Doesn't hurt as bad as a d4
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This gave me an idea for a gimmick die. Transparent die filled with dark liquid. The exterior of the die has the usual numbers in white lettering. Inside the die, there is a smaller cork die that rises like a magic 8ball. It’s 2d(x) in 1. Interesting for tension building, if nothing else.
Edit: looked it up and I’m not original, and they’re largely as bad as I thought they’d be
One of my overdue projects is to disassemble a magic 8 ball, remove the dice from it and make a digital magic 8 ball. I plan to bequeath the removed “dice” to a DM I know.
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Looks 4-sided to me
You have to wait for it to finish rolling up if it lands with a value on the down side.
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Not if it’s a thnickel.
Thanks, I hate it.
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Or you know, a coin.
This was my thought.
Mfers be out here debating whether the thing depicted is actually a “two sided” dice, meanwhile coins just be chillin over there getting ignored.
Y’all be trippin.
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I need to get one of these sometime
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Thnickles
Whatever you call them, people will respect you more when you use them.
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thank you for this blessed website in trying times
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The picture is of a d4. Dice are measured counting the flats (and therefore possible number of different results) not mathematically defined “sides”.
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The picture is of a d4. Dice are measured counting the flats (and therefore possible number of different results) not mathematically defined “sides”.
If you wanna get loosey-goosey with it and count the curved bit as a result, its still just a d6 lmao
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That extremely rare, almost-never chance of landing on the edge is exactly what I would program into a game if I made one, instead of exactly 50% odds.
Even not considering that, they still aren’t 50-50 odds. The stamped printing on both sides throws off the balance just enough to bias one side over the other.
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One of my overdue projects is to disassemble a magic 8 ball, remove the dice from it and make a digital magic 8 ball. I plan to bequeath the removed “dice” to a DM I know.
Make sure to wear long gloves and short sleeves. The dye in that water is strong. I was purple for days after cracking an 8ball and people kept asking how I got hurt.
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Looks 4-sided to me
Agreed, but also weird as aren’t d4 made from 4 triangles?
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a two sided die is called a coin
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Coins are just really unbalanced three-sided dice.
aka really short cylinders
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Agreed, but also weird as aren’t d4 made from 4 triangles?
Usually, yes. This one is effectively a d6 (a cube), but two of the flat faces have been replaced by curves that connect opposite flat faces. As such you’ve got four flat faces that the die can actually stop on. If you ignore the curved parts but consider all of the flats to be separate faces, it’s a d4. If you consider two flats connected by a curve to be a single face altogether, it’s a d2.
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That extremely rare, almost-never chance of landing on the edge is exactly what I would program into a game if I made one, instead of exactly 50% odds.
It should come with some bizarre consequence, too. If it were the Oregon Trail game, there should be a tiny chance that the player finds an ancient artifact that glows and hums when touched. An alien ship swoops in and abducts the party, forcing them to join the crew. From there on, it’s a space pirate game with zero explanation why and no references in the product literature. Also, customer service pretends not to know about it, if contacted.
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The picture is of a d4. Dice are measured counting the flats (and therefore possible number of different results) not mathematically defined “sides”.
No, dN means there are N different outcomes. Does not matter if they are flat or anything. Cube with two of each number from 1 to 3 is a d3.
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It has two sides. They’re curved, and it doesn’t stay on the curve part, so you can effectively use it as a d4, but it’s still only two-sided.
Sort of like how you can flip a Mobius strip like a coin and it will land one of two ways, but it still only has one side.
It has 2 surfaces.
It has 4 or 6 sides it can rest on IMHO. I’d need to play with it to find out.
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Agreed, but also weird as aren’t d4 made from 4 triangles?
Fuck caltrop d4s, all my homies hate caltrop d4s (it’s me, I’m all the homies)
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a two sided die is called a coin
The edge of a coin is a 3rd side though
