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iconoplasty
October 29th, 2022, 19:26
I'm trying to figure out if there's any special syntax for referencing tables in an NPC ability description in FGU, using the 5e ruleset.

I have an NPC I'm making where the result of one of their abilities is partly determined by a table roll. There doesn't seem to be a paragraph format option to insert a table in the description, so I've been searching the docs I can find for some syntax I can use to trigger a roll on a table when clicked (similar to the syntax for attack, damage, and save rolls) but haven't found any... does something exist?

My first fallback idea of just dragging a link to the table into the description doesn't seem to work.

Zacchaeus
October 29th, 2022, 20:18
There's not a way to get a table into an NPC. But you can link the table into the notes tab of the NPC. You could then add a trait which refers you to the table linked in notes.

superteddy57
October 29th, 2022, 20:24
You could use the chat frame option in the paragraphs with the syntax:

/rollon <table name>

This will roll on the table, but won't have much automation after that

iconoplasty
October 29th, 2022, 20:31
You could then add a trait which refers you to the table linked in notes.

Is there some syntax for that? Or do you just mean refer to it by name so that someone knows where to click?

Zacchaeus
October 29th, 2022, 20:50
Yes, just include a trait that says 'whenever you do this roll on the table linked in the notes tab'

iconoplasty
October 29th, 2022, 21:05
Thanks!