Chat Commands

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MapTool's chat system supports a number of "slash commands" (that is, commands preceded by a "/" character) that execute particular actions when typed directly into chat.

General Usage

To use a chat command, you type directly into the chat window, using the following format:

/command argument

where command is one of the commands in the table below, and argument is an appropriate argument (a dice roll, or a string of text, etc.) upon which the command acts.

NOTE: Remember, the commands shown below are always preceded by a forward slash (/) character.

NOTE: Slash commands will only work correctly in a MapTool macro if they are the first text in the macro. This is a result of macros simply being text that is "stored up" until it's pushed into the chat window where it's executed. For version 1.3.b58 or later, see the [s:], [w():], and [g:] roll options for a method of sending only part of a message as if it were using the self, whisper, or gm chat commands respectively.

Built-in Commands

Command	Built-in Alias (if any)	Description
addtokenstate	tsa	Add a new token state that can be set on tokens
alias	alias	Create a command alias
clear	clr	Clear the chat window
clearaliases		Clear all aliases
color	cc	Change your chat text color. Color must be in hexadecimal format, e.g. /cc #ff0099
emit	e	Broadcast text to all connected players without revealing who sent it (GM-only command)
emote	me	Broadcast an emote to all connected players
gm	togm	Send text to GM exclusively
goto	g	Go to location or go to token, e.g. /goto X,Y or /goto tokenname
help	h	Display a list of available commands
impersonate	im	Speak as if you were someone or something else (typically, speak as if you were a token)
loadaliases		Load a file that contains aliases, one per line, with a : between the name and the value (just as if you were typing it in)
loadtokenstates	tsl	Load all of the token states to a file
ooc		Out-of-character chat (chat is enclosed in double parentheses)
reply	rep	Reply to the last player to whisper to you
roll	r	Roll dice (using a Dice Expression) and broadcast result to all players
rollgm	rgm	Roll dice and broadcast result only to yourself and the GM
rollme	rme	Roll dice and show the result only to yourself
rollsecret	rsec	Roll dice and show the result only to the GM (hiding the result from even yourself)
savealiases		Save all current aliases to a file
savetokenstates	tss	Save the current set of token states to a file
say	s	Broadcast a message to all connected players
self		Send a message only to yourself
settokenproperty	stp	Set the value of a Token Property
settokenstate	sts	Set the value of a Token State
table	tbl	Run a table lookup, e.g. /tbl tablename value-to-lookup
tmacro	tm	Run the given macro on the selected token
tsay	ts	Say the given speech on the selected token
whisper	w	Send a message to a specific player

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