diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d346f6c60..53ddf0767f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 - [Fix][pull3853]: Properly handle multimatch separations with native dashes, like
   't-shirt-1' (count-infinity)
 - [Fix][pull3733]: Allow `CmdSetAttribute` to use categery, view dicts by key (InspectorCaracal)
+- [Fix][issue3858]: Fix parsing issues in dice contrib (Griatch)
 - [Doc][pull3801]: Move Evennia doc build system to latest Sphinx/myST
   (PowershellNinja, also honorary mention to electroglyph)
 - [Doc][pull3800]: Describe support for Telnet SSH in HAProxy documentation (holl0wstar)
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
 [pull3853]: https://github.com/evennia/evennia/pull/3853
 [pull3854]: https://github.com/evennia/evennia/pull/3853
 [pull3733]: https://github.com/evennia/evennia/pull/3853
+[issue3858]: https://github.com/evennia/evennia/issues/3858
 
 
 ## Evennia 5.0.1
diff --git a/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/dice.py b/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/dice.py
index 5eec8df025..b9c2f0e93b 100644
--- a/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/dice.py
+++ b/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/dice.py
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ class CmdDice(default_cmds.MuxCommand):
     def func(self):
         """Mostly parsing for calling the dice roller function"""
 
+        helptxt = "Usage: @dice <nr>d<sides> [modifier] [conditional]"
+
         if not self.args:
-            self.caller.msg("Usage: @dice <nr>d<sides> [modifier] [conditional]")
+            self.caller.msg(helptxt)
             return
         argstring = "".join(str(arg) for arg in self.args)
 
@@ -264,36 +266,48 @@ class CmdDice(default_cmds.MuxCommand):
         conditional = None
 
         if len_parts < 3 or parts[1] != "d":
-            self.caller.msg(
-                "You must specify the die roll(s) as <nr>d<sides>."
-                " For example, 2d6 means rolling a 6-sided die 2 times."
-            )
+            self.caller.msg(f"Malformed input. {helptxt}")
             return
 
         # Limit the number of dice and sides a character can roll to prevent server slow down and crashes
         ndicelimit = 10000  # Maximum number of dice
         nsidelimit = 10000  # Maximum number of sides
-        if int(parts[0]) > ndicelimit or int(parts[2]) > nsidelimit:
-            self.caller.msg("The maximum roll allowed is %sd%s." % (ndicelimit, nsidelimit))
+        try:
+            if int(parts[0]) > ndicelimit or int(parts[2]) > nsidelimit:
+                self.caller.msg("The maximum roll allowed is %sd%s." % (ndicelimit, nsidelimit))
+                return
+        except ValueError:
+            self.caller.msg(f"Malformed input. {helptxt}")
             return
 
-        ndice, nsides = parts[0], parts[2]
         if len_parts == 3:
             # just something like 1d6
+            ndice, nsides = parts[0], parts[2]
             pass
         elif len_parts == 5:
             # either e.g. 1d6 + 3  or something like 1d6 > 3
+            ndice, nsides = parts[0], parts[2]
             if parts[3] in ("+", "-", "*", "/"):
                 modifier = (parts[3], parts[4])
-            else:  # assume it is a conditional
+            elif parts[3] in ("<", ">", "<=", ">=", "!=", "=="):
                 conditional = (parts[3], parts[4])
+            else:
+                self.caller.msg(f"Malformed input. {helptxt}")
+                return
         elif len_parts == 7:
             # the whole sequence, e.g. 1d6 + 3 > 5
-            modifier = (parts[3], parts[4])
-            conditional = (parts[5], parts[6])
+            ndice, nsides = parts[0], parts[2]
+            err = parts[3] not in ("+", "-", "*", "/")
+            err = err or parts[5] not in ("<", ">", "<=", ">=", "!=", "==")
+            if err:
+                self.caller.msg(f"Malformed input. {helptxt}")
+                return
+            else:
+                modifier = (parts[3], parts[4])
+                conditional = (parts[5], parts[6])
         else:
             # error
-            self.caller.msg("You must specify a valid die roll")
+            self.caller.msg(f"Malformed input. {helptxt}")
             return
         # do the roll
         try:
diff --git a/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/tests.py b/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/tests.py
index ba5621b409..ad704c5759 100644
--- a/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/contrib/rpg/dice/tests.py
@@ -35,3 +35,12 @@ class TestDice(BaseEvenniaCommandTest):
             dice.roll(11, 1001, max_dicenum=10, max_dicetype=1000)
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             dice.roll(10, 1001, max_dicenum=10, max_dicetype=1000)
+
+    def test_malformed_inputs(self, mocked_randint):
+        self.call(dice.CmdDice(), "d6", "Malformed input.")
+        self.call(dice.CmdDice(), "3d", "Malformed input.")
+        self.call(dice.CmdDice(), "3d6 +", "Malformed input.")
+        self.call(dice.CmdDice(), "3d6 -", "Malformed input.")
+        self.call(dice.CmdDice(), "foo 3d6 + 2", "Malformed input.")
+        self.call(dice.CmdDice(), "3d6 + 2 + 2", "Malformed input.")
+        self.call(dice.CmdDice(), "3d6 foo 2", "Malformed input.")