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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9596495" data-attributes="member: 29398">Reroll.If the die hadn't stopped rolling before the cat swatted it, keep the roll.  If the die had already stopped, reroll.  Then gently pick the cat up off the table and put it in someone's lap; that person is then tasked with keeping the cat occupied and thus off the table.n/a as I don't have a dog.  Bad idea, though.Don't like as they take up too much space.No, with the exception that if a really bizarre die has to be rolled to suit a chart or table e.g. a d-537 or a d-93 then digital rollers can come in really useful!I want them clear and readable enough that they don't have to be picked up and squinted at.  I've been having this argument with different players, who (for reasons ranging from aesthetics to nefarious) want to use the fancy unreadable ones, for almost my entire DMing career.Prefer not.Make them roll, or don't use them.To me these are just the same as dice trays, taking up space on the board for no good reason.  Lose them.Behind the screen, with rare life-or-death exceptions.Given that for space/layout reasons I DM from a different table than the players are using, that would lead to a stupid amount of dice on the floor.  In other words, hard no. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I just threaten my dice with this, but I've known someone who actually did it: take the offending dice outside to a concrete pad and - with all the other dice lined up watching - melt them to slag with a blowtorch.Some people are way fussier about this than I am (see evidence, this thread).  For me, go ahead and use 'em as long as I get them back right away.  No table rule.The only other dice "thing" around here is if you drop a die or roll it off the table or whatever, pick it up NOW even if it means interrupting the game while we all look for it.  Particularly if it's a d4.</blockquote>

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