This should get us back on track (tested on ARCH Linux)

modules/standard/helpbot/random_controller.py

@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ class RandomController:
         self.character_service = registry.get_instance("character_service")
         self.command_alias_service = registry.get_instance("command_alias_service")
 
+    def pre_start(self):
+        self.db.shared.exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS roll (id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, "
+                            "created_at INT NOT NULL, "
+                            "char_id INT NOT NULL, "
+                            "options VARCHAR(2048), "
+                            "result VARCHAR(255))")
+
     def start(self):
-        self.db.exec("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS roll (id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, "
-                     "created_at INT NOT NULL, "
-                     "char_id INT NOT NULL, "
-                     "options VARCHAR(2048), "
-                     "result VARCHAR(255))")
         self.db.create_view("roll")
         self.command_alias_service.add_alias("verify", "roll verify")
         self.command_alias_service.add_alias("lootorder", "random")