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ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
CHARACTER ROLLER
Written by Bob Curtain, 1986,
for ANALOG Magazine
RE-WRITTEN by Andrew Bartmess, 1987
for D&D Players EVERYWHERE!
Bob Curtain's D&D ROLLER is an
excellent character roller, but is
enhanced by a few modifications. The
modified version includes a more
attractive print-out, and will roll
Social Class, Birth Order, Age, Hit
Points and Former Profession. It
will mofify your Stats based on your
Age as a starting adventurer, and
will list the spell modifiers for
Clerics based on Wisdom. The Spell
Programs for MU's and Illusionists
will roll starting Spell Books for
1st Level Chracters, and the
Cleric/Druid Spell programs will
print a complete listing of the
spells available at your Wisdom
score. Additionally, you can select
the character's Alignment based on
Class chosen.
Download "DNDROLLR" from your BBS
and boot Bob Puff's great "DISKCOM3";
choose to make a file into a disk,
and follow the prompts. Now, boot
the ROLLER disk, and begin!
The program will roll 4d6 for
each attribute, and then discard the
lowest die. You are given 3 chances
to create a set of scores that you
approve of (and if you hit <ESC>,
brave warrior, you can do it all
day!) The scores will also include a
"Comeliness" (physical beauty) score,
as detailed in the "Unearthed
Arcanea". Upon approving a set of
scores, you must enter a gender, Male
or Female.
Now you will be presented with a
selection of Races that you may
choose; any of the races highlighted
in yellow is a possibility. The
choice of race will further limit
your choice of Class, which you must
choose next (again, choose only the
highlighted classes.)
Your new character will require a
Name! Enter it now...the new input
routine will now except
<BACKSPACE>'s, so if you screw up,
you can re-enter it.
The program will now roll your
Hit Points, and add in any
Constitution modifiers. If this
falls below the minimum starting Hit
Points listed in the "Unearthed
Arcana", it will bump you up to the
minimum Hits for you Class. The
Roller will now roll your former
profession; what you did or
apprenticed before you became an
Adventurer! Now, on to the character
sheet!
THE CHARACTER SHEET
Listed on the sheet is the
following information (in order):
Character name, sex, race, class,
former profession and level.
Following that you'll find the
height, weight, age, alignment,
social class, marriage type and birth
order. All Primary Stats and
adjustments follow, along with an
Attack Matrix (for that level) and
saves. If you choose, the sheet will
include Racial Information.
If the character is a spell-user,
the program will bounce to a Spell
list of some type. First-level MU or
Illusionist-types have their starting
Spells chosen, while first-level
Clerics or Druids get a full Spell
list, as they can choose (within
their Wisdom rating) their available
spells.
The characters then default to an
Equipment list: within funds, the
character gets to choose arms and
armor, and other possessions. (Armor
Class value and Damage are included
with choices in most cases.) The
program then bounces back to Roll
another character.
I hope you enjoy this utility:
leave messages to Buckaroo Banzai, [71071,2100] with suggestion, or bugs (Unthinkable!) and look for other
gaming utilites here soon! Remember,
Imagination is God's Gift; don't
abuse it. Game for the greater good;
be a Hero!
"You don't Debate Evil,
You Kill it!"
-Andros
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