Is there any truth to the belief that Chessex dice roll lower than other dice?

It's easy to test for weighting, just put it in a glass of water (or salt water) and see if it always spins around to put one specific side up. If so, the other side is meaningfully heavier, which will skew results.

Does this work with D6?

It makes you seem delusional and untrustworthy.

No it only works with d4s, d7s, d10s, and d12s due to geometry

No. In general, particularly "marbled" dice, are composite of materials with different weights, which means they aren't strictly "balanced".

That being said, unless you're a professional gambler, literally doesn't make a difference. Not one lick of difference.

yes rotard

I have a set of chessex dice and they only roll ones. Checkmate atheists!

dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/That's_How_I_Roll_-_A_Scientific_Analysis_of_Dice

tl:dr yes the do. Its because of their rounded corners.

Yes, I only roll dice made in america and are true platonic solids.

Fuck those unnatural d10's.

I-I just got some of these because they were really pretty and sparkly and my favorite color. I was about to play in my first game ever this weekend but now am I going to never hit anything and die because my dice are bad?

it wastes time and makes you look like a stupid ass. roll your fucking dice and get a move on, dipshit.

I bought a box of 36 10mm dice for about 7€ and I can swear that I have never seen so many 1s and 2s being rolled in my life.

When I play we share dice and most of the time I've been told to change dice because they are shit.

No.

yes.

The transparent chessex dice are balanced better desu.
Less air bubbles.

They are mostly fine. There are just competitors disparaging their quality control. In the rare case you get an improper die, which will usually be a D8 or lower, it'll be quite obvious and you can easily replace it.

> Using Gamescience dice.

MY AFRICAN AMERICAN FRIEND.

You will roll so bad you will actually die in real life, and become the ghost of bad rolls.

It's fun.

I started it as a kid I had dice techniques and stuff and only realised it was a thing while playing Risk with coworkers in my early 20s. Since Risk is all dice rolling it really does improve the game if you start competing with eachother over ridiculous 'techniques' and theories.

I have to say tho Rubbing the 6 with my thumb and rolling it so it only rolls on that axis is a (seemingly) really effective cheat to maximise 6s when you need them.

i have two matching sets of the same Hurricane speckled chessex dice so that I can never blame certain die plus it's kinda nice to have them match. I also have the 36d6 pack that matches. My rolls are always well balanced.

meanwhile all my friends already have 2 different colors of sets and recently the game store has these metal 2d20 packs and each of them have at least one or two colors of them. These metal ones are heavy, drop like a rock, and don't roll at all. never seen more crit fails in my life.

the most obnoxious is this girl we played with who had at least 20(definitely more than that) full 7 piece sets of dice and a dice tray and every time she can make it to the game she sorts them all out by type in piles all over the table. I've only seen her roll 5 specific d20s and the other ones are just fucking sitting there what is the point of taking up all the space? it's narrow tables at the store which usually means we have less room on the battle mat because they're spread out everywhere.

>stop having badwrongfun
Ok

>stats in order of str int wis dex con cha
For what purpose

>Buy dice
>Put 20 side up
>Put in microwave for Internal plastic of dice now slightly melted to be more dense on the 1 side
>Rolls higher more often and less chance of nat1

No. I got a box of Chessex dice as my first ever set, and they had higher rolls than any dice I've had since. After 7 years, though, the numbers are gone, so I don't use them anymore.

>Internal plastic of dice now slightly melted to be more dense on the 1 side
>Rolls higher more often and less chance of nat1

So not only are you a cheating faggot, you're a cheating faggot that uses MtG life counters instead of actual d20s. Actual d20s meant for rolling don't have a "high side" and a "low side" because the numbers are scattered accross it's surfaces, not bunched up.

7/10 got me to reply even you you used a Pepe picture you trolly cuntface.

>Actual d20s meant for rolling don't have a "high side" and a "low side" because the numbers are scattered accross it's surfaces, not bunched up.

Nah, he is a cheating faggot, but there are d20 dice with distributions surrounding an 8. Look at d20 (0-9 twice) dice.

Not that I'm defending him, but you have no clue how the numbers on a die are distributed, do you?

...

the 1 is opposite the 20 man the lowest number adjacent to 20 is 2 and even then it could still be a success if his modifiers are good.

You will die because of your stupid decisions and strategy, not bad dice rolls.

Do you prefer lexicographical order?

Indented markings is more likely based on the` results. Dice with pips and rounded corners were worse than just pips, but just pips still produced more ones than expected. I do not see how balanced dice with rounded corners would favor particular results. Read it again faggot.

I do not know if you can generalize the results for d6 to other dice. I would imagine the effect is related to how often dice end up balancing on corners and the uneven weighting of different faces determining how the die falls. Different shapes, different degrees of corner rounding, and how unbalanced the faces are probably yield different distributions.

Abandon all hope

Can someone explain why rounded corners are bad?

Slight truth. Its not that they roll lower, but rather MUCH more consistent then other dice. The process Chessex uses for cooking their dice (yes, they literally cook em) usually leaves more air bubbles then dice rollers would prefer which results in a slight weighting.

>he doesn't freeze his dice after a game of consistently bad rolls

I use an ultrafine sharpy to fill in the numbers, but the color isn't always entirely solid on them. What did you use for yours?

Nigger he has bottles of paint in the picture

gonna go out on a limb and say paintbrush.

Nice handwriting

Rounded dice were thrown into a tumbler that removes paint from the surface to leave only the numbers left colored. The tumblers aren't precise things, so the weight ends up uneven. Since rounded dice they roll more, they will tend towards the heavy end being on bottom, skewing your results.

That being said, in a single session, you aren't rolling the dice enough to skew results that significantly. It's mostly confirmation bias.

And I have no clue what type of ink or brand those are. Is being helpful that hard?

Half-Knowledge and Faggotry.

The more a die rolls, the more impact his makeup has on the outcome. Basically a throw + a bounce is way less predictable than letting a die roll out over a surface. This is why Casinos use hard edged dice and have very specific rules about rolling them, to countract people trying to roll specific numbers through skill and to prevent some tables from being skewed towards a certain number. This is really fucking important to Casinos because they could potentially lose a shitton of money, so they try to minimize that.

For wargaming and roleplaying it does not fucking matter. For one, you aren't going to do the Casino throw + bounce off the back wall anyway. In fact, if you roll casino dice the regular way, they are way more predictable. I used to have a DM that used two casino dice he got from an overseas trip to Vegas for "very important rolls". He very clearly used them to fuck players he didn't like, because he could nail any number he wanted by placing the die in a certain way and rolling it off his hand.
For your average gaming, it'll mean jack shit.

What's way more important to the roll quality are bubbles. See, the nice thing with opaque dice is that it's really hard to figure out of the cast is fucked and has bubbles or a fucked up core composition. This is why GW loves to sell those, they overall cheaper to produce (so, buy in bulk for GW) because there's way less rejects. With transparent ones, you can clearly see if it's fucked.

TL;DR, don't buy opaque dice if you really care that much. From anyone, because they can always fuck you over. Don't buy into the retarded Gamescience marketing horseshit. Buy Gamescience for what they actually do well, and that's looking dope as fuck.

Yes a 20 is opposite the 1, no shit, but he's >implying the existence of a "high side," like the left half of the dice is 1-10 and the right half is 11-20. My d20 has the 20 adjacent to 14, 2, and 8, obviously not all high numbers and thus disproving that d20s have a "high side."

What's funny is you're the only person who said "high side" and "low side" so far. You misquoted him and then started getting technical about your own misquoting.

How old is the black d20? It looks chipped to hell. I can't tell if the red d20 has a chipped spot or if that is weird reflection or somthing. Is that normal for Gamescence stuff or do you game near a sand blaster?

>How old is the black d20?
purchased in 1992. There are 3 from that era.

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I like collecting dice but even though I have alot it's pretty unsatisfying because it's still mostly off the shelf modern dice.

I wish there was a better second hand market.

huhuhu "large sack" huhuhu

Danke

Those greens are aesthetic as fuck, you've sold me. Ordering some as we speak.

>5 INT
I don't think you are even articulate at that point.

You’ll be fine!

...probably. I mean, these are dice we’re talking about.

Well he's in the very low percentile (about 3.5%-ile) on a 3d6, so he definitely needs a "handler".

>sharp edged dice
Sorry I'd prefer my table to remain unfucked, you can have your meme "fairness"

You should consider using a table made of wood, glass, or plastic instead of the congealed brie or shaving cream that you're using now. At the very least you won't have to replace it every other week due to the stench.

>not crossing your fingers when rolling for an important check

Hardness of the wood doesn't matter, you're scratching the finish. Do you want to sit there refinishing a table because you thought it would be funny to hurl your giant d20 across it?

If a normal sized die is scratching your finish, you should stop buying finishes from the dollar store, and/or let it actually cure before you start throwing things on it.

Thiiiiiiiis close.

How would this even be possible with d20s that aren't spin-down?

Although there is evidence that d6's roll a disproportionate amount of 1's if they are small, have rounded corners and edges, and remove material from the dots. Casino dice roll spot-on 16.67% each number, but you need a proper craps pit with legal throws, or they just plunk down and don't roll.

>tfw 128.

...buying...finishes... what the fuck are you talking about? I didn't finish my own table, I bought it pre-stained like an ordinary adult. My friends, unfortunately, are fucking children and don't know how to handle nice things.

I've seen Walmart employees. No way in hell they are above 75.

Can't refinish it if you don't buy the finish, fuckboi. Stop buying shitty cheap tables with shitty cheap finish then, it's still applicable. If a goddamned soft plastic die, of any geometry, is scratching your table, then it probably gets scratched as soon as you put a plate down on it.

If your table scratches that easily, get a tablecloth

>he doesn't pre-roll his dice before every game
enjoy not hitting anything

>he rolls out all his good rolls before the game even starts
What a retard

And I'm 140 according to mensa. Doesn't make me any less of a loser piece of shit.

>INT 5
brainlet.meme

>+1 Dex
>13 AC

Is this AD&D first edition? Why would you subject yourself to that?

Just buy a dice tower holy fuck.

13 AC in AD&D would be like having 7 AC in more modern D&Ds. I actually don't think it would be possible without having a dex of 3, absolutely no armor (Because armor doesn't add a modifier, it just sets your base AC) and also some kind of additional negative modifier.

They don't necessarily roll lower, just less random. Because of the process they use to make their die, they have less randomization than other manufacturers. They make their dice out of different materials and often have large air bubbles in the center that, when combined with the rounded corners on their dice produce consistent rolls favoring a side of the die. youtube.com/watch?v=M3Y0loGqarI

i have some of the small D6s and they usually roll pretty high.
for example, i made my friend throw a chair after making three six up saves one after the other.

I pray to rnjesus every roll

youtube.com/watch?v=MRzg_M8pQms

>thinking that temporary displeasure with dice screwing one over is lasting or unnerving
>Not being amused by the dice towers to the dice gods

You've clearly never played in a huge group w/ damn near 20 minutes between a turn. I'm one of those who can't just sit and watch. I'll figure out my next turn, build a tower, and then when it gets to me again, roll.

I really don't want to be a bigot and shit on other people's faiths and beliefs, but you really shouldn't play with worshippers of Huitzilopochtli. They ruin everything.

Buddy, I'm a Xipe Totec man. I know.

I've seen some wack dice that messed with game balanced. The d6s that came with my Catan set roll off average. Wrote down all the results for one game, we had two 7s, and nine 5s. I know it's not super scientific, but we only started recording the rolls because they felt off. Now I use a different set and the game balances better.

>110-111 Police Officer
>When cops went to court to defend the practice of only hiring retards

abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

I don't get what you are saying.
The table says cops are 100 - 111 and the article says 104.

Because it's a fun ritual that adds humor to the situation instead of being frustrated at one's lack of control over random outcomes.

Instead of being frustrated over bad rolls and in a bad mood, one simply "retires" the low-rolling dice for the evening as a joke in my group.

Consistently rolling low puts you in a shitty mood, so you blame the dice, retire it and we all get a laugh out of it.

How's it going autismo, how's the friend search? Found any yet? Well, keep at it slugger. You'll find one eventually.

What’s going on boys?

>or starts fiddling with them to get a "dice god blessing"

>some guy knows how to pay his gods a tribute to gain their favour

Get a load of this Christian scum.

Some chessex dice roll higher than other dice, too. The main complaint you hear is that they don't roll evenly.

...though I've never found them to roll so oddly that I gripe about them not having space age plastics with perfect balance. Half a percentage point of skew isn't that big a deal in the grand scheme.

Besides, I choose dice based on color or features. Specially ordering some gamescience dice is more a pain in the ass than anything else, and they look way uglier, in my books.

I also use Q-Workshop dice. They're not better or worse than anything else I've used, but more than a few of their offerings use designs that are too busy and take away from the legibility.

>abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
I read that as court orks barring high iqs

>Specially ordering some gamescience dice is more a pain in the ass
Why not order a 7pc straight from the website?