What dice are needed for D&D?
Many people new to D&D have questions about what dice are needed for D&D. To play Dungeons & Dragons, you will need a D&D Dice otherwise known as a 7-Dice Set. In fact, the 7-dice set is the standard because of D&D. Here are the dice that make up the 7-dice set: The d4 Die The d4, the dice that resembles a pyramid, is used in several spells found in Dungeons and Dragons. It is also used as the hit die when your character is wielding smaller weapons like clubs and daggers. As an example, if you make an attack with a dagger...
How do you read a d4 die?
RPG newcomers are sometimes confused as to how to read d4 dice. This is especially true if they encounter an "old-school" d4 die with the numbers at the base of the tetrahedron. Reading a newer d4 is easy, just look at the number that lands "up" or at the top of the die. However, on older-style d4s–and on some newer gemstone d4s, you'll actually take the number at the base of the die. How to read a d4 with numbers at the points It is straight-forward to read a d4 when the numbers are at the points of the die. Simply look at...
Gemstone Dice Sets
Here at Awesome Dice HQ we’re still recovering from the holidays — when we were sadly out of stock of all of our Gemstone Dice for the entire holiday period. Happily, we just got three new gemstone dice sets in stock (as well as the Tiger’s Eye back in stock). These are: Bloodstone Dice These dice are made from natural dark green Bloodstone and inked in gold. Bloodstone is normally a dark green stone that can include red spots of hematite, as well as rust-orange colors or even white veining. These are very attractive stones with a rich history of magical properties....
Dice Lore: The World’s Oldest d20 Die
Sometime between 304 and 30 BC, a craftsman in Ptolemaic Egypt shaped what is now accepted to be the world’s oldest 20-sided die. Carved from serpentine rock and engraved in Greek letters, the d20 looks remarkably well to be over 2,000 years old.
The die is currently held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where it has resided without much fanfare since 1910 after being acquired by Reverend Chauncey Murch during his missionary work in Egypt between 1883 and 1906.
Do Transparent Dice Roll Better?
This is pure speculation based on how dice are manufactured, but it’s entirely possible that transparent or translucent style dice may technically roll more true than opaque dice. I was talking with some dice manufacturers who told me that the plastic used to manufacture dice is actually clear by default, and opaque dice have coloring added. This seemed odd to me, and I asked why basic opaque dice were vastly cheaper than, say, clear dice that wouldn’t require additional additives. The short answer: opaque dice have air bubbles inside them. Why it Happens Air bubbles can form inside the dice...
d20 Dice Randomness Test: Chessex vs GameScience
Do Your Dice Roll True? The founder of GameScience, Lou Zocchi, has long claimed that GameScience dice roll more true than other gaming dice. In a well-known GenCon video Zocchi explained why GameScience dice should roll more true. His logic is that due to how dice are made, traditional RPG dice are actually put through a process similar to a rock tumbler as part of the painting and polishing, and this process causes the dice to have rounded edges. In theory the uneven rounding gives the dice an inconsistent shape that favors certain sides. GameScience dice are not put through this process, which is why...
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