d6: pips or numbers?

[Gez]

If it has numbers, it's a d6. If it has pips, it's a die.

 

[Mighty Halfling]

It always appears to me that my Pipped dice roll, on average, just a wee bit higher.
Is there any truth to the notion that the "One-Pip" side of a pipped d6 is a heavier, and therefore ends up on the bottom more often? That of course means that the "Six-Pip" side is on top more often.

 

[DragonLancer]

I prefer pips as they are easier to add together quickly for me. *Shrugs*

 

[WhatGravitas]

ETA: I'll go with pips, actually. I have less trouble with them. There's some pretty bad dyscalculia going on with me. :\

I'm going for numbers, because of aesthetic reasons and because... I'm reading off pips slower/worse than numbers. :\

Numbers just read off better than counting pips for me.

Cheers, LT.

 

[RichGreen]

Hi,

I'm a traditionalist and prefer pips.

Toodle pip!


Richard

 

[krissbeth]

I'm going for numbers, because of aesthetic reasons and because... I'm reading off pips slower/worse than numbers. :\

Numbers just read off better than counting pips for me.

Cheers, LT.

I gotcha. For me, numbers are difficult to conceptualize for me. I have to look at them as sort of pictograms. For example, a four has four points and a five as having five points. 6, 8 and 9 are trouble.

Higher function mathematics, trig, calc... I don't have trouble with them. But arithmetic... I still use fingers and dots.

So, if I see the pips, I can see the number. Four pips = "Oh, four." The number "4" actually gives me a bit of a brain lag and I don't know why.

 

[Nifft]

Is there any truth to the notion that the "One-Pip" side of a pipped d6 is a heavier, and therefore ends up on the bottom more often?

If they were smart, they'd use a dense paint / resin / whatever which would compensate for the lost mass of the pip. Dunno if they do this, but it would be reasonable.

Cheers, -- N

 

[hornedturtle]

Until a few years ago i didn't even know they made d6's with numbers.

Perhaps that's because i cannibalized most of them from board games.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

I use pips when I want to roll high, and numbers when I want to roll closer to average. My pips tend to roll more 6s.

THANK YOU! My players have been calling me nuts for years for doing this.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I'm a traditionalist and prefer pips.

That's funny! I thought I was a traditionalist and I prefer numbers!

For my rpgs, at least.