(August 15, 2016 at 8:24 am)Nymphadora Wrote:(August 15, 2016 at 12:55 am)KevinM1 Wrote: I played Dungeons and Dragons (and other role-playing games) in my tween-to-adult years. d6 (die with 6 sides) is most common, but by no means something sacred. My old (and missed) collection of translucent red dice consisted of:
1d4 (pyramid shaped)
1d6 (your normal casino/family game die)
1d8
1d10
1d20 (the one most often used in D&D)
1d100 (for rare percentage rolls, but mostly for the lulz)
Arbitrarily deciding that d6 is meaningful due to its popularity (which, in turn, stemmed from the practicality of manufacturing - a cube was far easier to mass produce than other shapes) and then saying that the 'atheist belief system' (secular humanist belief system would be a bit more accurate) metaphorically rolled sixes on three arbitrarily chosen criteria is dumb. It's idiocy flailing at profundity, starting at the desired conclusion (666, as though an atheist actually cares about that number) and sloppily working backwards.
If the OP isn't simply trolling, they should feel ashamed for how utterly idiotic that is.
I have several D&D dice myself. I'm just wondering, where are your percentiles? I know you said you had a d100, however, we use two ten sided die that are differently shaped than the actual d10. In this case, one die has the even numbers 0, 2, 4, 6 & 8 on one side and the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9 on the other. Same thing with the second die, but that one uses tens instead and a 00 to represent 100.
I have six sets of D&D dice lol. I use the percentiles as life counters when playing MTG.
We'd usually just roll the d10 twice - once for the tens digit, once for the ones digit. The d100 would usually just roll off the table because of its shape, and my brothers got tired of chasing it.
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