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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 5249233" data-attributes="member: 8461">Cross-posted from <a href="http://alzrius.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/where-can-i-buy-a-dicebag-5/" target="_blank">my blog</a>.In my Pathfinder group, there’s a guy who recently bought a used set of crystal dice (that is, transparent dice) from a former member. And I have to tell you…these dice are magical.Ever since he got them, this player has rolled spectacularly well. It’s not unusual for his d20, for example, to see around eight natural 20′s in a single session, and most of his other rolls are in the high teens. This d8 tends to roll 7′s and 8′s more often than other numbers. Even his four-siders turn up a disproportionate number of 4′s.Now, we’ve all made jokes about how lucky his dice are, and even kidded that they must be loaded, but I’m honestly beginning to wonder if they are improperly weighted. Unfortunately, there’s no way that I know of to conclusively check, and asking/telling/demanding that he not use them seems petty, since without definitive proof it just makes me look jealous of his presumed luck.It also seems, to me anyway, that he’s begun to overshadow the rest of the group thanks to his unbelievable rolling. When everyone else is undergoing a tense battle to bring down their own foes, this guy’s erudite (a variant psion, from WotC’s Complete Psionic) will invariably blast the enemies around him to cinders in one or two shots. There’s still dramatic tension, of course, but a significant amount of it is being undercut thanks to the Superman in our midst.Given that this seems like an unsolvable problem – how do you nerf a set of miracle dice?  – I’m asking for suggestions. Is there any definitive way to tell if dice are loaded? I really want to check his, if only to put this issue to rest once and for all. If not, what should I do about the fact that this player is simply doing too well?</blockquote>

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