ColinChapman
Longtime RPG Freelancer/Designer
Shhh. He still uses dice with pips. And, well, you know...
Dice etiquette, rules, and superstitions
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Shhh. He still uses dice with pips. And, well, you know...
R_J_K75
Legend
It wasn't a knock, but I was actually shocked to still see a pencil that needed a sharpener. I thought to myself in the voice of Jean Luc Picard looking at old holofootage of Kirk..."Hah!! He's using the SS2-LL49 Phaser, try getting a battery for those now Worf...ENGAGE"
ColinChapman
Longtime RPG Freelancer/Designer
I assumed it was a jest. As all of my replies bar this one have been.
R_J_K75
Legend
It was in jest. I just had to add some flair to the OG comment, and a Kirk/Picard reference was the only thing that came to mind; it felt apt.I assumed it was a jest. As all of my replies bar this one have been.
MNblockhead
A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site
I think it might have a chance of working with cheap plastic dice placed that way on a window ledge with hot sun shine through or the dash board of a car. But leave too long and they might not roll at all.
dragoner
KosmicRPG.com
I'm kind of a pencil nerd, I have mechanical ones, though a bunch of different ones too. These arteza ones have a nice creamy quality. I also have a big box of a thousand so when we play at the library teaching kids, or people at a game store, I give them a pencil, and a set of dice, like these:
I bought a bag of a thousand for like $68, so two black and one white plus a pencil for like 10 cents; give away 30 cents, I think it costs more to print the character sheets. Less than a buck's worth of stuff, and they are really happy. Bring a stack of books and people swoop those up fast, can't keep them around.
R_J_K75
Legend
Or...End up like a LP copy of Ozzy Osbournes Blizzard of Ozz left in the back window of a Buick Skylark on a sunny day, warped, insane and unable to play. I speak from XP
R_J_K75
Legend
Thats really cool! You collect pencils? Thats cool. My dad has OCD. More on the collecting side but he collects pens. Actually gave me some nice semi-disposable pens I'd call them. Write good, don't skip, color is good, low smear factor. This day and age I think it would last at least a year.
dragoner
KosmicRPG.com
Pens are nice, that is great that he gives you some. I had a cigar box with pens and pencils, colored ones as well, still have it. I used to draw all sorts of maps in the old World of Greyhawk style. I still make a ton of maps, though now digitally. Never lost my love of pencils though.
MNblockhead
A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site
My doggo is a golden retriever and was certainly not a better player than a cat when young. Like many retrievers he had bad pica. Would eat ANYTHING. Now that he's older, he just likes to lay in the room and won't bother to get up to even sniff a dropped die, pencil, etc. Food and napkins, on the other hand, I have to warn players to keep it on the table. He is pretty good with food now, you can set it on the floor and he's trained to stay away. But eventually, if it isn't being watched over, he'll lose his will power. But napkins, for some reason, he has no resistance to. I don't know what it is about paper napkins. He is overall a well-trained dog now, but he cannot resist stealing napkins from peoples laps.
I don't have a cat, but have a friend that has four. 90% of the time they have no interest in us or what we are doing. But at least once a session, at least one of them seems compelled to show dominance and will jump on the table, bat at a die or pencil, or turn a game box into a temporary bed, taking great umbrage from being dumped out of it when we have to put the game away.
The only other pet story I have is when we put my son's adult bearded dragon on the battlemap as a living dragon mini. Put a reptile heat bulb into a desk light to shine on her to keep her properly warm and she mostly just sat there basking. But every now and then she would swish her tail or move to another part of the board knocking over minis. I treated those instances as extra legendary actions.
Probably the worst pet to have near a game table for dice are parrots. I never had one or gamed around one, but had a landlord in the past with an african grey. That bird would steal and hide away anything small and shiny. Also, they can be jealous and hold a grudge and they are pretty darn smart and can recognize and remember people. My landlord's bird didn't like his girlfriend for some reason and would sneak up on her and pull her hair. I can only imagine what it would have gotten up to if there was a table set up with dice and minis. Especially if it was in a foul mood.
