d6: pips or numbers?

[The Lemon Merchant]

I use pips for character creation but use numbers for all other occasions.

 

[shilsen]

Do I get burned at the stake if I say that I not only don't care but prefer to use a dice roller instead of actual dice?

 

[Thorfin]

Burned?...no. Glanced at askance?... well maybe. Dice rollers just seem so cold and impersonal. Actually, now that I think about it, pushing a button instead of rolling dice would actually remove an aspect of the game that I truly enjoy.

 

[Griffith Dragonlake]

Do I get burned at the stake if I say that I not only don't care but prefer to use a dice roller instead of actual dice?

/old yorkshireman voice on

You kids and your new-fangled dice rollers. Bah! In my day we had to carve our dice out of wood because the dice in the OD&D white box were so cheap the edges would round off quite quickly. And we liked it!

Oh, I almost forgot. One guy did have a dice roller. He used that durn contraption from the Mousetrap game. Ya puts the dice in on the top, press some dohickey and out they come. And we liked it!

/old yorkshireman voice off

 

[Graybeard]

I prefer pips but when rolling damage for a fireball or lightning bolt, any type will do.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Why is there no "Who cares?" option?

I guess I prefer buying dice in sets, and I prefer when dice in a set use the same type of markings, so I technically prefer numbers - but not per se, only conditional on my other preferences.

I don't care whether I use dice with pips or numbers in a game with only d6s, for instance.

 

[Nifft]

Pip-pip, -- N

 

[Thorfin]

You kids and your new-fangled dice rollers. Bah! In my day we had to carve our dice out of wood because the dice in the OD&D white box were so cheap the edges would round off quite quickly. And we liked it!

Ouch, that's close to home, I still carry mine... the 12-sider and 20-sider don't actually have anything resembling a "side" anymore, they just roll around the table till they fall off

edit: d6 still looks pretty good though, seeing as how I prefer pips and all...

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Numbers, simply for aesthetic reasons. All my other dice sizes are numbered rather than pipped, so you get a uniform appearance if the d6's are numbered as well.

Indeedy-do... I have several matched sets of dice I like, and pips on the d6s would ruin the look.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Another vote for 'I don't care'. I even mix numbers and pips when I need a lot of dice for fireballs and such. (Mostly I use one or the other for a single die pool though.)

The Auld Grump