I'm actually considering quitting gaming altogether because of these little bastards.
I've been gaming since middle school, and have done quite a few games in quite a few genres... The big ones being DnD, Vampire the Masquerade, The FFG Star Wars RPG, Warmachine/Hordes and 40k, with some dabbling in fantasy and X Wing.
And regardless of what type of dice, or what the system is, I'm always boned. I've always been boned. Everyone within a 4 city radius knows that MY dice rolls suck. I've stopped playing my Wargames, I quit going to the game store, and now I'm playing the FFG RPG, and I haven't succeeded a check in 2 sessions. I can get 15 advantages on every fucking roll, just no successes.
What do? I've gone through so many dice, I've done all the damn voodoo you can do without sacrificing an animal... I'm just really sick of the average on 2d6 being four and a half.
inb4 OP is whiny bitch
>>46360135
You should really think about sacrificing an animal, maybe make dice out of the bones.
>>46360217
It'd bring my rent down if I killed a cat, but the fiancee isn't fond of the idea.
Since my predicament isn't likely to draw a lot of attention, lets add dice stories.
In the last DnD session I played in, I was asked by the first time DM to intentionally break a Gestalt character, to make up for the fact that we had 2 new players, and we only had a group of 3.
My Construct Incarnate Primordial Half Ogre was technically ECL 1, but was AC... 22? With 30 some hit points, and +8 on his level one flurry of blows. Also, he was a wizard.
So the queen of the Kobolds is in front of us, and she has just executed a kobold friend we had, Meepo. No reason, DM was sort of a dick, think he wanted to see what would happen, whatever.
So, I make my concentration check to avoid provoking attacks of opportunity with her two guards, and try to cast a Color Spray... Nat 1. So my spell fizzles. DM gives me a break, says I can make a flurry of blows at the queen if I like... Go for it. Two nat ones, one after the other, every one of them on a separate die.
Duzen turned around without saying a word, ignored the two attacks of opportunity from the queen's guards, and walked out of the dungeon, bitter, and never to be seen again.
>>46360367
>It'd bring my rent down if I killed a cat, but the fiancee isn't fond of the idea.
Dude, you never sacrifice cats to get good luck, shit, that's how you get bad luck in the first place.
Gotta be a cloven animal, like a goat or horse.
Have you tried playing an ORE based game? getting three 1s in a row would be a good roll, allow you to kneecap faster than lightning.
>>46360367
You could just be a coward and avoid the front lines and yell helpful advice when you got it, and try to be minimize your rolls. It really comes down to luck, there isn't much to fix that unless you want to sacrifice something to our dark lord Satan.
>>46360135
Have you rolled the dice in the exact same way every time you rolled?
Do you get similar results if someone else rolls the dice for you or if you use a dice rolling program?
>>46360816
I've never heard of an ORE based game, what is?
>>46360892
This is actually the intent with the next character. 64 year old jedi hobo basically, didn't put ranks in a single thing except force powers. The plan is to just roleplay everything and never need to roll anything
To anyone that knows Warmachine, I play Skorne. When I play against Cryx, I generally run Hexy1, because without a Mat buff, my Nihilators can't hit banes.
>>46360135
There is a ton of diceless RPGs.
Maybe you should some of those.
>>46360976
I always make sure to pick the dice up and roll them around in my hands. I stopped using casino dice because they were too hard to roll around.
The dice are just foul for me. There is another person at the LGS who has the exact opposite of me, and the running joke is that if he rolls half my dice, I'll come out average.
And I've used the FFG dice rolling program a little bit, and it's been okay, I've never used one for a d6 or d20 game.
>>46361124
Then change your rolling style. If that doesn't give you better rolls, keep changing your style until you find one that does.
If all else fails, ask the lucky player to teach you how to roll dice.
>>46361118
Any good ones you'd recommend?
>>46361221
I used a dice tower for a little while, it just takes a bit too long when you're playing timed games.
One of my local trollblood players is under the impression Champions are good because my deadeyed ATGM can't kill them.
Just go and buy some weighted dice for fucks sake. The culmination of all those bad rolls has left a nasty juju overly your dice luck. You need some artificial 6's or 20's to get your juju back into shape.
>>46361221
Better yet kill a goat in the name of our dark lord and ask Satan to teach you how to roll dice.
>>46360981
REIGN, Nemesis, Monsterhearts? Or am I mixing that up with something else?have you tried prerolling all the 1s out of the dice you use?
>>46361315
I actually have a set of tampered dice. Microwaved my first set after using them for a few months to no avail. Doesn't really serve much purpose
>>46361382
I'm starting to get the feeling that's my only option.
>>46361410
I'll look at those. And I used to try and get bad rolls out of the way, but when most of your rolls are bad >.>
I HAD been keeping track of my dice rolls on an excel sheet, keeping different pages for different sets of dice and different game systems. I stopped tracking my dice averages when people started accusing me of lying
Whoever GMs for you next time convince them to allow you to use the reversal mechanic. If you roll low it's treated as the opposite number on the die. So it would be like this:
1 is 20
2 is 19
3 is 18
4 is 17
5 is 16
6 is 15
7 is 14
8 is 13
9 is 12
10 is 11
>>46361491
Then test several different ways of rolling dice at home. Don't come out until you find a method that consistently rolls good results.
Also, your attitude is affecting your rolls. Remember, make your own luck, and control your fate. Don't let it control you.
>>46360135
Dark Heresy senpai, low rolls are good and no d6s getting you down
>>46360135
Buy casino dice, play games that only use D6s.
>>46361491
Well Satan isn't the "only option" You could pray, cheat, leave it to fate, manage risk, believe in the heart of the cards, or tough it out.
To be honest though Satan is the best option, and who doesn't love killing a goat and eating its still beating heart!
>>46361603
I've actually debated this, the Star Wars RPG doesn't have exactly even dice though, so I'm waiting around for the next DnD campaign.
>>46361619
I'm pretty much always rolling dice. It was a series of dice rolls that I was trying to test an NPC with that made me get up and make the thread.
The positive attitude thing can only get you so far. I'm the damn Press Ganger in my town, and I haven't played a game of warmachine in 2 months.
>>46361651
Blegh
>>46361661
I have a set of casino dice... Stuck with them for a year before I replaced them with a set of backgammon dice
>>46361676
Been sticking to toughing it out lately, but the managing risk thing is what really gets to me. I intentionally make REALLY bad matchups in my games to try and make up for dice rolls
>>46361791
>I'm pretty much always rolling dice.
In the exact same way, with the exact same results. So flip the dice before you roll them. That will give you the opposite results.
>>46360135
When it's always your own dice you suck with it can be that they are biased in a certain way if they have airbubbles in them.
Happens due to the way they are made.
There are ways to check this though. Like floating them in water and stuff.
In which case buying some new dice would solve your problem.
If you seriously believe that there actually is some statistical bias against you when you are rolling dice, then i'd say that yes, you are indeed a whiny bitch. Sorry.
>>46361956
Water tests are pretty easy to do on most dice, kinda rough on casinos, but I have actually tested all my dice.
I DO have a few sets that ARE actually poorly balanced, but the precision backgammon dice I spent 30 bucks on are fine.
And the statistical bias is called "fish dice," and like I said, everyone within a 4 city radius is aware that I've got it.
I get really sick of it being the only thing I get to talk about, but I'm really sick of not being able to play games like everybody else.
>>46362075
Take each and every dice you own and roll it three times as many faces of the die. If they suck then throw it in the furnace. Repeat for every single die you have. Then buy a 20 pound bag of them and repeat with every single die in that bag until you are down to a few dozen that don't seem to be fucking you over.
>>46360135
You should quit gaming and get another hobby
>>46362185
I'm really sad that this is becoming my line of thinking.
>>46361791
Just be a coward, it's not the best way to manage risk but it can help. Do you have to jump a over from one building to another to catch a thief? Don't do it, sleep clutching your valuables just in case so he'll rob your friends instead. Have to fight a couple of ruffians? Your friends could probably take them, help a little and be careful not to get to close to the big one. Value your well being over your friends and valuables.
And if you really don't want to sacrifice a goat to Satan at your house because you're scare of eternal hell fire, see if you can do some voodoo in the game. Hell if your gonna die due to bad rolls might as well try to sell your soul to the devil to see if you can last a little longer.
>>46362286
My next dude is an old man, and most of his power is dependent on me getting a single positive result on 3 dice. Ideally, I talk my way through everything.
As far as the rituals go, for awhile I was keeping the dice I planned on using in my pocket, hoping to "attune" to them. When they aren't being rolled, I keep my d6's all turned up to 6, and I try to keep others from touching my dice.
>>46362381
An old man sounds like prime coward material, probably doesn't want to throw out his hip in melee combat. If he's like jedi he'll probably say things like his wisdom is more valuable than his fighting skills, and violence should be avoided to preserve the miracle of life. Make sure the other PC's like him too so they'll roll their dice to protect you, and now you are a good coward without appearing like one.
I'm not sure the number six will do much, maybe Satan will humor you with some okay rolls, but killing goats is really the way to go in my opinion.
>>46362875
The goal with the sixes was more looking for the optimal result... If I took more risks and had to EVER make a check that required a low roll, I would probably let them sit with the 1's up for a second.
And the goal with the jedi is to reveal as few of my powers as possible, so nobody gives me anything to do... Then when an emergency comes up, I can try and do something cool. Because on a good roll, I can pull ships out of the sky
>>46360135
I also had this issue with a dozen or more sets of dice. Didn't roll nat 1s often, but fairly consistently missed when I needed 8+ to hit, rolled 3 total on 2d6+1d8 damage, etc.
The one goot hit I rolled I did stomp shit, though. Rolled 2 shy of max damage on 4d6+4d8+16 damage. Felt great. My one shining moment in a 13-level career of failures, before my inability to pass DC10 checks with a +4 bonus and advantage got me killed.
There was a good game moment spawned from my generally abysmal luck, which was when we were threatened by an overpowered bandit lord, the other fighter was incapacitated and he challenged me using Compelled Duel. Popped action surge, maneuvers, everything; missed six attacks in one round. DM asked me to roll for fate - which usually results in us getting fucked over by something, so I expected a ricochet to cause me to injure myself - and rolled a 20... causing the bandit lord to, in sheer amazement at my apparent attempt at ridiculous trickshooting in such a desperate situation, surrender by intimidation. I'll never live it down.
I've swapped to a set of Q-workshop's runic dice in my new game and have been rolling amazingly, though. Every bad set was from Chessex. Not saying it's absolutely true but that was my experience. The rest of the group hate the damn things, though, because their eyesight is fuckawful or something and they can't read them easily, but the DM trusts me to tell him my rolls accurately.
It could just be my chakras being realigned because I love runes, though.
>>46363005
I haven't bought Chessex dice in years... And while I can't speak to the quality of the dice, holy cow those runes would be so terrible to read. There are dice like those made by the Warmachine people, and I got so many complaints when I was using them.
I've also been directed to weird Crystal Caste dice... And no. Not even dice
>>46360135
Just play games that don't require dice rolling.
OP, there are lots of gamers like you. who always have the worst luck and shitty rolls.
the real issue has nothing to do with the dice though. you are mentally predisposed to focus on your failures and unfulfilled wishes then to appreciate your successes.
every time you attempt something you need to be aware that you might fail and be okay with that. moreover, you should be creative in how you fail and also be conscious of how you try.
i've played with many people and i've seen lots of "lucky" and "unlucky" rollers. the unlucky rollers generally want all of their dice rolls to be successful. this is impossible. the lucky dice rollers focus on what they are doing and having fun and if their wacky plans and heroic schemes actually work, that is an added bonus.
trust me. it's not the dice.
>>46364860
Confirmation Bias is also likely an issue here.
Here's the thing, OP. Try writing down every die roll you make in a period of time, say, a month. Then, after that time, total that shit up and average it, see what you get.
I've found my rolls get waaaaaayyyy better if I roll on a mat like a mousepad or a sheet of felt. Might try that if you haven't, it helps tone down dice bounce
>>46364860
>>46364987
I've been getting told this for years by people who haven't seen me play games. It's really frustrating, because nobody believes that my dice average is 5.8 on two dice.
>>46365160
When I play wargames, generally I play on a felted table and the dice roll pretty well anyway. Always make sure to shake the crap out of the dice too
>>46365314
have you tried a dice roll app? if you still got the same feeling when you don't even use dice anymore you know the hardware isn't your problem.
>>46365482
I'll look into that... I've got a friend that uses one, he seems to like it. I've just spent so much damn money on so many different dice, it's a shame to use an iPod
>>46365314
Ok man, I'll tell you the same thing I tell everyone else:
You are not special. You are not different. While it is possible that you have averaged lower than average dice over the period, it's incredibly unlikely, especially if you've switched the dice you use.
You're just only remembering the times you rolled shit dice, and forgetting all the times you rolled normal
>>46360816
> horses
> cloven
>>46365611
You told me to calculate my average. I did.
I'm a Navy brat. You think I think I'm special?
I know what confirmation bias is. If you're going to simply ignore my posts and keep assuming I'm someone you know, you should probably just message THEM.
>>46360816
Horses don't have cloven hooves, anon.
>>46365796
>>46365765
I will not sacrifice a horse, then.
>>46365790
Come on dude. Any halfway intelligent person is gonna tell you that what you believe is impossible.
Just that. It's impossible that you have worse luck than everybody else around when you throw dice.
So in a way, by coming here and looking for sympathy you kind of make yourself out to be special.
I get that you might be frustrated, but you really need a reality check here.
The dice cannot be the problem if you switched them out a few times. Not possible.
So that leaves you. Either you change your perspective, i.e. your expectations from this hobby or look for something else to do that you can handle better.
>>46365790
Do you understand what the odds of what you're suggesting are?
You said you can do math, go calculate them. Go run the numbers, see what they give you for the odds of you having an average that far off the norm over that period of time.
>>46365886
This. Fucking this.
It's also a case of significance fallacy, now with a touch of special pleading. What fun.
This OP needed two replies as so:
>I'll take what is confirmation bias, you mongol-ass-backwards ass mother-fucking moron-mother backwards moron ass, dick in a blender retarded backwards plum bum dick willy bum bum cunt-loving mcmuffin.
> /thread
>>46365843
Yeah, goats are much more portable and clean up better.
Horses deserve it, though.
>>46365954
That's why it's so enraging. The fact that nobody ever buys it, except those who have seen it, makes it so much better.
>>46360135
i had the same problem as you, and the only advice i could give is you either hold out for your luck to change or buy some new dice.
i would recommend clear dice, helps with seeing impurities, or pay for science dice which helps a little bit.
but usually it best to wait out for your luck to change.
sorry i couldn't be more helpful than this.
>>46360135
Now listen OP, you're gonna need to do some very specific shit here.
There's only one god who can help you right now.
Get some blood. Preferably someone else's 'cause you're gonna need about a cup of the shit, but whatever. Get about a cereal bowl's worth of blood, eight red candles and your dice.
Place all of your bad dice in the bowl, highest multiples of eight up. Fill the bowl with blood at 8:00 PM. Light the eight candles. Let the dice soak in the blood for eight hours. Remove and let dry. Don't clean them off til the blood's had a chance to soak in. Use the excess blood to draw a Khorne symbol on your forehead or chest. Whichever looks more badass. Maybe on your fiance's tits while you're fucking her too.
If Khorne can't save your dice, no one can.
>>46366084
Haven't played a game of warmachine in like 2 months, I'm hoping I can go down to the store next week and get a game in, see how it goes. Saving up all that good karma... Or something?
>>46366088
Dubs of truth. Droppin orks, blood for the blood god.
>>46366123
Double EIGHTS, no less. The sacred number of Khorne.
You know what to do, OP.
>>46366052
You're an idiot, a troll, or both.
>>46366150
Maybe you just don't know everything
>>46366135
My fiancee just got off her period, so Ima have to wait a little while, but it's coming.
>>46361791
>>I'm the damn Press Ganger in my town, and I haven't played a game of warmachine in 2 months.
Oh hey, Windsor?
You're just being a whiny bitch.
Every time you roll a dice you have an equal chance of rolling a high number to a low number. You have rolled plenty of high numbers. People who "always get low numbers" don't actually always roll low, they just bitch more about it than others.
Stop bitching. If you have this kind of superstitious complex and it makes games unfun for you(and for others if you complain about your "low rolling" all the time), yeah, stop playing. But don't blame the dice, which are inanimate neutral arbiters. Blame yourself for having no cool or self-control.
>>46360135
I've read a lot of answers already, but not those which actually work (sometimes).
First, OP, I'm in the same spot as you, if maybe not as direly. I played mostly Vampire and the MechWarrior wargame, but my rolls have a strong trend to fall short. Only on inconsequential shit I actually get good successes instead of nothing or just hangin' in there.
There are four methods I deal with that, depending on what is at hand.
1) ignore my shitty luck and try to roleplay around a dice roll.
2) if available, offer a slice of pizza to the dice gods. Satan has no say in the matter, and blood messes up the sheets. They don't like that.
3) burn all the dice that fail you regularly until the new ones get the message.
4) hand the dice to a player with more luck when none of the above is an option.
Try it out, have fun.
>>46360367
>try to cast a Color Spray... Nat 1. So my spell fizzles
Since when do you have to roll to see if spells fizzle?
>>46368327
Crit fails fizzle, do you not use those rules in PF?
Use system with coins or cards instead.
>>46360981
That's really awful luck if you can't hit banes, man.
You're at like, 5 to hit those dumb skelemen before buffs.
Play diceless games.
>>46360816
>getting three 1s in a row would be a good roll
As another guy with terrible dice rolls, i can attest that doesn't work. I always roll high in roll-under systems when shit comes down.
>>46360135
Get some precision dice. Your gamestore might have some defective casino dice, if you are primarily using 2d6 - they're defective when compared to casino dice standards, but still far more accurate than gamer dice.
I am quite serious.
I have much the same problem you do: terrible luck with dice. I remember my first time playing D&D4e, and didn't roll above a six for several entire sessions. Precision dice were the answer, as pretty much any time I use them I notice a more even distribution. Perhaps it's luck, perhaps it's avoiding the lopsided ones, perhaps it's just psychological. But I pull out those sharp-edged ones whenever I don't want bad luck being a determining factor for rolling.
Also, you could try working with mechanics that don't involve rolling.
>>46368448
It's not roll under, it's a dicepool system where successes are how many matching dice you get in your roll - in particular, a roll of 3 1s would be a really fast, really hard kick in the left leg.
When playing dice-heavy games, I tend to use tactics that don't rely on the dice at all.
40k is an excellent example of this. I play guard. I play guard with no reserves and blobs that are fifty men strong with five power weapons. The dice simply cannot turn against me when I toss ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF THEM in a single shooting attack; roll large enough amounts of dice and they turn statistical.
In RPG's like DnD, play a caster and use AoE's, debuffs, and rays; attacks that don't roll to hit or don't roll to damage. The less rolls you have to make, the better. Forget the initiative roll, you're a wizard and you're going to suck anyway.
In short, don't make the dice your enemy. Simply don't use them.
>>46360135
Can't believe it took this long, but man. OP is a whiny bitch.
>>46366052
You are an idiot.
By even suggesting that you have bad luck (not that you have HAD but that it is a part of you and would be demonstrated if we watched you) you are implying that each person has his own luck value and they can't help it.
This isn't the case so basically you probably suck at wargames and get yourself in situations where your game hinges on passing some rolls, inevitably you fail some of them and lose. You then get online on your favourite Cambodian Tree Sculpture forum and complain that you don't lose because you are bad but because you have been chosen by God to fail at dice rolls.
>>46360135
Get some Gamescience® Dice Made in America since 1974. or use https://www.random.org/
>>46371572
dice heavy games actually have less luck then normal games. Looking for hits rolling a 1d6 or 1d20 actually requires more luck then say if you were rolling 10d6 or 20d6 looking for hits.
>>46360135
Bet someone $100 that you'll fail a roll.
Fate doesn't like being put in a corner, so it'll leave you alone and even out your luck after that.
