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For questions primarily about dice themselves: 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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Are there any games that use dice pools of multiple dice?
At each Go, the player bids two dice from his pool (his Raise) and describes what he's doing. Anyone who must (in the fiction) "answer" that challenge has to match (See) the total of those two dice. … If they match it with exactly two dice, they Block or Dodge. If they match it with one die, they Reverse the Blow. …
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Dice Notation - Dice that start at 0
Geeky stuff, in case you're looking to write a dice roller or something:
For more power, use a range operator: 3d[0-7].
For even more power, use a set operator: 3d{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}. … This lets you express all kinds of weird dice, like Fudge dice for example: 4d{+1,-1,0}. …
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What game/circumstance uses Fudge dice?
Fudge dice were originally used for the Fudge role-playing game. … FATE uses the adjective ladder and Fudge dice in more or less the same way. …
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What can I use in place of Fudge Dice?
The best "replacement" for not having Fudge dice is to buy some! … Grey Ghost Press (maker of Fudge) sells a tube of four Fudge dice for about 5 bucks, or a bag of twenty Fudge dice for about 15 bucks, but a lot of places are sold out. …
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What is the statistically superior character creation method, twelve 3d6 or six 4d6?
You guys writing hundreds of lines of dice code... I love the web-based tool for Troll for dice calculations. …
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What approaches are there to lessen or eliminate reliance upon dice in an RPG?
If the game relies on dice, roll dice.
Most games can be improved by rolling dice only when it matters. Really, if it doesn't really matter to anyone at the table, why are you leaving it to chance? … Don't use dice to railroad the plot. Don't use the removal of dice to railroad the plot, either. …
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What approaches are there to lessen or eliminate reliance upon dice in an RPG?
The RPG Fiasco doesn't use dice in the usual way--that is, for resolving what happens in play. …
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