I'm sorry for the obvious beginner question that probably belongs in a FAQ, but I need to have expert opinion on how dice work.
I think it's good practice to hold your dice 20/10/6/whatever up, but what exactly does it cause? My group was of the opinion that it charges up the desired result, but I myself think it's more about conditioning the die to show the number.
Or is it something else? Can it actually be detrimental? Could it drain the energy of that result, increasing the chance of other results instead?
>wat
>>46483855
Is this a joke?
>>46483855
>Not using loaded dice
DIce are actually not solid, but very slow, viscous liquids. Having them with the 20 side facing up has the dice slowly, slowly flow towards the bottom, making the 1 side heavier. Since the heavier side wants to end up on the bottom, it results in more crits.
>>46483971
This would have the exact same effect as the conditioning -theory. Do you think the liquid that the dice are made of could be conscious?
>>46484032
Rather than conscious, they instead absorb vibrations directed towards them.
https://youtu.be/Ehlw-9PJkIE
>>46483931
>not carefully baking your dice to weigh them yourself, towards numbers that are high but not the max so it isn't nearly as suspicious as constantly rolling 20s
>not doing this on a bargain bin sack full of d20s so that you can just blame the production company for making shit dice and pull another one out of the bag
It's like you don't even play Pathfinder.
>>46484101
>there are people who cheat at RPGs
please stop reminding me, I've almost gotten through today without crying yet
>>46484101
>towards numbers that are high but not the max
But high numbers don't cluster together.
>using physical dice
it's the 21st century grandpa, get a move on and use the internet like everyone else
>>46484101
>cheating in a pretend game
>>46484191
>not just being that guy who uses life counters as d20
It's like you want to lose at RPGs, anon.
>>46484171
>please stop reminding me, I've almost gotten through today without crying yet
Also don't forget, those same people do it because their regular lives are so sad they want to win at something, anything, and so they cheat in a game of make-believe to feel any semblance of control over their life, like it's worth living in the slightest. They're in denial.
>>46484101
Why though
>>46483855
Your group is making the assumption that by touching the die you are changing it to be a more favorable number. If they really want to know what you rolled they will just look over and see what it is. There is completely no reason to pick up and display the number.
I have a habit of straightening my dice to have the number be right side up because I find it easier then identifying a number upside down, autism or something i'm sure. I have on at least two different occasions been accused of changing the dice when they see me straightening it. So people can get really paranoid about dice touching.
It's comparable to holding your cards under the table when you play a card game, people just can't trust that you are not fucking with it to cheat.
