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    Dragging standalone dice expressions from chat

    When I roll simple dice on the chat, I can't drag them to fields anymore. For example, if I change the modifier to +3, and manually roll 2d6, rolling 4, 2 for a total of 9, if I try to drag the result, instead of having a (expected) 9, I have a +3 (the modifier). This makes it hard to drag the total to the wound box on combat tracker, or quickly adding to coins (if rolling 3d6 gp, for example).

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    I'm not seeing that. What ruleset are you seeing this on? And have you tested without extensions?
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    This is on PF2E ruleset. I originally posted there but Trenloe recommended me to post here. Here is from a brand new campaign:

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    The +3 is what I dragged. This post is where I originally reported the issue:

    https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ions-from-chat
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    I just tried in my 5E campaign; and it appears to be working.

    Here are the steps I followed (see picture):
    * Open campaign
    * Open combat tracker
    * Use mouse wheel to adjust modifier box to +3
    * Pick up d6 die
    * Right click to add an extra die
    * Roll the dice
    * Drag the result to the wound field in the combat tracker
    * Damage was applied

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    Trying the same thing in the PF2 ruleset does zero damage to the target; so we'll have to bump back to Trenloe to investigate.

    Regards,
    JPG

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    The confusion/issue is that while dragging the result of the dice roll with a modifier, FG shows the drag text as the modifier, not the total - for example, "+3". So you could be led to believe that you're just dragging the modifier and not the total. This occurs in CoreRPG, 5E, PFRPG2, etc.. When dropped on a field, the total is correct.
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    Ah, finally got it. Thanks everyone for your patience and support!

    Cheers,
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  8. #8
    Trenloe and I have been discussing over e-mail to make sure I understand what you're reporting.

    I think that this is just the way that the modifier stack and chat windows have always worked; which is why it took some time to understand what you're saying. Just to clarify how it works, I'm going to detail here as well.

    * When dragging from the chat window, the chat entry description text is always used as the drag description.

    * When using the modifier stack, it will append the text of the modifiers to the description passed in the roll. (even if empty) (Example: "Flanking +2, +3")

    * In the example you used, you had added a +3 modifier to the modifier stack without any text. (You can use /mod # <text> to add modifier description; or drag from campaign modifiers list.)

    * So, in the example, the modifier (+3) was added to the roll text (which there was none, since you rolled directly from desktop)

    * Then, when you dragged the result, it showed the description text "+3", which as far as the chat window is concerned is just the text set with the roll.

    I don't think this generally comes up very often; because people rarely roll freestyle and use modifiers at the same time. However, I'll add to our list to look into updating the modifier stack to be a little smarter about appending to empty rolls.

    Regards,
    JPG

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