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  • M ms.lane

    Rejig everything so it’s so multiples of 6.

    Warhammer moved from D3, D4, D6, D8, D10, D12 and D20 to just D6 (and D3 from D6) You need a lot of D6, but they’re ubiquitous.

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    Yosmonkol
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    #26

    Wouldn’t that change the probabilty curve? I guess it could be nice if you wanted to limit critical success and failure but it might reduce the sense of randomness.

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      someguy3@lemmy.world
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      So is there a war between the number on top and the number on bottom d4?

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      • C crazyslinkz@lemmy.world

        Please NSFW or spoiler… that’s gnarly.

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        hoch@lemmy.world
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        #28

        Don’t be a baby

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        • merc@sh.itjust.worksM merc@sh.itjust.works

          D4s are annoying. They’re the only die without a top face, so it’s hard to read the number, and since the faces slant inwards it can be hard to pick them up.

          On the other hand, it’s satisfying that the typical RPG dice contain the 5 platonic solids. If I had to play a game where a D4 was used often (unlike in say D&D where it’s rare), I’d probably go with one of the alternate D4 shapes. Even if you prefer platonic solids, you can just use an 8-sided die and renumber 5-8 as being 1-4 again.

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          voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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          #29

          D4 with a top face: 1000024344

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          • Z ziggurat@jlai.lu

            I like that story, Looks like as fake as the story of the internet troll being a lazy GM throwing a troll at every stupid question from their player, but that’s cool

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            voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
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            Nah dude, this is legit, I lived through the tail end of the satanic panic years, those FBI raids were no joke. We used to scatter a layer of d4s along the stairs leading the basement, right before the tripwire that releases a full paint can on a string. Every player was issued a smoke bomb before the start of the game so we could make a clean getaway while the officers were distracted.

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            • V voroxpete@sh.itjust.works

              D4 with a top face: 1000024344

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              merc@sh.itjust.works
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              #31

              Do you need a microscope?

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              • Komodo RodeoT Komodo Rodeo

                Ah, sorry. Is there coding to mark comments as NSFW, or do you mean applying the Spoiler coding to comments?

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                heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world
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                ::: spoiler TITLE
                hidden contents
                :::
                

                that’s how you do spoilers. looks like:

                ::: spoiler TITLE hidden contents :::

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                • H hoch@lemmy.world

                  Don’t be a baby

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                  heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world
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                  #33

                  some people see body images and feel them. don’t denigrate them.

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                  • V voroxpete@sh.itjust.works

                    D4 with a top face: 1000024344

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                    heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world
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                    #34

                    i like the ones with a bottom face personally, but that might be because my first d4 was that way

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                    • S someguy3@lemmy.world

                      So is there a war between the number on top and the number on bottom d4?

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                      edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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                      #35

                      Picture I made for this thread a few months ago:

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                      • J jaybone@lemmy.zip

                        How would this work?

                        I mean you could use a d8 with duplicate 1-4 numbers.

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                        edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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                        #36

                        Or a d12 with 1-4 three times, which is what I use for my d4s

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                        • dindonmaskerD dindonmasker

                          That’s a 1 isn’t it?

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                          rooster326@programming.dev
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                          #37

                          Naturally

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                          • merc@sh.itjust.worksM merc@sh.itjust.works

                            D4s are annoying. They’re the only die without a top face, so it’s hard to read the number, and since the faces slant inwards it can be hard to pick them up.

                            On the other hand, it’s satisfying that the typical RPG dice contain the 5 platonic solids. If I had to play a game where a D4 was used often (unlike in say D&D where it’s rare), I’d probably go with one of the alternate D4 shapes. Even if you prefer platonic solids, you can just use an 8-sided die and renumber 5-8 as being 1-4 again.

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                            granitem@lemmy.world
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                            I love the infinity d4

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                            • merc@sh.itjust.worksM merc@sh.itjust.works

                              D4s are annoying. They’re the only die without a top face, so it’s hard to read the number, and since the faces slant inwards it can be hard to pick them up.

                              On the other hand, it’s satisfying that the typical RPG dice contain the 5 platonic solids. If I had to play a game where a D4 was used often (unlike in say D&D where it’s rare), I’d probably go with one of the alternate D4 shapes. Even if you prefer platonic solids, you can just use an 8-sided die and renumber 5-8 as being 1-4 again.

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                              cargon@lemmy.ml
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                              Give an arch D4 a try

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                                I actually have a bag of metal D4s specifically becsuse then they can be used as caltrops or those things Betty wore to give him super strength in Kung Pow.

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                                • Komodo RodeoT Komodo Rodeo

                                  You laugh, but…

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                                  imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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                                  Shite. Hope that’s an AI image. That looks like Lego’s evil cousin.

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                                  • heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.worldH heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.world
                                    ::: spoiler TITLE
                                    hidden contents
                                    :::
                                    

                                    that’s how you do spoilers. looks like:

                                    ::: spoiler TITLE hidden contents :::

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                                    Komodo Rodeo
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                                    ::: spoiler Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3… Much appreciated, I’ll keep it in mind. :::

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                                    • I imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works

                                      Shite. Hope that’s an AI image. That looks like Lego’s evil cousin.

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                                      Komodo Rodeo
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                                      Can’t say for certain, but I originally nabbed it about 7 years ago, and there’s info about it being created by a ‘Larry’ in the file. Presumably Larry’s either the caltrop victim or their friend who snapped the photo.

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                                      • Komodo RodeoT Komodo Rodeo

                                        You laugh, but…

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                                        samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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                                        Take 1d4 damage!

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                                        • M ms.lane

                                          better options exist

                                          Standardising on D6 only?

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                                          fedizen@lemmy.world
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                                          #45

                                          One fun fact about dice is you can have any higher faced die substitute for a lower faced one by rerolling any number not on the lower die.

                                          This is why I only carry a d100

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