Macro: explode only part of the successful roll

Hi there, I am trying to write a macro for a custom game system where only a limited number of "maximum" rolls can explode. For example rolling D6, a success could be a value of 4 or more, and you would be able to explode a maximum of 2 successes. So: 4d6 could give 1,4,4,6 => I explode only 2 successes and get: 3,5 => this would give a total of 4 successes. Is there a way to do this? Thanks a lot for your time!

There isn't any syntax to limit the number of explosions directly but it is possible to keep dice in sequence. So if we create a sequence that has two successes that explode followed by two non-exploding successes we can limit the sequence by counting initial successes to create the effect of limited explosions. /r { d0=0*(1+d6>4) + d0=0*(1+d6>4) + 2d0=0 }k[[4d6>4 +2]] The d0=0 is used to select how far into the sequence to keep; one is kept per success The d0=0*(1+d6>4) represents an exploding success The 2d0=0 represents the remaining non-exploding successes This does assume only initial successes can explode

Wow that's great, thanks! I think I understand the formula, however how can I make it so that the number of dice rolled (4 in our example) comes from a variable? From what I understand it is not possible to use a "query variable" twice in a formula, so I would be stuck?

You can use queries multiple times by using the same query prompt. So it'll become /r { d0=0*(1+d6>4) + d0=0*(1+d6>4) + (?{How Many|4}-2)d0=0 }k[[?{How Many}d6>4 +2]]