Eposic: Tunnels and Trolls Animated Dice Roller

A JavaScript RPG aid by Michael Eidson

Click here to bring up the Eposic Animated Dice Roller.

T&T Online Gaming Links
Flying Buffalo Inc. Buffalo Castle solitaire
Ken St. Andre's Trollhalla
Gristlegrim

Abbreviated Instructions: If you came to this page from a T&T gaming site, first click on the link above to bring up the dice roller; this will bring up a new browser window. After reading what you will of the detailed instructions below, click on your browser's Back button to return to the page that sent you here. During play, if you want to revisit this information page again, you can bring it up in a new window at any time from the dice roller window by clicking on the appropriate link near the bottom of the dice roller window.

Detailed Instructions: The Eposic Animated Dice Roller has been designed for use with online dice games, especially the T&T solitaires available on various internet sites. To use the Dice Roller, click on the above link to open the Dice Roller in its own window. Size the window so that it takes as little space as possible on your screen. In another window, set your browser on the T&T solitaire you wish to play. Size the second window so that it takes up most of your screen, except for the area needed by the Dice Roller. Arrange the two windows so that they do not overlap. Then, as you traverse through the solitaire, when it asks for a dice roll, you can set the parameters on the Dice Roller, click a button, and see the results.

The Animated Dice Roller was designed to make it as convenient to use with T&T solitaires as possible, require a relatively small amount of screen space, and be aesthetically pleasing. It can roll up to a maximum of 36 dice at once. The interface is simple, and anyone familiar with the T&T rules shouldn't have any difficulty using it to make the rolls they are asked to make during a game. But, for documentation's sake, here's a description of the interface elements:

There are two rows where you may select the number of dice to roll; these rows are labeled A and B. In combat, you can use one row for your character; the other row for an opponent. Each row allows you to select the number of six-sided dice to roll, and to enter a number by which to modify the dice result. For instance, if your character has personal adds of 4 and is using a 3d+1 weapon, you would set the number of dice to 3 and enter a value of 5 (4+1) in the Mod field of row A. If the monster your character is fighting has MR 46, you would enter 5 for the number of dice and 23 in the Mod field of row B.

Once you've entered the appropriate values in a row, click on the button corresponding to that row to throw the specified number of dice. The total of the thrown dice is shown in the Dice Total field; the Dice + Mod field shows the total of the dice thrown plus the value in the corresponding Mod field. Use the result that is appropriate for the situation.

If you're just wanting to throw a T&T saving roll, there's a special button for that. You don't have to set the number of dice, since a saving roll is always two dice. If the two dice roll doubles on a saving roll, two more dice are thrown and the result added. If those two dice roll doubles, two more dice are thrown and added, and so on. It is unlikely that 18 pairs of doubles will be thrown in succession, but if that happens, the Dice Roller will stop anyway after 18 rolls.

When you roll a saving roll, the dice total is shown in the Dice Total field. Any modifier you entered in row B will be added to the dice total to determine the value that will appear in the Dice + Mod field.

(Solitaires can change the normal rules; there is at least one solitaire on the 'net in which you can obtain an item that lets you throw three dice for a save--this Dice Roller does not make those types of saving rolls automatically.)

If your browser supports dynamic image updates via JavaScript, you'll be able to see the dice rolling (in place) after you click a button. When the images come to rest, the total of the faces will correspond to the value in the Dice Total field. If it is important to know what the values are on the individual faces, you can read it off the dice images. If your browser doesn't support dynamic image updates, then you won't see the dice change, and you won't be able to know what the values are on the individual faces. We have tested this tool in IE4 and Netscape 4, but if you have an older version of either browser, your mileage may vary. If you have the latest version of either of these browsers and are experiencing problems with the Eposic Animated Dice Roller, you can contact us by clicking the Email link in the left margin and sending us an email with a description of the problem, and we'll see what we can do to fix it.

Feel free to link to the Eposic Animated Dice Roller from your T&T solitaire pages (or from any other RPG or dice-related game, for that matter). You can either link to this page or straight to the Dice Roller. Here's some sample HTML for a link that will bring the Dice Roller up in its own window from your page:

Use this <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.eposic.com/rpg/tnt/animdice.html">Animated Online Dice Roller</A> if you don't have dice handy!

We hope you like this Dice Roller, and would love to hear your comments.

Tunnels and Trolls is a trademark of Flying Buffalo Inc. The simulation of Tunnels and Trolls saving rolls within the Eposic Animated Dice Roller is done so with the permission of Flying Buffalo Inc.