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What Is The Ideal Set Of Dice For 3e/Pathfinder/4e?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Knapp" data-source="post: 5608629" data-attributes="member: 65116"><p>For 4E, class & level determine number of dice needed. Classes with high [W] or fixed die attacks as well as high level magic items that deal extra dice upon a critical hit will want to have more of those dice on hand. Personally, I keep on hand the maximum I'd be expected to roll in a normal session.</p><p></p><p>My Fighter occasionally needs to roll up to 3 d12's at once so I keep 3 in my bag. Other than that, I keep a few d20's (so one can go in "timeout" when it rolls low) My friend's drow rogue sometimes rolls up to 6 d6's and little of anything else so his bag is more limited. My high level shaman rolls all kinds of dice so I need a bunch of everything when I play him.</p><p></p><p>I play a lot of LFR and it can get frustrating playing higher tier mods with players who still only have their "basic" set of 7 dice they picked up in the little plastic cubes sold at FLGS's.</p><p></p><p>Another thing I started doing years ago was color coding my dice. Makes it a lot easier to tell them apart in the heat of battle:</p><p>d4 -white</p><p>d6 - red</p><p>d8 - grey</p><p>d10 - blue</p><p>d12 - black</p><p>d20's - mixed so when I do multi-target attacks, I can say "Red for this guy, orange for that guy, etc",</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris Knapp, post: 5608629, member: 65116"] For 4E, class & level determine number of dice needed. Classes with high [W] or fixed die attacks as well as high level magic items that deal extra dice upon a critical hit will want to have more of those dice on hand. Personally, I keep on hand the maximum I'd be expected to roll in a normal session. My Fighter occasionally needs to roll up to 3 d12's at once so I keep 3 in my bag. Other than that, I keep a few d20's (so one can go in "timeout" when it rolls low) My friend's drow rogue sometimes rolls up to 6 d6's and little of anything else so his bag is more limited. My high level shaman rolls all kinds of dice so I need a bunch of everything when I play him. I play a lot of LFR and it can get frustrating playing higher tier mods with players who still only have their "basic" set of 7 dice they picked up in the little plastic cubes sold at FLGS's. Another thing I started doing years ago was color coding my dice. Makes it a lot easier to tell them apart in the heat of battle: d4 -white d6 - red d8 - grey d10 - blue d12 - black d20's - mixed so when I do multi-target attacks, I can say "Red for this guy, orange for that guy, etc", [/QUOTE]
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