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DICE!
One of the features of D&D has been the use of and inclusion of "polyhedral" dice. Each is used for various things in the games, which can sometimes lead to confusion with new players, but a lot of fun for experienced players.
The dice are used for various random numbers. A typical set includes the following:
- d4 Four-sided dice
- d6 Six-sided dice (the most common)
- d8 Eight-sided dice
- d10 Ten-sided dice (for percentile roles)
- d12 Twelve-sided dice
- d20 Twenty-sided dice (the most popular)
These dice got their start as various Platonic Solids and were originally from a teacher supply store to teach math. I have in turn used them to teach my own kids math and used them in my stats classes to teach probability.
The old Basic sets all used to come with dice, except for the Holmes set. There was such a demand for dice then that TSR had to ship many set with "chits" instead of dice.
Like many gamers I have a lot of dice. Even though they are all just variations of the same 6 dice, I have different sets I like to use for different games and different themes.
Dice have even become a secondary market catering to Gamers. And there are some really nice ones out there.
Places like Dice Witchery, ZucatiCorp with their Holmage Dice, Threshold Diceworks, and so, so many more.
Tomorrow, I take a step back to talk Expert Sets to round out my week of some Classic D&D themes.