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[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

better options exist

Standardising on D6 only?

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 days ago
[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's a really shitty d12

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

One fun fact about dice is you can have any higher faced die substitute for a lower faced one by rerolling any number not on the lower die.

This is why I only carry a d100

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

How would this work?

I mean you could use a d8 with duplicate 1-4 numbers.

[-] coalie@piefed.zip 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The original d20s doubled as d10s. They came uninked and you were instructed to use two different colored markers to mark one set of 1-0 one color and then second set a different color.

https://nerdlypleasures.removed/2025/02/holmes-d-dice-replica-review.html?m=1

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Or a d12 with 1-4 three times, which is what I use for my d4s

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Rejig everything so it's so multiples of 6.

Warhammer moved from D3, D4, D6, D8, D10, D12 and D20 to just D6 (and D3 from D6) You need a lot of D6, but they're ubiquitous.

[-] Yosmonkol@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Wouldn't that change the probabilty curve? I guess it could be nice if you wanted to limit critical success and failure but it might reduce the sense of randomness.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's actually a tough choice, I like having a variety of shapes for my click clacks but I despise the caltrop d4

Edit: I've thought about it, and if I had to choose between a "standard" dice set with tetrahedron d4, or only a pool of d6s, I would choose the dice set and try to avoid ever using a d4.

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