D12: Does it always roll low?

[Macbeth]

I'm going to call you on that. Now, for the record, please state what you average roll for your Nagamaki should be and then contrast it with what you often do roll.

The way I figure it, your abysmal ability to hit lately has just been a karmic redress of your awesome damage when you do hit.

Alright, alright. A nagamaki does 2d4, and I regularly do 7-8 (not counting str and other bonuses)

 

[coyote6]

I, too, have rotten d12 luck. It's just the d12s though (and not a single Die Gone Bad), and it is multiple d12s. I think I've always had bad d12 luck.

I blame Dabney Coleman and the movie Cloak & Dagger.

 

[Creamsteak]

If you don't like the way the d12 works, get a smaller die. I used to think, "greataxes are the coolest cause they are pretty much the only weapon that uses the d12, and I hate greatswords."

Then I figured out that rolling ones on a dice with such a high maximum is frustrating. I've downgraded to a battleaxe with my fighter because I still want x3 criticals, but I don't want huge dice. The AC bonus was really nice too (and convinced me that shields are awesome).

 

[d4]

I tend to agree with this trend. I hate d12s almost as much as I hate d4s, and d4s have a reason why they roll bad...or don't roll depending on your definition of the term.

hey, i'm doing the best i can! you try rolling well when you're as pointy as i am. it's hard work!

at least d12 is the cool barbarian die (barbarian hit die, greataxe). i'm stuck as the scrawny, feeble wizard die (wizard hit die, magic missile). i get no love at all.... especially when i get dropped underfoot.

 

[silentspace]

My group calls it the "chaos die."

My group calls it the "random die."

 

[the Jester]

I think you just aren't rolling them right.

 

[sledged]

The solution is simple: just get a d12 where all the sides are 12.

 

[SinisterMinister]

1. Tie your d12 to the back of a cat with the '12' facing up.
2. Push the cat off of a table, or high ledge.
3. Voila! A 12 ever time.

 

[Tolen Mar]

You guys are lucky to have a possessed d12, my players d20 is possessed. We've had to end two campaigns due to death because the d20 wont exceed 5 on a roll. Perhaps it's time I make an example of it.

Are you sure it's a possessed d20? I had a similar situation crop up a while back. Turns out they had grabbed the only double 10 I had. I didn't even know I had it. They look like d20's but are numbered 0-9 twice. (I have since culled that one from the bucket to avoid further confusion.)

 

[Simplicity]

hey, i'm doing the best i can! you try rolling well when you're as pointy as i am. it's hard work!

at least d12 is the cool barbarian die (barbarian hit die, greataxe). i'm stuck as the scrawny, feeble wizard die (wizard hit die, magic missile). i get no love at all.... especially when i get dropped underfoot.

Yeah, I'm afraid we're gonna have to let you go, too. Time's are tough. There just isn't room in this organization for dice that don't actually roll.
It was a choice between d8 and you, and well... He rolls better. He stacks well with other dice. I'm sorry. Security will show you out.