Trying to make it less ugly

Hi All, I have the following macro -   &{template:default} {{name= **Vehicle was Hit in**}}  /r ?{How many hits|1}t[?{Which|Ground-Vehicle-F/B|Ground-Vehicle-Side}]  You tell it how hits where made, you choose the table you want it to roll on and you get a result like this -   Which is rather ugly. I was hoping to get it all to sit inside the default template similar to this -   &{template:default} {{name=**Facing after Fall**}} {{[[1t[Facing-After-Fall]]]}}) Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. 

In a roll template, you cant use the /roll command, and need to enclose you roll in inline roll brackets [[  ]]   &{template:default} {{name=**Facing after Fall**}} {{ [[?{How many hits|1}t[?{Which|Ground-Vehicle-F/B|Ground-Vehicle-Side}] ]] }} That said, IIRC there might be a problem with rollable tables inside the inline roll brackets. You can try this and report back what happens.

I thought the whole point of recursive tables was to allow putting rollable tables with rolls in them.  AKA this is api level stuff.  

But we aren't talking about Recursive tables? We are talking about Rollable Tables.

Æ wants to use a query to decide which table to use, not have a table roll determine which table roll to use, is my interpretation. Don't recall off the top of my head if this violates the order of operations.

Ah, that explains where Eddie got the idea of it being a Recursive Table thing. You can use queries to get or create table names. There might even be a tip in the Useful Tips thread about that.

Firstly, thanks for the responses. keithcurtis said: Æ wants to use a query to decide which table to use, not have a table roll determine which table roll to use, is my interpretation. Don't recall off the top of my head if this violates the order of operations. What the macro needs to do is ask how many times to roll on the chosen table. Which does work the way I need it to I just wanted to display it all in a nice little layout like my second example above. GiGs said: In a roll template, you cant use the /roll command, and need to enclose you roll in inline roll brackets [[  ]]   &{template:default} {{name=**Facing after Fall**}} {{ [[?{How many hits|1}t[?{Which|Ground-Vehicle-F/B|Ground-Vehicle-Side}] ]] }} That said, IIRC there might be a problem with rollable tables inside the inline roll brackets. You can try this and report back what happens. This is an improvement but unfortunately it only displays the first roll on the table not all the rolls made. Weirdly if I hover over the result it does display all the results made on the table so that is close to what I need. Thanks again everyone.

Æ said: GiGs said: In a roll template, you cant use the /roll command, and need to enclose you roll in inline roll brackets [[  ]]   &{template:default} {{name=**Facing after Fall**}} {{ [[?{How many hits|1}t[?{Which|Ground-Vehicle-F/B|Ground-Vehicle-Side}] ]] }} That said, IIRC there might be a problem with rollable tables inside the inline roll brackets. You can try this and report back what happens. This is an improvement but unfortunately it only displays the first roll on the table not all the rolls made. Weirdly if I hover over the result it does display all the results made on the table so that is close to what I need. Unfortunately, that's the problem I alluded to. You cant show more than one table result in an inline roll, which means if you want to show more than one result, you cant use a rolltemplate. You have to use the /roll command.

Cool. I assume that you may be able to do so if using API level access? Either way it is a lot neater using the suggested method. Thanks again.

Yes, you can definitely do it with the API, though it might not be straightforward. Using a script like Scriptcards might be be ideal, and avoid the problem of coding your own script.

Thank you to all.