I want to figure out how to program macros for the Traveller 5th-ed. rolling mechanics. 1) TRAVELLER adds together a character's Assets (Characteristic, Skill Level and mods) and you must roll at or under this number with 1 - 10 D6 to succeed. The number of dice depends on the difficulty of a task. Rolling at or under is a Success. Rolling higher is a Failure. If you roll 3 1's, it's a Spectacular Success (not possible with only 1 or 2 dice). If you roll 3 6's, it's a Spectacular Failure (not possible with only 1 or 2 dice). If you roll both 3 1's and 3 6's, it's Spectacularly Interesting (only possible with from 6 - 10 dice). How would I program the macro to roll and announce these results? 2) TRAVELLER also makes use of Flux rolls: rolling 2 dice for random variations (1d6-1d6, or 2d6-7) which can give results from +5 to -5. I've figured that out, but there is also Good Flux (ensure a positive result by subtracting the smaller die from the larger one; result is zero if dice are the same) or Bad Flux (ensure a negative result by subtracting the larger die from the smaller die; result is 0 if dice are the same.) How would I program Good Flux and Bad Flux as macros? There doesn't seem to be a math operation to take the absolute value of a Flux roll.
