After not feeling well the last couple of days and staying up last night thinking about what sorts of features I thought a good dice-rolling app should have, I decided today during my second consecutive sick day to build a web app with the features I wanted. I decided to give Bootstrap a try while I was at it too. It’s my first practical application of having purchased a domain name about a month back, beside just having a site to screw around on.

So it’s up on my as yet nearly empty website. The app looks decent on mobile too. Your feedback is solicited on any points that you fancy.

The irony is that I don’t like dice rolling apps. I prefer having actual dice at the table. Maybe it’s the lack of transparency in someone else’s software that I distrust. Who’s to say that the power-gamer at the table didn’t find an app that goes heavy on the 20’s and skimps on the 1’s? I know one or two people I wouldn’t put that past.

More importantly, I feel like the experience of rolling dice, with that moment of anticipation while you wait for it to land, is a visceral part of the D&D experience that I don’t want to give up. Maybe that’s the next feature I should add to this app then: an anticipation time while the dice scramble?

Next sick day.