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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2016-08-03 18:03:46 +1200
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2016-08-03 18:03:46 +1200
commit25e144a02c3b285cec9f444d17033b6222a53e79 (patch)
treea8c410bd0b132ec8e9a57eb5a858fc254deb5b36 /games
parentAdd rnds(1) (diff)
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Add dr(6)
Tabletop dice rolling
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Roll D&D-style dice in a ndn+n formula, e.g. 10d6+2
+
+# Need exactly one argument
+[ "$#" -eq 1 ] || exit 2
+
+# Arcane string chopping
+n=1 a=0 nd=${1%+*} d=${nd#*d}
+[ "${nd%d*}" != "" ] && n=${nd%d*}
+[ "${1#*+}" = "$1" ] || a=${1#*+}
+
+# Check number of roles and addendum make sense
+[ "$((n > 0 && a >= 0))" -eq 1 ] || exit 2
+
+# Check this is a real die you can actually roll
+case $d in
+ 4|6|8|10|12|20) : ;;
+ *) exit 2 ;;
+esac
+
+# Roll the dice the appropriate number of times using rndi(1)
+i=0 t=0
+while [ "$i" -lt "$n" ] ; do
+ seed=$(rnds)
+ r=$(rndi 1 "$d" "$seed")
+ t=$((t + r))
+ i=$((i + 1))
+done
+
+# Add the addendum
+t=$((t + a))
+
+# Print it
+printf '%u\n' "$t"