Soumral sighs at the stubbornness of the people but can not fault them for not wanting to leave their homes. Nor will she force them to unless it becomes absolutely neccessary.
Soumral keeps an overwatch-style position and maintains a lookout for approaching foes while keeping an arrow nocked. She also keeps half a thought on her short sword in case close quarters combat becomes necessary.
No, don't include the ( or ) in the line at all. They are part of the output of the roll command.
[roll ]1d20[/ roll] <-- removing the spaces from that would should yield an output that looks like -> [roll0]