Sanguinarious
Explorer
I think those D20s that flashed red when you rolled a 20 was the dumbest rpg idea I've ever seen. Can anyone top it?
Dumbest rpg idea ever?
niklinna
satisfied?
F.A.T.A.L.
The World of Synnibarr
Either of those is so chock-full of bad and dumb and horrible ideas that I'll just stop right there.
Oh but since you mentioned something with an LED there was this gem back in the 80s:
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rpggeek.com
The World of Synnibarr
Either of those is so chock-full of bad and dumb and horrible ideas that I'll just stop right there.
Oh but since you mentioned something with an LED there was this gem back in the 80s:
Dragonbone Electronic Dice
User summary: A digital random number generator for role-playing games using light emitting diodes for the result, a single button for the "roll", and a multi-position switch for the type of "dice" to roll. Settings included on the switch for 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, and %. A patent for this...
Sanguinarious
Explorer
Uh, yes it does, there was a rpg WORSE than FATAL or synnabar. Not sure it's safe to mention here tho.
Altho in fairness I was thinking about stuff tgst was dumb, not really horrible like fatal abd tge game I'm sure I should name.
Altho in fairness I was thinking about stuff tgst was dumb, not really horrible like fatal abd tge game I'm sure I should name.
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Sanguinarious
Explorer
Uh. Rahowa was dumber and more horrible that fatal, I checked and it was mentioned here. At least fatal could theoretically be played, rahowa lacked essential mechanics.
Speaking of dumb but not horrible, anyone ever use a d30? Or the awfully unstable and generally unreadable single d100?
Speaking of dumb but not horrible, anyone ever use a d30? Or the awfully unstable and generally unreadable single d100?
DeviousQuail
Hero
Though I've only ever heard of it I'm assuming you mean RaHoWa (sp?).
In a more dumb instead of hateful route my vote is for dice towers. Thanks for being a noisy, slow, waste of space.
niklinna
satisfied?
Yes.
Sanguinarious
Explorer
OK, what do you use it for?
If I understand various other threads correctly, it probably involves not allowing orcs, but having halflings, having a taxation and import system that makes no sense if you look at it too closely, and doesn't explicitly say that the stuff called "damage" when you're "hit" actually does anything that affects the fiction.
On a serious note, I remember the d30 from days of yore, but only recently learned of the d14, d16, and d18. The d16 makes me happy being halfway between the 12 and 20, but the 14 and 18 seem a step too far for no particular reason -- except if I had all three it feels like it would be hard to pick out which was which.
On a serious note, I remember the d30 from days of yore, but only recently learned of the d14, d16, and d18. The d16 makes me happy being halfway between the 12 and 20, but the 14 and 18 seem a step too far for no particular reason -- except if I had all three it feels like it would be hard to pick out which was which.
niklinna
satisfied?
Nothing, since high school. What we used it for was appallingly tasteless and that will be your only hint.
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