🎲 Rolling Dice

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Contents
Using the dice roller
Dice visibility
Basic dice
Basic dice tips
Star Wars FFG
Fate
Feng Shui

To add dice rolls to your post, select the dice type and click the Add button.

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The results of roll will be displayed after you post. Because the contents of your post might depend upon the results of your roll, some people add a comment in their post e.g. "UPDATING", submit the post to see the dice results, then edit the post's narrative to reflect the results.

You can also select a roll's visibility during posting. You can also edit the visibility later, e.g. a GM might secretly roll for a monster's stealth, and if it fails, reveal the result to the players.

The person rolling and the GM always see the full dice roll. The main differences lie in what other players see.

Here is how the dice visibility changes what is shown.

Hide Nothing
The reason, the dice rolled, and the result are shown.

What was rolled...


The GM and roller see...


Other see...

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Hide Roll/Result
Others can see the reason for the roll, and what dice were rolled (inc modifiers), but not the result.

What was rolled...


The GM and roller see...


Other see...

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Hide Dice & Roll
Others can see the reason but nothing else.

What was rolled...


The GM and roller see...


Other see...

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Hide Everything
Others can see that there was a roll, but nothing about it.

What was rolled...


The GM and roller see...


Other see...

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Hide Reason
Others can see the dice with modifiers and the result, but not the reason which says "Secret Roll" instead.

What was rolled...


The GM and roller see...


Other see...

Basic dice rolls are the default selection. You add a new roll by selecting "Add".



Dice notation
Basic dice rolls use the common dice notation syntax, e.g. 4D6+1 means roll four 6-sided dice and add one to the result.



Reason
The reason is narrative that describes the purpose of your roll. Sometimes the narrative might be used to determine game-specific outcomes based on your game's dice rules.

e.g. here the AC is read from the reason to determine if a roll hits.

GMs should see Dice Rules to see how to enable this for their games.

Roll
You can roll multiple dice and add or subtract them, and multiple modifiers are supported.
examples:
1d8+1d6+3
1d20-1d4+2
1d20+3+2

highest/lowest
Hn and Ln suffixes can be used to keep the highest and lowest dice. This is case insensitive.

Examples:
4d6h3 means roll 4d6 and keep the highest three.
2d20h1 means roll 2d20 and keep the highest die (e.g. DnD 5e advantage)
2d20L1 means roll 2d20 and keep the lowest die (e.g. DnD 5e disadvantage)

Not supported
Multiplication is not currently supported.

e.g. (1d4)*10

Reroll Aces
Rerolling aces means that if a dice shows its highest value then it is rolled again and the result added. This is commonly used in Savage Worlds. Select the Reroll Aces checkbox to enable this mode.

Comma separating rolls
Rolls can be comma-separated to save space.



The same reason is shown, but the results are shown on new lines.


Integrated character sheets
Many character sheets integrate with the dice roller to allow you to select rolls from your character without entering them manually.

e.g. On a DnD 5e sheet selecting the A button (for advantage) next to a skill adds the roll, the reason, and the dice.

You can select to add Star Wars FFG rolls.



Adding dice
To add a dice, select it by its colour.





Removing dice
Selecting a dice you've already added removes it.

Clicking a ability and difficulty dice changes them: ability (green) to proficiency (yellow), and difficulty (purple) to challenge (red). Clicking them again removes them.

Results
The results are shown using icons, with a summary beneath them.

To add a roll for a Fate game select Fate from


Fate rolls default to rolling 4 dice, with space to add your modifier.



Results
The results are shown as +, -, and blank spaces and totalled.

To add a Feng Shui roll select it from the dropdown.