Issue with roll table in macro

Hi. I am new to macros. I created a roll table for wild magic surges in D&D5e. Now I am trying to create a macro for it that only the DM can see the results, but I wanted to use a nice looking format. I used this macro which I butchered from another template: /w gm &{template:npcaction} {{rname= Wild Magic Surge }} {{name=}} {{description=[[1t[wild-magic-surge]]]}} I want it to show the description for the Table Item rolled, below the title "Wild Magic Surge". Instead I get the actual number rolled. Any suggestions? What am I doing wrong?

I would assume that you have the number as part of the table result, probably the first character. In that case the table sees it as a custom die and will only take the number. For tables of results like this you want to only use the text and then use the weighting to ensure that the probability of returning a given result is accurate as per the table. ie. a table with 100 results, each as likely as another would have a weighting of 1 for each entry, however if there were 99 results and one of them was on a roll of 99 or 100 then it would be weighted 2 and the rest would still be 1. It's best to think of it in terms of percentages where possible. If you really want the number as part of the result, everything bar the 2nd option below will work:

Thank you Ziechael! Having the numbers  at the beginning of the text was definitely the issue here. I changed the format as suggested and it worked.  Much appreciated!

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Norbert R. said: Thank you Ziechael! Having the numbers  at the beginning of the text was definitely the issue here. I changed the format as suggested and it worked.  Much appreciated! Anytime, these things can be a fun ride! Happy rolling :)