Air bubble in dice-affecting rolls?

[Wootz]

Just wondering this, because I know there's air bubbles in dice, but I was looking at it, and I was wondering how much it really affects rolls? I notice one d20 in particular is very prone to rolling a 2, subsequently it (aside from it being kinda ugly) does not see much use at all. But maybe it's just random chance? I can't tell >_>

 

[Obryn]

Negligible, I'd say.

Irregularities in shape will have a much larger effect.

-O

 

[Khime]

It might significantly affect rolls... if you're rolling the dice under water.

 

[El Mahdi]

It might significantly affect rolls... if you're rolling the dice under water.

This is why I prefer metal dice when running "underwater" campaigns.

You get better action out of them when rolling on the bottom of the pool.

(Of course, character sheets can get a little soggy though.)

 

[Wootz]

Negligible, I'd say.

Irregularities in shape will have a much larger effect.

-O

Does the dice having rounded edges count at all?

 

[Woas]

Does the dice having rounded edges count at all?

Yes. Got 20 minutes of free time? Let Mr. Zocchi explain.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR2fxoNHIuU]YouTube - Game Science Part 1 of 2[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmkWrDbn34&feature=related]YouTube - Game Science Part 2 of 2[/ame]

 

[Baumi]

Watch and learn young diceling:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR2fxoNHIuU]YouTube - Game Science Part 1 of 2[/ame]

 

[Dimitri Mazieres]

Does the dice having rounded edges count at all?

According to Col. Lou Zocchi, it does:

Edit: Ok, no need to have the same videos posted three times, right?

 

[sjmiller]

Mr. Z probably does the best job of explaining what does and does not alter the probability of your dice rolls. He is recommended for good reason, the guy knows his dice.

 

[Wootz]

Aw, well I bought a dice set from chessex, as well as everyone else I game with, and my d20 is kinda rounded on all edges, and it does roll a really long time :/ so I'm guessing chessex is crap or what?