Conditional Nested Template Macro Question

Hey Community, As a PC, I am trying to set up a macro that allows me to select from my many different attacks. As a simplified example I use something along the lines of: attack: ?{Weapon?|Sword,#sword |Dagger,#dagger |Bow,#bow } Furthermore, I have copied the weapon macros from my character sheet. I modified them slightly, but they all look as follows: sword: @{Name|wtype}&{template:atk} {{mod=+5}} etc... The weapon macro's work fine standing alone, however when I try to run the "attack" macro I get a pop-up with the following the following: Weapon?: Sword,&{template:atk Where "Weapon?:" Is correctly recognized as query, but the "sword" macro seems to have been expanded and is messing with the structure of the condition. And as you could have guessed, If I select that option it doesn't work. Which makes sense, because part of the macro was placed in the name for the conditional option. ("Sword,&{template:atk") I am confused because it does seem to skip over the wtype correctly, but it gets stuck on the template. I tried without the template but that only moved the problem to the next option ( {{mod=+5 ) I tried looking around to see how other people fixed this but couldn't find anything. Has anyone ever had to deal with this before, or does anyone know a work around? If you have any questions please let me know :) Kind regards

So the problem is that your Query calls up the macro as it is. So if your macro has: &{template:attack}{{name=Bob}}{{roll stuff here}} then your Query sees ?{Weapon?|Sword, &{template:attack}{{name=Bob}}{{roll stuff here}}|Bow, ... } and as soon as it gets to the "}" in &{template:attack} the Macro-reader says "Oh the Query is over here. Job Done." You need to escape code your Macros. So replace the "}" with } and similar for any Pipes and maybe some ampersands.

I am not used to a community that replies this fast. Thanks a lot man :)

To expand upon Andrew's answer, you can find the full details for html replacements here . Additionally there is a lot of merit to utilising a chat menu rather than a nested query as it saves you a LOT of work replacing characters and perfecting the nesting requirements. Worth a look, trust me :)

Another option is to just drag/drop your attacks, or any of your sheet's button/rolls for the matter, to the quickbar (rename/colorize if desired).