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Howard Abrams 9411e512ce After a night or two of late hacking... 
I have a semblance of code giving me functions to help me run my D&D
games. The README needs a lot more love, but the code is generally tidy.

Time to add some tables...
2021-01-29 23:18:36 -08:00

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Dungeon Master Support in Emacs

The overlap between Emacs and running a Dungeons and Dragon campaign

Themes

Yes/No Complications

According to this essay, the standard DC 15 skill check is actually too hard for most situations, The FU Rules think a attempt with randomness (what D&D calls an ability check) shouldn't be just a yes/no, but could have some complications, like "yes, but…" or "no, and…". I want to be able to wrap these ideas into a single interface.

Random Items

As a DM, we

DM Screen and Roll from my Notes

Code

What do I have here:

rpgdm.el

Primary interface offering:

  • rpgdm-yes-and-50/50
  • rpgdm-skill-check given a target and a d20 dice result, returns yes/no, but possibly with complications
  • rpgdm-skill-check-easy queries a rolled results, and returns a complicated yes/no for an easy skill challenge
  • rpgdm-skill-check-moderate
  • rpgdm-skill-check-hard
  • rpgdm-skill-check-difficult
  • rpgdm-skill-check-impossible
rpgdm-dice

All the random number generators, plus:

  • rpgdm-forward-roll to move point to the next dice expression
  • rpgdm-roll randomly evaluates dice expression at point, or queries for one
  • rpgdm-roll-advantage / rpgdm-roll-disadvantage rolls a d20 with a modifier