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There are 9 roll templates provided by the D&D 5e OGL character sheet by Roll20:

Template	Sheet Roll Example	Formatting Notes
&{template:desc}	None
&{template:simple}	PC Ability/Skill Checks
&{template:atk}	PC attack when autoroll damage is off	Formats command buttons as hyperlink text "rname"/"rnamec" fields do not show up if there is no inline roll in r1 or r2 Inline rolls in the description field are formatted to take up an entire line with a yellow bar.
&{template:dmg}	PC damage roll	Description, rname, and charname fields are shown based on toggles
&{template:atkdmg}	PC attack when autoroll damage is on
&{template:spell}	PC spell not marked as an attack	Component label is displayed regardless of output options
&{template:npcaction}	Generic NPC action
&{template:npcatk}	NPC attack	Formats command buttons as hyperlink text
&{template:npcdmg}	NPC dmg roll

General Notes

Anything that says it toggles something off/on means that if you put anything after the "=", including a space, that feature is turned on, if there is nothing after the "=", then it is off.
The macros using atk, simple, npcatk, and atkdmg generated by the sheet utilize @{rtype} in place of {{always/normal/advantage/disadvantage=1}} {{r2=[[1d20. This attribute would allow you to link whether a second d20 is rolled or not to what the settings of your sheet are.
The roll templates have a hard-coded size and will not scale if the chat pane is resized or (with the exception of the description fields and fields in the NPC templates) if a field's contents are larger than the field's space in the template output.

Style Differences

The D&D 5e OGL sheet has different styling depending on if you are using it in a custom D&D 5e game or in a game started from a module (such as Lost Mines of Phandelver or Storm King's Thunder). These styling differences extend to the output of the roll templates, but do not change the syntax described below for using the roll template.

Common Fields

Many of the fields used by the roll templates are common to all or most of the roll templates. See the example templates below to see which of the following fields a given template uses.

Field	Value Type	Expected Value
advantage always disadvantage normal	Toggle	One of these four toggles can be set to determine whether one attack or check die is rolled (normal), both (always), both with the higher number grayed out (disadvantage), or both with the lower number grayed out (advantage).
ammo	Text	The name of the ammunition that the attack should spend. (See ammunition tracking.)
attack	Toggle	Whether or not the attack section of the template is shown.
charname	Text	The name of the character that generated this template.
crit	Toggle	Whether or not the critical damage result is shown.
crit1 crit2	Roll	The damage die and modifiers to use on a critical success.
damage	Toggle	Whether or not the damage section of the template is shown.
desc description	Text	A description of the attack, spell or NPC ability.
dmg1 dmg2	Roll	The damage die and modifiers to use.
dmg1flag dmg2flag	Toggle	Whether or not the damage result is shown.
dmg1type dmg2type	Text	The type of damage caused, such as "Bludgeoning" or "Poison".
hldmg	Roll	The additional damage die and modifiers to use when casting a spell at a higher level.
mod	Number	The total of all modifiers to be added to an attack or check roll.
name	Text	The name of a spell or, in an NPC template, the name of the NPC that generated this template.
r1 r2	Roll	The die to roll in order to determine if an attack or check succeeds.
range	Text	The range of the attack, spell or NPC ability.
rname	Text	The name of the attack or NPC ability.
rnamec	Text	The name of the attack or NPC ability if it critically succeeds.
save	Toggle	Whether or not the save section of the template is shown.
saveattr	Text	The attribute that the target must roll a saving throw for.
savedc	Text	The DC that the target must beat with their saving throw.
savedesc	Text	The effect that occurs if the target succeeds their saving throw, such as "Half Damage".
spelllevel	Number	What level spell slot to expend when casting this spell.

Roll Templates

Description

Template

&{template:desc} {{desc=desc}}

Simple

Template

&{template:simple} {{rname=rname}} {{mod=mod}} {{r1=r1}} {{always=1}} {{r2=r2}} {{charname=charname}}

Character Sheet Examples

Attribute Checks
Saving Throws
Skill Checks

Caveats

In order for the r1 or r2 sections to be output, the normal | always | advantage | disadvantage field must be included.

Attack

Template

&{template:atk} {{mod=mod}} {{rname=rname}} {{rnamec=rnamec}} {{r1=r1}} {{always=1}} {{r2=r2}} {{range=range}} {{desc=desc}} {{spelllevel=spelllevel}} ammo=ammo {{charname=charname}}

Character Sheet Examples

Spells and Attacks that require to hit rolls (Sheet setting 'Auto Damage Roll' must be set to 'Don't Auto Roll Damage')

Caveats

In order for the r1 or r2 sections to be output, the normal | always | advantage | disadvantage field must be included.
In order for the rname, rnamec and mod fields to be output, r1 and, if included, r2 must be a calculable roll value.
In order for ammo to be correctly expended, rname must exactly match the name of a weapon that uses the correct ammunition field, r1 must be a calculable roll value and charname must resolve to the exact name of a character sheet.

Damage

Template

&{template:dmg} {{rname=rname}} {{range=range}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=dmg1}} {{dmg1type=dmg1type}} {{dmg2flag=1}} {{dmg2=dmg2}} {{dmg2type=dmg2type}} {{crit=1}} {{crit1=crit1}} {{crit2=crit2}} {{save=1}} {{saveattr=saveattr}} {{savedesc=savedesc}} {{savedc=savedc}} {{desc=desc}} {{hldmg=hldmg}} {{spelllevel=spelllevel}} ammo=ammo {{charname=charname}}

Character Sheet Examples

Spells and Attacks that cause damage, but do not require a to hit roll.

Caveats

In order for the hldmg section to be output, the hldmg field must be a calculable roll value.
In order for the spelllevel field to properly expend the correct spell slot, the dmg1 field must be a calculable roll value and charname must resolve to match the exact name of a character sheet.
In order for ammo to be correctly expended, rname must exactly match the name of a weapon that uses the correct ammunition field, r1 must be a calculable roll value and charname must resolve to the exact name of a character sheet.

Attack & Damage

Template

&{template:atkdmg} {{mod=mod}} {{rname=rname}} {{r1=r1}} {{always=1}} {{r2=r2}} {{attack=1}} {{range=range}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg1=dmg1}} {{dmg1type=dmg1type}} {{dmg2flag=1}} {{dmg2=dmg2}} {{dmg2type=dmg2type}} {{crit1=crit1}} {{crit2=crit2}} {{save=1}} {{saveattr=saveattr}} {{savedesc=savedesc}} {{savedc=savedc}} {{desc=desc}} {{hldmg=hldmg}} {{spelllevel=spelllevel}} ammo=ammo {{charname=charname}}

Character Sheet Examples

Spells and Attacks that require a to hit roll and cause damage. (Sheet setting 'Auto Damage Roll' must be set to 'Auto Roll Damage & Crit')

Caveats

In order for the r1 or r2 sections to be output, the normal | always | advantage | disadvantage field must be included.
In order for the hldmg section to be output, the hldmg field must be a calculable roll value.
In order for the spelllevel field to properly expend the correct spell slot, the dmg1 field must be a calculable roll value and charname must resolve to match the exact name of a character sheet.
In order for ammo to be correctly expended, rname must exactly match the name of a weapon that uses the correct ammunition field, r1 must be a calculable roll value and charname must resolve to the exact name of a character sheet.

Spell

Template

&{template:spell} {{level=school level}} {{name=name}} {{castingtime=castingtime}} {{range=range}} {{target=target}} {{v=1}} {{s=1}} {{m=1}} {{material=material}} {{duration=duration}} {{description=description}} {{athigherlevels=athigherlevels}} {{ritual=1}} {{concentration=1}} {{charname=charname}}

Character Sheet Examples

Spells with 'Output' set to 'Spellcard'.

Caveats

In order for the level field to properly expend the correct spell slot, the charname must resolve to match the exact name of a character sheet.

Unique Fields

Field	Value Type	Expected Value
athigherlevels	Text	A description of the spell's effects when cast using higher level spell slots.
castingtime	Text	How many and what type of action casting this spell takes, such as '1 Action' or '1 Reaction'.
concentration	Toggle	Whether or not concentration is shown in the duration section.
duration	Text	How long the spell's effects lasts.
level	Text	The name of the spell's school followed by its spell level, such as "Divination 3".
m	Toggle	Whether or not the "M" for materials is shown in components section.
material	Text	The materials required to cast the spell.
ritual	Toggle	Whether or not the ritual cast option is shown.
s	Toggle	Whether or not the "S" for somatic is shown in components section.
target	Text	What the spells targets, such as "1 Friendly Creature".
v	Toggle	Whether or not the "V" for verbal is shown in components section.

NPC Action

Template

&{template:npcaction} {{attack=1}} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg2flag=1}} {{name=name}} {{rname=rname}} {{r1=r1}} {{always=1}} {{r2=r2}} {{dmg1=dmg1}} {{dmg1type=dmg1type}} {{crit1=crit1}} {{dmg2=dmg2}} {{dmg2type=dmg2type}} {{crit2=crit2}} {{description=description}}

Character Sheet Examples

NPC Actions that require a to hit roll and cause damage. (Sheet setting 'Auto Damage Roll' must be set to 'Auto Roll Damage & Crit')

NPC Attack

Template

&{template:npcatk} {{attack=1}} {{name=name}} {{rname=rname}} {{rnamec=rnamec}} {{r1=r1}} {{always=1}} {{r2=r2}} {{description=description}}

Character Sheet Examples

NPC Actions that require a to hit roll. (Sheet setting 'Auto Damage Roll' must be set to 'Don't Auto Roll Damage')

NPC Damage

&{template:npcdmg} {{damage=1}} {{dmg1flag=1}} {{dmg2flag=1}} {{dmg1=dmg1}} {{dmg1type=dmg1type}} {{dmg2=dmg2}} {{dmg2type=dmg2type}} {{crit=1}} {{crit1=crit1}} {{crit2=crit2}}