Polyhedral solids used to generate random numbers. In tabletop RPGs, dice are the most common means of introducing chance into the proceedings. Many players enjoy collecting dice of varying colors and shapes.
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Balancing players' rolls, not characters
I have been the worst dice-roller in my party as far as I can remember. Be it D&D 3.5, 4th Edition, or any other dice based system, the goddess of luck has always been mean to me.
To give you an ...
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3d6 vs a d20: What is the effect of a different probability curve?
What is the effect on game play of replacing d20 rolls with 3d6 rolls in a D&D 4e campaign?
I started thinking about this after reading this question where the example was given of playing a d20 ...
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What is the best place to get quality polyhedral dice?
What is the best place to get quality polyhedral dice? Or what is the best brand of gaming dice?
My dice are old and chipped and it's time for new ones. I'm getting back in the game after a break ...
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Systems with a dice mechanic that handles very easy and very difficult tasks
I'm looking for a system that has a dice mechanic that supports a particular type of realistic feel. In particular, I'd like to find a system where any task could potentially be rolled for without ...
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Is it possible to produce a bowl-shaped probability curve with dice rolls?
In D&D's basic D20 system, you roll one d20 and add in some modifiers, then compare the result to a target number. Each modifier effectively adds or removes a 5% chance of success with the roll.
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What can I use in place of Fudge Dice?
If someone doesn't have any fudge dice, what are the best methods to replace them and why?
Term: Fudge Dice are six sided dice with two sides labeled with a +, two sides with a -, and two sides that ...
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How can I roll a character's age using only d6?
I'm making a simple, slightly comedic home-brew RPG where a lot of the characters' base stats are randomized for comedic effect. This includes the characters' age. (So you can have a ridiculously ...
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How to help players who roll really badly? [duplicate]
Scenario: player rolls to attack, rolls a 1. Next round, rolls a 1. Round after that, rolls a 1. Fourth round, rolls a 2.
This really happened today. He was going back and forth between two different ...
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Dice Notation - Dice that start at 0
In the past I've toyed with playing games using dice numbered from 0 instead of 1.
So, for example, playing a d20 system game with 3d8, numbered 0 to 7, treating a roll of 21 as an automatic success ...
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Are there any games that use dice pools of multiple dice?
A friend of mine is an aspiring game designer and is currently looking at the mechanism used in the newest iteration of Warhammer Fantasy where players have multiple dice pools of differing kinds of ...
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Removing bad rolls from a d20
A friend of mine thinks it's possible to remove "bad" d20 rolls by exhausting them - continuously rolling the dice during the game, leaving only good rolls.
It appears true - he seems to roll an ...
