D&D General D&D 6e comes out, and the game also makes use of these dice, your thoughts?

[Slit518]

Let's say 6e comes out, and we have the normal dice:

1. 1d2 (1/2 a d4, used sometimes)
2. 1d3 (1/2 a d6, used sometimes)
3. 1d4
4. 1d6
5. 1d8
6. 1d10
7. 1d12
8. 1d20
9. 1d100

But then they also add these dice to the game:

1. 1d14
2. 1d16
3. 1d18

How do you feel?
Are you excited about the prospect of bigger, and larger dice?
Or, are you upset because now you will have to invest in new dice to match all of the sets you already own?

 

[DND_Reborn]

Personally, I wouldn't really care for them. I would be happier with 6E if not everything was based on the d20 mechanic, though.

And what about the d34... always saw so little love, but I loved it in AD&D for dragonslaying longswords (3-36 damage, so d34 +2).

 

[Slit518]

Personally, I wouldn't really care for them. I would be happier with 6E if not everything was based on the d20 mechanic, though.

And what about the d34... always saw so little love, but I loved it in AD&D for dragonslaying longswords (3-36 damage, so d34 +2).

There was a d34?

I have a few d30's... but I never knew of a d34. I mean, I guess it isn't impossible to make, but that was something in the game's rules? Crazy!

 

[DND_Reborn]

There was a d34?

I have a few d30's... but I never knew of a d34. I mean, I guess it isn't impossible to make, but that was something in the game's rules? Crazy!

Yep. One of my players in high school (late 80's) had one. His was black with white letters, but here is a red one:

 

[Slit518]

Yep. One of my players in high school (late 80's) had one. His was black with white letters, but here is a red one:

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That seems excessive!

Was there lore for why they made it? Or a game mechanic reason?

 

[CleverNickName]

Eh, I'd probably just houserule everything to use percentiles.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Was there lore for why the made it? Or a game mechanic reason?

None that I know of. I don't even know if it was for D&D or some other game, but since he had one, and a player got a dragonslayer longsword, I realized he could borrow it for rolling damage... So, it did actually get some use in actual game play--crazily enough.

 

[Unwise]

That is just bizarre, why not roll 3d12? It even avoids the ugly+2.

Then again, I have a d30 myself. It is used in Harnmaster for rolling your birthday.

 

[DND_Reborn]

That is just bizarre, why not roll 3d12? It even avoids the ugly+2.

Well, 3d12 is what it normally is...

But, come on, how often (especially in AD&D) do you find a use for a d34 in any fashion whatsoever??

 

[overgeeked]

Nah. The normal 6-7 plus 1d2, 1d3, 1dF (Fate dice), 1d5, 1d7, 1d14, 1d16, 1d24, and 1d30.

Just grab a Fate dice set and a Dungeon Crawl Classics dice set and you're good. Oh, and a coin.