# Dice roller ahoy!

**URL:** <https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830>\
**Category:** Site guides\
**Created:** [6 May 2020 11:32 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830 "2020-05-06T11:32:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:42 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/22 "2020-05-11T07:42:18Z")

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@RossM asked for a die roll:  
`9d6: 4 + 5 + 4 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 2 = 33` Nine? Is that the limit?

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:42 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/23 "2020-05-11T07:42:37Z")

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@RossM asked for a die roll:  
[roll 10d6] or is it ten?

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**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:43 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/24 "2020-05-11T07:43:08Z")

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The limit appears to be ten dice.

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:47 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/25 "2020-05-11T07:47:42Z")

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Aha! I’ve messed up the code! Because of the way the original author wrote it, “a valid die roll” needs to be specified in three different places… and it turns out you can have any number of dice you like, _but not a number that has a zero in it_.

(I’ll cap it to 256; I think that should be plenty.)

That’ll come in with the next update.

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**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:49 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/26 "2020-05-11T07:49:44Z")

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@discobot roll 10 dice

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**Author:** ![discobot](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/discobot/32/1_2.png) [@discobot](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/discobot)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:49 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/27 "2020-05-11T07:49:46Z")

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Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`.

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**Author:** ![RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rossm/32/1021_2.png) [@RossM](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RossM)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:50 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/28 "2020-05-11T07:50:15Z")

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@discobot roll 10d6 now

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:51 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/29 "2020-05-11T07:51:37Z")

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@discobot roll 10d6  
perhaps?

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 07:54 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/30 "2020-05-11T07:54:24Z")

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@RogerBW asked for a die roll:  
Anyway, for now you can  
`5d6: 5 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 16`  
`5d6: 5 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 3 = 25`

or indeed  
`11d6: 6 + 2 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 4 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 2 = 50`  
and ignore the last one.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 10:25 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/31 "2020-05-11T10:25:32Z")

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@chrislear asked for a die roll:  
`d6: 1`  
`d6: 6`  
[roll 1 d 6]  
`12d%: 38 + 7 + 82 + 53 + 36 + 87 + 24 + 19 + 51 + 48 + 31 + 43 = 519`  
[roll 12F]  
[roll 2 d f]

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**Author:** ![chrislear](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/chrislear/32/1133_2.png) [@chrislear](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/chrislear)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 10:26 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/32 "2020-05-11T10:26:58Z")

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[roll1d6]  
[rolld6]  
[roll 1d6]  
[roll 1d%%F10]

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 10:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/33 "2020-05-11T10:27:36Z")

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@chrislear asked for a die roll:  
`d6: 4`  
`d6: 5`  
`d6: 4`  
How to trigger a 500: [rll 1d%%F10]

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 10:30 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/34 "2020-05-11T10:30:03Z")

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@chrislear asked for a die roll:  
Nice work on the plugin. I’d recommend a tiny improvement, which is to allow arbitrary whitespace so that [roll 1 d 7] works and `d5: 5` also works, just because it does no harm and might be occasionally helpful

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 10:51 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/35 "2020-05-11T10:51:53Z")

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@Agemegos asked for a die roll:  
`d%: 26` and [roll 1d%%/f10]

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 10:52 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/36 "2020-05-11T10:52:41Z")

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@Agemegos asked for a die roll:  
Fate dice! `4dF: 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 = 3`

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 10:53 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/37 "2020-05-11T10:53:48Z")

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@Agemegos asked for a die roll:  
`4d3-8: 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = -1`

and add at least 20 characters

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 11:27 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/38 "2020-05-11T11:27:53Z")

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> [@system](#):
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> How to trigger a 500: [rll 1d%%F10]

In the next version, invalid dice sizes default to being a d6.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ef089ab6628f1c6dc2a899bcbf6bc4faa5901940.png) [@system](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 11:36 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/39 "2020-05-11T11:36:57Z")

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@Agemegos asked for a die roll:  
Invalid?

`3d17: 15 + 4 + 10 = 29`

`d100: 28`

`d%: 32`

[roll 2d1/2]

[roll 2d0:5]

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**Author:** ![RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/rogerbw/32/3_2.png) [@RogerBW](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/RogerBW)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 11:37 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/40 "2020-05-11T11:37:40Z")

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Any objection if I move this thread to Site Feedback?

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**Author:** ![Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/user_avatar/discussion.tekeli.li/agemegos/32/15077_2.png) [@Agemegos](https://discussion.tekeli.li/u/Agemegos)\
**Post date:** [11 May 2020 11:38 UTC](https://discussion.tekeli.li/t/dice-roller-ahoy/830/41 "2020-05-11T11:38:41Z")

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None from me.

Nor from twenty characters.

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