Macro Help Needed before game on Wednesday!

Hi all! I'm trying to create a macro and hitting a wall.  Possible newb question: In my game, Attributes are represented by dice.  A character's strength might be a d6.  Whenever they want to use their Strength, they'd roll a d6.  Higher dice are stronger Attributes. I've created variables for each of these Attributes. I want to create a macro that triggers a dropdown menu that allows you to pick an Attribute and have it roll the appropriate die.   I am only getting it to return plain text; it just prints to the chat, "/roll d8".  I know I'm doing something wrong and hoping someone could help. Here was my best result after an hour of trying: ?{Choose a Roll|      Strength, /roll d@{Strength} + ?{Bonus}|      Agility, /roll d@{Agility} + ?{Bonus}|      Vitality, /roll d@{Vitality} + ?{Bonus}|      Intelligence, /roll d@{Intelligence} + ?(Bonus}|      Wisdom, /roll d@{Wisdom} + ?{Bonus}|      Charisma, /roll d@{Charisma} + ?{Bonus}} Advanced question: Skills are also represented by dice.  Ideally, I'd like a Skill Check macro that first queries which Attribute to use, then queries which Skill to pair it with.   In an even more perfect roll, also a chance to input a bonus to the Check.  If anyone can post this macro, I'd be in your debt forever! Attributes: Strength, Agility, Vitality, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma Skills: Academics, Animal Handling, Arcana, Athletics, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Perception, Persuasion, Stealth, Survival, Thievery Thank you in advance for any tips or macros I can use, amazing roll20.net community!

Consider using inline rolls: [[1d6]]. /roll works just fine, but you may prefer the cleaner output. Mostly you needed to specify how many dice were needed for each roll. The roller doesn't default to 1 die if nothing is specified. Give this a shot: ?{Choose a Roll|      Strength,[[1d@{Strength} + ?{Bonus}]]|      Agility,[[1d@{Agility} + ?{Bonus}]]|      Vitality,[[1d@{Vitality} + ?{Bonus}]]|      Intelligence,[[1d@{Intelligence} + ?(Bonus}]]|      Wisdom,[[1d@{Wisdom} + ?{Bonus}]]|      Charisma,[[1d@{Charisma} + ?{Bonus}]]} Or with /roll ?{Choose a Roll|      Strength,/roll 1d@{Strength} + ?{Bonus}|      Agility,/roll 1d@{Agility} + ?{Bonus}|      Vitality,/roll 1d@{Vitality} + ?{Bonus}|      Intelligence,/roll 1d@{Intelligence} + ?(Bonus}|      Wisdom,/roll 1d@{Wisdom} + ?{Bonus}|      Charisma,/roll 1d@{Charisma} + ?{Bonus}}

For your other question, you can make the queries first, and then plug them in as variables wherever you would like, later on. Example

You can call a single die without the 1, `/roll d20` will call a single d20 the same way as 1d20, the reason your initial attempt was failing was because of the preceding space in your query results: ?{Choose|This, That} resolves to _That ?{Choose|This,That} resolves to That That extra spaces makes a difference when trying to call the dice roller.

With queries in general you are advised to only put the changes in the result of the query: /roll d?{Attribute|Strength,@{Strength}|Agility,@{Agility}... etc} + ?{Bonus|0} The above will give the same result but without the need to do replacements on the bonus query or repeat the /roll d in every result.

Keith, you are indeed a Forum Champion.  The inline roll worked perfectly without a hitch!  Ziechael, thank you for pointing out why mine was failing, it's good to learn why things go wrong when they do.  You both are amazing!

Ziechael said: You can call a single die without the 1, `/roll d20` will call a single d20 the same way as 1d20... Well dip me in butter, roll me in bread crumbs and bake me for 30 minutes. I had no idea.

Ha yeah, I had to jump into a game to confirm as I wasn't sure (seen a few sheets with code that omits the 1 but had never tried it in a macro context before).

Totally welcome, this community is great for helping people learn the ropes... admittedly those ropes are like a spiderweb sometimes but the help is always there for those who ask :) Andrew H. said: Keith, you are indeed a Forum Champion.  The inline roll worked perfectly without a hitch!  Ziechael, thank you for pointing out why mine was failing, it's good to learn why things go wrong when they do.  You both are amazing! Happy rolling!

These macros are working incredibly well and I'm applying what you taught me to other ones.  Very, very powerful tool.  Thank you both, Forum Champions!