Macro Assistance : Rolling against a token variable with different outcomes

Hi,

I've been researching what I thought should be an easy macro - but either it’s really complicated or I’m just not ‘getting it’.

Sheet : D&&D 5E 2014 by Roll20

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I have a one shot silly idea to include a mechanic similar to “lasers and feelings” that I’m calling Havoc or Harmony. I’m using the hero points sections of their character sheets to contain a variable for my players who will have to roll above or below it to show their outcome.

I’m after a macro that will, when a token is selected

1. offer a drop-down to choose Havoc or Harmony
2. roll a d6 and compare the roll against their variable (let’s call it their H value)
3. If Havoc, they need to roll under their H to succeed
4. If Harmony, they needs to roll over their H to succeed
5. ‘True Balance’ happens when the rolled value equals the H 

I would like be able have the players press a macro button which displays the rolled value vs their H value and what the result is based upon points 3, 4, 5 above.

I gather that I can’t do this via a straight macro and need to use a sheet template, but that’s where I got very confused. I would welcome any advise

Well, a simple way to do this would be

$[[1.computed]] vs. [[@{selected|H}]] = [[{[[1d6]],@{selected|H}}?{Havoc or Harmony|Havoc,<@{selected|H}f>@{selected|H}]] (Havoc)|Harmony,>@{selected|H}f<@{selected|H}]] (Harmony)}

which will return 1 on success, -1 on fail, and 0 on true balance (assuming the variable is attribute H). If you want something more elaborate, I sure could write something with template trickery tomorrow.

Alright, update, here's a more elaborate implementation, you can edit the success/fail/true balance text more or less however you like:

&{template:default} {{[[[-1]]]=[ ](#" hidden null=)
}} {{[[[0]]]=[Fail](#" style="color:inherit)[ ](#" hidden null=)
}} {{[[[1]]]=[True Balance](#" style="color:inherit)[ ](#" hidden null=)
}} {{[[[2]]]=[Success](#" style="color:inherit)[ ](#" hidden null=)
}} {{[[[?{Havoc or Harmony|Havoc,{[[1d6cs<@{selected|H}cf>@{selected|H}]]&comma;@{selected|H}&rbrace;<@{selected|H}f>@{selected|H}]]]=[ ](#)&rbrace;&rbrace; &lbrace;&lbrace;name=@{selected|character_name}: Havoc [ ](#" hidden null=)|Harmony,{[[1d6cs>@{selected|H}cf<@{selected|H}]]&comma;@{selected|H}&rbrace;>@{selected|H}f<@{selected|H}]]]=[ ](#)&rbrace;&rbrace; &lbrace;&lbrace;name=@{selected|character_name}: Harmony [ ](#" hidden null=)}
}} {{=[ ](#) ($[[4.computed]] against [[@{selected|H}]])}}

(The bracketed number at the left can't be helped, due to how this macro is built on a  particular quirk of passing CSS between elements)

I am speechless… thank you.

i was starting to try and research something, but your answer is not only elegant but way beyond where I would have got.

thank you again