There are many digital character sheets in the world, and many digital dice rollers. However, both get clunky in most higher-level D20 systems where rolls have a variety of circumstantial modifiers and secondary effects that cannot be fully automated. That’s where Dice Ex Machina comes in: Dice Ex Machina’s folder system offers a simple way to craft complex outcomes, and has been a godsend for my play experience.
The only failing of the app is that the roll results gray out when any adjustments are made or the results are off-screen (such as in a large folder), losing the ability to confirm whether the underlying roll was a max/min. If this were fixed, it would be the best roller app I’ve ever used.
You can read the other reviews to see how great this app is but I do think it’s missing one very important thing that some other dice got right: the feeling of rolling dice. Of course, no app is going to get this perfectly, because you don’t have physical dice in your hand. However there is awesome suspension when an app will mimic the physical rolling of dice, and you have to sit at the edge of your seat, mentally to wait for the result. This app just gives you the result immediately. Which I’m sure many people appreciate, but an option to have it on or off would just be perfect. Maybe in the future!
This app is absolutely excellent, between the full dice sets, the custom sets to use for rolling character action quickly, and the wonderful interface and function! There’s also a dice calculator, which is really useful for some more complex rolling, especially as a dm as well!
The premium is also a one time purchase, and the main features aren’t locked behind a paywall; it unlocks some extra peripheral dice, colors, handy extra dice settings!
Something I think would be pretty fun would be to have some different sound effects for dice rolls, like a clack sound, a longer dice rolling sound, maybe a thump sound, but that’s just a fun little quirk I think would add some nice atmosphere, even if it’s just with the premium version.
Overall, excellent app! Great features, great premium pricing, and I’ll definitely be purchasing it in the future to support the creator!
This app has so many features and a way to join them together, it’s likely all you’ll need to track a character and roll dice for every common situation, and most uncommon ones too, for any edition of D&D and most other dice based gaming systems. And after you’ve done all the setup work, you can back up everything simply by sending a copy to yourself… even better.
If you don’t need all that, and just want to roll your Magic Missile damage of 5D4+5, it’ll do that too, without any setup.
I’ve used this app for years, and I have never once regretted getting the premium version. The dice sets are the star of the show, but there’s plenty of usability features all around. As a DM I’ve used the calculator more times than I expected for weird rolls, and the extra row of rice shows this was made with DnD in mind. I keep all my monsters on my phone, making impromptu combats easy.
There’s only one thing I could ask for, and that’s the ability to make “composite” modifiers by referencing other modifiers. There’s many other TTRPGs that have multiple modifiers composed of other modifiers, and it would really round out dice sets to be able to do that.
This app is awesome, I’m using it to play the Star Wars Saga Edition Roleplaying Game. I’m able to make most of my dice rolls here, but would like the ability to add a certain statistic to my roll, for example adding the strength statistic to an attacking roll. Please, dev(s) could you make this an option, preferably in the free version? Overall, this app is insane and great at what it does! Totally recommend and would take it to 5 if the dev(s) added this feature.
This app is fantastic. The free version includes so much functionality and ease of use. The pre set up example folder clearly illustrates how to use the app and how to make it work for you. It is customizable, functional, and fantastic.
It is perfect for a newbie or seasoned player of any TTRPG. It works from character creation helping you build your character and is easy to modify as you change stats, abilities, weapons, spells, and features.
Fantastic app.
This app is perfect! I play games that use standard D&D dice and ones that need 10+ d6s. Being able to create folders and roll all the dice at once is amazing. I prefer this over carrying dice around with me when I travel. I don’t need the extra premium features, but bought the app anyway because it’s great and wanted to send the support. Great app!
Extremely easy to use, and has all the functionality you could need for a dice app. The ability to name and save big lists of any custom dice rolls makes this a great companion for DMs or players. So much value in one app for absolutely free. It’s incredible. You don’t need to pay $4 for the premium because it already works fantastic, but I would recommend it just to support this incredible app.
The dice sets and folders are just great. Such a clean and logical interface. I just wish there was a way to assign a value or text to each result for a roll. It would make random event and word generation like magic.
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