Ever have a session like this?

[Quickbeam]

During our last session this past Friday, my dice went ballistic. As DM for our group, it's rather amazing that we didn't end up with a TPK, because I had no less than 17 critical threats and managed to confirm about half of those.

It was a very, very combat heavy session that led several players to request a change in my EN World preferred member title. For my part, I think it just fulfilled the claim .

 

[Crothian]

Ya, sometimes the dice are just really hot.

 

[Marius Delphus]

I'm surprised your players didn't ask you to ritually sacrifice the dice involved.

 

[Quickbeam]

Crothian:
There's hot, and then there's deadly!!

Marius:
LOL! All but one of the sets I used are gifts...including a set from one of the players. They won't ask me to sacrifice dice which were gifts. It's my personal pet theory, that dice which are received as gifts consistently outperform dice we buy for ourselves .

 

[Skaros]

We've found that no matter who DMs, the players tend to half-heartedly complain about the DMs dice.

Our conclusion was basically that the DM runs a heck of a lot more characters throughout the night than the PCs do, and consequently roll a lot more d20s...so of course the DM is going to seem to be rolling criticals left and right

-Skaros

 

[Marius Delphus]

Quickbeam: LOL indeed! Perhaps I should try to coax some dice out of my (dice-superstitious) players. Goodness knows my abysmal track record at scoring hits/making saves when they're "needed" runs exactly counter to their amazing one.

Skaros: Why bring probability into a *dice* thread for Heaven's sake?

 

[Desdichado]

Yeah, get thee hence, Skaros, with your reality! I've yet to meet a player who wasn't superstitious about dice, myself included!

 

[Balgus]

Marius:
I'm surprised your players didn't ask you to ritually sacrifice the dice involved.

Or else place it in a display case for other dice to look up to and revere. Thi sis what you too can strive for- yourown mantle, and imortality...

 

[bwgwl]

Yeah, get thee hence, Skaros, with your reality! I've yet to meet a player who wasn't superstitious about dice, myself included!

i so agree. i'm a pretty down-to-earth and pragmatic person normally, but the one thing i get superstitious about is dice in a role-playing game.

don't you ever touch my dice!

 

[Numion]

We've found that no matter who DMs, the players tend to half-heartedly complain about the DMs dice.

Our conclusion was basically that the DM runs a heck of a lot more characters throughout the night than the PCs do, and consequently roll a lot more d20s...so of course the DM is going to seem to be rolling criticals left and right

And people tend to generally give more weight to perceptions that strengthen their preconcieved opinion, and disregard those that go against it.

Or the wise DM just loaded his dice