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question about roll templates...

I was just wondering if you could use it to display Fate dice correctly? for those that don't know, its a six sided die with two plus symbols, two minus symbols, and two zeros. to get your range of success vs failure, you add up the values of the faces (minus = -1, plus = 1, zero = 0). visually speaking, being able to have it print the dice to the chat would be great, though not necessary. the math for the roll would be (1d3-2)+(1d3-2)+(1d3-2)+(1d3-2), if that helps...
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Finderski
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Compendium Curator
Is there a reason the FATE Dice don't work already? The Dice Reference mentions that Roll20 already supports FATE dice and the example works. With that being said, I'd say Roll Templates are just a way of formatting the output so it's prettier and must be done using the inline rolls, so you wouldn't see each individual die roll without hovering over the final total. So, for example, let's say you needed to roll 4 FATE dice the roll template would require something like this: {{attack= [[4dF]] The output would be a single number, say -2. If you hovered over the negative 2, you should get a little hoverover window that displays: (0--0), so you would know that the roll was 2 zeroes and 2 -1s. That being said, if you wanted to have those 0,-,-,0 actually display in the roll template, the only way I know of to do that would be to call each die roll separately, but they could all be in the same roll template (i.e. 1 call). But then you would need to do the math manually as well. Does that answer your question?
not entirely. I understand the fate dice are supported, I was wondering if they could be graphically represented using roll templates, showing one die for each die rolled; so on a result of -1 it displays a a die with a negative symbol on it in the chat, instead of the value, and it does that four times. If it can (I don't know if it can, I don't do HTML/CSS coding, like, ever) that would be cool, if not, a script could just as easily take care of it, though I couldn't write that one either, as the HTML formatting is beyond me.
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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
I suspect what you want is a roll table. <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Card_Decks_and_Rollable_Ta" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Card_Decks_and_Rollable_Ta</a>...
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Finderski
Plus
Sheet Author
Compendium Curator
Thanks for the clarification. Given that, I don't believe it can. Roll Templates (as I understand them) is merely a way of formatting output. I believe to do what you would like would require an API Script (which is definitely available to you as a Mentor). You may want to post a request for this type API Script in the API forums—there are several folks on these boards who love helping out with API scripts so it's very likely someone could do this for you. EDIT: Or what GenKitty said... :)
aye, a rollable table would do the trick visually speaking - I tend to forget its useful for more than changing your wardrobe :P i just like the idea of presenting the Dice rolled this way, and it would make setting up a character sheet very nice, if it could be included instead of an additional step during setup. and if I was going to write a script for it (I CAN code, just not extremely well) I would have it able to set the color of the dice individually (blue for defence, red for offence and yellow for generic) for combat bonuses from gear. which I probably will do, eventually. And yea, it was a longshot, I just wondered is all. Thanks.
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Example...above There is a great guide for setting up roll-able tables here <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/The_One_Ring" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/The_One_Ring</a> It's for the One Ring but the principle can be used for any tables....Just upload any graphic in place of The One Ring .PNG's and set a numerical value for it.
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Lithl
Pro
Sheet Author
API Scripter
Michael H. said: not entirely. I understand the fate dice are supported, I was wondering if they could be graphically represented using roll templates, showing one die for each die rolled; so on a result of -1 it displays a a die with a negative symbol on it in the chat, instead of the value, and it does that four times. I'm still unclear on the issue. Rolling fate dice already shows -, 0, or +.