How many dice do you put out?

[mmu1]

I have a "standard set" I use when I play consisting of a d20 the size of a golf ball, four identical d6s, two d8s (one green, one red) two d10s (one 0-9, one 00-90, one green, one red), one d12 (red) and one d4 (green), all from the same Chessex line so they're a matched set despite the color differences.

When I GM, I usually have a small pile of mixed dice, as well as a couple of complete sets I hand out to people who forgot or don't have dice, a set of 12 "fire" d6s that I use for area effect spells, and usually another set of matching d6s of some sort that I use for counters, map markers, or small groups of identical mooks.

 

[zypherillius]

lots of dice

usually when i play, the entire gambit of dice hit the table, a few full sets, then odds and ends of different colours, then the cube of 36d6 come out for the discinigrate and the delay blast fireballs, but never playing first ed, im not quite sure what this '15d4+15' magic missile would look like.

im also quite prone to running races that give me pluses to my caster level, so the first magic missile ill throw is usually 3d4, maybe im a min maxer a bit?

no such thing as too many dice, one will eventually roll good.

 

[Staffan]

I have a pretty big dice bag (it was originally used as a yarn bag or something like that - I bought it, and dumped the yarns and stuff and filled it with dice instead). In it, I have a whole bunch of loose "non-set" dice and a few sets bunched up in smaller dice bags, plus a 36d6 brick. When I DM, I usually take out two of the smaller bags (five or six 7-dice sets) plus the brick. The multiple dice help when I'm running multiple monsters or monsters with multiple attacks, plus it makes it easier to swap dice if one d20 keeps rolling bad.

When I'm a player, I usually only bring out enough dice to handle the stuff my character does. For example, my "current" PC in another group member's campaign (I say "current" because we haven't played that campaign for over six months) would need a d20 (of course), up to 5d6 (Small battleaxe (3d6 on crits) or longbow, plus 2d6 sneak attack), 2d8 (gore attack in wereboar form), and 2d4 (small shortsword). The damage figures include crits, of course.