PBEM Services

Dice Server

To use the Consimnet dice server, just send email to dice@mccanns-online.com (This will become dice@consimnet.com at some point). It can contain plain text along w/ instructions for what dice to roll in the commonly used "2d6" dice specification format in square brackets. It accepts any of the platonic solid shaped dice - d4, d6, d8, d12 and d20.

To have the results mailed to addresses other than your own, just put reply-to: or replies-to: followed by the email addresses.

Simple Example of Dice Server Email

Here is an example of a dice servier email

War at Sea turn 1 Mediterranean Axis LBA

attack Repulse   [d6]
damage Repulse   [d6]

attack Ramillies [d6]
damage Ramillies [d6]

attack Revenge   [d6]
damage Revenge   [d6]
replies-to: admiral_chipper@example.com my-opponent@example.org

The reply from this request will look like this:

War at Sea turn 1 Mediterranean Axis LBA

attack Repulse   [2]
damage Repulse   [2]

attack Ramillies [5]
damage Ramillies [1]

attack Revenge   [4]
damage Revenge   [6]
replies-to: admiral_chipper@example.com my-opponent@example.org

Detailed explanation

The dice specs can look like this: [2x3d6+4]. This means 2 separate rolls of 3 6-sided dice, with 4 added to each roll. The 2x is optional, with 1x (a single roll) being the default. The 3 is optional, again, the default is 1. The +4 is optional, with a default of 0. It is necessary to have d followed by 4, 6, 8, 12 or 20.

There can be only one [] containing dice specs per line

You may not use the characters "[" or "]" other than in dice specs.

More Examples

Here are some more examples.

A D&D Character, the way we used to roll them:
Str: [3d6]
Int: [3d6]
Wis: [3d6]
Dex: [3d6]
Con: [3d6]
Chr: [3d6]

Hit points: [d8]

Roll some random dice just to demonstrate the syntax:
[d4 2d4 d6+3 2d20-3 3xd12]

Here is what comes back:

A D&D Character, the way we used to roll them:
Str: [11]
Int: [13]
Wis: [9]
Dex: [10]
Con: [14]
Chr: [11]

Hit points: [1]

--Roll some random dice just to demonstrate the syntax:
[2 4 5 26 8 1 12]

Ouch, that guy is toast. I hope you have better luck than that!