RPG Utilities

Many of the programs found on this page require the VBRUN300.DLL. If you don't have this DLL file, you can get it by downloading the special VBRUN version of Dice!.
Questions? Comments? Feel free to email me.
Check out these other sites with utilities:
Wraith Systems Laboratories
Picked Pockets
RuneStones
Missed Shot Determiner
Hex Map Blanks

Dice! Plus v1.7 (32-bit)

Dice! Plus v1.7 (32-bit for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP) -- All the great features of Dice!. . .
Powerful and extremely easy to use: just enter the roll you want to make, regardless of type of dice or bonuses, even if it includes other dice and/or calculations (full basic math support!). Custom dice as ranges or lists of possible results (custom dice! as many as you need!).
plus many more!. . .
Roll any type of dice, mixing freely with calculations (great math support; works as calculator too). Custom dice as ranges or result lists. Dice functions such as @WILD, @BEST, @WORST, and more. Powerful script language for user expandable functionality. Sample scripts (incl. White Wolf, Shadowrun, Star Wars, In Nomine, Feng Shui and more!) and reference included.
The Dice! Plus Script Tutorial is now available for you as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
You can read the documentation file, DicePlus.TXT here, and the function reference file, Ref.TXT here. (Both are included in the zip file, but apparently not in the newer installer.)

With See All checked, you can see individual dice, and the steps taken to arrive at the result. Plus access to an area for viewing and changing any scripts you are running.

With See All unchecked, you have a simple, compact die roller.

Updated January 22, 2007. Installer was messed up, and the program was not the correct version. I'm very sorry about that!
Download Dice! Plus v1.7

Windows setup program. Includes all necessary files. (Approx. 1 MB download)
Freeware.

Solar System Generator v3.5 b20 (32-bit!)

Solar Orbital Display
Solar System Generator v3.5 -- This is a simple star system generator, that provides a graphical view of the star system and the planets it contains. I think it's pretty nifty, but it could be more advanced. It also provides information on the habitability of the planets in the system, and the the elements they may contain.
This is still a fairly limited program, but I have recently (12 JUL 2003) updated it to 32-bit, and given it a new drawing and printing system. This is *much* better than the old 16-bit v3 that has been here for ages. Note that I have a limited variety of printers to test on, so I'd be interested in hearing from folks who may not be satisfied with the results they get on their own system.
This is an orbital display from the program (in arced view; full oribital view is also available). You can see asteroids, planets, and some moons around some of the planets. The colors of the planets designate habitability levels.

Updated 10 Feb 2004.
Windows setup program. Includes all necessary files. (Approx. 1.2 meg download)
Freeware.

Dice! v3.7

Dice! v3.7 -- Powerful and extremely easy to use: just enter the roll you want to make, regardless of type of dice or bonuses, even if it includes other dice and/or calculations (full basic math support!). Custom dice as ranges or lists of possible results (custom dice! as many as you need!).
You can read the documentation file, Dice!.TXT here. (It's included in the zip file.)

Requires VBRUN300.DLL (not included). Freeware.

Dice! v3.7 (VBRUN version)

Dice! v3.7 (VBRUN version) -- Exactly the same as above, except this version includes the VBRUN300.DLL runtime file that is required for many programs, including Dice! and Dice! Plus.
You can read the documentation file, Dice!.TXT here. (It's included in the zip file.)

Freeware.

Dice! Plus v1.6.1

Dice! Plus v1.6.1 -- All the great features of Dice!, plus many more! Roll any type of dice, mixing freely with calculations (great math support; works as calculator too). Custom dice as ranges or result lists. Dice functions such as @WILD, @BEST, @WORST, and more. Powerful script language for user expandable functionality. Sample scripts (incl. White Wolf, Shadowrun, Star Wars, In Nomine, Feng Shui and more!) and reference included. Check the included WhatsNew.TXT file for info on the changes in this version.
The Dice! Plus Script Tutorial is now available for you as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.
You can read the documentation file, DicePlus.TXT here. (It's included in the zip file.)

Requires VBRUN300.DLL (not included). Freeware.

Shadowrun Dice

Shadowrun Dice -- A very simple program for the purpose of handling the dice rolling required in FASA's Shadowrun role-playing game.
Shadowrun Dice will handle all rolling, counting of successes, reporting of high rolls for the open tests, rerolling of failures, or rerolling any dice lower than a certain point.
No documentation is included because the program is really simple. The only thing that may not be obvious is that you click on a roll in the list box to set the marker for use with the 'Reroll from Marker Down' button.
Screen shot.
SRDice screen shot
Windows setup program. Includes all necessary files. (Approx. 1.3 meg download)
Freeware.
Small Installer (approx. 200 KB) includes only the program file. Use this one if you are likely to have the support files already on your system. SRDice is written in VB6, if you have MSVBVM60.DLL on your system (usually in Windows/System), you should be able to use this small installer instead of the full installer.