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<blockquote data-quote="DogBackward" data-source="post: 4724822" data-attributes="member: 50642">For the record (for those who don't know), they were created for certain games (like M:tG) where you need to keep track of a number, like a Life Total. You can start it on the &quot;20&quot;, and since the numbers spin around and downwards, it's easy to just spin down a few numbers if you take a few points of damage. They're great if you're playing Magic.Honestly, though, if your players or DM are going to use a spindown die to cheat, they're gonna find another way to cheat anyway. If you're worried about him cheating, you're not gonna stop him; since he's the DM, he can just fudge his rolls anyway. If you're worried about the die naturally rolling higher; don't. You have to roll it a certain way to do that.But yeah, if you're worried (as a DM or fellow player) about a player cheating, banning spindown dice isn't going to help. If they're willing to cheat that way, they'll just find another way. You need to find a way to fix the players themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DogBackward, post: 4724822, member: 50642"] For the record [i](for those who don't know)[/i], they were created for certain games [i](like M:tG)[/i] where you need to keep track of a number, like a Life Total. You can start it on the "20", and since the numbers spin around and downwards, it's easy to just spin down a few numbers if you take a few points of damage. They're great if you're playing Magic. Honestly, though, if your players or DM are going to use a spindown die to cheat, they're gonna find another way to cheat anyway. If you're worried about him cheating, you're not gonna stop him; since he's the DM, he can just fudge his rolls anyway. If you're worried about the die naturally rolling higher; don't. You have to roll it a certain way to do that. But yeah, if you're worried [i](as a DM or fellow player)[/i] about a player cheating, banning spindown dice isn't going to help. If they're willing to cheat that way, they'll just find another way. You need to find a way to fix the players themselves. [/QUOTE]

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