Combat Tracker initiative rolls not showing up in chat

When rolling initiative from the Combat Tracker menu, how do I get the rolls to show up in the chat window? Currently, if I roll initiative from a character (or NPC) sheet, the initiative roll shows up in the chat. But, when I roll initiative from the CT menu, it doesn't. Is there a setting somewhere?

Thanks.

When posting a question like this in a generic sub-forum, please mention the ruleset you're using as many rulesets will do things differently.

Some rulesets don't roll dice for combat tracker initiated initiative, they just generate a random number that isn't shown in the chat.

I know D&D 5E doesn't have a way to show die rolls in chat. It just determines all of them and updates the CT.

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Originally Posted by LordEntrails

I know D&D 5E doesn't have a way to show die rolls in chat. It just determines all of them and updates the CT.

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So, I'm using the Classics DND2e ruleset. Initiative Rolls are not showing up in Chat. So, my question then is, how do I verify that if I create an Effect or Modifier to Initiative that it's actually being applied?

When I use or create an effect that is for Attack Rolls, I can easily verify whether or not I'm using it or created it correctly.

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Originally Posted by LordEntrails

I know D&D 5E doesn't have a way to show die rolls in chat. It just determines all of them and updates the CT.

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Whilst the dice rolls aren't shown in 5e it does show the result of the roll and any modifiers that were applied in chat.

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Originally Posted by ProDieM

So, I'm using the Classics DND2e ruleset. Initiative Rolls are not showing up in Chat. So, my question then is, how do I verify that if I create an Effect or Modifier to Initiative that it's actually being applied?

When I use or create an effect that is for Attack Rolls, I can easily verify whether or not I'm using it or created it correctly.

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I don't know the 2e ruleset but you should be able to test whether the correct rolls are being made or not by looking at the numbers rolled. For example I added a +5 modifier and then rolled the NPC initiative and the result was greater than 10 which would normally be the highest number they could roll.

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Originally Posted by Zacchaeus

I don't know the 2e ruleset but you should be able to test whether the correct rolls are being made or not by looking at the numbers rolled. For example I added a +5 modifier and then rolled the NPC initiative and the result was greater than 10 which would normally be the highest number they could roll.

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So, we had similar thoughts. I just did a Test where I applied -9 to Initiative to a Bugbear. The result was 7, so either I've built the command incorrectly or something else is going on. In the Chat I see it did display INIT -9.

I've included 2 screenshots.

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Originally Posted by ProDieM

So, we had similar thoughts. I just did a Test where I applied -9 to Initiative to a Bugbear. The result was 7, so either I've built the command incorrectly or something else is going on. In the Chat I see it did display INIT -9.

I've included 2 screenshots.

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Rolling initiatives from the CT doesn't use the modifier box. I don't know whether that's by design or an omission.

Using an effect works - I applied INIT: -9 to an NPC and then rolled the NPC initiatives from the CT menu. I ended up with a -2 initiative.

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Originally Posted by Trenloe

Rolling initiatives from the CT doesn't use the modifier box. I don't know whether that's by design or an omission.

Using an effect works - I applied INIT: -9 to an NPC and then rolled the NPC initiatives from the CT menu. I ended up with a -2 initiative.

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Hmmm...not sure where to go from here. I verified what you said. When I roll an individual Initiative from the Combat Tracker the Effect is applied. Unfortunately, I'm using auto-rolling of Initiative. I would really hate to manually roll initiative instead. I have some pretty in-depth Custom Crit/Fumble tables and many of the results modify Initiative for the next rnd or next # of rounds either of an individual PC or NPC or of an entire Faction.

On a related question, Do you know if an Effect can be applied to an entire faction instead of 1 combatant at a time?

I appreciate your help. I'm still very much learning the Fantasy Grounds system.

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Regards,
JPG