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Inline Additional Critical Damage Rolls?

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Hi Folks,  TL;DR is rolling additional crit damage possible for inline rolls, or are the old forum posts correct in saying it needs api/custom templates? I am trying to create a macro that will automatically roll any additional critical damage when appropriate. I'm playing a hexblade with fire glaive, warcaster and polearm master so it gets complex fast, and adding up all the damage, rerolls and extras like eldritch smite or booming blade really puts the brakes on an encounter. Using an attack template and an inline roll allows for all the damage to be summed up and we can quickly move on.  An extreme example of this (which did come up a few sessions ago) was a single attack that comprised of; Fire Glaive (1d10+CHA+2)+(2d6), Life Drinker (+CHA), Hex (1d6), Hexblades Curse (+Prof), Bestow Curse (1d8), Booming Blade (2d8) and then an eldritch smite (5d10). Only I rolled a 19 on the attack and had to roll lots of it again for the crit damage.  Thanks
What you can do, is take all of the calculations, and branch them out to their various permutations, and use queries or chat macros to let you pick your way through them.  At the absolute simplest, your entry macro would roll your to-hit, and whisper you the options of "miss, hit, crit" each of which would then roll the appropriate dice for damage in those situations.  Sure, this takes a lot of extra setting up, macros calling macros, branches, and stuff, but it can make the outputs to your DM and other players look clean and concise and pro.
I have a similar problem with my Kensei monk, lots of ways to augment the attack roll/damage. You can take a look at my macro which does auto-roll the crits.  &{template:atkdmg} {{mod=[[5 + [[?{SS|No,0|Yes,1}*-5]] + 5 + ?{STB|0|1|2|3}]]}} {{rname=Longbow}} {{r1=[[@{Bough'Lin|d20}cs>20 + 5 [DEX] + [[?{SS|No,0|Yes,1}*-5]] [Sharpshooter] + 5 [PROF] + ?{STB|0|1|2|3} [Sharpen The Blade]]]}} {{always=1}} {{r2=[[@{Bough'Lin|d20}cs>20 + 5 [DEX] + [[?{SS|No,0|Yes,1}*-5]] [Sharpshooter] + 5 [PROF] + ?{STB|0|1|2|3} [Sharpen The Blade]]]}} {{attack=1}} {{range=120/600}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=[[1d8 + 5 [DEX] + ?{STB|0|1|2|3} [Sharpen The Blade]+[[?{SS|No,0|Yes,1}*10]] [Sharpshooter]+?{KS|0|1d4} [Kensei Shot]+2 [Bracers of Archery]]]}} {{dmg1type=Piercing}} {{crit1=[[1d8 + ?{KS|0|1d4 [Kensei Shot] + ?{Deft Strike|0|2d8}]]}}} {{hldmg=hldmg}} I used the Attack & Damage template on the 5e OGL Roll Templates Wiki page.