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[prillalar]

I am off to a gaming (D&D, etc) con this weekend. (Dragonflight in Seattle, in case you're going to be there.) And I have been thinking lately about the various superstitions we have about our dice

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[sophia_helix]

Hee. My friend used to train his d20s. It actually appeared to make a difference, or at least he would claim that. ("You're having a lot of 20s tonight!" "Well, I've been training my dice.")

I think you've covered most of my rituals -- although it's also bad luck if they fall off the table mid-roll -- except for the evil hoodoo I used to do on other people. When playing Yatzhee, for example, just as another player dropped the dice I would mutter "No twos" (if that was what they were going for), and by god, there wouldn't be any twos. It got to the point that my siblings insisted I stay silent during their rolls, because I was "cursing" them, and many an argument was spawned. *g*

[prillalar]

You are evil! You don't still curse people, do you? *edges away*

[merith]

i haven't done that sort of RPing in years... i will have to ask my son, though, if he has any superstitions.

that is something, though. as a bit of a humorous/curiousity thing, why not make up a quick poll for those at the con, and find out what others do. write up a little article (specific to that con) showing some of the responses and the outcome of the poll. might be able to get it published.

[prillalar]

That's an interesting idea -- maybe I'll do that. Thanks. :)

[mousapelli]

not so much, but i do have a funny story involving dice.

I used to play with a group who did Star Wars RPing, and at the end of one session, as we were packing up, the DM (the JM?) came up short a die. He asked if any of us had it, and we all began hunting around the table, but turned up nothing.

"Stop!" he demanded. "Somebody make a perception roll!"

[prillalar]

Hee! And I love that icon. :)

[miko_no_da]

Before starting any game, I'll take out all of my dice of the type that I'll need... ie all the d20 in a pile, all the d10, etc. Then I'll roll the whole pile, discard anything that gets a low number, and just keep going until I have only a couple of dice left. Then I'll roll both of those several times, decide which had either the highest average or the most high numbers, and keep that one... setting aside the other as my backup in case the high roller decides to start misbehaving. ^_^

There's a gaming con in SEATTLE this weekend??? OMG I wanna go! But... Cnd just lost her job, we're not supposed to be spending any money... *sniffles*

If you're close enough to Seattle to go to a con, are you close enough to drop into Vancouver some time for a visit? We can geek over anime and gaming! ^_^

[prillalar]

Wow, don't you worry you're using up the good rolls that way? I would never over-roll my dice like that.

Re Vancouver, it very well may be so. :) We should email on that topic some time.

[miko_no_da]

Nope! It's generally worked for me. I don't have any dice that 'tend' to roll high or low, but they do seem to have good nights and bad nights. So it's all about determining which kind of night they're having. ^_^

Of course, I'm a crappy roller in general, and have been known to curse dice in the past. -_- My gamer friends don't let me NEAR their dice, I've ruined ones that used to consistently roll high or low. My characters inevitably take more hits and more damage than anyone else in the party, which is why I whine until the GM lets me twink the character, just so I can SURVIVE. >.

[atrata]

*delurks*

I need to practice with mine. I will roll them many times, explaining to them what must be done. If, after several rolls, they are still failing me, I will swap them out for more reliable dice.

And I totally have separate sets of dice for games where I need to roll high and games where I need to roll low. This is so they don't get confused.

Mmmm. Dice.

*relurks*

[prillalar]

I have several sets, but I don't differentiate between games like that. But like I said to miko_no_da, I would worry about using up the good rolls doing practice rolls. Talking to them sounds good, though.