Help test the new dice roller

[Morrus]

This is gonna get installed here for PbB games. We've been designing it over the last week or so.

http://vb.eitkocat.com/index.php

You roll a dice by attaching it to an existing post. Simply make a post, and then click on the "ADD DICE ROLL" button on the post (it appears after you have submitted the post, when EDIT etc. appear).

At launch it will only have basic dice formats (xDy + z), but other weird and wacky things will be added in time.


Some features:

• Once rolled, a dice roll cannot be deleted or edited
• Grahical representation of your dice roll
• A profile tab which records all of your dice rolls

It's designed to be secure - the idea is you can't cheat. You make the roll, it attaches to your post, and you can't change or remove it. You can add more rolls, but you can't remove the existing rolls.


Anyway, give it a whirl. You'll need an account at that test board. Lemme know of any glaring problems.

Like I said, other dice formats will be added later (dice pools, fate dice, stuff like that).

 

[Blackrat]

Well, it's a basic roller. No glaring errors so far but I have a list of suggestions to add if you want them at some point. Some might be really tricky to code, I don't know, but certainly features that some games could use.

 

[Walking Dad]

I don't know if I like the graphic representation. If you have to roll six dice pools (4e: minor: How much extra used from healing ability?, standard: attack and damage... on hit another hit and damage roll, free: saving throw) the posts get really cluttered with colored dice graphics.

 

[Morrus]

Well, it's a basic roller. No glaring errors so far but I have a list of suggestions to add if you want them at some point. Some might be really tricky to code, I don't know, but certainly features that some games could use.

We definitely need the list.

We're launching with the basic functionality, and we'll be adding extra stuff at a later date.

One request, though - I'm pretty much just a D&D player. So if you want alternative dice mechanics, you'll need to explain them very clearly - chances are I won't know how they work.


My initial thoughts are to add checkboxes which apply the following functions to the dice rolled:

• ADD the dice together [default setting]
• DISCARD the lowest dice and add the rest together
• REROLL any dice which rolls X or lower
• EXPLODE dice which roll X or higher
• COUNT the number of dice which score X or higher

The user inputs the value of X, of course. Then the display output showing the results notes which functions you've selected.

If you have any more, feel free to let me know! (As you mention on the test board, there's no d100 yet - that's because I couldn't decide how to graphically represent it. 2d10, I guess.)

 

[Blackrat]

We definitely need the list.

• DISCARD the lowest dice and add the rest together
• COUNT the number of dice which score X or higher

The user inputs the value of X, of course. Then the display output showing the results notes which functions you've selected.

If you have any more, feel free to let me know! (As you mention on the test board, there's no d100 yet - that's because I couldn't decide how to graphically represent it. 2d10, I guess.)

These two were my first thoughts to add. Except for the first it would be good to have the option to also discard two lowest and add the rest together. For those who like to "roll 5d6 take 3 highest" for character creation.

The count command would be exactly what you need for VtM game.

Well, a d100 looks much like a ball So how about just using a circle as graphical representation.

 

[Morrus]

Well, a d100 looks much like a ball So how about just using a circle as graphical representation.

Because I then have to make 100 images... and the d20 was painful enough!

 

[Blackrat]

Ah... Well then you're not going to like my d1000 idea

*whistles away*

In another note. Just let me know what the dimensions the image needs, what's the format and what color would be the best and I can make those. I have some free time on my hands at work and it's not that much of a hassle.

 

[Morrus]

Same size as the existing dice (they're all about 37 x 37).

The format has to be a PNG file with transparency. Colour? Well, we have red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple. Ummm.... dunno. I suppose if we're talking a rainbow, we have all but one colour covered (is that d20 indigo or violet?)

The files will need to be named d100_1.png, d100_2.png, d100_3.png.... etc..... d100_99.png, d100_100.png.

 

[Blackrat]

Ok, I'll see what I can come up with. I'll try to put in shading so it looks rounded.

 

[Morrus]

Cool. If you just do one, we can see how it looks (better that than do all 100 and find there's a problem!)