What mental associations do you form when you roll dice, /tg/? What do the different funny dice used in rpg's mean to you? What do the dice types symbolize in the game's fiction?
I'm going to list out some dice notations. I would like you to tell me one word (whatever comes to mind) when you think about that dice notation.
>d4
>d6
>d8
>d10
>d12
>2d4
>2d6
>2d8
>2d10
>2d12
>d4
fire
>d6
earth
>d8
air
>d10
NOT A PLATONIC SOLID RREEEEEEEEEEE
>d12
ether
>d20
water
>>48217960
>d4
Caltrop
>d6
kill-shot
>d8
Pyramid
>d10
Toplike a spinning top
>d12
crate
>2d4
pillers
>2d6
defend
>2d8
trapezoid
>2d10
grenade
>2d12
storage
>d20
hax
>>48217960
>d4
2.5
>d6
3.5
>d8
4.5
>d10
5.5
>d12
6.5
>2d4
5
>2d6
7
>2d8
9
>2d10
11
>2d12
13
>>48217960
>d4
dagger
>d6
short sword
>d8
mace
>d10
long sword
>d12
great sword
>d4
Pointy
>d6
Sneaky
>d8
Spiderbitch
>d10
Stalwart
>d12
Brutal
>>48217960
>d4
low lvl Savage Worlds
>d6
Atomic Highway and Shadowrun
>d8
Standard Savage Worlds
>d10
damage die (whfrp mostly)
>d12
high level savage worlds or playing with superhero companion
>2d6
shotguns in savage worlds
>2d10
percentile dice (whfrp strikes again)
>2d12
ridiculously high damage output in Savage Worlds
>>48217960
>d4
Kukri
>d6
Damage
>d8
Inquisitor
>d10
Nodachi
>d12
Barbarian
>2d4
Falchion
>2d6
Greatsword
>2d8
Nodachi (Large)
>d4
Dagger
>d6
Short Sword
>d8
Arming Sword
>d10
Longsword
>d12
2H Swords
>2d4
Spear
>2d6
Spear 8ft+
>2d8
2H Spear
>2d10
Pike
>2d12
Polearms
>Instant Death
Guisarme
>>48217960
>d4
You are rolling this because I willed it
>d6
You are rolling your bad skill, ok.
>d8
You are rolling your medicore skill, ok
>d10
You are rolling your good skill, cool.
>d12
You are rolling your best skill, neat
>2d4
Double the Caltrops, Double the Fun
>2d6
I will roll 2, players will roll 12
>2d8
I will roll 2, players will roll 16
>2d10
I hate myself don't I? Player rolls 20
>2d12
Aw shit nigga, why am I allowing this?
So many DnD fags around
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Very interesting! Thanks.
Would you guys mind if I followed this up with another question?
What comes to mind when you think of the following game mechanics?
>Dice Resizing
By this, I mean effects in games that replace your die with a different die one 'size' larger or smaller? d4 becomes d6, d10 becomes d8, etc.
>Dice Splitting
By this, I mean effects that replace a die with two smaller dice. d8 becomes 2d4, etc.
>Dice Merging
The opposite of dice splitting. By this, I mean effects that replace two dice with one die of a larger size. 2d6 becomes 1d12, etc.
>>48217960
>d4: Details
>d6: Spellcasting
>d8: Damage
>d10: Blasting
>d12: Barbarians
>2d4: D8-ish
>2d6 Lvl2
>2d8 Crit
>2d10 Concussion
>2d12 RAGE
>>48217960
>d4
Fuck I'm out of spells today.
>d6
Fuck me if this lasgun shot doesn't land I won't like this assault.
>d8
Fuck you, eat mace.
>d10
Fuck, I can't think of anything to put in this room. Time to RNG it.
>d12
Fuck you wizard haha, out of spells for the day?
>2d4
*halfling sounds of exertion*
>2d6
Fuck yeah, rapid fire!
>2d8
*Hasted mace swinging*
>2d10
Fuck, how did I get talked into playing Dark Heresy?!
>2d12
Fuck You haha, I'm not out of spells today!
d4
>deciding who's getting hit
d6
>doing something incredibly basic
d8
>LONGSWORDS
d10
>BASTARD SWORDS FUCK YES
d12
>deciding in what direction a weapon is going to fly
2d4
>death of a thousand cuts
2d6
>rolling for your worst stat
2d10
>roll for height
2d12
>Critical hit
d4
>when someone gets too close and you have to pull out the dagger
d6
>all those 1's for 2+ armour saves
d8
>mediocre weapon swinging
d10
>and yet again my lasgun did jack shit
d12
>mmm them tasty blood-splatters
2d4
>time to heal
2d6
>snake-eyes for leadership
2d8
>time to get rekt
2d10
>roll them skillchecks
2d12
>it's either 1d12 or 3d12, no middle ground
>>48217960
>>2d6
reliable old pals
>d20
raw
>d8,d12
elegant
>d4
cool once in a game, awkward to use regularly
>d10
out of place
>>48217960
>D4
fist
>D6
stab
>D8
black magic
>D10
trusty blade
>D12
crazy magic
>D20
praise it.
>2D4
Fire, panic
>2D6
Sneaky son of a bitch
>2D8
More black magic.
>2D10
Only war.
>2D12
Lots of magic power
>>48217960
>d4
weak
>d6
average
>d8
strong
>d10
plentiful
>d12
unusual
>2d4
odd
>2d6
low stat
>2d8
high damage weapon
>2d10
pathetically low stat
>2d12
very unusual
>>48222955
>Resizing
Stack as much as possible
>Splitting
Increased stability
>Dice merging
Why?
