Rollem

Dice-roller and nova calculator. Order-of-Operations compliant. Can read predefined rolls from a file. Interactive session or command line.

Usage

Open an interactive session:

$ rollem

Give result and return to shell:

$ rollem {roll}

Options

Read a yaml file containing named rolls:

$ rollem [-n {file.yml} | --names={file.yml} ] [{roll}]

Rolls

Dieroll:

Roll: 2d8

Nova:

Roll: 2d8+d4+2

Named:

Roll: Jared

Named Rolls

A yaml file may contain name/nova mappings.

Basic

scimitar: 1d6+2

may be rolled by name:

Roll: scimitar

Nested

Jared:
  scimitar: 1d6+2
  quarterstaff: 1d8+2

may be rolled by name:

Roll: Jared.scimitar

Naming format

• Names must be word characters [A-Za-z_]
• A period (.) indicates a nested attribute.

Order of Operations

After evaluating dieroll results, the result uses standard mathematical order of operations.

Roll: 2d8+2*2

equals 2d8*4.

Parenthetics

Parentheses will subgroup components of the roll.

Roll: (2d8+2)*2

Named Rolls

Named rolls act as a parethetized group.

Roll: Jared.quarterstaff*2

equals (1d8+2)*2.

Disclaimer

This is a pre-release version. It has been tested within a set of easily-predictable use-case parameters. Unpredicted use-cases may cause unpredicted responses. Additional features planned.

There is absolutely NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE for this software.