It's fine Sophrus. Personally if we did go that route, I'd recommend also moving to a voice chat orientated RP. pure text based Dice systems are a difficult thing to do because, as you say, they can truly detract from the story. I'll be on most of the day, working on my Stars dice game for now. It's amazing how many ideas you can get from cool music and artwork.

On a side note, if anyone wants to find out what it's like, I'm in need of new players. Just a thought.