Thats just..... sad.I just remembered a funny story of a guy in my group who didn't have any dice when he first showed up so he asked to borrow one of mine. I said he could use any from this pound of dice that I had lying around. And he decided to pick a pink one because he thought that since it was so odd looking it would bring him good luck.
As the night passed he never rolled higher than 9 and couldn't figure out for the life of him why. That's when I took a look at the die and realized it was a d10 in the shape of a d20. Needless to say, he took a lot of crap for that.
It really is. But this guy was notorious for doing stupid things just as bad or worse than this. In fact, it got so bad that his name is used as a verb to describe doing something stupid.
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It really is. But this guy was notorious for doing stupid things just as bad or worse than this. In fact, it got so bad that his name is used as a verb to describe doing something stupid.Thats just..... sad.I just remembered a funny story of a guy in my group who didn't have any dice when he first showed up so he asked to borrow one of mine. I said he could use any from this pound of dice that I had lying around. And he decided to pick a pink one because he thought that since it was so odd looking it would bring him good luck.
As the night passed he never rolled higher than 9 and couldn't figure out for the life of him why. That's when I took a look at the die and realized it was a d10 in the shape of a d20. Needless to say, he took a lot of crap for that.
Reminds me of the "Pulling a Homer" episode of the Simpsons.
A friend of mine once gathered all his D20's around a D20 that was being particularly and smashed bad the offending die with a hammer. He figured that the witnesses would learn a valuable lesson from what they'd witnessed.
I too have found the occasional public execution an excellent tool for improving dice performance. I'm sure it's a techique that's tought in Evil Overlord 101.
I used to be a legendary "bad-roller" in my times with warhammer battle where loads of dice were rolled.
In one well remembered battle about 20 years ago, I cleverly maneuvered my chaos sorcerer into position to deal with a bunch of well placed manmangler orc artillery. I placed the template of doom and got to roll 31 d6 (due to a ridiculous amount of min maxing) and needed a single 6 to wipe them all...
You know what happened, I did not manage to score even a single 6.
This was the time I retired the dice and bought new ones - worked like a charm!
Generally I try to play classes that got to rolla lot of die in or out of battle or roll a few with vast bonuses - everything else just leads to frustration for me.
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Long time dice roller here, with some words of wisdom:
1. As a previous poster said, stay true to your dice. One bad session does not mean they are used up. You ever have a bad day? So do they.
2. If you play and run a game, HAVE TWO DICEBAGS. Never mix your GM and player dice. It's just unlucky.
3. Donate dice to new GMs. I can't explain it, but ever since I started doing this, I roll on average 1-2 higher on 20s.
4. If all else fails, put them in the freezer overnight. It teaches them a lesson.
-B
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Had a good gaming session today. At one point, I needed to cast a spell while adjacent to an enemy, so I chose to cast defensively, which meant making a concentration check. To succeed in the check, I just needed to roll a 5 or higher on the die.
Now, I was about to say "Okay, I just need to roll a 5 or higher", and then roll the die. However, usually when I make such a proclamation, the die decides to thwart me, rolling just a little bit lower than what I need. I knew that such a statement would all but guarantee a roll of 4 or 3. And my die had been acting particularly troublesome today, so I knew it was out to get me.
So I decided to trick it. I said, in a loud clear voice, "Okay, I just need to roll a 10 or higher." Then I rolled the die. It came up... 7. Success! Take that, stupid die!
When mine misbehave I show them the microwave.
I also have specific sets for specific games. It is paramount that you do not cross the streams....as it were. :-)
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Long time dice roller here, with some words of wisdom:
1. As a previous poster said, stay true to your dice. One bad session does not mean they are used up. You ever have a bad day? So do they.
2. If you play and run a game, HAVE TWO DICEBAGS. Never mix your GM and player dice. It's just unlucky.
3. Donate dice to new GMs. I can't explain it, but ever since I started doing this, I roll on average 1-2 higher on 20s.
4. If all else fails, put them in the freezer overnight. It teaches them a lesson.
-B
I do number 3 every now and then.
I'm gonna start doing number 2 (That sounds wrong)
My dice roll average, high when I'm GMing and low when I'm playing. Apparently they hate me and my players equally.
YES. Someone else this happens to. I thought it was just me.
I can't believe you pulled a thread from four years ago, but on the other hand this thread is incredible so I'm kinda glad you did.
My dice just plain hate me (this is every dice game forever), to the point where I've given up on improving my rolls and instead just stack additives in order to make luck as little of a factor as possible. Then I roll high when it's completely unnecessary to do so.
My dice hate me too. Instead of rolling in front of friends for character creation, I do it at home because I am sure I will get a lot of low rolls (9,5,4, etc.) And I have a ton of dice that I have collected over the years. I used to have full sets but no longer!
I used to think that my Monk was a horrible character (besides what everyone says on these boards) then I realized that my dice can't roll high reliably.
My next character is going to be a Magus, now THAT should be interesting...
EDIT: trick for better dice rolls. My friends swear by this. They have these Wallet Boxes that have these nice felt liners and they roll their dice in them. I guess it's a version of one of those dice towers.
...Bizarrely, my last character was a Monk and I retired her in favor of a Magus. I haven't gotten to play her yet, though.
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Something that works for me, I'm not sure if it'll work for everyone else, but...
My dice used to completely hate me. Most of them are left overs from my parents (They've been playing D&D since 1st ed). I used to keep them all in a single Crown Royal bag, and d20s absolutely loathed me (ironically, d4s and d6s, on the other hand, loved this treatment). After about a year of horrible rolling, where I just figured it was my own luck got lost with my 1st ever dice sets (a very nice black and orange one for my dwarf, and a black and green one for my elf), I asked my mum how she always managed to roll fantastically.
The answer was so simple I face palmed myself thrice. When you've got multiple sets of dice, keep them separated, and loyal to characters. Don't just switch 'em out.
So, I did just that. Pulled out the old plastic tool bits box (the ones that stand upright with the drawers for screws and bolts and stuff), and separated them all back into the box. From there, I've assigned them to character types, personalities, or race/class combinations, since I never seem to have a particular game last more than three or four sessions before whatever group I'm in gets bored or upset with their characters (and instead of fixing or changing, they just scrap the whole darn thing).
To my surprise, they've been rolling better. At least until the box broke and I have to use the crown royal bag again recently. I hope to one day get some sort of dividing box again.
That said, if you're using inherited dice (like I am, and I shall likely pass them down to any gamer kids I may eventually have, thus turning them into family heirlooms), try to stick to the character types originally associated with them. They seem to like sticking with what feels familiar, curmudgeony old things.
Also... I've recently purchased some new d20s (well, like four years ago). The elders seem to either not care, or feel threatened, depending on what the old fellow was used for.
Buy lots of tiny d6. Begin your reign of terror by rolling all of them and EAT the ones that roll a 1. Then launch strike-firm campaigns, rolls where 1s will result in being eaten. Watch your rolls improve. Warning, do not use this on any but the smallest d6s, for obvious reasons, and you can not use this on other dice types. The others are far too individualistic.