d6: pips or numbers?

[Captain Tagon]

Pips here. The numbers on a d6 are just too huge and ugly. Uniformed is fine, but ugly on my dice, never.

 

[Woas]

Other: Depends what game I'm playing.

If its an RPG where I need to know totals (like D&D) from the dice roll (a "5" an a "3" on 2d6 = 8) than its pips all the way.

If its an RPG where I need to know how many of a certain number (like Burning Wheel) from the dice roll (4's and higher are "successes" so I'm just looking for 4s, 5s and 6s on anywhere from 1 to 10 or 15 dice) then its numbers all the way.

 

[crazy_cat]

Other: Depends what game I'm playing.

Agreed - it depends entirely on the game.

For D&D I like Pips, for Traveller I like numbers. For other games it will normally depend on what context I'm using them in.

 

[sjmiller]

For D&D I like Pips, for Traveller I like numbers. For other games it will normally depend on what context I'm using them in.

That's funny, because I started playing RPGs by playing Traveller back in 1979. Since it used "regular" dice (as I thought of a d6 back then) I preferred to use dice I took from other games, which all had pips. Only recently, with the advent of certain dice sets, have I started to notice d6s with numbers. Can't stand them, actually. I have been given 2 dice sets, plus the dice from a 3.0 Basic set, and have set all the numbered d6s aside, never to be used. Well, never by me. Just don't like them.

 

[Fifth Element]

I have a preference for numbers, though pips certainly don't bother me. It's an aesthetic thing, as mentioned above. I like my dice to match each other.

 

[sjmiller]

I have a preference for numbers, though pips certainly don't bother me. It's an aesthetic thing, as mentioned above. I like my dice to match each other.

For me, I could actually care less if my dice match. I should take a picture of my box o' dice. It's a handcrafted, carved box from Poland, velvet lined, and full of a big old mish-mash of dice. As long as I have enough dice to roll for things, I do not care what they look like. Well, except for my d6s, which have to have pips.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

If rolling JUST d6's I'd prefer pips. However, when the d6 is part of a matched set of other dice I'd prefer them all to be numbers.

 

[Delta]

Either is fine by me.

 

[Thorfin]

Pips all the way for me... except for HERO system stuff for which I'll occasionally use those funky dice with numbers and pips on each face. Still... I prefer pips...

 

[krissbeth]

Either way, I'll still have trouble reading them. :?

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