Essence20 Specialization dice roll

Heya. I'm trying to write a macro that'll run a standard Essence20 system dice roll, with dropdowns for the specialization dice. I've already got the base, Edge and Snag d20's working with the following code: Roll: [[?{Choose the roll type|Base,1d20|Edge,2d20kh1|Snag,2d20kl1}+?{Choose your Skill Die Type|0|1d2|1d4|1d6|1d8|1d10|1d12|2d8|3d6}]] But I can't seem to do the same when I move to the Specialization dice. I need to roll dice based on the following criteria If I choose a... d4: I roll a 1d4, and a 1d2, keep the highest of the two, and add that to the d20 roll I chose. d6: I roll a 1d6, a 1d4, and a 1d2, keep the highest of the three, and add that to the d20 roll I chose. d8: I roll a 1d8, a 1d6, a 1d4, and a 1d2, keep the highest of the four, and add that to the d20 roll I chose. d10: I roll a 1d10, a 1d8, a1d6, a 1d4, and a 1d2, keep the highest of the five, and add that to the d20 roll I chose. I don't know why, but my code breaks at the first hurdle. I read up on Nesting, but so far, none of the HTML modifications are working, and I get garbage out when I try.

Let me make sure I have this understood:  Query to select Base etc dice Query to select Skill dice Query to select Specialization dice?  Also, are you putting this into an Ability macro or a Collections tab macro? You cannot use HTML entities in a Collections tab macro. It will convert them to non-HTML entities and thus break them.  If that is the case, put them into an Ability macro, then call them from a Collections tab macro. Even better, use a Macro Mule to put all your macros on.

have a look at this page and see if it helps <a href="https://cybersphere.me/essence-20/" rel="nofollow">https://cybersphere.me/essence-20/</a>

I don't think you have to nest that in such a way that will require HTML replacements. You just need to place your queries within the double brackets of the inline roll and connect them with + ... I'll try to put together an example when I get back to my computer, if no one else has...

Gauss said: Let me make sure I have this understood:&nbsp; Query to select Base etc dice Query to select Skill dice Query to select Specialization dice?&nbsp; Also, are you putting this into an Ability macro or a Collections tab macro? You cannot use HTML entities in a Collections tab macro. It will convert them to non-HTML entities and thus break them.&nbsp; If that is the case, put them into an Ability macro, then call them from a Collections tab macro. Even better, use a Macro Mule to put all your macros on. It'd be a Collections tab macro which, after reading the rest of your post, is probably why my HTML edits aren't working. :-) But I'm not trying to run the skill dice at the same time as the Spec dice. Essence20 runs a different rolling mechanic based on whether or not you have a specialization in effect: You roll your highest skill die, plus every other legit die below that one, take the highest of the set, and add that to the tally. Basically it's a probability flattener against bad high skill die rolls(my d12 rolled a 1, my d10 rolled a 3, but my d8 rolled a 7, so I use the d8's result) The roll code I put in my main post, is the non-specialization version, and that works fine. Far as a macro mule, I'm guessing that's what I was thinking last night as I drifted off to sleep: running a macro for each set of specialization dice, then running a separate macro that calls the appropriate dice macro? Still kinda new to writing macros at this level. :-)

GiGs said: have a look at this page and see if it helps <a href="https://cybersphere.me/essence-20/" rel="nofollow">https://cybersphere.me/essence-20/</a> And your site worked PERFECTLY, thanks dude. :-) I did a little tinkering with the code, to pare it down from six separate rollers, to just two: This is a Regular skill roll: It'll call for the die type, and then call for the d20 type: Base, Edge or Snag, then roll them all and return the correct final result. &amp;{template:default} {{ ?{Skill Level| d2,d2 Skill Roll=[[1d2| d4,d4 Skill Roll=[[1d4| d6,d6 Skill Roll=[[1d6| d8,d8 Skill Roll=[[1d8| d10,d10 Skill Roll=[[1d10| d12,d12 Skill Roll=[[1d12| 2d8,2d8 Skill Roll=[[2d8| 3d6,3d6 Skill Roll=[[3d6}cf0 + ?{Choose the roll type|Base,1d20|Edge,2d20kh1|Snag,2d20kl1} ]]}} And this one's the Specialized die roller, which takes the code from your site on spec dice, and adds the same Base, Edge and Snag calls. :-) &amp;{template:default} {{ ?{Skill Level?| d2,d2 Specialized Roll=[[1d2cf0| d4,d4 Specialized Roll=[[{1d2cf0 + 1d4cf0| d6,d6 Specialized Roll=[[{1d2cf0 + 1d4cf0 + 1d6cf0| d8,d8 Specialized Roll=[[{1d2cf0 + 1d4cf0 + 1d6cf0 + 1d8cf0| d10,d10 Specialized Roll=[[{1d2cf0 + 1d4cf0 + 1d6cf0 + 1d8cf0 + 1d10cf0| d12,d12 Specialized Roll=[[{1d2cf0 + 1d4cf0 + 1d6cf0 + 1d8cf0 + 1d10cf0 + 1d12cf0| 2d8,2d8 Specialized Roll=[[{1d2cf0&amp;comma; 1d4cf0&amp;comma; 1d6cf0&amp;comma; 1d8cf0&amp;comma; 1d10cf0&amp;comma; 1d12cf0&amp;comma; 2d8cf0 | 3d6,3d6 Specialized Roll=[[{1d2cf0&amp;comma; 1d4cf0&amp;comma; 1d6cf0&amp;comma; 1d8cf0&amp;comma; 1d10cf0&amp;comma; 1d12cf0&amp;comma; 2d8cf0&amp;comma; 3d6cf0 } }kh1 + ?{Choose the roll type|Base,1d20|Edge,2d20kh1|Snag,2d20kl1} ]]}}

You're welcome. I'm glad it helped :)