30th Anniversary Dice [Archive] - Wizards Community

30th Anniversary Dice [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Jack Daniel
10-03-04, 04:18 PM I just picked these up, and I'm currently staring at the latest innovation in die-rolling technology, a d10 that actually has a "10" on it instead of a "0." I'm just flat-out floored by all the problems this solves. In the last campaign I ran with players new to the game, they kept thinking that a roll of "0" on a d10 actually meant "0." This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%." And all I can say about all of this is...

It took 30 freaking years to figure this out?!? About bloody time! Why would the d10 even have a "0" on it in the first place? Or rather, once the specialized percentile die was invented, why did they keep the "0" for so long? Will gaming supply companies other than WotC take the hint and start making new, improved d10s of their own? God, I hope so... after all, gamers are connoisseurs of geeky stuff like this. We love dice (don't deny it... you know that you have more dice than you actually need to play D&D).

My opinion? The new d10 is the greatest thing to hit dice since dots and lines underneath 6s and 9s! :D
BlaineTog
10-03-04, 05:33 PM I just picked these up, and I'm currently staring at the latest innovation in die-rolling technology, a d10 that actually has a "10" on it instead of a "0." I'm just flat-out floored by all the problems this solves. In the last campaign I ran with players new to the game, they kept thinking that a roll of "0" on a d10 actually meant "0." This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%.":drool:
Garith Dragonborn
10-03-04, 05:45 PM :OMG! ok, i love dice as much as the next, but i have only one thing to say: whoopie-friggen-doo :looloo:
Jack Daniel
10-03-04, 07:52 PM :OMG! ok, i love dice as much as the next, but i have only one thing to say: whoopie-friggen-doo :looloo:
Ah, yes, because as all well know, the WotC message boards are here only for the most solemn and serious of conversational topics. :rolleyes:
green_yawgmoth
10-03-04, 08:47 PM I prefer my d10s to have a 0 instead of a 10 on them. I play a game that require a lot of percentile rolls, so the 10 would become annoying. It's really easy to take a knife and cut a 1 next to the 0 and fill it in with white-out. ;)

http://photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
lordconservative
10-03-04, 10:06 PM I have two Vampire the Masquerade d10s that have 10s instead of 0s. It's so nice to see a 10 in big, gold, gothic numbers instead of a 0. They are my favorite dice for that reason.
Yamo
10-03-04, 10:30 PM Old style works better for me. I predict these won't last.
UltimateGnome
10-03-04, 10:38 PM Am i missing something or what? How exactly do you add the dice for the d% rolls?
Fixxxer
10-04-04, 12:26 AM Am i missing something or what? How exactly do you add the dice for the d% rolls?

You use two d10 dice and determine in advance which will be the "tens" die and which will be the "ones" die. For example, let's assume you have a red d10 that will be the tens and a green d10 that will be the ones. You roll them both togather and come up with a 9 on the red die and a 4 on the green die. This is a d% roll of 94.
UltimateGnome
10-04-04, 01:08 AM This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%." And all I can say about all of this is...
i was reffering to this. I know how percentiles are rolled
Kail_Atin
10-04-04, 02:51 AM Quite frankly, the basic setup of chesex dice works the best for percentile, one "0" and another die with two 0's works great enough.
Sulaco
10-04-04, 11:00 AM This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%."

How does that work exactly? If you have 2 dice numbered 1 through 10 and simply add them up you'll get a result of between 2 and 20, not 1 to 100.

The easiest dice to use for % are the ones numbered 00 through 90. Roll one of those and a normal d10 and just add the results.
UltimateGnome
10-04-04, 01:51 PM I think i may know what he means. You take the percentile dice, which he may not have had one, which we all know is the 00 - 90. He probably just plans on adding the percentile die with the normal d10 since it has 10 written on it.

so that means a roll of 90 and 10 would result in 100. I was a little confused at first but then i figured out that all the numbers would still be represented. Somehow i couldn't see how to get 20, 30, 40, etc. It hit me this morning and i figured it out.

I use the d10 for the ones digit and still use the roll of 00 and 0 (since my d10s are labeled with 0) as a reult of 100.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Jack Daniel 10-03-04, 04:18 PM	I just picked these up, and I'm currently staring at the latest innovation in die-rolling technology, a d10 that actually has a "10" on it instead of a "0." I'm just flat-out floored by all the problems this solves. In the last campaign I ran with players new to the game, they kept thinking that a roll of "0" on a d10 actually meant "0." This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%." And all I can say about all of this is... It took 30 freaking years to figure this out?!? About bloody time! Why would the d10 even have a "0" on it in the first place? Or rather, once the specialized percentile die was invented, why did they keep the "0" for so long? Will gaming supply companies other than WotC take the hint and start making new, improved d10s of their own? God, I hope so... after all, gamers are connoisseurs of geeky stuff like this. We love dice (don't deny it... you know that you have more dice than you actually need to play D&D). My opinion? The new d10 is the greatest thing to hit dice since dots and lines underneath 6s and 9s! :D
BlaineTog 10-03-04, 05:33 PM	I just picked these up, and I'm currently staring at the latest innovation in die-rolling technology, a d10 that actually has a "10" on it instead of a "0." I'm just flat-out floored by all the problems this solves. In the last campaign I ran with players new to the game, they kept thinking that a roll of "0" on a d10 actually meant "0." This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%.":drool:
Garith Dragonborn 10-03-04, 05:45 PM	:OMG! ok, i love dice as much as the next, but i have only one thing to say: whoopie-friggen-doo :looloo:
Jack Daniel 10-03-04, 07:52 PM	:OMG! ok, i love dice as much as the next, but i have only one thing to say: whoopie-friggen-doo :looloo: Ah, yes, because as all well know, the WotC message boards are here only for the most solemn and serious of conversational topics. :rolleyes:
green_yawgmoth 10-03-04, 08:47 PM	I prefer my d10s to have a 0 instead of a 10 on them. I play a game that require a lot of percentile rolls, so the 10 would become annoying. It's really easy to take a knife and cut a 1 next to the 0 and fill it in with white-out. ;) http://photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
lordconservative 10-03-04, 10:06 PM	I have two Vampire the Masquerade d10s that have 10s instead of 0s. It's so nice to see a 10 in big, gold, gothic numbers instead of a 0. They are my favorite dice for that reason.
Yamo 10-03-04, 10:30 PM	Old style works better for me. I predict these won't last.
UltimateGnome 10-03-04, 10:38 PM	Am i missing something or what? How exactly do you add the dice for the d% rolls?
Fixxxer 10-04-04, 12:26 AM	Am i missing something or what? How exactly do you add the dice for the d% rolls? You use two d10 dice and determine in advance which will be the "tens" die and which will be the "ones" die. For example, let's assume you have a red d10 that will be the tens and a green d10 that will be the ones. You roll them both togather and come up with a 9 on the red die and a 4 on the green die. This is a d% roll of 94.
UltimateGnome 10-04-04, 01:08 AM	This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%." And all I can say about all of this is... i was reffering to this. I know how percentiles are rolled
Kail_Atin 10-04-04, 02:51 AM	Quite frankly, the basic setup of chesex dice works the best for percentile, one "0" and another die with two 0's works great enough.
Sulaco 10-04-04, 11:00 AM	This is to say nothing of the fact that rolling d% is now a matter of simple addition, rather than tens places, ones places, and treating "00%" as "100%." How does that work exactly? If you have 2 dice numbered 1 through 10 and simply add them up you'll get a result of between 2 and 20, not 1 to 100. The easiest dice to use for % are the ones numbered 00 through 90. Roll one of those and a normal d10 and just add the results.
UltimateGnome 10-04-04, 01:51 PM	I think i may know what he means. You take the percentile dice, which he may not have had one, which we all know is the 00 - 90. He probably just plans on adding the percentile die with the normal d10 since it has 10 written on it. so that means a roll of 90 and 10 would result in 100. I was a little confused at first but then i figured out that all the numbers would still be represented. Somehow i couldn't see how to get 20, 30, 40, etc. It hit me this morning and i figured it out. I use the d10 for the ones digit and still use the roll of 00 and 0 (since my d10s are labeled with 0) as a reult of 100.