Limitations on rolls? D6 hit system

[Volomon]

Ok so this is using the Shadowrun hit system of dice, you roll X amount of dice, 5 and 6 are a hit. Is there anyway to limit the total amount of hits possible? For instance say there is a limit of 4 possible hit. Using a dice macro to run this setup would it be possible to include in the macro a limitation?

It doesn't seem possible to me off the top of my head, but maybe there is a way?

[wolph42]

you could use Wiki: max()

[Volomon]

That things a touch vague, so if I had a roll of 6, 6, 6, 3, 2, 1 and set a max of 2 will it just give me the value two then? For instance the three 6s count as hits, I only want two coming back as the actual result however.

That max function seems to require me to place the numbers in the max and I get those back from the rolls?

[Akodo Makama]

you could use Wiki: max()

Oddly enough, to limit to a maximum value, you use Wiki: min().

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[successes = 4d6s5]
[limitedSuccesses = min(successes, 2) 

This will [roll 4d6, count everything 5 or higher] and [limit the count to no more than 2]

[wolph42]

you could use Wiki: max()

Oddly enough, to limit to a maximum value, you use Wiki: min().

Doh! I even thought about this when I typed this which resulted in a double correction