Ideas for a better dice roller

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steinkel
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Ideas for a better dice roller

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Hi list:

Currently we use 3 resources to play by dsl.
- skype
- irc
- maptool

Why do we use IRC ?

It's simple. We have a wonderful irc bot, programmed with jirc scripting language (http://jircii.hick.org/jircii/).
When you say "d100" he rolls d100
When you say "1d6+1d4+2" he rolls it

Better than that.
You can define variables, so you can say
set dmg_sword 1d8+2+1d4
roll dmg_sword

And he rolls the sword damage.
The irc bot is hearing the main thread, and it parses the messages, when the regex is detected, he picks the user name and says something like
[roller-man] >> Stenkel rolls dmg_sword 1d8+2+1d4 ====> 14
So the GM and the rest of players can see the roll.

The 2 ideas :

1. Look at the scripting integration at jirc and use these ideas OR integrate jirc (is pure java) into Maptool, let's play with a real chat :)

2. The ability to store and define rolls, so you can save your character sheet as an array of "set" statements (in a text file that you can read after connecting to a chat / maptool server)

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trevor
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Re: Ideas for a better dice roller

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steinkel wrote: 1. Look at the scripting integration at jirc and use these ideas OR integrate jirc (is pure java) into Maptool, let's play with a real chat :)
Hmmm, interesting, we'll take a look
steinkel wrote: 2. The ability to store and define rolls, so you can save your character sheet as an array of "set" statements (in a text file that you can read after connecting to a chat / maptool server)
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This will definitely be implemented :) In fact, it's only one step away from that right now:

/alias myRoll roll 1d6
/myRoll

But the full handling of rolling from properties is fully intended and partially implemented :)
Dreaming of a 1.3 release

steinkel
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Post by steinkel »

I'm sending you a irc test code + scripted dice roller

Hope you enjoy ...
Jorge González

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