README.md

All Goblins Have Names

A module for Foundry VTT. Allows you to use a table as the Display Name for a token so each new token will get a random name. It can also roll random biographies for tokens when used with Better Rolltables.

How to use it

First, grab your random name table and drag it into a Journal entry. That will give you some text that looks similar to @RollTable[2cbm3cP46dxcxO5Z]{Dwarf Female Name}. Now, open the Actor and click Prototype Token. Paste your @RollTable[... text into the Token Name. When you drag your Actor onto the map to create a new Token, its name will be randomized!

Return more than one result for firstname + lastname

When multiple lines are returned from a table, the lines will be joined together with a space. For example, you could have a roll table formula of 1d1, and have two results which are also tables for a firstname and a lastname, both with range 1-1.

Random biographies with Better Rolltables

Story tables are currently bugged in Better Rolltables. When this changes, we will update this README with instructions on how to randomize biographies.

API

This module provides a few methods under the game.allGoblinsHaveNames namespace for use in macros or other modules.

• game.allGoblinsHaveNames.rerollSelectedTokens() - Re-rolls the names of all selected tokens.
• game.allGoblinsHaveNames.rollFromTableString(tableStr) - Takes a string like @RollTable[... or @Compendium[... and returns a random result from that table.

Installation

You can install this module through the Foundry module UI

Get help

You can file an issue on github if you're running into a bug or reach me on the Foundry VTT discord as Cattegy#7436.