roll-rs is a dice roller that allows one to roll arbitrary dice and potentially combine them with arithmetic
Normal usage
$ roll d8 + 2d4
d8 d4
d8 + 2d4 = 8
3 1
4
Short mode
$ roll -s d8 + 2d4
d8 + 2d4 = [3] + [1, 4] = 8
Advanced mode
this allows using dice rolls to determine the sides and amount of another roll
$ roll -a (d8)d(2d4)
d8 d7 d4
(d8)d(2d4) = 5
2 3 3
2 4
Standard
Standard notation allows you to roll any sided die any number of times
d # roll a single 20 sided die
1d20 # equivalentPercentile
You can use % as a shorthand for 100 sides
3d% # roll a percentile die 3 times and add them together
3d100 # equivalentKeep
The keep modifier allows you to roll multiple dice but only keep the highest or lowest result(s)
4d8kh2 # roll a d8 4 times and keep the highest 2 rolls
4d8k2 # equivalent to the above
4d8kl1 # roll a d10 4 times and keep the lowest rollDrop
The keep modifier allows you to roll multiple dice but drop the highest or lowest result(s)
(Opposite of Keep).
4d8dl2 # roll a d8 4 times and drop the lowest 2 rolls
4d8d2 # equivalent to the above
4d8dh1 # roll a d8 4 times and drop the highest rollRoll-rs supports the following arithmetic operators
| Operator | Description |
|---|---|
| + | Plus |
| - | Minus |
| * | Multiplication |
| / | Division |
| // | Integer division |
| mod | Modulo |
| ** | Exponentiation |
Roll-rs follows the normal order of operations and also allows the use of parenthesis to affect this.