diff --git a/apps/scim/lua/dice.lua b/apps/scim/lua/dice.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d31bd30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/scim/lua/dice.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+local os = require "os"
+local math = require "math"
+
+math.randomseed(os.clock())
+
+function table.tostring(self, indent, done)
+	local result = ""
+	done = done or {}
+	indent = indent or 0
+	if type(self) == "table" then
+		for key, value in pairs(self) do
+			result = result .. string.rep(" ", indent)
+			if type(value) == "table" and not done[value] then
+				done[value] = true
+				result = result ..
+					string.format(
+						"[%s] => table\n",
+						tostring(key)
+					) ..
+					"{\n" ..
+					table.tostring(value, indent + 2, done) ..
+					"}\n"
+			else
+				result = result ..
+					string.format("[%s] => %s\n",
+						tostring(key),
+						tostring(value)
+					)
+			end
+		end
+	else
+		result = result .. self .. "\n"
+	end
+	return result
+end
+
+function log(s)
+	s = "[timestamp: " .. tostring(os.time()) .. "]\n" .. s
+	local out = s:gsub("\n", "\n  ")
+	print(out)
+	local file = io.open("/tmp/sc-im-dice.log", "a+")
+	file:write("\n")
+	file:write(out)
+	io.close(file)
+end
+
+local dstr_matcher = "(%d*)d(%d+)"
+
+function dstr(n, s, fl)
+	n = tonumber(n) or 1
+	local sum = 0
+	for di = 1, n do
+		sum = sum + math.random(1, tonumber(s))
+	end
+	return sum
+end
+
+function rolls(s)
+	local pieces = {}
+	for nd, ds in s:gmatch(dstr_matcher) do
+		local sum = dstr(tonumber(nd), tonumber(ds))
+		pieces[#pieces+1] = {
+			tostring(nd) .. "d" .. tostring(ds),
+			tostring(sum)
+		}
+	end
+	return pieces
+end
+
+function replacerolls(s, rolls)
+	local result = s
+	for k, n in ipairs(rolls) do
+		result = result:gsub(n[1], n[2], 1)
+	end
+	return result
+end
+
+function evalreturn(s)
+	local f = loadstring("return " .. s)
+	return f()
+end
+
+function parserollstr(s)
+	return evalreturn(replacerolls(s, rolls(s)))
+end
+
+function sc_rollres(c, r)
+	local sum = parserollstr(sc.lgetstr(c, r))
+	sc.lsetnum(c + 1, r, sum)
+end
diff --git a/apps/scim/lua/h.lua b/apps/scim/lua/h.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/apps/scim/rc b/apps/scim/rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adc8594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/scim/rc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set autocalc
+set numeric
+set numeric_decimal=0
+set overlap
+set xlsx_readformulas
+
+color "type=HEADINGS fg=WHITE bg=BLACK bold=0 dim=0 standout=0 reverse=0"
+color "type=CELL_SELECTION_SC fg=WHITE bg=BLACK bold=1 dim=0 standout=1"
+color "type=CELL_SELECTION fg=WHITE bg=BLACK bold=1 dim=0 standout=1"
+color "type=STRG fg=WHITE bg=BLACK bold=0 dim=1"
+color "type=NUMB fg=YELLOW bg=BLACK bold=0 dim=1"
+
+nmap "J" "<C-j>"
diff --git a/scripts/bin/scn b/scripts/bin/scn
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..83b140c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bin/scn
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+SUBDIR="${2:-}"
+mkdir -p "$NOTES_PATH/$SUBDIR"
+sc-im "$NOTES_PATH/$SUBDIR/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)_$1.sc"
diff --git a/setup b/setup
index e5ba9b2..40dc6b0 100755
--- a/setup
+++ b/setup
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ links=(
 	"$dfp/apps/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.conf" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.conf"
 	"$dfp/apps/qutebrowser/keys.conf"        "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/qutebrowser/keys.conf"
 
+	# sc-im config files and scripts
+	"$dfp/apps/scim/rc"                      "$HOME/.scimrc"
+	"$dfp/apps/scim/lua"                     "$HOME/.scim/lua"
+
 	# document viewer
 	"$dfp/apps/zathura/"                     "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zathura"
 
diff --git a/shell/bash/aliases b/shell/bash/aliases
index 3d1f6a2..5767423 100644
--- a/shell/bash/aliases
+++ b/shell/bash/aliases
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ alias resrc="source \$HOME/.bashrc"
 alias redshift="redshift -r -l 39.0997:-94.5786 -t 6500K:2500K"
 alias gpmdpe="electron --app=/usr/share/gpmdp/resources/app.asar"
 alias t="task"
+alias sc="sc-im"
+alias scs="sc-im \"\$NOTES_PATH/_scratch.sc\""
 
 # games aliases
 # this sometimes fixes steam dynamic library issues?