On the help article about Compounding Exploding Dice (Shadowrun-Style Exploding Dice) found on < <a href="http://help.roll20.net/dice-rolling-reference/" rel="nofollow">http://help.roll20.net/dice-rolling-reference/</a> > there is some misinformation, or misunderstandable information. It says "exploding dice compared to a target number, for example /roll 5d6!!>8 . Even though the target number (8) is higher than the possible roll from a single dice" which makes no sense, since the formula used tells the system to roll 5d6 and explode one any result of 8 or higher. It will never explode. The version online now: Compounding Exploding Dice (Shadowrun-Style Exploding Dice)
Shadowrun (and some other systems) use a special style of exploding
dice where the the additional rolls for each dice are added together as a
single "roll". To do this, just use two exclamation marks instead of
one. So for example to roll 5 d6's, you would do /roll 5d6!! . A common Shadowrun roll would be exploding dice compared to a target number, for example /roll 5d6!!>8 .
Even though the target number (8) is higher than the possible roll from
a single dice, with the compounding exploding rolls a single roll can
be infinitely high! My suggestion: Compounding Exploding Dice (Shadowrun-Style Exploding Dice)
Shadowrun (and some other systems) use a special style of exploding
dice where the the additional rolls for each dice are added together as a
single "roll". To do this, just use two exclamation marks instead of
one. So for example to roll 5 d6's, you would do /roll 5d6!! . A common Shadowrun roll would be exploding dice compared to a target number, for example 8.
Even though the target number (8) is higher than the possible roll from
a single dice, with the compounding exploding rolls a single roll can
be infinitely high! And if you need the die to explode on more than the maximum value, you could for instance type /roll 5d6!!>5 and the dice will explode on every 5 and higher (e.g. 5 and 6 since they are d6's). Tip for the playful - test with "<" instead of ">" ;-)