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Is there a way to manually roll advantage in your rolls?

When rolling in chat, is there a way to customize the roll to be with advantage without having to use the Query system? I haven't found the answer yet online, and I've been looking!
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vÍnce
Pro
Sheet Author
Like just take the higher of 2d20 in a macro? [[ 2d20kh1 ]]
So if I needed to roll multiple would something like 10d20kh5 be the equivalent of 5 advantaged rolls?
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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
No, you'd need: [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] for five rolls with advantage, since each pair needs rolling.
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
No! :) That would give you a much higher skewed roll. Imagine you rolled: 20,19,   15,14,   10,8   7,6  3,1 In pairs, that would yield: 20, 15, 10, 7, 3 If you rolled all 10 and just kept the highest 5, that would yield 20, 19, 15, 14, 10 Advantage gives you the better of 2d20, not the best 5 of 10d20. Roll them in pairs: [[2d20kh1]] [[2d20kh1]] [[2d20kh1]] [[2d20kh1]] [[2d20kh1]]
GenKitty said: No, you'd need: [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] [[ 2d20kh1 ]] for five rolls with advantage, since each pair needs rolling. Slightly shorter and easier to type: /r {2d20kh1,2d20kh1,2d20kh1,2d20kh1,2d20kh1}
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
True, but what you gain in ease of typing, you lose in clarity of output. The inline rolls are easier to read.
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Edited 1528915583
Spren
Sheet Author
If you are using the 5e OGL sheet one of the options is Advantage toggle which adds 3 buttons on top of your character sheet. This way you just turn it on before you roll and it will roll whatever you set the toggle to. I personally use this and find it the best option. To roll 5 rolls with advantage you would just select the advantage toggle and click 5 times.
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keithcurtis
Forum Champion
Marketplace Creator
API Scripter
This is also true of the Shaped Sheet (though the buttons show by default, I believe), in case you are using either of those.