Check any of the PHP or Javascript script places to see if they have something like that. I’ve not seen a specific WordPress plugin, but you can create a template Page on your WordPress site that has a plugin in the template file that will generate any PHP script that will do that. I’m sure there must be something like that as many students do random scripts which return random numbers as part of their studies.
<?php echo mt_rand(1, 6); ?>
Thread Starter
Anki
(@anki)
Well, I need it like where they call the command suchas [dice]d20[/dice] or :dice d20: Also it needs modifiers (addition and subtraction) Theres, d4 d6 d8 d10 d12 d20 and d100 and then also multiple dice as well.
this should work:
<?php
function twentyRolls($type, $modifier=0){
$i=1;
while ($i <= 20){
$output = mt_rand(1, $type) + $modifier;
echo $i . ': ' . $output . '<br/>';
$i++;
}
}
twentyRolls($_GET['d'], $_GET['mod']);
echo '<br/><br/>';
function dice($type, $modifier=0){
$output = mt_rand(1, $type) + $modifier;
if ($modifier < 0){
$modText = $modifier;
} else {
$modText = '+' . $modifier;
}
echo 'Die roll (d' . $type . ' ' . $modText . '): ' . $output . '<br/>';
}
dice($_GET['d'], $_GET['mod']);
?>
in the post above, “twentyRolls” is just to give an idea of the variability.
the function you would want would be dice();
obviously, you could change the $_GET['variable'] to whatever you needed them to be, e.g.:
dice(20, +5); //d20+5
(equivalent to dice(20, 5);)
of course, rereading your post, I see the requirement for multiple dice…
here you go (bored and avioding work)
<?php
function dice($type, $modifier=0, $num=1){
$i=0;
while ($i<$num){
$roll[$i] = mt_rand(1, $type) + $modifier;
$i++;
}
$total=0;
foreach($roll as $value){
$total = $total + $value;
}
return $total;
}
echo(dice($_GET['d'], $_GET['mod'], $_GET['num']));
?>
HTH,
j.
Whoa – pretty clever guys! Now THIS is something cool and fun to do with a blog…. as much fun in a way as running tabletop games for my daughter and her friends 30 years ago….
😛
until I get banned for using up bandwidth with useless code….
(I actually have gotten some out-of-bounds values using this, so it is probably buggy – use in a campaign at your own risk…. beer drinking, club wielding barbarians might not think it’s funny to get a 2 when rolling 3d6 (with no modifers)…
more user friendly:
<?php
// of the form 3d6+2
function dice($arg){
//var_dump($arg);
$splitArg1 = preg_split("/d/", $arg);
$num = $splitArg1[0];
if(strstr($splitArg1[1], '+')){
$splitArg2 = preg_split("/+/", $splitArg1[1]);
$dice = $splitArg2[0];
$mod = $splitArg2[1];
} else if (strstr($splitArg1[1], '-')){
$splitArg2 = preg_split("/-/", $splitArg1[1]);
$dice = $splitArg2[0];
$mod = - $splitArg2[1];
} else {
$dice = $splitArg1[1];
$mod = 0;
}
$i=0;
while ($i<$num){
$roll[$i] = mt_rand(1, $dice);
$i++;
}
$total=0;
foreach($roll as $value){
$total = $total + $value;
}
$total = $total + $mod;
return $total;
}
echo(dice('3d6+4'));
?>
Thread Starter
Anki
(@anki)
Thanks guys for all your help. I’ll let ya’ll know if any of them work.
Also, where would I put the code at?
