d5 uses?

[Aus_Snow]

d5 determines which character in a 5 PC party is attacked at random.

And if other posters were not blind to begin with, they might wish they were now.

j/k


d5s are cool. Along with d7s, d9s, d11s and suchlike, a whole new range of possibilities is there for your use in RPGs.

But hey, I likes dem stange dices.

 

[AE020704]

1. Roll to see which finger is removed by Jack Baur during interrogation
2. Roll random working day of the week
3. Damage for a serrated dagger?
4. Random direction when lost (where 1, 2, 3, 4 = N, S, E, W and 5 = Ravenloft)
5. 4d5 to replace d20. Better weighted average
6. Random class. (1,2,3,4,5 = Fighter, Rogue, Cleric, Ranger, Wizard/Sorcerer)
7. Random race (1,2,3,4,5 = Human, Elf/Half-Elf, Dwarf, Half-Orc, Halfling/Gnome)

To name a few

Surely for 6 and 7 you'd use a d6 and d8, respectively, to save from rolling twice???

/pedantry.

Sorry. Couldn't help it...

(Note to self: Take a level in Cleric to improve Will save)

 

[greywulf]

Surely for 6 and 7 you'd use a d6 and d8, respectively, to save from rolling twice???

Nah. I'd use a d2

 

[Odhanan]

I've been using d5s to determine the amount of GP on some muggers after a street fight during our last Ptolus session.
Also, if you're playing a Crusader from the Book of Nine Swords, the d5 can become handy to determine your maneuvers at the start of an encounter.

 

[Mystery Man]

If I have 5 players at the table and I don't want to single someone out, I'll roll a random d5 to see who's going to "get it".

 

[AE020704]

Nah. I'd use a d2

D2?

Hir hir!

 

[PieAndDragon]

For a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Game . Several instances of having to half a d10 there.

 

[lukelightning]

Number of fingers left on the wolf-tamers hand ...

Darn you, Olgar! Beat me to it! (I was going to say lion tamer or crocodile wrangler).

 

[lukelightning]

For a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Game . Several instances of having to half a d10 there.

Yeah, like how many extra eyes grow on your face after you've been carrying around that mysterious pink glowing stone...

 

[kenobi65]

I have a hard enough trying to figure out what to do with d12s.

Thag love d12! d12 give Thag hit points. Thag's big axe is d12. Thag need three d12s when Thag gets critical hit.