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Utility

On by default

Handy tools: colours, dice, distance conversions and quick polls.

Set it up

  1. Open the dashboard and pick your server. Sign in with Discord if you haven’t.

  2. Find Utility in the sidebar. It’s already on in new servers.

  3. Go through the settings below. Simple mode shows the essentials; switch to Advanced for the rest.

  4. Try it in Discord: /color. Staff can restrict or turn off each command in Commands.

Settings

What you’ll find on the Utility page of the dashboard. Settings marked Advanced only show in Advanced mode.

Distance

Distance units
ChoiceKilometres, miles, or both.

Polls

Quick polls members answer with reactions.

Add a 🤷 answer to yes/no polls
On/off
Show who started a pollAdvanced
On/off

Commands

?color

Everyone

Preview a colour with its hex, RGB and HSL values

?color <color>
Options
color
Hex (#1d9e75), rgb(29, 158, 117), hsl(), a number or a name like teal

Also: ?colour

?distance

Everyone

Distance between two places or coordinates

?distance <place> to <place>
Options
places
Two places or coordinates, separated by "to" or |

Also: ?dist

?randomcolor

Everyone

Get a random colour

?randomcolor

Also: ?randomcolour, ?rcolor

?reactionpoll

Everyone

Post a quick reaction poll in this channel

?reactionpoll <question> [| answer | answer…]
Options
poll
Question, then answers separated by |

Also: ?rpoll, ?reactpoll

?roll

Everyone

Roll dice

?roll [dice]
Options
dice (optional)
Dice like 2d6+3, d20, 4d6kh3 or a number of sides (default: d6)

Also: ?dice

/utility

Everyone

Colours, distances, dice and quick polls

/utility color <color>/utility randomcolor/utility distance <from> <to>/utility roll [dice]/utility poll <question> [choices]?utility
Options
color color
Hex (#1d9e75), rgb(29, 158, 117), hsl(), a number or a name like teal
distance from
A city or "lat, lon", like Paris or 48.85, 2.35
distance to
A city or "lat, lon", like Berlin or 52.52, 13.40
roll dice (optional)
Dice like 2d6+3, d20, 4d6kh3 or a number of sides (default: d6)
poll question
What to ask
poll choices (optional)
Up to 10 answers separated by | (leave empty for yes/no)

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