Where it Lies Loosely inspired by Episode 114 of Critical Role. As a DM it’s tricky to determine if a player really rolled a cocked dice: where a pencil or piece or paper interfered with the proper roll and the side […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dance Like No One is Watching When your dice are on fire, you celebrate. Party while you can. Because your dice will turn on you soon enough, and try their best to horribly kill your character. Don’t eff me, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Boom I’m not sure whether to feel proud about this dad joke or a little ashamed. Next I’ll be doing a “dice pool” joke with the gamers swimming laps. So-called “exploding” dice systems are fun. When you roll a certain […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
All Or Nothing The swashbuckler in my homegame started out the campaign with a natural 1 and a natural 20, and has continued that trend of improbably rolls, earning the nickname of “all-in-Flynn”. Ridiculousness abounds when he attacks with his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Serving Hard Time No one at my table has a “dice jail” but putting dice on timeout isn’t uncommon. When a dice is rolling cool it gets dumped back in the dice bag or tossed in a drawer. I don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Caltrop It’s hard to decide what hurts more when trod upon barefoot: a Lego brick or a dropped four-sided die. I think Lego has sharper edges than more rounded dice. I don’t own metal dice, so I can’t attest to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sadvantage Rolling d20s is a little like playing blackjack. Sometimes, deal after deal after deal, you’re sitting above 16. And other times you can pull five-card trick after five-card trick. Except that you can’t hit – let alone crit – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Play it as it Lays The firm rule at my game table is that rolls don’t count on the floor. Otherwise there’s the temptation to strategically count good rolls wherever they are while rerolling bad rolls. But, man does it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Dice Attack I once sat down to do the math on how many rolls would be needed for a proper distribution of rolls with a d20. And by “did the math” I meant “plump formulas into Excel until the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Triacontahedron Time They do make d30s, which are typically a rhombic triacontahedron for you geometry buffs. So that’s always an option. This strip comes from a line spoken by Perram (aka Jefferson Jay Thacker), a host of the excellent Know Direction […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An Honest Mistake I have never done this. I live in constant fear… but I have never done this. I have a love/hate relationship with gaming snacks. Snacks are good, but it’s hard to roleplay with a mouth full of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pisa Has Nothing On It Sometimes you just need to do something with your hands at the game table. Something to keep busy while the focus of the adventure is on another player or your character is so stunlocked they’ll […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
