Randomly calling macro's or abilities via recursive tables

I have a set of abilities that I call from a query, but really the selection should be random.  I would like to replace the query with a random call.  I've tried putting the calls in rollable tables as entries, such as %{character|ability_a} %{character|ability_b} That didn't work.  I tried using recursive tables.  That worked, but my abilities had references to targets and queries.  Whenever either were encountered, RT produced an error.  I tried moving the targeting and queries outside of the called abilities, adding them to the same ability that called RT, but to no avail.  I saw that the abilities called by RT had the right values for the query or targeted value, but RT would report an error. I also tried something like %{character|ability_[[ [1t[ability_name] ]]} but that didn't call the ability or macro either. Is there a way to implement a query where the choice is random?  Or to randomly call abilities/macros? Thanks!

The only way to preserve the ability to have a targeting statement is to have it either in the original message, like you've tried, or to have the secondary ability be triggered from a button (starting a new "top level" message). If you've tried Recursive Tables, you have access to scripts. And if you have access to scripts, there is a trick with ZeroFrame where you can have a table return generate a button for you. Let me dig that up...

Yeah... this is a pretty cool trick. So, if you have ZeroFrame installed, you can get a button out of the table. All of the basic chat button formations work: Ability [Button Label](~Character|Ability_Name) Macro [Button Label](!
#MacroName) Script [Button Label](!script --arg1 --arg2) So you could have table entries of: [Roll](~character|ability_a) [Roll](~character|ability_b) [Roll](~character|ability_c) ...etc. Then, with ZeroFrame installed, you could do a command like: ![[1t[TableName]]]{&simple} That will give you a button in chat, which you can then click. Since you're dispatching a new message, your targeting statements can stay in the triggered abilities, and they will prompt you to designate targets when you click the button.

You might take a look at ScriptCards API/Mod.  I bet it could be implemented within it.

I'll give it a try!  Thank you very much for your response!