Post by Fedifensor on Jun 2, 2021 8:49:09 GMT -7
You can roll dice on the forum by clicking on the button in the Post Editor line. It is located on the same line as the other formatting options, on the far right. A window will pop up asking you to type in a range. For a standard skill roll or attack roll, use '3d6' (without the '). For damage rolls, you can do Xd6+X - a 1d6+1 killing attack would be '1d6+1'. Damage rolls with half dice are a bit tricker, as you have to do it as two separate rolls - a 4 1/2d6 normal damage attack would be a roll of '4d6' and a separate roll of '1d6' where you manually half the result*.
* You can also use '1d3', but that won't work for a normal damage attack, because half-dice on normal attacks only do BODY if you roll a 6 on the die.
Rolling dice looks like this:
Attack Roll (OCV 6 vs DCV 4, 13- success) - 6Wxn8K4G3d6
Damage Roll (6d6 normal attack) - 6d6
Damage Roll (1 1/2d6 killing attack) - 1d6 + 1d3
Once you've rolled, you may want to go back and edit the post to indicate success/failure, and/or STUN and BODY damage values. So, for the rolls above, the 9 on 3d6 is a success, the 6d6 damage is 29 STUN, 8 BODY, and the 1 1/2d6 killing damage (assuming a chest hit) is 24 STUN, 8 BODY.
Hit locations are currently optional for Starfall, and not used for Catalyst. If you choose not to roll a hit location, the attack is assumed to automatically hit the chest (x1 normal damage, x3 STUN and x1 BODY multiples for killing damage).
Hit Location Chart
For those who want more info about the plugin and how it works, you can find documentation here:
support.proboards.com/thread/446262/vdice-dice-rolling-proboards-v5
The plugin has some safeguards against cheating. However, we're on the honor system, and I trust the group. Now, since this is my first time using this die roller, I will keep an eye on the results. I'm hopeful that the die roller works well, as it's gotten good reviews. However, if someone is getting consistently bad rolls, I may switch the die roller or offer to manually roll and insert the results into the post. 3d6·6d6·1d6·1d3·1d3
* You can also use '1d3', but that won't work for a normal damage attack, because half-dice on normal attacks only do BODY if you roll a 6 on the die.
Rolling dice looks like this:
Attack Roll (OCV 6 vs DCV 4, 13- success) - 6Wxn8K4G3d6
Damage Roll (6d6 normal attack) - 6d6
Damage Roll (1 1/2d6 killing attack) - 1d6 + 1d3
Once you've rolled, you may want to go back and edit the post to indicate success/failure, and/or STUN and BODY damage values. So, for the rolls above, the 9 on 3d6 is a success, the 6d6 damage is 29 STUN, 8 BODY, and the 1 1/2d6 killing damage (assuming a chest hit) is 24 STUN, 8 BODY.
Hit locations are currently optional for Starfall, and not used for Catalyst. If you choose not to roll a hit location, the attack is assumed to automatically hit the chest (x1 normal damage, x3 STUN and x1 BODY multiples for killing damage).
Hit Location Chart
3d6 Location STUN (N) STUNx(K) BODYx Called Shot*
3-5 Head x2 x5 x2 -8 OCV
6 Hands x1/2 x1 x1/2 -6 OCV
7-8 Arms x1/2 x2 x1/2 -5 OCV
9 Shoulders x1 x3 x1 -5 OCV
10-11 Chest x1 x3 x1 -3 OCV
12 Stomach x1 1/2 x4 x1 -7 OCV
13 Vitals x1 1/2 x4 x2 -8 OCV
14 Thighs x1 x2 x1 -4 OCV
15-16 Legs x1 x2 x1/2 -6 OCV
17-18 Feet x1/2 x1 x1/2 -8 OCV
* Penalty halved if target Surprised out of combat or Stunned
For those who want more info about the plugin and how it works, you can find documentation here:
support.proboards.com/thread/446262/vdice-dice-rolling-proboards-v5
The plugin has some safeguards against cheating. However, we're on the honor system, and I trust the group. Now, since this is my first time using this die roller, I will keep an eye on the results. I'm hopeful that the die roller works well, as it's gotten good reviews. However, if someone is getting consistently bad rolls, I may switch the die roller or offer to manually roll and insert the results into the post. 3d6·6d6·1d6·1d3·1d3