Macros not being working with Queries. (Template Error)

This may be a really stupid thing, I've tried to find people with similar problems, but I seem unable to do so. I'm currently trying to set up a macro for one of my players. Effectively just to query if they're attacking with the DND 5e ability 'Great Weapon Master'. Doing so modifies the Attack and the Damage of an attack. What I wanted to do was just create a template for both versions of the attack, with and without GWM. However I keep getting an error like so:  The Full text of this error is: "No,&{template:atkdmg" and there is no curly bracket on the end of that either, incase that's a clue. But as you can see, it doesn't give me options to click on, despite this working perfectly well if I just replace the macro calls with dicerolls. My Macros go as such:  The main macro that I'm calling here:  Greatsword-Attack: ?{Great Weapon Master?|No,#attack_norm  |Yes,#attack_gwm } #attack_norm: &{template:atkdmg} {{mod=+[[@{Sigismund Sunwalker|pb}+@{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}]]}} {{rname=Greatsword}} {{r1=[[1d20cs>20 + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}[STR] + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|pb}[PROF]]]}}  {{always=1}}{{r2=[[1d20cs>20 + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}[STR] + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|pb}[PROF]]]}} {{attack=1}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=[[2d6ro<2 + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}[STR]]]}} {{dmg1type=Slashing}}{{crit1=[[2d6ro<2]]}} {{charname=Sigismund Sunwalker}} Normally, if I run the macro without calling it in the main Macro, it looks perfectly fine.  #attack_gwm: &{template:atkdmg} {{mod=+[[@{Sigismund Sunwalker|pb}+@{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}-5]]}} {{rname=Greatsword, Great Weapon Master}} {{r1=[[1d20cs>20 + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}[STR] + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|pb}[PROF] - 5[GWM]]]}}  {{always=1}}{{r2=[[1d20cs>20 + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}[STR] + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|pb}[PROF] - 5[GWM]]]}}  {{attack=1}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=[[2d6ro<2 + @{Sigismund Sunwalker|Strength_mod}[STR] + 10[GWM]]]}} {{dmg1type=Slashing}}{{crit1=[[2d6ro<2]]}} {{charname=Sigismund Sunwalker}} This also runs completely fine if i just run it without calling it. Is there something super obvious I'm missing here? Some form of syntax I need to place in the macros im calling so it doesn't result in this error? Thanks for anyone who helps!!

This is one of the most commonly asked questions about macros - due to the order of operations, that #attack_norm macro call will be replaced with the contents of the macro before the entire thing is parsed, and the }} curlies break the Query. Your options are to either: 1) replace all the } | and , in the #attack_norm and #attack_gwm macros with HTML entities . They will no longer work as standalone macros, and if they're saved as Collections macros, the HTML entities will revert every time you open them, breaking the Query again. Saving the macros as Ability macros on a macro mule character sheet is recommended 2) use a Chat Menu instead. Chat Menus are almost always the better option - adding buttons is easy, and you can link straight to a working macro without needing HTML replacement therapy. For general use/universal macros, saving to a common Macros character sheet is generally the way to go. Your macros look specific to Sigismund, so I'd probably just save them on that character sheet, then your chat menu would look like this: /w "sigismund sunwalker" &{template:npcaction} {{rname=Action Menu}} {{name=@{sigismund sunwalker|character_name}}} {{description=[Normal Attack](~sigismund sunwalker|attack_norm) [GWM Attack](~sigismund sunwalker|attack_gwm)}}

Appreciate that!