Special dice

[op1983]

Im looking to buy a couple new sets of dice. I've seen them before and I should have bought them when I did.

One has 1-10 twice on a d20.
One has 11-20 twice on a d20.
One has 1-3 twice on a d6.
One has 4-6 twice on a d6.
One is a set of d6 with really strange numbers that still have the same outcomes as a normal d6.

 

[Arivendel]

Arent these, like, cheater dice? if the intention of your purchase is for serious use then i dont think this is a good idea.

As for the las d6 are those the kind that have a design? like dragon shaped numbers and stuff like that? if so those are ok, will take a little getting used to but are ok.

Personally i like those Crystal styled dices, they have such a cool look to them and really feel unique

 

[phloog]

Arent these, like, cheater dice? if the intention of your purchase is for serious use then i dont think this is a good idea.

I don't consider the ones he's mentioned as 'cheater dice' - - a cheating die would be something like these (which I have):

- a d6 where the 6 is replaced with a second 1 (great for old edition secret door checks!)

- a d20 where the 1 is replaced with a second 20 (criticals a poppin!)

The ones he's talking about are at best sort of unnecessary but cool....the 4-5-6 d6 is no different than just taking a regular die and adding 3 if the result is less than 4 - - useful I guess if you need to quickly and easily get results of 5-12 (roll that d6 and add a normal d6)...I know that I've run into that situation often, like when I needed to generate a random month after April, or determine how many non-cake donuts are left in a box.

The differences are so obvious that I can't imagine you using those to cheat...they're just interesting to me.

 

[Alaxk Knight of Galt]

Im looking to buy a couple new sets of dice. I've seen them before and I should have bought them when I did.

One has 1-10 twice on a d20.
One has 11-20 twice on a d20.
One has 1-3 twice on a d6.
One has 4-6 twice on a d6.
One is a set of d6 with really strange numbers that still have the same outcomes as a normal d6.

The 1-10 twice on a d20 is just a d10 in disguise
The 1-3 twice on a d6 is just a d3 in disguised (rarely used in more recent editions of DnD).

The other 2 are just wacky. As a fan of unusual gaming things, I'd pick them up.

However, I find I use the same 2 d20s over and over again. If I'm getting new dice, readability is the biggest issue for me. I prefer big, bright yellow numbers on a black die.

 

[Asmor]

Regarding the weird d6s...

I don't know of anyone who manufactures them, but their faces are:

1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4

and

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8

They give identical probabilities to rolling two standard d6s.

Muse: Weird Dice

 

[op1983]

As said already if the intent was to cheat with the dice I would buy the ones with 2 20s or spin down dice. I just want a few different types of dice is all.

 

[greatamericanfolkher]

At gencon I got a : d3, d5, d7, d14, d16, d24 and a d50. I believe that they were all made by science dice. No, I don’t really have a use for them, but I love weird dice.

 

[op1983]

1, 2, 2, 3, 3, and 4, and the other has faces labeled 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8.

The dice numbered like this have a special name but I cant remember what it is!

 

[Nai_Calus]

The pair with the different numbering that has the same chance of rolling results as a standard pair is Sicherman dice.

No luck on most of them, but I did find 0-9 twice d20s and 1-3 twice d6s:

20 Sided die with 0-9 twice (1)
Random d6 with 1,2,3

I know I've seen Sicherman before but I can't find them.

greatamericanfolkher, the brand you're thinking of is GameScience.

 

[op1983]

Sicherman dice that's the ones!

0-9s would be the same as 1-10 d20. So that's one off the list.