06-20-2020, 12:57 AM | #11 |
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Re: D8/D4
I've gotta say I think there's a design boo-boo with the d8/d4.
The d4 dots are positioned above the digits. There are a lot of polyhedrals where the numerals 6 and 9 have dots or dashes underneath them. With this die, a second of cognitive dissonance is produced by seeing a "6" with dots above it, which looks like it's trying to say that it's a 9. Graphics should be easy to read and not dissonant with the visual experience and expectations of users. |
06-20-2020, 02:35 AM | #12 | |
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Re: D8/D4
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We will have to list this one under: Know what die you are rolling, gang.
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06-20-2020, 02:36 AM | #13 |
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Re: D8/D4
The d3 is a fun die to use for stuff like that.
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06-20-2020, 07:48 AM | #14 |
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Re: D8/D4
I suspect that there are a lot of situations where "1-3 monsters" is a better fit than 1d/2 monsters as well. I know that I purged a lot of 1-3 from early drafts of the first TFT books I published because "only use d6" was the subtext. Now that TFT is starting to see d3, d4, d8, d12 in official use...
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06-20-2020, 11:36 AM | #16 |
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Re: D8/D4
I have some ½d rolls in my adventures already, so the D3 is definitely a fit for that. The D4 and D8 are more interesting I think for weapon variations. For example, instead of 1d-2 throwing knives, a d4 knife would be nice, because there is always a damage amount on a successful hit with that.
The d12 has some neat tangential uses, particularly for random things that are already group as dozens, like months. And the fact that you get even numeric distributions across the range (1-12, all with equal chance) instead of the bell graph from multiple d6s (3-12, middle values more likely) makes certain rolls better suited to the new dice. It's a little sad to lose the universal d6 aspect of TFT, but it's a fair trade for greater richness of experience.
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06-22-2020, 05:27 AM | #17 |
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Re: D8/D4
Or the Steve Jackson Games' D12/D3!
Also, a d6+d8 make a nice variation d6x6 (d66) chart with more options for the GM.
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06-25-2020, 01:55 PM | #18 |
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Re: D8/D4
Don't get me wrong, I love weird dice and especially d12s, but TFT will continue to be playable with d6's only, right? It makes the barrier to entry way lower if you can just raid the Risk set for dice, rather than having to head to your FLGS for polyhedrals.
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06-25-2020, 02:27 PM | #19 |
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Re: D8/D4
I like weird dice, too, but agree that simply starting publish TFT books that mention rolling other types of dice seems like it erodes the feature of TFT that all you really need is one or more d6 to play it.
I personally do have various dice, and I also can figure out how to roll practically any die range using d6, but it's not obvious to everyone how to do that, and for some players, TFT's simplicity is a feature, including not needing to do that. |
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