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Fix for help article about Compounding Exploding Dice

On the help article about Compounding Exploding Dice (Shadowrun-Style Exploding Dice) found on &lt; <a href="http://help.roll20.net/dice-rolling-reference/" rel="nofollow">http://help.roll20.net/dice-rolling-reference/</a> &gt; there is some misinformation, or misunderstandable information. It says "exploding dice compared to a target number, for example /roll 5d6!!&gt;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!!&gt;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!!&gt;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 "&lt;" instead of "&gt;" ;-)
That's funny, I literally just update this a little bit ago. Reload and you should see updated info. Thanks for the tip!