What are some of the best/silliest/strangest beliefs, rituals, and superstitions you've seen people have about their dice?
For example: I knew someone who kept their dice in the freezer with the highest side up so they would "know they were supposed to be frozen in that position."
Posted Sep 29, 2019, 7:03 PM UTC
Dice Jail is hilariously silly to me.
That actually reminds me of something I did myself that I'd forgotten. Back when I used to play casual multiplayer mtg at college, I had this purple Koplow d6 that always seemed to roll low when determining who played first. We all decided it was cursed and I kept it separate from the other dice, in exile for its crimes.
After reading some of these responses I dont feel so bad only using red dice sets with white numbering
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I have a set of dice for each game I play, sometimes for each character. They're one with the characters I'm playing
One friend would soak his dice in whiskey to appease the dice gods.
I had another who would smash a d20 with a hammer, in front of his dice bag, so that his dice would be too afraid to roll poorly.
I had another who would smash a d20 with a hammer, in front of his dice bag, so that his dice would be too afraid to roll poorly.
I'm reminded of the scene from Good Omens where Crowley destroys one of his plants while yelling at the others to "Grow Better".
Man I've heard the dice smashing one before! I wonder how many people have done that over the years. Whiskey is new though, and makes me wonder how some dice shaped whiskey stones would do as geek drinkware.
He probably did it twice a year, give or take a few months. When he felt his dice weren't doing their part, he wanted to put the fear into them.
I don't know if it counts as a superstition, but I have a set of d6s that are possessed by an Oni (or multiple onis).
I ordered a set of Kanji d6s, and the Oni inside them tried to burn their way out of the package on the way here.
I'm not sure what the etiquette is for Oni, but I can tell you that they have rolled really poorly for me. For now I just avoid using them (though I sometimes threaten my players with them), but eventually I might figure out if it's worth a deal with an Oni to roll well.
An Oni?! IDK, man, but it looks to me like that was a friction burn. I'm thinking the package got caught against a box that moved, or on a conveyor belt and got caught in a roller.
I don't know if I believe in that sort of thing, but it sure is a hell of a story!
If someone rolls my dice without my permission I will never use them again. It's silly and it's crazy but every set of dice I've used that someone used without asking me have never rolled well for me again
Strange, I used to play with someone who kept their dice in a freezer because they were convinced that it made them roll better. They never mentioned keeping a specific side up though.
Gamers are odd folks sometimes.
Guy I played with would bath his dice in hot green tea, if anyone but him had touched them.
As a universal maxim, d20s are really evil spirits that betray you when you least want them to.
2d10 is your friend😎
Why not both? 1d20 vs 2d10 is a meaningful design choice!
Obviously, you've never had to destroy a d20. It's epic, dangerous but worth the quest.
Tolkien wrote a book about it, but, for marketing purposes, changed it from a d20 to a ring.
I've seen a great many hapless DMs and GMs blamed for TPKs, but I know better.
I know they stalk characters from their bags, trays and towers.
Heed my warning!😨
A guy had a box of like 300 d6. Before starting a session he would try his dice about 5-7 times and would literally throw those away which did not get a 6 on most rolls. I can't imagine how much money he wasted on dice.
That sounds expensive. And futile! That many would take forever to sort through to find the unbala- er, the lucky ones.
Jesus.