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[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 63 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I got by with one set until I started DMing. Ever since then, dice make up about 70% of my carbon footprint.

[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Ya, well, I have a goblin brain, and I need all the pretty click-clacks.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, your spell hits, now roll 12d6 for damage

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's why you buy a box of 36 small d6.

And then 5e came along and changed half the spells to use d8s instead.

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My eyeballs don't do small dice anymore

[–] ChlorineAddict@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wesley Treat made a set that might be more your speed on YouTube.

I assume a piped bot will shortly appear with that link.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You could, ya know, do it yourself FFS. 😘🤷🏼‍♂️

https://piped.video/watch?v=OEdxLarEGTE

[–] misophist@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Chessex (and I assume others) also have sets of 12 d6s in the same size boxes as the 7 dice sets usually come in

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Under communism, we will have one big dice and everyone will get to roll it.

[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.

So the Barbarian gets all the d12s, is what I'm hearing

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Linking every TTRPG thing directly back to D&D is system reductionism! Under communism, there won't be D&D as we know it because it promotes and valorizes monarchism!

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 20 points 11 months ago

Transcription:

A screenshot of a Tweet by "castle mac steven" @CastleMacSteven

Me: *buying dice at the game store.*

Clerk: Sure you only want the one set?

Me: yep! It's got all of the 7 dice I'll ever need for #dnd

Clerk: okay then! *under their breath: "See you soon"*

Me: what?

Clerk: what?

Dated: 11:28 AM · 5/28/19 · Twitter for iPhone

1,415 Retweets 5,777 Likes

[–] YoFrodo@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Besides damage dice you'll need at minimum two different D20 sets for DnD. One extra so the bad set can sit in Dice Jail™ until it's learned it's lesson.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It comes in lbs? I'm getting one

[–] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 1 points 11 months ago

But you already got one!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

rolls up to the register with an entire cart full of D6 boxes

"Gonna be playing Shadowrun this weekend."

[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I'm not into pen and paper rpgs (though i'm curios about them), but if you need a bunch of dice, why not use an app?

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 months ago

If I was going to rob myself of rolling thousand dice, I'd just play video games.

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In a nutshell: rolling cool looking dice in a groovy dice tower is just absolutely pleasant.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 11 months ago

I can't swim through an app like Scrooge McDuck in his vault.

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

RPGs for me are a great way to not look any devices or screens for a few hours. Paper character sheet, physical dice, books and a pencil.

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Me buying a 120 dice set:

That outta get me started

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When I started DMing I bought a couple of packs on Ebay in order to have color coded dice for my players.

Then when I started playing, I bought myself 2 sets of really nice metal dice from Etsy.

Now I don't have the urge to buy any more dice, because there just is no need.

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hey baby, it is time to buy more dices!

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 8 points 11 months ago
[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, english is not my native language

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not a worry, it was mostly said in jest 🤗🍻

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What's the singular of dice, friend?

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

"What is the singular form of dice?

'Die' is the singular form of 'dice'. It comes from the French word des, a plural word for the same objects. In English, the most common way to make nouns plural is to add an 's'. If 'die' followed that rule precisely, its plural form would be 'dies', however, English is full of irregular plurals. Along with octopus, fish, goose, wolf, cactus, and appendix, "die" does not follow that rule implicitly. The plural form is 'dice'. If you roll dice, you are rolling two or more game pieces. If you roll a die, you are only using one piece."

It's really as simple as: which sounds correct? "Rolling a die" or "rolling a dice"? 🤷🏼‍♂️ Anti-intellectualism is no one's friend, friend.

[–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] droans@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's dice and die. Both are correct depending on who you ask

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dice

In old-fashioned English, 'dice' was used only as a plural form, and the singular was die, but now 'dice' is used as both the singular and the plural form.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dice

The singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice) is uncommon. Dice is used for both the singular and the plural.”

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago