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Idec, The Dice God
"The roll of the dice is the will of the gods." -Anonymous D&D player.
Idec is a true neutral god. He came into existence via the collective wills of thousands of GMs from across the globe wished they could be playing with their PCs, rather that narrating. He provides GMs an actual roll playing option that allows the to take part in the campaign, while allowing the GM to say unbiased in the decisions he/she makes.
Followers of Idec believe that their god will lead them through life successfully, so long as they do not displease their god, and make decisions in their life based on the roll of a die (whatever is available, though the D20 is considered the most holy of all dice. Anything higher than that is just getting frivolous). Followers will always strive to acquire the most balanced dice available, though Idec acknowledges that some may not be able to afford such things. Knowingly using weighted dice, or dice made to purposefully fudge rolls is considered nothing less than an act of heresy, and such acts are liable to cause Idec to descend from the head of the table and smack-a-bro. So is the act of not acting upon rolls if the outcome does not suit the persons personal desires. Many misguided gamblers worship Idec, and are looked upon with scorn. He is not a god of luck, he is the god of arbitrary decision making, can't those fools at least skim his wiki page?
Most who worship Idec favor classes that allow them to re-roll checks, as they see these abilities as favors from the Dice God himself (see Preacher's Determination ability, Samurai's Resolve ability, or Weapon Master's Reliable Strike ability for examples).
His favored weapon are considered to be any weapon that has a natural crit-range of 18-20 as they give an improved result most often. Keen weapons (especially 18-20 keen weapons) are highly valued by the Idec's followers, for obvious reasons. They are seen as weapons personally blessed by Idec himself (though that's usually not the case).
Idec's worshipers are neutral, or chaotic neutral for the most part, though any class of any alignment can worship his ways (except paladins, they can kiss Idec's unaligned left butt cheek for all he cares). More fanatic worshipers tend to become paranoid if someone in their presences seems to be "getting a lot of bad rolls", the infamous "double one" from fellow colleagues is an immediate cause for suspicion. What could they be doing so bad to displease Idec? Maybe they didn't buy enough Ye' Olde Girl Guide Cookies... the monsters!
Feel free to add or change anything. You are the GM's, who am I to argue with you?
Alright, now how this all works out in game. If you're like me, you love GMing, but you also love playing. While you can't interact with NPCs without looking like a schizophrenic, this lets you have all the fun of making your character, and playing along with the PCs. You don't have to worry about ruining the campaign by doing things that would otherwise be outside your knowledge (either willingly or accidentally). Most any decision (other that the most obvious) will be made by rolling a dice and assigning actions to certain numbers (like what way you should go in a maze, or what door to open next). Such outcomes should be fairly distributed across the dice's sides, though in the case of a level 2 stumbling across a Balor, let's just say Idec is a great advocate of common sense.
As long as you are fair to yourself and your PCs, there should be no problems. And if this is a stupid idea, I hope you at least got a chuckle out of it :)
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IDEC = I Don't Even Care.
It was supposed to be the word Dice rearranged, but whatever floats your boat.