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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9730892" data-attributes="member: 4534">There's two types of gimmicky dice I think.  There's dice like those for Vampire 5th edition or FUDGE which are just d10s or d6s respectively with little symbols pertinent to their specific systems.  You can use regular d10s and d6s for those games though without any problem.  Then there are proprietary dice like for FFG's Star Wars or Modiphius' Fallout where you kind of need those specific dice to even play the game.  You could use regular dice for either, but it's not worth the pain in my opinion.  Overall I have a negative view of proprietary dice.  It's a point against any game I want to purchase though it's not an absolute no from me.  It's a barrier to entry in the sense that you have to learn what each little symbol means and sometimes even what the difference between each type of die is.  I'm looking at you FFG's Star Wars.  I'm already learning a new game and now I have to figure out how to interpret the dice?  It's an additional cost and quite often more than it might appear at first.  For Fallout, I think I own four dice sets because a single set does not come with enough dice.  The proprietary dice are abut $20 a set, so to have enough dice to roll it's going to set a player back $40.  Most of my players purchase the main rulebook, so that's an additional $40 just for some stupid dice.  They're inconvenient.  I have to store my proprietary dice separately from my regular dice.  If I don't play the game for a few months or more it's easier to lose track of them.  If you happen to lose one die from the set you can't just replace it without purchasing a whole new set.  And of course the proprietary dice aren't always available for purchase.  I can't just go to my local FLGS and buy Star Wars dice even though they sell the RPG.  And what happens after the game is discontinued and my friends and I want to play it a few years down the road?  Hope we have all those old dice still around.</blockquote>

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