D&D General What are the “boring bits” to you?

[billd91]

See also related: people who need to roll several dice on their turn and then insist on rolling one die at a time, having to roll each one in their hands for at least 30 seconds while whispering to them. Never let these people play a mid-to-high level hasted fighter with action surge and flaming weapon.

Now imagine if this person puts their dice away after their turn and has to fish them back out again at the start of their next turn. Every. Time.

 

[Lanefan]

Now imagine if this person puts their dice away after their turn and has to fish them back out again at the start of their next turn. Every. Time.

...and isn't entirely familiar with which die is which: "Is this one a 20-sided?"

 

[Vaalingrade]

I don't think we appreciate what a weird paradigm shift it is to go from knowing a die is a black and white six-sided polyhedron with spots on to the absolutely Pythagorean Drunkness you get in a Crystal Castle set.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

...and isn't entirely familiar with which die is which: "Is this one a 20-sided?"

In fairness, it's not super obvious to tell the difference in shape (or perhaps silhouette) between a d12 and a d20 for folks with no experience of dice beyond the classic cube, and things like d10 complicate matters further by being so similar to d8.

Now, obviously the simple way to check is to look at the numbers. But this may not occur to all (relatively) inexperienced players. Once they've been around awhile though, yeah, I absolutely would expect people to be able to read the faces themselves to figure it out, even if they are unable to memorize the shape of each die.

 

[overgeeked]

It’s trivial to solve the “which dice are which” problem with a communal set of non-matching dice. Put them in the center of the table if everyone can reach, or in a dice tray that’s passed around to whoever’s turn it is. Roll the blue one once and add 6. Roll the yellow one twice and add 4 to the total.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Use dice other people have touched?

What new spore of madness is this?

 

[Andvari]

Use dice other people have touched?

What new spore of madness is this?

I was equally taken aback by this unsolicited display of savagery.

 

[overgeeked]

I was equally taken aback by this unsolicited display of savagery.

It’s a long-time player superstition. Not something new players care about. If they’re so new they can’t tell a d20 from a d8, they’re not going to care about using other people’s dice.

 

[jdrakeh]

Non-dynamic combat. Specifically, combat that is just PCs and opponents spamming the same attacks over and over for hours on end (in real time).

 

[Pedantic]

It’s trivial to solve the “which dice are which” problem with a communal set of non-matching dice. Put them in the center of the table if everyone can reach, or in a dice tray that’s passed around to whoever’s turn it is. Roll the blue one once and add 6. Roll the yellow one twice and add 4 to the total.

It’s a long-time player superstition. Not something new players care about. If they’re so new they can’t tell a d20 from a d8, they’re not going to care about using other people’s dice.

I am really enamored of this product for that purpose. If you're willing to give up on dice superstition, you can actually use the dice colors to speed up play!