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          h2.title#faq-why Why does this exist?
          p For my personal campaign we use <a href='https://roll20.net' target='_blank'>Roll20</a> as our Virtual Table Top. It has a dice rolling tool which is <em>great</em> for mid-session combat and skill rolls, but for some rolls – like your HP increase on level up – I wanted something a bit less cluttered, that wouldn't just get lost amongst a million messages, and that provided both transparency and accountability to make sure everything is on the up and up.
          p Another use case is that we use forum posts to track the party's downtime activities betweem sessions. In an effort to reduce the amount of back-and-forth necessary I've been rolling the results of the PC's expressed choices on their behalf, and I use <strong>Dice Logger</strong> so they can see there is no funny-business behind the screen.

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          h2.title#faq-roll-syntax What kind of rolls can I make?

          p Dice Logger supports a number of different kinds of rolls. The base syntax is <code>XdY</code> - if you want to roll 3x D6 dice, you'd type <code>3d6</code>. Here are a few other examples:
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            code.code 3d6
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            code.code 1d20
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            code.code 1d100

          p You can also perform simple arithmetic by adding/subtracting numbers from the result:
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            code.code 1d20+3
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            code.code 1d10-1

          p If you're rolling up a new character in <span class='icon'><i class='fab fa-d-and-d'></i></span><strong>Dungeons & Dragons</strong>&trade;, you might find yourself needing to roll 4x D6 and keep the best 3 results. You can do that like so:
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            code.code 4d6b3