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# axfive-matrix-dicebot
Just a simple dicebot for matrix written in Rust. It might have some sort of
stability issues. I haven't seen it die in the wild, but it's mostly
hacked-together code that has been pretty lightly tested and reviewed, and I'm
certain that some things are still left undone, like interacting properly with
rate-limiting, and dealing with any sort of sporadic error (like being suddenly
deauthenticated and having to reauthenticate).
This was mostly built as a fun way of
* Experimenting with writing an async program in Rust that does something real
* Experimenting with writing a bot for Matrix
* Experimenting with writing a simple parser using [nom](https://github.com/Geal/nom)
All of which was new territory for me.
This is a fork of the
[axfive-matrix-dicebot](https://gitlab.com/Taywee/axfive-matrix-dicebot)
with basic support for the Chronicles of Darkness 2E Storytelling
System, with future plans to extend the codebase further to support
variables and perhaps character sheet management.
## Usage
To use it, you can invite the bot (@axfive-dicebot:matrix.org) to any room you
want, and it will automatically jump in. Then you can simply give a dice
expression as such:
To use it, you can invite the bot to any room you want, and it will
automatically jump in. Then you can simply give a dice expressions for
either the Storytelling System or more traditional RPG dice rolls.
The commands `!roll` and `!r` can handle arbitrary dice roll expressions.
```
!roll 4d6
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!r 3d12 - 5d2 + 3 - 7d3 + 20d20
```
And the dicebot should reply with the result in short order.
The commands `!pool` (or `!rp`) and `!chance` are for the Storytelling
System, and they use a specific syntax to support the dice system. The
simplest version of the command is `!pool <num>` to roll a pool of the
given size using the most common type of roll.
You can also run it yourself by creating a bot account, building the dicebot
program (either from this repo or by running `cargo install
axfive-matrix-dicebot`, and creating a config file that looks like this:
The type of roll can be controlled by adding `n`, `e`, or `r` after
the number, for 9-again, 8-again, and rote quality rolls. The number
of successes required for an exceptional success can be controlled by
`s<num>`, e.g. `s3` to only need 3 successes for an exceptional
success.
Examples:
```
!pool 8 //regular pool of 8 dice
!pool 8n //roll 8 dice, 9-again
!pool 8ns3 //roll 8 dice, 9-again with only 3 successes for exceptional
!pool 5rs2 //5 dice, rote quality, 2 successes for exceptional
```
## Running the Bot
You can run the bot by creating a bot account, building the dicebot
program (either from this repo, and creating a config file that looks
like this:
```ini
[matrix]
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user = 'axfive-dicebot'
```
Of course replacing all the necessary fields. Then you can run the "dicebot"
binary pointing at that, and it will log in and hum along and do its thing.
Of course replacing all the necessary fields. Then you can run the
"dicebot" binary pointing at that, and it will log in and hum along
and do its thing.
You can also just run it on the command line with the `dicebot-cmd` command,
which expects you to feed it one of the command expressions as shown above, and
will give you the plaintext response.
You can also just run it on the command line with the `dicebot-cmd`
command, which expects you to feed it one of the command expressions
as shown above, and will give you the plaintext response.
## Future plans
None, really. This is not a very serious project and I'm not planning on doing
much heavy maintenance or anything of the sort. This was mostly for fun. If I
get some motivation to work it up, I might at some point do some things like:
The most basic plans are:
* Actually have it handle rate-limiting and other errors properly.
* Add more syntax to the dice expressions, maybe making it possibly have more
features that [Avrae](https://avrae.io/commands#roll) offers.
* Potentially add more commands.
I would happily accept any sort of pull requests for extra functionality or more
robustness if anybody wants to actually use it. The code is built to hopefully
be relatively easy to extend (with things like new commands).
* To add support for simple per-user variable management, e.g. setting
a name to a value (`gnosis = 3`) and then using those in dice rolls.
* Perhaps some sort of character sheet integration. But for that, we
would need a sheet service.
* Robustness fixes if necessary, which will be sent upstream.