How many is too many?
There is no such thing as too many dice.
Every year or so I buy another Chessex Pound o'dice, just because.
No limit, unless you're collecting disproportionate numbers of one type. Nobody needs more than one d12 of any color/style.
A couple "pound o' dice" bags will always be plenty for any guests.
>>47068270
In total? No such thing.
In a single roll? I like to keep things in the single digits, maybe a dozen at most.
>>47068325
That said there's few things more satisfying than bringing home a new set of dice after a trip to the FLGS.
>regular playing group of four years
>two people STILL don't have dice
>one of them, without fail, always asks to borrow my favorite set
>>47068408
how?
what?
why?
>>47068408
>Buy everyone a cheapass set for Christmas
>If the scrubs somehow lose or don't bring theirs, have the other 2 lend them their extra sets
You can train them out of this.
are precision dice a meme?
Once you pass 2,000 it becomes a chore to store them. So I'd say, 11,000? Hard to count them all once you fill up a laundry basket with them.
>>47069064
"is ____ a meme?" is a meme.
>>47069186
"Is" is a morpheme
>>47069203
"E" is a phoneme
>>47069186
You're a meme.
Unless your name is Milhouse.
>>47068270
So many that you can't find the one you need quickly and easily is too many.
>>47073148
Hang on. It's in here, SOMEWHERE.
>>47068270
Once you have a small bucket you dump in a small corral and have five guys gather all the sixes, fives and ones.
Shadowrun is fun
>>47068270
When you own a plant that manufactures dice and you can't sell off your stock, then you have too many dice.
Otherwise, no such thing, you always need moar.
>>47068347
I don't know anything more satisfying. I just bought a d20 set of teal sparkly dice and these fantastic marbled dice of all colors and I was ecstatic. So pretty.
>>47075922
>>47068270
>collect dice in real life
>find dice threads on /tg/
>tfw now I am collecting both real dice and images of other peoples' dice collections
Have I gone too far?
>>47080172
>images
>>47068270
generally speaking, 10 dies at a time is kinda over the top.
>>47084958
Generally speaking, if you're playing certain games like shadowrun or champions dice pools can easily jump to 11, even over 20 in the latter.
How important are dice, /tg/?
Our GM is an ex-Warhammer player and has a lot of dice. The rest of the group has no dice besides standard d6s out of 'normie' board games. Every time we have a session our GM just puts his bag on the table and we select two d10s of the same colour and then return them at the end of the game.
We're all civil, don't break things or throw them around, or suck on them, or anything else like that. The GM has not asked us to buy our own dice ever.
However, on here many people (like >>47068408) give the impression that not owning your own personal set of dice is a 'bad thing'. So, is it always necessary to have dice, or is it just a thing you should have if joining someone else's game who may not be so accommodating or willing?Context: we're all friends with each other.
>>47069064
+1 confirm
>>47077409
...did your plant over produce dice again?
>>47085247
who is this phallus chalice
>>47085205
In a system using only 2d10 one person can easily supply the whole group with a handful of dice.
But a lot of games use more than just two dice. A handful is only for one person, and if there are two handfuls of dice to split amongst 5 people we got problems.
>>47068337
>In a single roll?
If you can't hold them all comfortably in one hand, you've got too many.
>>47085205
If it works for you and your group (and it sounds like it does) it's no problem.
depends on whether or not you find use for them
>>47085294
KYM-tan, mascot ofKnow Your Meme
What style of dice do you guys prefer? Solid color, translucent, marbled? Favorite color scheme? Pipped d6es or numbered d6es? d4s with numbers on the edges or d4s with numbers at the points? Should d10s be numbered 0-9 or 1-10? d10s with an a zero printed after each digit for d100 rolling, y/n?
>>47086276
>Solid color, translucent, marbled?
it honestly depends on the die and the colors
>Favorite color scheme
As edgy as it is, I really love any combination of black, white, and red. I'm also a big fan of pinks as well.
>Pipped d6es or numbered d6es?
I'm weird about this, if the game is ONLY d6es, pipped, if it uses all sorts of die, numbered.
>d4s with numbers on the edges or d4s with numbers at the points?
points
>Should d10s be numbered 0-9 or 1-10?
1-10s mostly, maybe with one 0-9 around for big numbers, but only if you're already using a bunch of dice and don't mind excess
>d10s with an a zero printed after each digit for d100 rolling, y/n?
nah. Just use a 1-10 d10 with your 0-9 d10.
>>47086381
You're not alone on the d6 thing. I think it's because if you're rolling d6's alongside other sides of dice, not having numbers make them unpleasantly contrast all the other dice, but if the game is only using d6's, then pips is easier to read and more direct.
>>47068270
Just like dakka. There is no such thing as too many.
>>47086276
Solid colors, it's all about being readable under various light conditions
White numbers on black dice, black numbers on white dice or some plain red/green/blue dice with white numbers
Pipped d6 are preferred but both are fine
Numbers gotta be on the edges for d4s
I use 0-9 d10 but both are perfectly fine
I use a simple 0-9 and a 00-90 d10 for rolling d100, works fine imo
>>47086276
Frosted is literally the best.
>semi-translucent
>always readable
>always one nice color
>feels nice in ya hands
>rolls smooth on the table
No other type compares.
Mostly I get cool colored dice, as in blue or green or purple dice, but I like most of them unless they look like vomit. I have a soft spot for the really classy white ones, too, like I bone with black lettering. So professional. Unf.
I really like numbered d6s. Not really sure why people make the other sort anymore, honestly.
>roll a die
>number comes up on top
As it should be. Number goes AT THE TOP of the d4, always.
0-9 just seems to me to be the most versatile arrangement. It works fine for me. I don't really care for the extra zero digits, that just sounds like a waste of time when I'm digging through my dice bag.
>>47086455
Hang on a minute. I think you're on to something.
Does this mean Dakka = Dice?
>>47068270
If you will ever need more than 5 dices for single roll - change game. Unless it's some super-special situation more than 5 is just absurd, while the 5 itself is already a stretch of reason.
>>47086926
you roll one per shot.
how has this never before occurred to you?
>>47087126
I'm curious what justification you might have for that incredibly arbitrary limitation.
>>47085205
I'm that anon you linked.
I don't see any problem in players not having dice, I mean that's why I got a pound of the things. My problem is that I'm really confused why my friends somehow don't see the joy of having their own dice after nearly half a decade of needing them, and on top of that one of them has grown attached to my "exclusive" pound 'o dice set - glossy opaque blue/white swirls. It's a really pretty set and I want it
>>47087126
>not getting hype for rolling a fistfull of dice to see how much havoc that fireball is about to wreak in terms of damage
rolling dice is one of the most viscerally pleasurable parts of playing TRPGs in the first place
>>47086715
>Number goes AT THE TOP of the d4, always
>>47068270
10d4s, 5d6s, 12d8s, 8d10s, 7d12s, and 4d20s. If you have more than 75 dice you've either gotten way to many included with other stuff you've bought, or you just don't know which dice are good for which rolls.
>>47088116
Those look neat. Where did you find them?
>>47084958
I can generally roll about 15 dice with each of my infantry platoons in Flames if War. 16 stands of Italian rifles will do that.
I've also heard people rolling 40+ dice in a single attack in Kings of War. Dem rear charges man.
>>47088646
5d6 sounds like way too few, but the rest of those numbers seem all right.
I'd say 7 is too many d12s but d12s are my favorite so I'll let it slide. What systems do you play for numbers like those?
>>47088116
>D4s that actually roll when you roll them
Where can I get
>>47086276
Opaque, solid color, sharpish edges. I like bright colors. A traditional white-on-red is nice. Pipped d6es. Numbers at the points. 0-9. No extra zeroes desu
>>47068716
Hit them.
What is the best website to buy dice from?
>>47089057
Chessex's website is pretty good desu
>>47068270
When your dice pool is bigger than your head.
>>47080172
Yes faggot, you should watch the show "Hoarders". If you sympathize with the old fat fucks, than you got a problem. If no, then you're golden.
I just want some metal dice that aren't expensive and don't look absolutely autistic. I like having some weight in my dice throws
>>47068408
>one of them, without fail, always asks to borrow my favorite set
tell him he can't play if he doesn't bring his own shit.
>>47075922
why do you have so many, you don't even use them all.
>>47080172
don't buy cheap white dices or cheap white anything, it turns into an ugly yellow over time
>>47068270
More like how many is enough, and the answer is never enough. As others have said, one can have too many of certain kinds of dice, however. I for example have way too many Fate / Fudge dice. I have what, 8-9 sets of 4? And I don't play Fate, they were for my old homebrew.
In general, I feel like I need more dice, even though I do have "enough" right now. I just like to go window shopping for no reason. For example, I built a set of dice that are all pretty much round (meaning 12 or more sides), from d4 to d20. Next up would be buying d60, d24 and d30 for a time-based homebrew that I'm planning to do. Or to use in general when doing projects in games.
>>47085300
I am the ST in Exalted and I share all of my dice. Have to have a separate bag for my d10's these days. Half of them are cheapos though.
>>47068270
How many WHAT is to many?
How do you guys feel about rolling using spindown d20s?
They should be as random as a 'normal' d20 as long as their weight balance isn't off but I still see people get upset when other people use them.
>>47095332
I can't get too worked up about it. Rolling spindown d20s is not their intended use, sure, but it doesn't affect the outcome of a roll so it's not an issue.
>>47088844
Impact Miniatures
>>47075922
>dice with pips
That makes me
SO
GODDAMN
MAD
Whenever we're playing games with polyhedrals there's always ONE motherfucker bringing his "classic d6s" to cast fireball or some shit.
NO. Fuck you. It's visually inconsistent and the rounded edges are ugly as hell.
>>47095764
I know that feel, bro.
>>47095764
>pic related
Are you even mad yet? I have one of these on my atrocity set, which is my main set.
I want to buy one of those packs with loads of dice in them from Amazon, but I'm paranoid as hell. I keep thinking "what if the quality sucks, or there are bubbles in them?". Doesn't help that Wiz Dice seems to be one of the only companies where shipping is not more expensive than the dice themselves, so my choices are limited.
Does anybody have some recommendation/experience with dicesets bought via Amazon?
>>47085205
>GMing Shadowrun 5th
>Mid - highlevel shit
>2 players want to loan my dice
>Sniper adept and minmaxed melee streetsam.
>mfw they loan over 47 d6 .
>>47097377
The Chessex Pound O Dice is shit, full of ugly speckled dice, half and half colored dice that just look like they melted two scraps of plastic together, and dice you'll wish you had more of but will have nothing to match with. Not to mention it's loaded with all the D6s and D20s they couldn't sell. Wiz Dice is your only safe option in bulk, unless dice like pic related are your sort of thing.
>>47098041
That's good. I never heard anything about Wiz Dice so I didn't know if they were actually reputable or just some no-name brand that sells the dice other companies rejected.
>>47095740
At two bucks a pop an five shipping, am I autistic enough to order these?
>>47098526
buy 5 at a time, so it's 10 and 5. That's how shipping works, right?
>>47098174
It's not so much that Wiz Dice are good that Chessex in bulk is so unbearingly bad. Personally I run with a set of gold on purple Chessex Borealis dice, they're real pretty to look at.
>>47099250
I realize that. I don't necessarily need the best quality possible, just "good enough".
>>47068408
>Regular group for over a year
>People often forget their dice, so I always let them borrow mine
>My birthday comes up, one of the players gives me three sets of dice and a proper dice bag
>Thanks me for being the GM
>>47095764
But it is easy to count 8 dices. You just need a little bit of practice. It's also very fast. You just look at easy-countable sums. For example
1 4 1 5 6 1 1 6 is
(6 + 1) + (6 + 1) + (5 + 1 + 1) + 4 = 25
or
4 1 6 5 3 5 4 3 is
(5 + 5) + (6 + 4) + (4 + 3 + 3) + 1 = 31
It's really fast and easy.
>>47099858
>dices
>>47095764
You mad
Dice bags are for peasants.
>>47068408
buy them some dice
Just ordered two sets of these bad boys, plus extra d6s, numbered of course.
>>47068270
I have Salamanders-green dice cube that GW used to sell. I got it about six years ago and to this day they're the only dice I have ever bought.
ω + 1
>>47080172
I collect pictures of lots of things
>>47096160
>he only has 1
I have 14 of those bad boys. I think I'll get some more to play some shadowrun with.
>>47099493
did you suck his dick?
>>47107009
This is the d4 of a man who doesn't use a coaster.
>>47107451
You mean who does use a coaster.
>>47086276
This >>47086519 except just having no preference about d6s.
It is why I can't get big dice bags and just normal dice sets instead because I don't want 10 sets of unreadable speckled Chessex dice that look like vomit compacted into rocks.
>>47088813
that's d6s though, everyone knows that when it comes to rolling multiple dice, 3d6 = 1d10, and 5d10 = 1d20, so rolling 40d6 is roughly equivalent to roling just under 3d20.
>>47107871
This is the d4 a man is forced to use when he didn't use a coaster.
>>47108049
Oh I should mention translucent ones are fine for me as long as they're still easy to read. I have some bright orange and red ones with white lettering that are just fine.
>>47086276
Clown vomit dice.
Nobody steals them, nobody asks to borrow them, they look unique unique enough to not get mixed up with other people's shit, and they remind me of the carpet at a roller rink or movie theater.
>>47108079
>rolling 3d6 = 1d10
>5d10 = 1d20
What the fuck are you talking about?
Average of 3d6 is 10.5, average of 1d10 is 5.5; they aren't remotely equivalent. Of course, I don't know the system you're talking about, so perhaps they're comparable in different ways.
>>47107451
>>47108088
>>47107871
I honestly just carry them by threading strong fishing line through them. Have a nice heavy and spikey blackjack essentially. believe it or not it still hurts less than lego's to step on.i honestly use them when the dm's being a prick. Between the heft and sharpened points table finishes don't stand a chance.
I think I have enough dice when my Crown Royal bag won't close
I generally bought sets because they looked fun or stood out >>47105259 was actually my second set. I also bought a bunch of d20's in the vain hope that one of them would roll good.
My favorite set was a chessex d6 pack with green and blue with gold pips I bought for Shadowrun.I gave them all (bag included) to my little sister after she lost her first set.
>>47108079
>roll 1d10, equal chances to get 1 or 10 or any other number
>roll 3d6, it´s impossible to get 1 or 2 and extremely unlikely to get 3, 4, 11 or 12, chance gets progressively more likely until you reach the middle values, which are disproportionally likely to come up
Go check probability curves, anon. You´re missing some important info on dice
>>47085205
It's only a problem if they fart-ass around handing dice over every combat round. "Hey, has anyone got more d6's? I need like 6 more of them for this fireball." Cue people picking out their d6's and handing them over. Then the next player, the rogue needs four of them, so they hand those over and the leftover two either go back to their original owners or get lost under rulebooks/character sheets, so next turn people have to fish around for them again.
It can get tedious.
>>47086276
For some reason I prefer to use dice that match my character or game.
Big red oversized d6's for rolling fireballs.
Black and yellow for post-apoc games.
Marbled green for CoC.
You get the idea.
d10's should be 1-10 and to roll a d100 roll with one numbered 00-90, so there's no arguing which counts as the "tens" and which counts as the "ones". But I don't particularly care.
My friends bought me 21 matching d10s for my 21st...we were playing Exalted so it made sense to get a bunch of 'em.
>>47102165
>Andrew "tiny dice man" Zahack has a huge boner for dice
>has never, and now that the comic is finally over, will never release recreations of the Fluorite Octet
>holds contests for even more shirts
>>47068270
Have you covered the whole floor of your enemy's bathroom with d4's while they are in the shower yet? No? Clearly you need more dice.
>>47113877
That'd actually be a damn good way of getting back at shit room mates. Maybe throw in marbles amongst the bunch.
>>47080172
You may have a pic of my paltry collection.
>>47068270
Depends on the setting.
Please don't use this.
>>47117261
>paltry
Don't sell yourself short, Anon, those colors look pretty cash money to me
keep on doin you
>>47068270
>too many
All
>too few
None
>>47105779
that picture is beautiful and Please anon I beg you for their color name. They're like tiny galaxies in there.
>>47087191
It's simple and not exactly arbitrary. 5d6 is the maximum you can comfortably roll using one hand
>>47087355
Anon, what if I told you your maxed-out HP is 35 and fireball deals 4d6 by default, while going all the way up to 6d6+fixed bonuses? Who needs bucket of dice if you can have well-designed game instead?
>>47118447
Different anon here. Opalescent. Comes in like 80 varieties from plain plastic to actual opal. That one in particular is believe it or not plain plastic Translucent Opal dice. The cheapest of that type.
>>47118242
So, a die cut in half is not "too few"
>>47118447
Looks like Chessex Borealis Aquerple.
>>47068270
Dice are like Dakka. They start with d, make nice sounds, and there is never enough.
>>47102586
This nigga knows whats going on.
>>47105259
>green & gold
Fucking sumptuous, m8.
>>47108079
>>47108298
>>47111241
I Think he's referring to physical size, he's still wrong though
postan
....
(pic does really need update)
>>47123194
wutz u flappin ur gob fo den ya grot licka git bakz ta shootzin!
I have a set of d6's that form a chaos star when you put four of them together, anyone know anything about them.
I use these guys as my primary dice, unfortunately the inking on the d10s is fading, which makes it hard to read
>>47125442
>that green die on top
What the fuck? Is that a d1?
>>47125442
tasteful!
>>47119198
You see if you cut die in half you now have 2 dice.
Die always wins.
