thebard-discordbot

Discord bot for RPG Game Masters

Commands

List of available commands: wushu

/r initiative to roll 1D20 for initiative
/r <atk> <def> to roll D6 for attack and D6 for defense
/r quick to roll a quick success test
!sing to invite the bot in your current vocal channel, and start streaming from config.iceCastUrl in your config/base.json

Installation

You will need to install icecast + darkice (Linux) or butt (Windows) to stream audio from your computer to the bot.

Rename config/base.demo.json to config/base.json

Icecast stream server

First, you need a way to diffuse audio with icecast

sudo apt-get install icecast2

Edit icecast config /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml and set user/password

<authentication>
        <!-- Sources log in with username 'source' -->
        <source-password>your-password</source-password>
        <!-- Relays log in username 'relay' -->
        <relay-password>your-password</relay-password>
 
        <!-- Admin logs in with the username given below -->
        <admin-user>admin</admin-user>
        <admin-password>password</admin-password>
</authentication>

Restart icecast2 with new config

sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 stop && sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 start

DarkIce to stream desktop audio to the Stream Server

sudo apt-get install darkice

You can edit the darkice config file in config/darkice.cfg to suit you icecast config

Launch DarkIce to redirect your local audio to the stream server

darkice -c /path/to/darkice.cfg

If you go to icecast admin page you should see thebard.ogg mountpoint ready to play

Fill the config/base.json iceCastUrl section to match your server setup

Setup the discord Bot

Go to Discord developers portal and create a new application.

Copy the CLIENT ID to your config/base.json file

Click on it, and go to the bot tab to create the bot

Check the bot token and click to reveal