Would this be considered cheating?

[KenM]

OK, we know most of the new DnD rules require a twenty sided die. But do the rules accually say the numbers on the die you roll have to be numbered 1-20? Could I roll a die that had 20 on every side?

 

[barsoomcore]

Yep.

ONCE.

 

[jgsugden]

Could you roll it? Yes. I don't think it would fail to roll just because it had the numbers from 1 to 19 on the other 19 sides of the die.

I actually have a homemade d20 that has nothing but 1s on it. I use it to make a point for my players. If they can't possibly do something, but want to try, I hand them that die and tell them to roll for it. "Here. Make a dex check with this die. If you get a 24, you managed to climb the dragon without waking it up."

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Cheating? Nah.

Perfect if you're a RBDM with a good sized DM Screen to hide the rolls from your players? Of course!

 

[shilsen]

Perfect if you're a RBDM with a good sized DM Screen to hide the rolls from your players? Of course!

But that's redundant, isn't it? After all, if they can't see your rolls, you can just as easily roll a 20 on your d12

 

[MerakSpielman]

There are d20s out there that have an extra 20 instead of the 1. Hard to notice that people never roll a 1 and roll a 20 10% of the time instead of 5%.

And YES it's cheating.

 

[0-hr]

Pg. 5 of the 3.5 PHB makes it pretty clear that the term "d20" refers to a "One twenty-side die, generating a number from 1 to 20." A twenty sided die with nothing but 20's would not generate a number from 1 to 20 and so would be in violation of the rules as written if used anywhere a player was instructed to roll a "d20".

 

[0-hr]

There is probably a Forgotten Realms supplement that would allow it though.

 

[dcollins]

I can't think of a more stupid or trollish question I've seen than this one. Congratulations.

 

[KenM]

Pg. 5 of the 3.5 PHB makes it pretty clear that the term "d20" refers to a "One twenty-side die, generating a number from 1 to 20." A twenty sided die with nothing but 20's would not generate a number from 1 to 20

Last time I looked, ther number 20 is in the range of 1-20. So technically it does generate one of the numbers in range, so I don't see what the problem is.