIDI QOL module , i don't know why but some monsters get advantages , and others get disadvantage for no reason 😢

[violet meadow]

@vast bane 😄

I will need to style the dialog better 😩

(I hate the new discord preview ... )

[violet meadow]

Did you check Moto's post that he linked in the comment in #dnd5e ?

[short aurora]

Toggle attribution and you'll see why, it's in the workflow settings somewhere. It's most likely because they don't have visions edited properly and midi judges them as hidden or in melee while shooting ranged

[vast bane]

I sent you a message in the other channel for you to follow here before asking, I can resend the message here if you want lol

[short aurora]

Anything is possible since you asked for it, change the syntax for some instead https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/some

[vast bane]

the gist of your solution is that there is a setting in midi thats off by default that if you turn on, will immediately solve your problem, however, its also very likely that the problem is that your tokens visions are not setup so midi is saying the tokens are blind. (Attribution shows this to the DM)

the token vision is just highly likely but theres a few other hidden flags it can be, range disadvantage, flanking, and um.....something else are also hidden flags that only attribution shows

in the thread link I posted in the dnd5e channel is a link to two images I posted to explain how to turn on attribution

@scarlet gale @violet meadow do either of you use MATT with midiqol?

I honestly thought MATT handled args somehow but apparently it doesn't. How do you hand a macro tokens in a MATT trigger?

also what do you lose if you do item.use() instead of the midi completeItemUse()?

the only trigger options in MATT is run as DM or Run as triggering player

so if it affects many tokens it has to be DM which means it needs targets somehow

My first thought is to have it be triggering player and then run findnearby for the trap area if its an aoe? which means we're using the token.actor?

[pseudo bough]

Thanks you verry much , that was the same prob ( hidden)

i misunderstand your first message sorry ^^

[vast bane]

last 2 months its been a high volume common problem we could tell 😉

I can count on one hand the amount of times it wasn't the new hidden flag

[violet meadow]

I am not using it, no. Do you want a Trap or something?

[vast bane]

someone reached out to me asking for a solution to matt not using midi for damage rolls

[short aurora]

Dow workflow?

[violet meadow]

Do they want MidiQOL or no MidiQOL for MATT damage?

[vast bane]

they want midiqol for matt damage

My thought is to just use an avatar and roll the avatar's items instead of MATT but I can't believe midi/matt doesn't have synergy

[short aurora]

Create an ephemeral item and roll midi item workflow on it? I don't actually recall am example

[violet meadow]

You can use MidiQOL.TrapWorkflow() but will need some more context

<#1010273821401555087 message>

Haven't followed that, but just saw it as a result

[short aurora]

Midi does have a good docs section on it, but never used Matt to see integration

https://gitlab.com/tposney/midi-qol#trapworkflow

[vast bane]

can you do a midiqol.completeitemuse() with no targets?

[violet meadow]

Yes

It will roll the Item as needed. If you have the MidiQOL settings set to need targets, the same will apply to the completeItemUse

[vast bane]

sorry I mistyped, I mean can you set a macro to run the complete item use without listening to the DM's current selection or target, like pass it as if they had nothing so it fires late targetting?

Trying to think of a way to utilize matt's triggering event and then run an item on the DM's avatar but if the Dm in that moment has something targeted or selected then it'll screw up I think

[violet meadow]

What would that item be?

[vast bane]

Honestly I don't think matt is an efficient dm tool lol

I gave up on it

I do my traps as items on my DM avatar and then I use inline roll command buttons to fire them from my map pins

99.9% less macro, 100% more quick and simple reuseable prep

[violet meadow]

I think that MATT provides the triggering token for a macro execute, correct? ```js
const targetToken = token; //change that to the token argument provided
const targetActor = targetToken.actor;
const pack = game.packs.get('dnd5e.spells');
const spellId = pack.index.getName('Fireball')._id;
const spell = (await pack.getDocument(spellId)).toObject();
spell.system.save = {ability: 'dex', dc: 15, scaling: 'flat'}
spell.system.preparation = { mode: 'innate', prepared: 'true' };
const trapItem = new Item.implementation(spell, { parent: targetActor });
new MidiQOL.TrapWorkflow(targetActor, trapItem, [], targetToken.document.center);

Instead of the Fireball spell, you can use another Item you want

In the [] you can provide targets

[vast bane]

is args.token all the tokens on the tile?

[violet meadow]

no idea

Its more of a placeholder for the correct argument

I have no idea what MATT provides for a macro execution

edited it a bit

edited again

[vast bane]

the guys over on monks server said that the way they get matt to work with midi is you don't do macro but instead use roll as an attack, whatever that means. Then midi picks up the item workflow

the thing I can't connect is Matt doesn't say how it feeds the args of the event, so we're left wondering how to define token

token as is, is what? selected or assigned actor

[violet meadow]

just put in the MATT macro ```js
console.log(args)

[vast bane]

if its run as the GM, thats going to be whatever the GM has selected when the trap fires for the player

if its run as the triggering player it will happen to just that player

Heres the other part of this though, its not me that wants to know, its just a user whose too shy to talk here lol, I get that alot with users

so I'm just the middleman, and in this case a middleman without MATT installed

I pinged the two of you cause I kinda sorta assumed one of you used it cause it seems like a hghly popular module and I just didn't have it

isn't midi's trapworkflow suppose to interact with trigger happy?

[violet meadow]

Could, but doesn't need to

let me check MATT quickly then

[vast bane]

I kinda feel bad now, I probably shouldn't have pinged you and dragged you into this, I could be doin this too, I was just trying to see if either of you use it in your sessions

shield master would need a dialog to put in a premade module, its too janky I think as is

[violet meadow]

OK this should work find with a Run Macro for the token that Enters MATT tile ```js
/* These are some of the predefined symbols
console.log(arguments[0]);
console.log(token);
console.log(actor);
console.log(tile);
console.log(scene);
*/

const targetToken = token; //no need but I had the rest as is...
const targetActor = targetToken.actor;
const pack = game.packs.get('dnd5e.spells');
const spellId = pack.index.getName('Fireball')._id;
const spell = (await pack.getDocument(spellId)).toObject();
spell.system.save = {ability: 'dex', dc: 15, scaling: 'flat'}
spell.system.preparation = { mode: 'innate', prepared: 'true' };
const trapItem = new Item.implementation(spell, { parent: targetActor });
new MidiQOL.TrapWorkflow(targetActor, trapItem, MidiQOL.findNearby(null,targetToken,20).concat(targetToken), targetToken.document.center);

It will explode a Fireball centered on the Token that enters the Tile.

[vast bane]

you could change this to a spell on an actor too if one wanted to store their traps on a avatar like I usually do

[violet meadow]

Yes

[vast bane]

I can almost see one making a Midi/Matt module like dnd5e animations is to automated animations lol

[violet meadow]

Get the Item however you need to and use that as the trapItem

[vast bane]

oh shit no forget actor, just make a trap compendium lol

[violet meadow]

That would be a way to go!

[vast bane]

My only gripe is that its going to further clutter my system macro folders lol

my current setup I don't even have to do a macro: I use inline roll commands to roll an item on my avatar

[violet meadow]

You can link compendium macros in MATT too

[charred bay]

    primarySpell.roll();
    let message = await primarySpell.roll({
        createChatMessage: true
    });
    debugger;
    let workflowId = message.getFlag("midi-qol", "workflowId");
    let workflow = MidiQOL.Workflow.getWorkflow(workflowId);
    let itemLevel = workflow?.itemLevel;
    message.update({ flavor: `Missile 1 of ${2 + itemLevel}` });
    message.render();

so, this works to roll my item and allow me to modify the flavor text

however

it leaves the config dialog open

anyone know how to close that/

[violet meadow]

const message = await primarySpell.roll();
const workflowId = message.getFlag("midi-qol", "workflowId");
const workflow = MidiQOL.Workflow.getWorkflow(workflowId);
const itemLevel = workflow?.itemLevel;
await message.update({ flavor: `Missile 1 of ${2 + itemLevel}` });

[scarlet gale]

Should likely just do a complete item use

[charred bay]

what does that look like?

[vast bane]

magic missile is properly written in w15's module

Sources of premade stuff for Midiqol:

Modules:
Midi Sample Items Compendium(comes with the module)

Midi SRD's compendiums
https://foundryvtt.com/packages/midi-srd

Chris' Module form of his macros:(CPR)
https://foundryvtt.com/packages/chris-premades

Dfred's Convenient Effects:
https://foundryvtt.com/packages/dfreds-convenient-effects

w15ps's Module
https://foundryvtt.com/packages/w15ps-srd

Macros:
Mr.Primates premade macros:
https://github.com/MrPrimate/ddb-importer/tree/main/macros

Chris' Premade macros:
https://github.com/chrisk123999/foundry-macros

Wiki:
Activation condition and other useful info:
https://github.com/thatlonelybugbear/FoundryMacros/wiki

[charred bay]

i can try the mod, but still want to learn

[violet meadow]

You were rolling the item twice

Did you try the one I shared above?

[charred bay]

didn't see it

trying

🤦‍♂️

works perfectly now

[violet meadow]

Still you will be getting some deprecation warnings. Use .use() instead of .roll()

[charred bay]

i am still v9

[violet meadow]

ah OK!

[charred bay]

basically, i have a macro, where the first time you hit it, it casts magic missile. I have an item macro that creates a consumable with the remaining darts. Each time you click the macro it expends an additional dart.

i get that is probably not optimal, but i haven't started module development, only macros.

[covert mason]

I'm trying to create this item:

Magmasteel Axe
Weapon (battleaxe), uncommon

This axe has 4 charges and regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.

Unstable Overheating. As a bonus action while holding this axe, you can expend 1 charge to ignite it, causing veins of searing magma to light up across its blade. While ignited, this axe sheds dim light in a 5-foot radius and deals an extra 1d4 fire damage to each target it hits. When you roll a 4 on this extra damage, the axe erupts violently, and each creature within 10 feet of the axe must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After the axe erupts, it’s no longer ignited.```

by creating a custom feature that allows the user to "ignite" the axe by creating an active effect on the user, which edits the axe to add an extra 1d4 fire damage. Once the 2d4 fire damage happens, I'm looking to delete the extra fire damage on the axe and remove the active effect. Here's what I have so far.

```js
let actorToken = canvas.tokens.controlled[0];
let magmasteelAxe = actorToken.actor.items.find(i => i.name === "Magmasteel Axe");

if (!magmasteelAxe) {
  ui.notifications.warn("Magmasteel Axe not found in inventory.");
  return;
}

let effectData = {
  label: "Unstable Overheating",
  icon: "icons/svg/fire.svg",
  changes: [
    {
      key: `system.damage.parts`,
      mode: 0,
      value: [["1d8", "slashing"], ["1d4", "fire"]]
    }
  ],
  duration: {
    "seconds": null,
    "startRound": null,
    "startTurn": null,
    "endRound": null,
    "endTurn": null,
    "combat": null,
    "turns": null,
    "start": null,
    "end": null,
    "rounds": null
  },
  flags: {
    "macro.executeAlways": true,
    "macro.autoCheck": true
  },
  origin: actorToken.uuid,
  disabled: false,
  changesDuration: null
};

actorToken.actor.createEmbeddedEntity("ActiveEffect", effectData);

ChatMessage.create({
  content: `
    <div class="dnd5e chat-card item-card">
      <header class="card-header flexrow">
        <img src="${actorToken.actor.img}" title="${actorToken.actor.name}" width="36" height="36" />
        <h3 class="item-name">${actorToken.actor.name}</h3>
      </header>
      <div class="card-content">
        <p>Magmasteel Axe gains 1d4 fire damage</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  `
});

effectData.changes.push({
  key: `system.damage.parts`,
  mode: 1,
  value: [["1d8", "slashing"]]
});

let effect = actorToken.actor.effects.find(e => e.system.label === "Unstable Overheating");

if (!effect) {
  ui.notifications.warn("Active Effect not found.");
  return;
}

await actorToken.actor.deleteEmbeddedEntity("ActiveEffect", effect.id);```

What's the correct function here?

[vast bane]

createEmbeddedDocument I think

Entity is v8 or 9

[knotty sparrow]

I do have "About Time, and "Times Up" installed along side Midi QoL @vast bane

[vast bane]

you don't want this involved at all, what exactly is your problem, the template stays after the fireball?

show me the details of "fireball" on the item

[knotty sparrow]

Yeah, basically the fireball template showing the radius stays after the actor casts it

the AA details? Sorry am slightly confused

[vast bane]

show me the details of fireball item

not aa

the actual item on the actor thats a spell, details tab

[vast bane]

details tab

[knotty sparrow]

would that be under the configure setting?

[covert mason]

let actorToken = canvas.tokens.controlled[0];
let magmasteelAxe = actorToken.actor.items.find(i => i.name === "Magmasteel Axe");

if (!magmasteelAxe) {
  ui.notifications.warn("Magmasteel Axe not found in inventory.");
  return;
}

let effectData = {
  label: "Unstable Overheating",
  icon: "icons/svg/fire.svg",
  changes: [
    {
      key: `system.damage.parts`,
      mode: 0,
      value: [["1d8", "slashing"], ["1d4", "fire"]]
    }
  ],
  flags: {
    "macro.executeAlways": true,
    "macro.autoCheck": true
  },
  origin: actorToken.uuid,
  disabled: false,
  changesDuration: null
};

actorToken.actor.createEmbeddedDocuments("ActiveEffect", effectData);

ChatMessage.create({
  content: `
    <div class="dnd5e chat-card item-card">
      <header class="card-header flexrow">
        <img src="${actorToken.actor.img}" title="${actorToken.actor.name}" width="36" height="36" />
        <h3 class="item-name">${actorToken.actor.name}</h3>
      </header>
      <div class="card-content">
        <p>Magmasteel Axe gains 1d4 fire damage</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  `
});

effectData.changes.push({
  key: `system.damage.parts`,
  mode: 1,
  value: [["1d8", "slashing"]]
});

let effect = actorToken.actor.effects.find(e => e.system.label === "Unstable Overheating");

if (!effect) {
  ui.notifications.warn("Active Effect not found.");
  return;
}
await actorToken.actor.deleteEmbeddedDocuments("ActiveEffect", effect.id);```
Appears to be giving me this error now.

[knotty sparrow]

my bad 🤦‍♂️

[vast bane]

the argument right after the edited createembeddedyadayada needs like [{ or {[ after it

I think its [{

[vast bane]

@covert mason
actor.updateEmbeddedDocuments("Item", [{_id: item.id, "system.equipped": false}]);

I was told to make the object an array by wrapping it in these combo's of brackets

[vast bane]

I'm gonna chalk all this up to conflicting modules and weirdness, delete the template and recast after ctrl F5 and tell me if the issue persists

[knotty sparrow]

Hmm issue still persists

I did a encounter, and advanced the rounds/turns, even ended combat and the template still stayed

[vast bane]

wait do you have simple calendar?

how is your ingame clock progressing?

The fastest way to sus things out is to install find the culprit and run it, but you need to sus out what you want first, do you want midi automation to handle your templates or do you want automated animations to? if you want midi, then shut everything off and just leave midi/socketlib/libwrapper/dae/times up/and your clock manager module active

smalltime or simple calendar

[knotty sparrow]

@vast baneYeah I have simple calandar

Can auto animations handle templates just fine on its own? Is this maybe a case where I have two mods that are essentially doing the same thing?

Because if AA can just do templates and remove them on its own, then I'm fine with not utilizing midi; I just was led to believe you need midi to help with AA for some things

[vast bane]

the problem is you have the opposite of what normally is the problem

your problem is that nothing is deleting it, usually the problem is that aa is deleting midi's automations too early

[knotty sparrow]

haha ok, well then

Let me do what you suggested and disable all but those ones in that list

[vast bane]

on that fireball above, click the aa button on the top bar is it using the global auto recog?

[knotty sparrow]

yes

It says its matched to GAR

[vast bane]

what version of midiqol, dae, socketlib, libwrapper, simple calendar, and times up are you on, and throw AA in for the hell of it

version numbers

[knotty sparrow]

midi = 10.0.36
dae = 10.286
socketlib = 1.0.12
libwrapper = 1.12.12.0
simple = 2.1.80
AA = 4.2.45
D&D5e Animations (AA adon) is 1.2.1

[vast bane]

dae is the wrong numbers

what is times up version

[vast bane]

dae is off, are you mid test?

[knotty sparrow]

10.0.4 for times up

[vast bane]

if you want midi to handle template removal it needs dae enabled

[knotty sparrow]

ok, so I need to update dae then?

[vast bane]

nope its fine as is

you should only disable yellow 9's not yellow 10's

[knotty sparrow]

alright let me relaunch, then test with just those mods suggested

@vast banedo I need About time active as well?

[vast bane]

do you know what it actually does?

imo people only need about time if they literally know what it does and know they need it

otherwise half the time people have it cause they think its Times Up 😉

[knotty sparrow]

ah ok

Yeah I thought both were needed together

[vast bane]

times up gives us yummmy automation in dae/midi for special durations and expires aes. About time has to do with running macros based on time delays

I think

[knotty sparrow]

Well, with those active, that did remove the template

so midi did handle it

when time advanced

maybe about time is the culprit? 🤔

[vast bane]

if dae was off this whole time then it was the absence of dae

[knotty sparrow]

yeah, thats the thing, I dont think it was off

but we'll see here in a sec

[vast bane]

dae is not listed as a dependency for midi but...it is

[knotty sparrow]

So, AA not the culprit, midi still removed after test

You know, im noticing, and wondering, maybe I forgot to roll the fireball damage after advancing clock

cuz the template doesnt remove until after damage is rolled

@vast bane I think this one may just be user error. Sigh. Thank you! I reactivated everything, and tried final test and its working perfectly now

[vast bane]

if you leave aa deleting random templates eventually when you upgrade to more midi automation aa's gonna be a culprit for a bunch of breakages

[knotty sparrow]

Sounds good; I'll leave it to midi 😛

Is it fine with AA doing it to spell templates? Cuz right now it looks like the AA default option is to remove templates on spells like fireball for example

[vast bane]

its been mentioned a few times if theres a way to turn that setting off in all the template and aura auto recogs, I dunno if Otigon ever got around to it lol.

its probably dnd5e animations fault not AA

cause I totally had all mine set to not remove, then I installed dnd5e animations lol

[knotty sparrow]

Ah ok, glad I'm not the only one, cuz yeah that's a lot of animations to go through and turn off. So far though it doesn't seem to be causing any problems

[static sparrow]

Can you use spell level in a spell’s active effect? Like Ashardalon’s Stride, which increases movement speed by 5 + 5 * spell level.

[spice kraken]

@item.level

[flat gazelle]

btw thanks for that, I took that part and applied it to all relevant spells my players have. it is sooo nice

[charred bay]

Is there an easy way to have a spell template automatically get removed after casting, or after your turn ends?

[violet meadow]

MidiQOL can automatically do it if you want. MidiQOL settings => Workflow settings => Workflow tab, a checkbox 3-4 lines from the top

[charred bay]

looking

must not have been in v9

i am clearly going to have to work on converting to 10

🙂

[gilded yacht]

Maybe I should add it as a dependency - they are so intertwined that many things break if dae is not present.

[gilded yacht]

v9 is way behind what is in the v10 version. Really is time to convert (provided you have many minutes/hours to spend on it). Worth doing cause v11 is just around the corner....

[charred bay]

Is v11 going to be another let's break the APIs release?

[molten solar]

Yesno

[echo shoal]

Okey... Hopefully this is the right channel... I am going to copy the message again 😅

Is there a way to apply the status "asleep" when cast sleep on top of some enemies? The thing is that my template select's the enemies but applies damage and not the actual effect. Basically what I am looking for is something to calculate which wnemies are affected by the spell (base on the roll) and then add the status on them. Thanks!!!

[vast bane]

I've seen signs from mod authors that v11 looks alot less painful to work with than the v10 reworking of stuff.

Pretty sure Compendium folders module is going to see almost its whole scope absorbed in v11

[short aurora]

@violet meadow Hey bugbear, do you think it'd be feasible (and allowed) to list features on the wiki™ and then list which modules/automations are available for them? Moto's list is great and should stay, but it is so often a person comes in and asks "how do I do <x> feature" that I wonder if we'd save ache by having a searchable index

We can always skip out of keeping it updated by just listing when the feature was added, so if someone comes in the far distant future, they can't complain it's outdated 'cause we wrote "for version 143 of dnd5e"

[vast bane]

Has anyone touched v11 that can confirm if the new folders have the same functionality as CF has? can you right click a folder and choose to export its whole structure?

also can you drag directly to a folder or is it like CF where it lands in the root and then you have to do a second drag inside the compendium?

[vast bane]

tbf I have been thinking of doing this and adding it to his wiki, the problem is that ...well its not a problem...the issue I have is that midi srd is about to drop a big update and CPR updates multiple times a day

If someone has CPR and Midi SRD installed, its honestly really easy to check for someone when they are asking if theres a premade, the hard ones to find are crymic/mrprimate's premades cause they are in github repositories

I wonder if bugbear/chris have something in their raw dev branch that can list off names of their stuff that they can feed a link to

[short aurora]

I definitely think that, until the wik's pretty up to date, there's a huge workload, yeah. In the future once things are and me-not-having-thoroughly-checked-github-actions, I wonder if it can't be automated partly

I know some users have the dream of all developers joining hands and making one automation module to automate players out of being needed, but until then, I think a list like that would be super helpful for users and a little for developers, if they want to offer alternatives. I'd gladly pitch in to try and help maintain, buuuut not before making sure that's something bb thinks is cool 😅

[violet meadow]

Can you give me a structured example of how you think that would look like?

[vast bane]

I honestly ponder if chat GPT could write me a list and then i could just amend them

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[spice kraken]

Moto ^

[vast bane]

my alternate install is a v9 install lol

its how I yoink out midi srd v9 premades

not that bugbears v10 is lacking, its just that theres a few things in the midi samples in v9 and midi srd that I liked that utilized ATE

[violet meadow]

Also https://gist.github.com/omaraboumrad/35654da0a376c57a2e0ab4d92ad0c339 this link in the pinned messages by honeybadger introduces a way to make some changes and submit PR etc for the wiki

[vast bane]

I actually like the v9 spiritual weapon better than the v10 one in the samples

[vast bane]

I can't figure out how to use that but I'll reattempt to read that

[spice kraken]

Want me to see if you can also have a v10 testing instance installed?

[vast bane]

I really do intend on adding to your wiki, I think it'd help us all

[short aurora]

Pages/sections of pages with feature names divvied up into categories. Like illegal sites with descriptions and whatnot, here it's literally just the spell name and then repos. I don't even think we'd need to link directly to where on the repos/modules, leave the detailed instructions to the developers.

Search "Light" and the Cantrips pages comes up or something with just "Light - Midi SRD, thatlonelybugbear's private repo" etc.

[vast bane]

I don't install 3 cause my setup is already fragile

My idea was to do the spells first, just list them all alphabetically and then to the right a link to the location of what module or github has a premade for them, no sensitive copyright materials at all, just who made it

[violet meadow]

I can do that for the MidiSRD spells included in the next release

But I would want help with CPR or others

[vast bane]

actually, can we list the special name? Example: Can we say Tasha's Hideous Laughter or do we have to say Hidious Laughter if we aren't using any of the description or functionality of the spell in a list?

[short aurora]

Anything DnD specific and the word got to be axed, I think the mansion spell and hideous laughter is an example

Or at least that's what I've seen from other publications

I'm game for helping out, hopefully it encourages others to tag along

I'll do the forking thing so it's easier to merge

[violet meadow]

Well I am not sure about what would listing nonSRD spells links in the WIKI would actually mean for displaying it in here as a pin.
Maybe a mod could help with that dilemma

[short aurora]

Yeah, Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion is just Magnificent Mansion in the SRD.

I'm hoping with just the title and no DnD specific terms, no descriptions no nothing and no linking to copyrighted material, it'd be ok

[vast bane]

You and Chris already do alot, if you want I can try to submit a page to the wiki that ha the list, if you want it a particular format maybe do one of the smaller sections like feats and then I'll take your formatting and do the big groups like class features and spells in the same format and submit it to you

I asked about the names over in the other channel where the moderators hang out

yeah it don't wanna work, I can't figure out how to fork just the wiki

I forked your foundrymacros, it gave me everything but the wiki

I hit create first page, I get NO error, and then I get no wiki after that when I am following the instructions