How many dice do you carry?

Li Shenron · Sep 12, 2026

I have a bag of about 4-5 sets which I easily carry with me. They are even more than I need, I could leave out most of the d10-d12-d20s and it will still be sufficient but it's just easier to keep them all together.

Nytmare · Sep 21, 2026

It depends on the game, but my typical travel bag is a single polyhedral set with one additional d20 and two additional d6s.

bsss · Sep 23, 2026

It's varied widely over the years. A wood chest of hundreds of dice, sacks of dice containing 60ish each (one sack usual 7-die sets for d20 games, one sack all d10s for Storyteller games), one fancy set (that I recently chipped, alas) in a case, all in the past; currently I carry five 7-die sets of varying colors for my 13th Age games, in a die tray/case hybrid that I designed and 3D printed myself.

Maxperson · Sep 23, 2026

Sacrosanct said:
By carry, I mean carry to a game session, not how many you own. Like most of us, I own a lot of dice. But when I go to a game session, I obviously don't bring them all.

If I'm GMing, I probably bring 3-4 sets with extra d6s--probably 8d6 in total.
If I'm a player, I bring 2 sets, usually color-coordinated with the PC I'm playing (like my silver/blue dice when I play a paladin, or my green jewel dice for my druid, or my Moldvay basic set when I play OSR or AD&D). I will have 4d6, and if I'm playing a caster, 3d8 as well. If I get to higher levels as a caster, I'll probably add some more dice depending on which spells I typically use. Fireball means 8d6 for example.

I bring 15-20 d6s for big spells as the game I play in do go into high levels. I take 4-6 d20s so I can do multiple attackers at once or to just switch up d20s that are acting up and not rolling high enough. 3-4 d8s in case I need to roll hit points for a random encounter or NPC. 3-4 d4s for things like magic missiles. 2 sets of d100(two tens) on the off chance I need to roll on some chart(as DM) or the DM asks me to roll as a player. 2-3 d12s in case I have a weapon that uses them. And a partridge in a pear tree.

ErisIndomina · Sep 23, 2026

"How many dice do you carry"
Uhhh... My big dice bag? It's got several double-sets of themed dice and a whole bunch of miscellaneous. Not sure of the exact number.

CleverNickName · Sep 24, 2026

I carry one full set of dice at all times (d4, 4d6, d8, 2d10, d12, 2d20). Whether I'm gaming or not. My dice set lives in my backpack, a permanent fixture alongside my phone charging cable and my water bottle.