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Dice counter

Is there a way to count the number of times a dice has been rolled? I'm running an OSR DnD game, and each turn a die is rolled to determine if wandering monsters show up. 6 turns equal 1 hour. Rather than having to separately note each time I roll that dice, it would be super handy if a counter did it for me, displaying the count onscreen for easy reference.
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The Aaron
Roll20 Production Team
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Not without access to the API, a Pro Subscriber Perk.
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Ziechael
Forum Champion
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For a purely visual aid you could use a custom entry in the turn order and just increment the value each time, or set it as a +1 increment and use the 'next turn' button to do it for you. If you use /r or /roll to make the actual roll you'll also get dice in the chat that you can drag/drop onto the VTT and line up nicely as a visual aid. Third option is to have a token on the page and use either the bubbles to track the number of rolls made or status icons with numbers for a non-selected view on the token. Fourth, create a rollable table with a HUGE number as each side of it and choose the appropriate side after each roll to have a glaring, in your face, reminder. Fifth, train a small, friendly, animal to respond to a simple keyword which would then ring a bell a number of times equal to the rolls made... you'd need to train it to reset the count occasionally too so not 100% that is your best option here, but possibly the most fun one!
Aaron - Thanks. Let's just say I did have a Pro account. How tricky would it be then? Ziechael - hehe thanks. I'll need to find out more about how those things work. I've never used the turn order feature so I'm green on that. What I'm after is something that won't require any further intervention from me other than the roll of the dice (which the players make btw). Anything that involves me clicking something or placing physical beans or counters on my desk space is an extra step that I will undoubtedly forget from time to time.