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NinjaHDD t1_ixyeliz wrote

Do not give the lottery any ideas…

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cutelyaware t1_ixyin0e wrote

No way is this a fair die. And that's a shame because it is possible.

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wMeteo t1_ixyrz53 wrote

when the dm asks you to roll a d100

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BagFun3507 t1_ixz2pfp wrote

Gaddamn imagine the hilarity with nat d100s

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FatigueVVV t1_ixz5ulr wrote

This is a particularly awful looking d100, which is an already terrible die. Percentile d10s will always be preferable.

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Gordon_Explosion t1_ixz9tyr wrote

Looks like it would be most likely to come to rest on a junction of 3 raised number panels.

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farrenkm t1_ixz9yza wrote

I'm still waiting to see an infinity-sided die.

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queenofnightmare t1_ixzbd6i wrote

So how do you read it and know what number is facing up

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Turtlebug42 t1_ixze9n1 wrote

As a dm, these things appear in my nightmares. I hope I'll never see one in real life because i night go insane if one of my players pulls out one of these.

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IncubusMaybe t1_ixzj7fk wrote

Ha, that same one is on my Amazon wishlist

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siecin t1_ixzj7sx wrote

You could have at least taken a picture with a number at the top... It's just a fancy golf ball.

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Ibetya t1_ixzke1y wrote

That almost looks like it was intended to not have spacing between the numbers and someone messed up the math

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ghost_n_the_shell t1_ixzl2bi wrote

I’m sure it’s the angle - but I don’t see what number is clearly on top.

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iFormus t1_ixzllt3 wrote

r/CrappyDesign

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MoistPaperNapkin t1_ixzodmg wrote

The only way to get more sides at that point is to find a sphere

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sincinati t1_ixzoinu wrote

No serious DM would permit this monstrosity. I call BS.

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robo-dragon t1_ixzqdo5 wrote

I have one of these, but never want to use it for a game because I think my DM would kill me the moment I took it out of my bag.

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SEND_PUNS_PLZ t1_ixzqtop wrote

Wow so many people gave it their stamp of approval

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A_Mirabeau_702 t1_ixzriw0 wrote

How is it that we can see half of the die and only like 25 numbers are visible?

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rlprice74 t1_ixztb2y wrote

I remember having a "zocchihedron" back around 1990 while playing in high school. It looked like this, but was plastic and had some kind of beads or something inside of it (I presume for weight). Useless things, since they tending to roll right off the table.

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h3rpad3rp t1_ixzu95m wrote

I'd rather just use 2 d10s since they wont just roll off the table. That thing looks like it would take ages to stop, and the gaps between the numbers could make it rest lop sided so it would be hard to tell the result.

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Green_Routine_7916 t1_ixzvdcl wrote

there is no die function here, like what number does it show now? there is no number straight on top

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Amiiboid t1_ixzwfb6 wrote

Replying to dmaster1213 (#711,970)

Was it the “Zocchihedron” or something like that from the 80s? I had one of those. It did, in fact, roll alright. Sometimes the challenge was getting it to stop rolling.

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Blue1123 t1_ixzz2xz wrote

I just prefer to roll 50 2-sided die.

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bwanabass t1_iy004m3 wrote

For rolling on a piece of elite dropped gear. /ran 1 100

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The_RockObama t1_iy02f4c wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#712,921)

I grew up by a golf course, and the number of instances of cars getting hit and squealing to a stop was crazy. I don't know why they designed the course the way they did, but damn.. many people had bad days along that stretch of road.

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INFJ_witchergirl t1_iy0atga wrote

Can you tell which side faces up easily? From this pic it looks like the highest point is between three numbers. Could be the angle, but I'd like to see one in person

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HellbellyUK t1_iy0ebm0 wrote

Replying to Amiiboid (#712,225)

I’ve still got one. I seem to remember someone wrote into White Dwarf magazine claiming that the D100 was biased against results at the extreme low and high numbers. They showed this with a graph produced by tabulating something like 2-3000 dice rolls. Some people really need a hobby :)

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stalphonzo t1_iy0ewgh wrote

That's just a basketball with hotel room plaques stuck to it.

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zubbs99 t1_iy0lr4e wrote

Chance of insta-killing a dragon with your slingshot - 1/100.

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WalkerBRiley t1_iy0p50y wrote

I had a d100 that was far better than this hunk of....mess.

It still took forever to finish rolling, unless you rolled it against bumpers. Two d10 are still the preferred method.

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MilRet t1_iy0shsu wrote

How the hell can you tell what number you've rolled?

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newaccountzuerich t1_iy0t5d4 wrote

Not a valid die. Opposite number should total (dX+1) where X is the die value. I can see a 76 and a 35 which should be opposed.

Also valid dice will have the same values totalled on each side of any plane through the centre.

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Mhind1 t1_iy0uas0 wrote

Some say it’s still rolling to this day

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grantbullock t1_iy0uhcp wrote

I heard a guy called grits n gravy once rolled 77 7s in a row on this die, winning a million in the process

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Triskalaire t1_iy10f4f wrote

wow, rerolls all your items, and rocks, enemies, pickups in the room

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DJYippy t1_iy11bd1 wrote

I have the same die, I play a wild magic Sorcerer in my Dnd game so i roll a lot of D100s
but this is so shit to roll, it lands between 3 numbers most of the time, and you need a big surface to get a proper roll. so I'm back to just rolling the 2 d10's method

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AshDenver t1_iy16wla wrote

But … what number is at the top / winning? Because it’s a ball and there’s not a clear cubic surface that is UP to show the landed number. I’d fight over this. I don’t care if you think 95 is up, 88 is facing me so that’s the winning number. Cubes, people. CUBES.

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Blue_Jays t1_iy1vir1 wrote

Imagine rolling 100! That's 2 1/2 times around the monopoly board!

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Shortbarj t1_iy1xnhm wrote

But which number do you look at?

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TheReoDeo t1_iy21bfq wrote

As cool as it seems this looks really heavy lol. I'd imagine rolling it and then it drops onto someones toe.

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BinaryFinary98 t1_iy27rk4 wrote

This looks like a ball with numbers glued onto it

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Fat_catman t1_iy29o8i wrote

It's seems my angel role it every morning, like a wild magic

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WasabiZone13 t1_iy2desl wrote

This reminds me of the time I rolled a 9 9 and scored psionics on my first cleric.

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Twentydragon t1_iy2hzr7 wrote

Replying to DJYippy (#718,241)

I have an earlier model of d100. It's basically a sphere with circles truncated out of it, so it doesn't stop between numbers, and it contains some kind of sand to bring it to rest quicker and not roll off the table (as much).

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Twentydragon t1_iy2ia71 wrote

Replying to INFJ_witchergirl (#714,388)

I have an earlier version of d100, and it's not terribly difficult to tell at all.

The one in the photo is a poor example, since the die can rest between intended values (the original cannot). That's what it's doing here: resting between the 95 and the other two faces just past the horizon.

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Twentydragon t1_iy2ixp0 wrote

Replying to rlprice74 (#711,781)

I still have my zocchihedron!

It does roll for a while, but stopping it faster is what the beads/sand is for. Without it (especially if it's metal like OP's photo), these things would roll like a golf ball. They still do, but I can get them to stop on a reasonably level table.

It also doesn't have empty spaces between the numbered faces; it's basically a sphere with 100 circular divots cut out of it. This means that it won't rest between values like the one in OP's photo is doing.

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SpudButters t1_iy2jb3p wrote

That’s a ball with hexagons glued onto it lol

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Jwn5k t1_iy2v19a wrote

This is the D100 I decided to buy, it weighs almost a whole pound (14.8oz), and i looked at a dozen or so includin the one in the pic OP posted, I dont really like the potential for it to land in between any of the numbers in those gaps, that was what I was mostly worried about. The one I picked might not look as prety but I think the design is arguable better.

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Twentydragon t1_iy5vang wrote

Replying to INFJ_witchergirl (#734,205)

Usually it's used to pull a result from a randomization table, or in generating setting attributes like a town's population size or a shopkeep's gold on hand.

There are still a few edge cases where a player might need to roll a d100, but usually players just use percentile dice. The zocchihedron is still a fun thing to have if you like dice!

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INFJ_witchergirl t1_iy71p3d wrote

Replying to Twentydragon (#747,763)

Yeah. I have a fascination with dice. I love all the cool DnD dice, even though I don't play. I'd love to but none of my friends do, sadly. Did you see the kickstarter for the coin dice? Very clever

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