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When I was a kid, I played RPGs (AD&D, mostly) a lot, and we all loved the oddball dice. 30 sided die and 100 sided got a lot of use. The 100 sided one was a di
by SwellJoe 11y ago
When I was a kid, I played RPGs (AD&D, mostly) a lot, and we all loved the oddball dice. 30 sided die and 100 sided got a lot of use. The 100 sided one was a dimpled ball with some sort of pellets inside (to make it stop rolling faster). I'm not sure how fair it was, but it was fun. There were, at the time, several little books of random/funny things that could happen in the game based on a 30 sided die roll; battle results, random encounters, etc. Published by the dice manufacturer, I presume.
I long ago got rid of all of the books and boxed sets. But, I still carry the little faux leather bag of dice from house to house. Not sure why. Something about the feel of the dice has the strongest memory association with that time and those friends.
I don't really have anything to say about this particular die, but if I still played RPGs, I would find something to use it for. I would have bought it in a heartbeat, as a kid.
- Lich 11y agoIf you still played you could create a table with 120 random encounters :) Really more a tool for the DM, I guess.
- Jtsummers 11y agoIt functions (with easy math) as a d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d8, d10, d12, d15, d20, d24, d30, d40, d60, d120. Almost covers all the bases for DCC.
- justratsinacoat 11y ago>as a d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d8, d10, d12, d15, d20, d24, d30, d40, d60, d120 Thank you! Reading the submission title, I was like, "um, replace every other die"?
- wtbob 11y agoThis same phenomenon, BTW, is precisely why base-12 is far, far, hilariously far better than base-10, which is somewhat sad and pathetic by comparison.
- egypturnash 11y agoWhat with one thing and another I've long since lost the collection of polyhedral dice I accumulated as a teenager. And I don't have time in my life for RPGs. But I have a modest collection of dice stashed away. Including weird-ass ones like big transparent D10s with smaller red D10s inside. They're just kind of... totems, I guess. Symbols of the kind of nerd I am. I have absolutely no earthly use for this damn thing. But I ordered one. And a set of these folks' interestingly-shaped d4/8/12/24/60, as well. And their "numerically balanced" d20. I may never use any of these dice. But there is a part of me that is intensely satisfied by owning them.
- Natanael_L 11y agoDiceware and password generation
- robocaptain 11y agoYou captured a particular feeling I have as well - perfect!