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Diceshaker is another handy app to have if you’re into rolling multiples of d8’s on your iPhone or iPod Touch.  It’s a bit more flexible than the previous apps I’ve looked at in that you have more dice / multiples to choose from.

Be it 2d4 for your wizard’s magic missile or 5d8 for your uber-dwarven palladin’s war axe of d8 ravaging, Diceshaker’s got you covered. You can roll the dice by the little Roll button, or just flick your iphonepod back and forth.

There are no elegant animations of dice actually rolling though, which I still think would be a good touch to any die rolling application.  There is the sound effect of dice rolling, should you choose to use it, or Diceshaker can remain silent for you.  In addition to rolling dice, it will remember your multiples for you.  You’ll not have to go in and set the wheels for 5d8 more than once and can easily return to your preferred combos.

Diceshaker also lets you know what was rolled on each individual die.  So if you’re running a game where dice pools are used, this app is still useful for you.  I do wish it had a little more oomph to it graphically but as a straight utility piece of software it certainly gets the job done.

Best of all, it’s free.

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