D%'s... please help... it hurts... [Archive] - Wizards Community

D%'s... please help... it hurts... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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kaeso
08-10-06, 11:37 PM ok so unless you have a dice w/ 100 sides, how do you roll these? I always said to myself "oh of course you simply roll two dice with ten sides..." But then how do you roll the number 1-9?
Shaggy_Shaggs
08-10-06, 11:42 PM 0 on the tens digit die, 1-9 on the ones digit die.
Lotus Crane
08-10-06, 11:47 PM Actually, there are special ten-sided dice called percentile dice, where the sides are:
00
10
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40
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90
Roll it with a normal d10, add them up, and you have a d100 result. Or you could just two regular d10's, and designate one of them as the 10's placeholder, and the other as the 1's placeholder (it helps if they're different colors, or you roll them separately). Just remember that if you do that, a result of "10" is really a result of "0" or "00" depending on the decimal place.

It's hard for me to imagine how this could possibly be a challenge for you, if you have at least a middle school education...
kaeso
08-10-06, 11:53 PM thanks for the criticism :P I see now, I was confused because I was thinking along a different lines... instead of adding them, I was imaging rolling them both and then putting them side by side... now it's all so clear! thanks
Gurv
08-11-06, 01:28 AM instead of adding them, I was imaging rolling them both and then putting them side by side... now it's all so clear! thanks
That is exactly what you do, if you don't have specialized dice. Roll two d10's. The first die result goes in the "tens place", and the second result goes in the "ones place".

You get a result of 1-9 when the first roll is a "0". Getting two "0"'s is a 100.

Really, really simple.
a_psh
08-11-06, 11:13 AM Most d10s are numbered 0-9 anyway. That 0 is a 10 for "d10" rolls and a 0 for "d%" rolls.
Koretsu
08-11-06, 02:08 PM If you lack a percentile dice (Numbered with 00 - 90), use two different colored d10, or, just use which ever dice lands to the left of the other as your 10's place.
Solaris
08-11-06, 07:41 PM Actually, there are special ten-sided dice called percentile dicepercentile dice (Numbered with 00 - 90)

A percentile die is a d100, however you simulate one; per cent = one part in 100. A percentile die implemented with two d10s may include one of those specially-marked d10s, but those d10s themselves are not called percentile dice.

The percentile die (also known as d% or d100) is generally a combination of two ten-sided dice (or d10s), often made distinguishable from each other by colour. One die is rolled to determine the tens digit, and one is rolled to determine the ones digit.
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It is common to find a pair of d10s sold together as percentile dice – one of the dice will have the numbers 00, 10, 20, 30 and so on up to 90, while the other one will be a standard d10. Another (less common) die is an actual d100 – usually a sphere marked with the numbers 1 to 100.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
kaeso 08-10-06, 11:37 PM	ok so unless you have a dice w/ 100 sides, how do you roll these? I always said to myself "oh of course you simply roll two dice with ten sides..." But then how do you roll the number 1-9?
Shaggy_Shaggs 08-10-06, 11:42 PM	0 on the tens digit die, 1-9 on the ones digit die.
Lotus Crane 08-10-06, 11:47 PM	Actually, there are special ten-sided dice called percentile dice, where the sides are: 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Roll it with a normal d10, add them up, and you have a d100 result. Or you could just two regular d10's, and designate one of them as the 10's placeholder, and the other as the 1's placeholder (it helps if they're different colors, or you roll them separately). Just remember that if you do that, a result of "10" is really a result of "0" or "00" depending on the decimal place. It's hard for me to imagine how this could possibly be a challenge for you, if you have at least a middle school education...
kaeso 08-10-06, 11:53 PM	thanks for the criticism :P I see now, I was confused because I was thinking along a different lines... instead of adding them, I was imaging rolling them both and then putting them side by side... now it's all so clear! thanks
Gurv 08-11-06, 01:28 AM	instead of adding them, I was imaging rolling them both and then putting them side by side... now it's all so clear! thanks That is exactly what you do, if you don't have specialized dice. Roll two d10's. The first die result goes in the "tens place", and the second result goes in the "ones place". You get a result of 1-9 when the first roll is a "0". Getting two "0"'s is a 100. Really, really simple.
a_psh 08-11-06, 11:13 AM	Most d10s are numbered 0-9 anyway. That 0 is a 10 for "d10" rolls and a 0 for "d%" rolls.
Koretsu 08-11-06, 02:08 PM	If you lack a percentile dice (Numbered with 00 - 90), use two different colored d10, or, just use which ever dice lands to the left of the other as your 10's place.
Solaris 08-11-06, 07:41 PM	Actually, there are special ten-sided dice called percentile dicepercentile dice (Numbered with 00 - 90) A percentile die is a d100, however you simulate one; per cent = one part in 100. A percentile die implemented with two d10s may include one of those specially-marked d10s, but those d10s themselves are not called percentile dice. The percentile die (also known as d% or d100) is generally a combination of two ten-sided dice (or d10s), often made distinguishable from each other by colour. One die is rolled to determine the tens digit, and one is rolled to determine the ones digit. ... It is common to find a pair of d10s sold together as percentile dice – one of the dice will have the numbers 00, 10, 20, 30 and so on up to 90, while the other one will be a standard d10. Another (less common) die is an actual d100 – usually a sphere marked with the numbers 1 to 100.