Dice Rolls for Play by Post Game

[Lorekeeper]

glennrocksvb As soon as possible, preferably. The game can’t be played without the dice.

[glennrocksvb]

I cannot commit to a tight schedule at this time. I only do vB stuff on the side. I have a full time job.

[tri@de]

I'd like to know if this mod was done.

[hooram95]

Hi everyone,

Nice to meet you! I’m a potential vBulletin buyer and full time nerd. What I’’d like to ask before I commit is, are there freely available and current dice rolling extensions for vBulletin, or someone willing to please create/sell this to order for me? I know it can be done, as vB boards like RPG Crossing have great dice rollers integrated right into the posts. Check out their cool dice rolling thread. I’ve also found threads from older vB versions sharing this code, but they’re like 2009-2014.

For those who don’t know what it is, this is a Dungeons & Dragons type play by post game. It would be essential that players have the ability to roll dice in their posts and have the extension impartially decide the results.

Something like [DICE]1d20[/DICE] would roll one twenty-sided die and show the results in its own box. Of course, it gets more complex. As an example, [DICE=Dan’’s Attack Roll]1d20+5[/DICE] would roll a twenty-sided die, add five to the roll, and display the outcome in a box labeled Dan’’s Attack Roll. You could roll 1d100 to represent a percent chance, 2d4+1 to roll two four-sided dice and add one, etc. These basics would really be needed to run a game, but there’’s all kinds of room for alternative ways to roll dice.

A moderator at vBulletin’s forums suggested posting here to see what it might cost.

Sorry for the lengthy post! I’’m physically disabled and do this purely for a hobby, so it’’s a big investment to buy vBulletin and risk not having what’’s needed for the game. There are other choices, but as we’re trying to keep community site/wiki/forum together, it would be a better solution just to have players roll and nest the roll plus results in their posts.

Thanks for helping to educate me and arrive at a decision about buying vB, plus (I hope) either a die roller or an offer to create one? By the way, I’m a total tech novice, so don’t count on me to grasp much of the programming language.

Your idea actually sounds perfect for a vBulletin roleplay community, especially for D&D-style forums. A built-in dice roller would make gameplay feel much smoother and more trustworthy for players, and honestly the format you described like [DICE]1d20+5[/DICE] sounds very practical and user-friendly.