Die from Two Dice - use polyhedral dice to ‘make’ new dice

[GHench]

Die from Two Dice - use polyhedral dice to ‘make’ new dice

You already have more dice combinations available to you than you may think e.g. D16, D24, D60 etc.


The below post outlines a simple method to get access to these non-standard dice:


https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/die-from-two-dice/

 

[numtini]

See also the concept of a "control die" back when there were no d20s, only percentile dice.

 

[pogre]

Had a girl in the D&D club I sponsor show me her new d120s. I'm a dice geek, but even I had to ask, "what's it for?" She showed me a chart where a single die roll from this monstrosity replaced every conventional die roll. A bit cumbersome, but cool nonetheless.

 

[jasper]

Had a girl in the D&D club I sponsor show me her new d120s. I'm a dice geek, but even I had to ask, "what's it for?" She showed me a chart where a single die roll from this monstrosity replaced every conventional die roll. A bit cumbersome, but cool nonetheless.

Um not cool. I felt the d30 was not cool when first came out. Hey lets create a die and just redo the charts. It will be fun they said. THEY LIED! I will take them as presents but will not spend money on them.

 

[Blue]

Had a girl in the D&D club I sponsor show me her new d120s. I'm a dice geek, but even I had to ask, "what's it for?" She showed me a chart where a single die roll from this monstrosity replaced every conventional die roll. A bit cumbersome, but cool nonetheless.

Factors of 120 - 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5.

So we can do d4 (2x2), d6 (2x3), d8 (2x2x2), d10 (2x5) d12 (2x2x3) and d20 (2x2x5). We can't do d% with a single roll, though we can just roll, rerolling for 101-120.

Still, with that many sides is it easy to read?

 

[pogre]

Um not cool. I felt the d30 was not cool when first came out. Hey lets create a die and just redo the charts. It will be fun they said. THEY LIED! I will take them as presents but will not spend money on them.

Agree to disagree - I love all dice - even impractical ones.

 

[pogre]

Factors of 120 - 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5.

So we can do d4 (2x2), d6 (2x3), d8 (2x2x2), d10 (2x5) d12 (2x2x3) and d20 (2x2x5). We can't do d% with a single roll, though we can just roll, rerolling for 101-120.

Still, with that many sides is it easy to read?

Not for me, because of my old eyes! The girls seemed to have no trouble though.

 

[GHench]

Any die/dice are super cool as far as I'm concerned!
:O)

 

[Mercule]

We can't do d% with a single roll, though we can just roll, rerolling for 101-120.

Or... Just roll two d120 for everything. That way, you can have your d% and eat it, too.