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Monsco
10-31-06, 05:02 PM This may seem a craZy question, but I have to know...
Do you have dice that like you?

I meen, I can always roll well on the d10, but the d12 hates me. I only have a 15% chance of rolling something higher than a 7...

Anyone else have dice that like or dislike them?
The_Ditto
10-31-06, 05:09 PM This may seem a craZy question, but I have to know...
Do you have dice that like you?

... nope .. my entire dice bag hates me ....
I'm the only person I know that defies the "bell curve logic" when rolling a d20 ...

Typical Results:
5,7,3,9,4,10,4,15,1,4,10,1,1,2,14,18(wee hooo!!!),11,10,9,3,7,15,14,10,13,2,19(we ehoo!!),14,4,1,3,1,9, ... :banghead:

I meen, I can always roll well on the d10, but the d12 hates me. I only have a 15% chance of rolling something higher than a 7...

Anyone else have dice that like or dislike them?

I seem to do ok with d8s ... d6s I think I average out ... d4s .. depends .. one night I'll hit 3s and 4s ... next night, 1s and 2s ... *sigh*
d12s, d10s and d20s ... forget it ...
d% I'm pretty good with ... I tend to .. not ... roll low ... (I love avoiding 20% miss chance ... "Oh look, I hit again!!" .hehe) ... I noticed this especially while playing my Wilder ...

Me: "Ok, I surge for +3 again ... "
DM: "Ok 15% chance of enervation, roll .. I want to see this ..."
Me: "Ok ... " <rolls> 35% :D
DM: :mad:
Lather - rinse - repeat ad nauseum ....

I just never seem to miss it .. Played from level 3 up to level 15 as a Wilder .. surged every time I manifested something ... (total: a lot ...)
I think I enervated maybe 5 times ...
:D
J.Augustus Rose II
10-31-06, 05:43 PM I have my original set of blue scarab dice that have always treated me well. Then I have a set of green marble dice that absolutely hate me. Like "beat me up and take my wallet" hate me.
Artector
10-31-06, 06:00 PM My other dice I don't pay much attention to. But my D20's will rotate which one is being bad. Sometimes when I'm gaming.
High Octane
10-31-06, 06:09 PM I have a shiny blue d20. I use it rarely. It has almost NEVER let me down.

I use it ONLY in dire situations. Save or die, the villain is close to destroying us and I need to hit, that kind of situation.

I give it a smooch and roll it. It has never let me down when I truly needed it.

But I also use it fairly rarely. Ive tried using it for whole sessions and the luck wanes.

I had a friend who slept with his dice to bring him luck.

He rolled like 5 20s, and tons of higher teens.....but Im not sure if it was worth the looks we gave him.
Karma
10-31-06, 06:17 PM I have a good amount of dice. My d4s-d8s are ussually pretty indifferent, My d10s/d100s ussually like to roll high. My D12s pretty much keep to themselves in their own bag. However, I have a number of d20s that are all of a different oppinion about me. I have a couple that feel that I should never fail a skill-check but should not commit murder. Others that think that battle is the only worthy endevor and a certain minority that think that I am evil and should never roll higher than 7. This small insurgency is being hunted a sentenced to death in the microwave.

I have one lone loyal d20. I have named it 'Black Death.' Black Death will smite any foe or skill check by rarely, if ever, rolling less than a 13.
freedeath
10-31-06, 06:22 PM I had some dice that liked me so much that they would phone me in the middle of the night, breathing heavily into the receiver.... now we're married!
P4yne
10-31-06, 06:26 PM well, i can't complain about my purple dice set. when i DM they gave the results i needed either to kill And to save the party. when i play, they give me the high rolls i need!! =P (like i got 3 15's an 2 18's in 8 rolls or so, hehehe!!)
Jegol
10-31-06, 07:59 PM I have a single d20. All other dice failed me and now I only have this one. Its in love with me, rolled 3 20's in a row, then a 17 and then another 20 one time when making a character. It had to be rigged, but I could not find out how. I claim it to be the luckiest dice ever. Lucky, I havn't lost it as its my only one.
:D
Einvaldurinn_mikli
10-31-06, 08:06 PM I'm the only person I know that defies the "bell curve logic" when rolling a d20
There is no bell curve when rolling a d20. All outcomes are equally likely.
Bowmore
10-31-06, 08:18 PM My group makes our d4s lucky by sticking them to my forehead. Sometimes I can stick upwards of four or five on my forehead at a time, and they'll stay there for two or three minutes before my facial expressions make them fall off. It's awesome.

Whenever they're used after falling off, they tend to roll high.
SunTzuWarmaster
10-31-06, 09:28 PM the % dice love me. Miss Chance? What miss chance?!

The d6 hate me.

The d12 loves me.

I now play a barbarian :). Seriously considering switching the the greataxe over the greatsword. (I do 3+21 damage on 2d6?!). Glad I'm not a rogue.
HauptSin
10-31-06, 09:47 PM I have an old blue set of dice, and the d20 hates my guts. Only ever seen it come up a 20 in gameplay once, and rolled many a 1 on various skill checks and attack rolls.
I have since picked up a set of speckled gold-ish dice, and they are very kind so far. d20 hasn't come up as a 1 yet, and it's even crit for me a few times.
All the other dice from both sets are fairly neutral towards me, acting, shockingly enough, like some form of random number generating device.
fun2223
10-31-06, 10:16 PM Well my D100 rolls what I want no matter what, my D20 loves to get me hurt, and the rest are random.
Can of the Cave Beer
10-31-06, 10:19 PM Ahhh, I remember "Monster Slayer" fondly.

It was a black D20 with 0-9 repeated. I colored one set of numbers in grey and left the others white. I don't remember which I designated as the teens and 20, but that die put up more 18s than it had any right to!

One game, the DM didn't like whichever color I designated as the teens and redesignated it for me so I had to reroll the Save vs. Poison. The result? With his switched colors I rolled a handsome 18, and he nearly swallowed his lower lip. :dice:
J.Augustus Rose II
10-31-06, 10:20 PM There is no bell curve when rolling a d20. All outcomes are equally likely.

Well, he did say that he's the only person it happens to.
Bahamut_the_Gold
11-01-06, 02:44 AM I know that statistically rolling a d20 is the same every time BUT in my group I am known as the guy who can't roll over ten to save my life (Or the groups, Or pass the test, Or disarm the trap). Most of the time that is OK because my di bonuses are allways high to compensate. Everyone in the group (Including the DM) know my d20 rolls suck. They laugh about it and ask why I don't switch dice? I have 10 d20s! What's the point? If I can't get one of them to roll over 10, what makes the purchase of new dice worth it?
CroBob
11-01-06, 03:08 AM Be your dice's best good buddy. Give them a seat on your computer desk, and talk with them.
Daebereth
11-01-06, 04:34 AM My orginal set of dice hate me, so I had to see them replaced. My d20s are on rotation for being bad (everyone gives me odd looks when I tell one dice "You're not playing anymore!" don't know why... :) ) But my contingent of d6's seem to like me. Being a rogue, they are of course, my most beloved, so maybe that's it.
On an almost different note, I have so many dice, ive earned the title Dice W***e from the rest of my group. :D
CroBob
11-01-06, 04:43 AM You can never have too many dice. It's not possible. By the time you have so many it's a bad thing, thereby making the 'too' descriptor applicable, you lose some, which is why it's too many, but also the reason you no longer have too many.
Ragna
11-01-06, 04:46 AM I swear, my 4 clear blue d20s love to do this
Dm: you are at 1 hp
Me: Manir(ranger/arcane archer with +4 composite longbow of shocking burst) i attack him
<rolls>
20,20,20,19,18(to confirm)
DM: That's not right....
They tend to get me out of instant death situations, such as when my already damaged party faced another party of equal leveled, equal sized, fully healed enemies with a suprise round.
Note: both of these are true stories
KurenaiYami
11-01-06, 04:49 AM Well, my dice don't like me really, but they hate my players.

If I am a Player, they roll crappy to decent.

If I'm the DM, I could never roll better.

d4 always gets a 4, d6 always gets 5 or 6, d8 gets 6 to 8, d10 gets 8 to 10, and d20 gets 17 to 20.

d12 hasn't actually come up yet. Poor guy.
The_Ditto
11-01-06, 08:09 AM There is no bell curve when rolling a d20. All outcomes are equally likely.

Well .. when I roll it does come out looking like a bell curve!! :P
fun2223
11-01-06, 08:41 AM Heh I like watching my cousins rolls, his rolls are so bad i'm waiting for a meteor to fall on his head.

Read my sig please.
Tyler Do'Urden
11-01-06, 11:32 AM Well .. when I roll it does come out looking like a bell curve!!
You've got to stop rolling your dice on a bell.
NyMpHoMaNiAc_FaNtAsIA
11-01-06, 12:34 PM The d20 and the d6 from my first set of dice (blue) absolutely love me.
The d20 has saved me from countless save or die situations almost always rolling a "17". Now I only use this set of dice in critical situations since they are so old and worn out the numbers are beginning to erase.
Exquisite_Flopilidopilies
11-01-06, 01:24 PM I've never had any d6s that were anything but fair. They always seemed completely reliable.

I loved my percentile dice, but I was always suspicious of them. They seemed to roll fair (not well), but they often let me down on important rolls.

I always wanted to bring A Million Random Digits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Random_Digits) instead of dice. I just like the idea of resolving die rolls by opening a tome. But I never did.

After many years of not playing, I no longer have dice and I use a die-rolling program.
Winternova
11-01-06, 04:16 PM I've got a blue d20 that I've dubbed Playersbane. It hits the most ridiculous AC more often than not, and crits frequently - even when I don't want it to! Sometimes I'm forced to change dice mid-encounter to try to recover from an imminent TPK scenario.

The downfall of this mighty bit of plastic is the fact that it can't make a save to save it's life. If the PCs start casting spells, I'm gonna have a dead BBEG on my hands in seconds. It's doubly worse in d20m, where a good shot with a high-powered pistol invokes a save vs. massive damage.

On the other side of the DM screen, it's powers diminish, but it has yet to let me down.
Carai_al_Caldazar
11-01-06, 04:29 PM the superstition...Briljant...:D Unless you do something with your dice (which is called 'cheating'), it is purely a random chance what turns up at the top of your dice.

Read my sig please.

lol, which Sig????? :P
Cincinnati
11-01-06, 04:41 PM Your dice do not love you or hate you. Every outcome, provided the dice are fair, is equally likely. They are random because they are supposed to be. Sorry to be such a downer.
TwiddleStootch
11-01-06, 04:49 PM from my very first set of blue dice:

d20: Seems to like me, I rarely roll below an 8 on it, and I KNOW I should ahve rolled more 1s by now.

d12: Ummm, never used it except for a barbarian's HD, can't really tell from that

d10: when rolling 1(IE for damage) they like me, almost never roll below 5.
but when I roll them together for %, BAH!

d8: normal

d6: normal

d4: Wouldn't know, One of my players is always using it for magic missle, but it seems to go well for him.
The_Ditto
11-01-06, 07:58 PM You've got to stop rolling your dice on a bell.

Actually, I was rolling them in the bell .. is that bad too??
:confused:
lunchbox1584
11-01-06, 08:21 PM I have a set of blue frosted dice that only work if im rolling for ice damage.
I also have a set of green and gold dice I call "THE FIGHTING IRISH" that do nothing but good for me no matter what so I have combined the two and always by my weapons with Ice burst when I can
fun2223
11-01-06, 09:22 PM Uh my sig.

On topic I asked my math teacher, and she noticed that my D100 has a weight inside that moves around. Does anyone else have a rolling weight in theirs????
Cincinnati
11-01-06, 09:39 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zocchihedron
High Octane
11-01-06, 09:46 PM d4: Wouldn't know, One of my players is always using it for magic missle, but it seems to go well for him.
You mean like the magic missle never seems to miss?
LiefKarakse
11-01-06, 09:50 PM This may seem a craZy question, but I have to know...
Do you have dice that like you?

I meen, I can always roll well on the d10, but the d12 hates me. I only have a 15% chance of rolling something higher than a 7...

Anyone else have dice that like or dislike them?
thats where a calculator with a random stat gen comes in....i actually use dice but if you have the $$$ that is the way to go
LiefKarakse
11-01-06, 09:52 PM You mean like the magic missle never seems to miss?
yes he rolls a d4 to see if it hits.................................... ...........jk he rolls a d4 for damage. you know 1 d4+1?
Bowmore
11-01-06, 11:06 PM My group had two d20s that were our "secret weapons". The first was a black-and-pearly sparkly die that always came up mysteriously high, but especially when used by a DM. It was decreed unanimously by the group that the sparkly die was for use only in dire situations.

The other is my special vomit-coloured 20. I call it that because it's this ugly mottled combination of green, brown, red, and yellow. It's horrible, but it has saved me from many a dire situation, when the Force tells me to roll that one instead of whatever d20 I was using (CURSE YOU, D&D DAY RED-AND-WHITE D20!!!)
High Octane
11-01-06, 11:29 PM yes he rolls a d4 to see if it hits.................................... ...........jk he rolls a d4 for damage. you know 1 d4+1?
I know. I was kidding.
Daebereth
11-02-06, 01:15 AM Your dice do not love you or hate you. Every outcome, provided the dice are fair, is equally likely. They are random because they are supposed to be. Sorry to be such a downer.

Clearly, you've never been done by 3 crit failures in a row, or failed to hit something for an entire hour long encounter. Threatening the dice helps this go away. Honest.
Sybill
11-02-06, 01:57 PM I have a really nice set of orange dice I bought a while back... in general, they've been very good to me... all except that damn d20.

The d10s have never given a bad roll (and this is the only set I've ever gotten a straight 100 on a roll). All the other dice are pretty fair.

That d20 though, it taunts me... and the thing is, I ONLY get the bad rolls when I really need a good one. :(
Tyler Do'Urden
11-02-06, 02:35 PM Actually, I was rolling them in the bell .. is that bad too??

Pavlov trained his dog to salivate when he rolled dice in a bell.
OokTarChubs
11-02-06, 02:42 PM I have a set of old school D&D dice in the black felt bag..

All my lower dice (d4-d6-d8-d12) do well, I always roll almost max damage with any weapon.

My D20 KNOWS when it needs to count, and rolls a 1 every time.
Rowan_Whispercloak
11-02-06, 02:55 PM I tend to roll much higher that statistical average with d6. Basically I usually avoid playing rogues and avoid spell/powers that scale with d6 and that usually keeps the DM mostly happy.

Though the last game the DM had me roll 4d6 for scores and everyone else roll 5d6 drop 2 lowest reroll 1�s once and my stats were still considered the best in the group.

Then again that same DM got a set of weighted dice as a gag gift and I rarely roll a 6 on them (the number they are theoretically weighted to land on).

Nothing make someone cry like watching me get no score lower than 14 and 3+ 18 while rolling 3d6 more than 5 times in a roll with their dice. :D
fun2223
11-02-06, 05:53 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zocchihedron
Wow thanks for the link

IWANNACOOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!
Monsco
11-02-06, 10:11 PM for you, fun2223...
:cookie: enjoy!
TheMeanOne
11-02-06, 10:58 PM My original set used to be average, then I bought a new set and a bunch of d6s and my original set turned on me. I have a few sets now, and my entire original set is really disgruntled and rolls bad all the time.
babysamurai
11-03-06, 08:28 AM Speaking of dice, I had a buddy who used to string together several d20�s on a knotted rag, and then he would stick it�
LastOfTheEld
11-03-06, 10:13 AM I have a red D20 that I've been using since my friend got it for me last Christmas. In my current game I'm playing in, I have rolled an 18 or higher in 7 of the 9 encounters for initiative...but absolutely nothing of note (good or bad) for anything else. Oh well, at least I can inspire courage before everyone else makes their move :D
seldom_seen
11-04-06, 11:22 AM Your dice will treat you the way that you treat them!!
I let them sleep in a soft leather pouch, and never mix them up with other players lesser dice
A couple of kind words pre-roll always seems to work well, and my set likes to stay on the table. If they roll off onto the floor by accident, then they can sulk for the rest of the night sometimes.
At the end of the game session, a quick bath with a diluted solution of rubbing alchohol will remove all impurities accumulated during the game, and will help my dice set get a good weeks worth of slumber( do YOU function well with no sleep?)
These little acts of kindness are usually greatly appreciated by my dice, and will greatly lengthen their game life.
High Octane
11-04-06, 11:32 AM Speaking of dice, I had a buddy who used to string together several d20�s on a knotted rag, and then he would stick it�
DO NOT CONTINUE THAT STATEMENT!!

Anyway, my sacred d20 came through again. Nat 20 the only time I used it. Failed to back it up though, but crits in 1st edition are HARD.
Ryusage
11-04-06, 01:08 PM I have a blue d20 that never ever rolls a saving throw below 15.
I have a pearly-white d20 that never ever fails the primary attack when TWFing.
I have a black d6 that rolls a three NO MATTER WHAT.
I have a d12 that rolls at least 7s unless it's a damage roll.

Don't ask me how I analyse my dice results...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Monsco 10-31-06, 05:02 PM	This may seem a craZy question, but I have to know... Do you have dice that like you? I meen, I can always roll well on the d10, but the d12 hates me. I only have a 15% chance of rolling something higher than a 7... Anyone else have dice that like or dislike them?
The_Ditto 10-31-06, 05:09 PM	This may seem a craZy question, but I have to know... Do you have dice that like you? ... nope .. my entire dice bag hates me .... I'm the only person I know that defies the "bell curve logic" when rolling a d20 ... Typical Results: 5,7,3,9,4,10,4,15,1,4,10,1,1,2,14,18(wee hooo!!!),11,10,9,3,7,15,14,10,13,2,19(we ehoo!!),14,4,1,3,1,9, ... :banghead: I meen, I can always roll well on the d10, but the d12 hates me. I only have a 15% chance of rolling something higher than a 7... Anyone else have dice that like or dislike them? I seem to do ok with d8s ... d6s I think I average out ... d4s .. depends .. one night I'll hit 3s and 4s ... next night, 1s and 2s ... sigh d12s, d10s and d20s ... forget it ... d% I'm pretty good with ... I tend to .. not ... roll low ... (I love avoiding 20% miss chance ... "Oh look, I hit again!!" .hehe) ... I noticed this especially while playing my Wilder ... Me: "Ok, I surge for +3 again ... " DM: "Ok 15% chance of enervation, roll .. I want to see this ..." Me: "Ok ... " <rolls> 35% :D DM: :mad: Lather - rinse - repeat ad nauseum .... I just never seem to miss it .. Played from level 3 up to level 15 as a Wilder .. surged every time I manifested something ... (total: a lot ...) I think I enervated maybe 5 times ... :D
J.Augustus Rose II 10-31-06, 05:43 PM	I have my original set of blue scarab dice that have always treated me well. Then I have a set of green marble dice that absolutely hate me. Like "beat me up and take my wallet" hate me.
Artector 10-31-06, 06:00 PM	My other dice I don't pay much attention to. But my D20's will rotate which one is being bad. Sometimes when I'm gaming.
High Octane 10-31-06, 06:09 PM	I have a shiny blue d20. I use it rarely. It has almost NEVER let me down. I use it ONLY in dire situations. Save or die, the villain is close to destroying us and I need to hit, that kind of situation. I give it a smooch and roll it. It has never let me down when I truly needed it. But I also use it fairly rarely. Ive tried using it for whole sessions and the luck wanes. I had a friend who slept with his dice to bring him luck. He rolled like 5 20s, and tons of higher teens.....but Im not sure if it was worth the looks we gave him.
Karma 10-31-06, 06:17 PM	I have a good amount of dice. My d4s-d8s are ussually pretty indifferent, My d10s/d100s ussually like to roll high. My D12s pretty much keep to themselves in their own bag. However, I have a number of d20s that are all of a different oppinion about me. I have a couple that feel that I should never fail a skill-check but should not commit murder. Others that think that battle is the only worthy endevor and a certain minority that think that I am evil and should never roll higher than 7. This small insurgency is being hunted a sentenced to death in the microwave. I have one lone loyal d20. I have named it 'Black Death.' Black Death will smite any foe or skill check by rarely, if ever, rolling less than a 13.
freedeath 10-31-06, 06:22 PM	I had some dice that liked me so much that they would phone me in the middle of the night, breathing heavily into the receiver.... now we're married!
P4yne 10-31-06, 06:26 PM	well, i can't complain about my purple dice set. when i DM they gave the results i needed either to kill And to save the party. when i play, they give me the high rolls i need!! =P (like i got 3 15's an 2 18's in 8 rolls or so, hehehe!!)
Jegol 10-31-06, 07:59 PM	I have a single d20. All other dice failed me and now I only have this one. Its in love with me, rolled 3 20's in a row, then a 17 and then another 20 one time when making a character. It had to be rigged, but I could not find out how. I claim it to be the luckiest dice ever. Lucky, I havn't lost it as its my only one. :D
Einvaldurinn_mikli 10-31-06, 08:06 PM	I'm the only person I know that defies the "bell curve logic" when rolling a d20 There is no bell curve when rolling a d20. All outcomes are equally likely.
Bowmore 10-31-06, 08:18 PM	My group makes our d4s lucky by sticking them to my forehead. Sometimes I can stick upwards of four or five on my forehead at a time, and they'll stay there for two or three minutes before my facial expressions make them fall off. It's awesome. Whenever they're used after falling off, they tend to roll high.
SunTzuWarmaster 10-31-06, 09:28 PM	the % dice love me. Miss Chance? What miss chance?! The d6 hate me. The d12 loves me. I now play a barbarian :). Seriously considering switching the the greataxe over the greatsword. (I do 3+21 damage on 2d6?!). Glad I'm not a rogue.
HauptSin 10-31-06, 09:47 PM	I have an old blue set of dice, and the d20 hates my guts. Only ever seen it come up a 20 in gameplay once, and rolled many a 1 on various skill checks and attack rolls. I have since picked up a set of speckled gold-ish dice, and they are very kind so far. d20 hasn't come up as a 1 yet, and it's even crit for me a few times. All the other dice from both sets are fairly neutral towards me, acting, shockingly enough, like some form of random number generating device.
fun2223 10-31-06, 10:16 PM	Well my D100 rolls what I want no matter what, my D20 loves to get me hurt, and the rest are random.
Can of the Cave Beer 10-31-06, 10:19 PM	Ahhh, I remember "Monster Slayer" fondly. It was a black D20 with 0-9 repeated. I colored one set of numbers in grey and left the others white. I don't remember which I designated as the teens and 20, but that die put up more 18s than it had any right to! One game, the DM didn't like whichever color I designated as the teens and redesignated it for me so I had to reroll the Save vs. Poison. The result? With his switched colors I rolled a handsome 18, and he nearly swallowed his lower lip. :dice:
J.Augustus Rose II 10-31-06, 10:20 PM	There is no bell curve when rolling a d20. All outcomes are equally likely. Well, he did say that he's the only person it happens to.
Bahamut_the_Gold 11-01-06, 02:44 AM	I know that statistically rolling a d20 is the same every time BUT in my group I am known as the guy who can't roll over ten to save my life (Or the groups, Or pass the test, Or disarm the trap). Most of the time that is OK because my di bonuses are allways high to compensate. Everyone in the group (Including the DM) know my d20 rolls suck. They laugh about it and ask why I don't switch dice? I have 10 d20s! What's the point? If I can't get one of them to roll over 10, what makes the purchase of new dice worth it?
CroBob 11-01-06, 03:08 AM	Be your dice's best good buddy. Give them a seat on your computer desk, and talk with them.
Daebereth 11-01-06, 04:34 AM	My orginal set of dice hate me, so I had to see them replaced. My d20s are on rotation for being bad (everyone gives me odd looks when I tell one dice "You're not playing anymore!" don't know why... :) ) But my contingent of d6's seem to like me. Being a rogue, they are of course, my most beloved, so maybe that's it. On an almost different note, I have so many dice, ive earned the title Dice W***e from the rest of my group. :D
CroBob 11-01-06, 04:43 AM	You can never have too many dice. It's not possible. By the time you have so many it's a bad thing, thereby making the 'too' descriptor applicable, you lose some, which is why it's too many, but also the reason you no longer have too many.
Ragna 11-01-06, 04:46 AM	I swear, my 4 clear blue d20s love to do this Dm: you are at 1 hp Me: Manir(ranger/arcane archer with +4 composite longbow of shocking burst) i attack him <rolls> 20,20,20,19,18(to confirm) DM: That's not right.... They tend to get me out of instant death situations, such as when my already damaged party faced another party of equal leveled, equal sized, fully healed enemies with a suprise round. Note: both of these are true stories
KurenaiYami 11-01-06, 04:49 AM	Well, my dice don't like me really, but they hate my players. If I am a Player, they roll crappy to decent. If I'm the DM, I could never roll better. d4 always gets a 4, d6 always gets 5 or 6, d8 gets 6 to 8, d10 gets 8 to 10, and d20 gets 17 to 20. d12 hasn't actually come up yet. Poor guy.
The_Ditto 11-01-06, 08:09 AM	There is no bell curve when rolling a d20. All outcomes are equally likely. Well .. when I roll it does come out looking like a bell curve!! :P
fun2223 11-01-06, 08:41 AM	Heh I like watching my cousins rolls, his rolls are so bad i'm waiting for a meteor to fall on his head. Read my sig please.
Tyler Do'Urden 11-01-06, 11:32 AM	Well .. when I roll it does come out looking like a bell curve!! You've got to stop rolling your dice on a bell.
NyMpHoMaNiAc_FaNtAsIA 11-01-06, 12:34 PM	The d20 and the d6 from my first set of dice (blue) absolutely love me. The d20 has saved me from countless save or die situations almost always rolling a "17". Now I only use this set of dice in critical situations since they are so old and worn out the numbers are beginning to erase.
Exquisite_Flopilidopilies 11-01-06, 01:24 PM	I've never had any d6s that were anything but fair. They always seemed completely reliable. I loved my percentile dice, but I was always suspicious of them. They seemed to roll fair (not well), but they often let me down on important rolls. I always wanted to bring A Million Random Digits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Random_Digits) instead of dice. I just like the idea of resolving die rolls by opening a tome. But I never did. After many years of not playing, I no longer have dice and I use a die-rolling program.
Winternova 11-01-06, 04:16 PM	I've got a blue d20 that I've dubbed Playersbane. It hits the most ridiculous AC more often than not, and crits frequently - even when I don't want it to! Sometimes I'm forced to change dice mid-encounter to try to recover from an imminent TPK scenario. The downfall of this mighty bit of plastic is the fact that it can't make a save to save it's life. If the PCs start casting spells, I'm gonna have a dead BBEG on my hands in seconds. It's doubly worse in d20m, where a good shot with a high-powered pistol invokes a save vs. massive damage. On the other side of the DM screen, it's powers diminish, but it has yet to let me down.
Carai_al_Caldazar 11-01-06, 04:29 PM	the superstition...Briljant...:D Unless you do something with your dice (which is called 'cheating'), it is purely a random chance what turns up at the top of your dice. Read my sig please. lol, which Sig????? :P
Cincinnati 11-01-06, 04:41 PM	Your dice do not love you or hate you. Every outcome, provided the dice are fair, is equally likely. They are random because they are supposed to be. Sorry to be such a downer.
TwiddleStootch 11-01-06, 04:49 PM	from my very first set of blue dice: d20: Seems to like me, I rarely roll below an 8 on it, and I KNOW I should ahve rolled more 1s by now. d12: Ummm, never used it except for a barbarian's HD, can't really tell from that d10: when rolling 1(IE for damage) they like me, almost never roll below 5. but when I roll them together for %, BAH! d8: normal d6: normal d4: Wouldn't know, One of my players is always using it for magic missle, but it seems to go well for him.
The_Ditto 11-01-06, 07:58 PM	You've got to stop rolling your dice on a bell. Actually, I was rolling them in the bell .. is that bad too?? :confused:
lunchbox1584 11-01-06, 08:21 PM	I have a set of blue frosted dice that only work if im rolling for ice damage. I also have a set of green and gold dice I call "THE FIGHTING IRISH" that do nothing but good for me no matter what so I have combined the two and always by my weapons with Ice burst when I can
fun2223 11-01-06, 09:22 PM	Uh my sig. On topic I asked my math teacher, and she noticed that my D100 has a weight inside that moves around. Does anyone else have a rolling weight in theirs????
Cincinnati 11-01-06, 09:39 PM	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zocchihedron
High Octane 11-01-06, 09:46 PM	d4: Wouldn't know, One of my players is always using it for magic missle, but it seems to go well for him. You mean like the magic missle never seems to miss?
LiefKarakse 11-01-06, 09:50 PM	This may seem a craZy question, but I have to know... Do you have dice that like you? I meen, I can always roll well on the d10, but the d12 hates me. I only have a 15% chance of rolling something higher than a 7... Anyone else have dice that like or dislike them? thats where a calculator with a random stat gen comes in....i actually use dice but if you have the $$$ that is the way to go
LiefKarakse 11-01-06, 09:52 PM	You mean like the magic missle never seems to miss? yes he rolls a d4 to see if it hits.................................... ...........jk he rolls a d4 for damage. you know 1 d4+1?
Bowmore 11-01-06, 11:06 PM	My group had two d20s that were our "secret weapons". The first was a black-and-pearly sparkly die that always came up mysteriously high, but especially when used by a DM. It was decreed unanimously by the group that the sparkly die was for use only in dire situations. The other is my special vomit-coloured 20. I call it that because it's this ugly mottled combination of green, brown, red, and yellow. It's horrible, but it has saved me from many a dire situation, when the Force tells me to roll that one instead of whatever d20 I was using (CURSE YOU, D&D DAY RED-AND-WHITE D20!!!)
High Octane 11-01-06, 11:29 PM	yes he rolls a d4 to see if it hits.................................... ...........jk he rolls a d4 for damage. you know 1 d4+1? I know. I was kidding.
Daebereth 11-02-06, 01:15 AM	Your dice do not love you or hate you. Every outcome, provided the dice are fair, is equally likely. They are random because they are supposed to be. Sorry to be such a downer. Clearly, you've never been done by 3 crit failures in a row, or failed to hit something for an entire hour long encounter. Threatening the dice helps this go away. Honest.
Sybill 11-02-06, 01:57 PM	I have a really nice set of orange dice I bought a while back... in general, they've been very good to me... all except that damn d20. The d10s have never given a bad roll (and this is the only set I've ever gotten a straight 100 on a roll). All the other dice are pretty fair. That d20 though, it taunts me... and the thing is, I ONLY get the bad rolls when I really need a good one. :(
Tyler Do'Urden 11-02-06, 02:35 PM	Actually, I was rolling them in the bell .. is that bad too?? Pavlov trained his dog to salivate when he rolled dice in a bell.
OokTarChubs 11-02-06, 02:42 PM	I have a set of old school D&D dice in the black felt bag.. All my lower dice (d4-d6-d8-d12) do well, I always roll almost max damage with any weapon. My D20 KNOWS when it needs to count, and rolls a 1 every time.
Rowan_Whispercloak 11-02-06, 02:55 PM	I tend to roll much higher that statistical average with d6. Basically I usually avoid playing rogues and avoid spell/powers that scale with d6 and that usually keeps the DM mostly happy. Though the last game the DM had me roll 4d6 for scores and everyone else roll 5d6 drop 2 lowest reroll 1�s once and my stats were still considered the best in the group. Then again that same DM got a set of weighted dice as a gag gift and I rarely roll a 6 on them (the number they are theoretically weighted to land on). Nothing make someone cry like watching me get no score lower than 14 and 3+ 18 while rolling 3d6 more than 5 times in a roll with their dice. :D
fun2223 11-02-06, 05:53 PM	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zocchihedron Wow thanks for the link IWANNACOOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!!
Monsco 11-02-06, 10:11 PM	for you, fun2223... :cookie: enjoy!
TheMeanOne 11-02-06, 10:58 PM	My original set used to be average, then I bought a new set and a bunch of d6s and my original set turned on me. I have a few sets now, and my entire original set is really disgruntled and rolls bad all the time.
babysamurai 11-03-06, 08:28 AM	Speaking of dice, I had a buddy who used to string together several d20�s on a knotted rag, and then he would stick it�
LastOfTheEld 11-03-06, 10:13 AM	I have a red D20 that I've been using since my friend got it for me last Christmas. In my current game I'm playing in, I have rolled an 18 or higher in 7 of the 9 encounters for initiative...but absolutely nothing of note (good or bad) for anything else. Oh well, at least I can inspire courage before everyone else makes their move :D
seldom_seen 11-04-06, 11:22 AM	Your dice will treat you the way that you treat them!! I let them sleep in a soft leather pouch, and never mix them up with other players lesser dice A couple of kind words pre-roll always seems to work well, and my set likes to stay on the table. If they roll off onto the floor by accident, then they can sulk for the rest of the night sometimes. At the end of the game session, a quick bath with a diluted solution of rubbing alchohol will remove all impurities accumulated during the game, and will help my dice set get a good weeks worth of slumber( do YOU function well with no sleep?) These little acts of kindness are usually greatly appreciated by my dice, and will greatly lengthen their game life.
High Octane 11-04-06, 11:32 AM	Speaking of dice, I had a buddy who used to string together several d20�s on a knotted rag, and then he would stick it� DO NOT CONTINUE THAT STATEMENT!! Anyway, my sacred d20 came through again. Nat 20 the only time I used it. Failed to back it up though, but crits in 1st edition are HARD.
Ryusage 11-04-06, 01:08 PM	I have a blue d20 that never ever rolls a saving throw below 15. I have a pearly-white d20 that never ever fails the primary attack when TWFing. I have a black d6 that rolls a three NO MATTER WHAT. I have a d12 that rolls at least 7s unless it's a damage roll. Don't ask me how I analyse my dice results...