Die Code for a Wild Die roll with Acing

[BingoParadox]

OK, this should be a simple question, but it's the one example they do not give in the documentation, and I can't find it anywhere.

How the frack do you code a /die line that rolls a d8 and a d6, aces them and takes the highest of the two???

They have examples of doing it with more than one of the same die type, but not two different die types. All of the examples using differing die type add the results. They do not explain how to put them into a single expression without summing them and I am tired of looking for it.

As a GM I do not want to have to define all of my NPC's down to Skill Die beforehand, I want to just be able to bloody roll the dice.

They have some truly esoteric methods of being able to roll dice, but they left this one out.

And I can't put them on the fracking macro bar until I get the /die line right, since you can't edit them once they are in the bar.

[BingoParadox]

Alright, I managed to figure it out...

[kowtow]

What was it?

[BingoParadox]

Here you go... for the 5 standard die types....

/die (d4!+d6!)k1
/die (d6!+d6!)k1
/die (d8!+d6!)k1
/die (d10!+d6!)k1
/die (d12!+d6!)k1


Then with a modifier...
/die (d12!+d6!)k1+1

[IceBear]

What ruleset are you using? That's not valid syntax for Savage Worlds ruleset. Morecore?

[BingoParadox]

It seems to work just fine... Why would there be different syntax for Savage Worlds? This thing is counter-intuitive enough without undocumented changes.

Oh, and I am using the SWADE rule set. I am really new to this, this is my first foray into FG at all.

[Ikael]

Note that those are FGU die expressions. They do not work in FGC.

[IceBear]

Ahhhh...thanks for clearing that up...I was trying it in FGC and got syntax errors

[Wulfgangrpg]

Hi, thanks for sharing that, but how do you get it not to explode?

[srbongo]

Exclude the (!) in order for it not to explode: /die (3d6)k1

You can read about the /die command here