dungeons and dragons (D&D) anyone?
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
oh man, missing out.
this dude says he was the first guy that made dice from 1974-1980 i think. and he says that people always whine about his dice that there is a flaw on the bottom of them. and there is. a little tiny bump from where the dice is cut off the molding rack. (you know like model cars and places and stuff).
so he goes on to explain that it doesnt affect the rolling as people think it does. and goes on to explain how his competitors have that same thing but they polish them off in tumbler machines a few times, coat em in paint a few times, and it fucks them up.
then he shows a bunch of examples which got me looking at mine.
sure enough, when i roll my dice i got "3" 4 times out of 10 rolls.
anyway, when you stack up his dice on top of each other, and the other brands on top of each other, the height difference is amazing. hes got a chart showing all the heights between brands.
so, in the end, he says his are more accurate than others despite the visible flaw (blemish). he wont change it, he uses better materials, etc etc.
honestly, that dudes on it. i believe him. he rolled his dice, they stopped faster than other competitors. he shows casino dice, all that shit.
good examples, funny dude, interesting video.
Gaming Science / precision dice .
Ummm does anyone have interest in using http://www.fantasygrounds.com/
Ummm does anyone have interest in using http://www.fantasygrounds.com/
He's not talking about the Gamescience dice is he. I don't think that company is in business any longer, although they are sold by some other place. (I think Chessex now)
To be honest while I want fair dice, the very minischule amount they might be off doesn't really bother me unless they are very off. If out of 10,000 rolls the highest probability side comes up more often .5 or 1 percent of the time more than the lowest it's not that big of a deal to me.
I rolled six different d6 dice all made by the same manufacture (chessex) ten times as an example and got a "3" 2, 2, 3, 4, 1, and 1 times respectively. That seems to be within a reasonable probability although the sample size is so small it doesn't really tell one much.
The higher the size of the die like a d20 the more that it will take to make it a significantly unfair, because not only is it harder to favor any one side because they sides are usually smaller, but they mix up high and low numbers on a dice for a reason.
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
i have a copy. but never used it. have you??
I have a copy, the free version of course until I actually use it and play it some I am not going to buy an Ultimate License. They have updated it since I last looked at it for 4ed now. But only with the Ultimate License. Not quite sure, would need some time to prepare a character and get into the rhythm of the game but hell yer!
I know Petra uses it, and I've been following the company for a couple of years now, it seems to be growing and not the reverse, so thats why my sudden interest too. Plus I am too busy to meet up with my local group and have been getting roleplay withdrawl.
I've even gone as far as making notices in local shop windows looking for players!
I know Petra uses it, and I've been following the company for a couple of years now, it seems to be growing and not the reverse, so thats why my sudden interest too. Plus I am too busy to meet up with my local group and have been getting roleplay withdrawl.
I've even gone as far as making notices in local shop windows looking for players!
Petra
Cult Mother and Simpering Cunt
I've ran games for 2 of my friends in Belgium since a weekly drive is kind of stiff. Works fine as long as people pay attention. ;-)
I won't have time to run anything until after I come back from the states in June. I can do D&D 3.5, savage worlds (I have the ruleset for Necessary Evil since it's my favorite setting), etc. Unfortunately, for vampire, paranoia etc I don't have actual rulesets or a library for them but I have charactersheets that are easily fillable and can be kept in drop box between updates.
I won't have time to run anything until after I come back from the states in June. I can do D&D 3.5, savage worlds (I have the ruleset for Necessary Evil since it's my favorite setting), etc. Unfortunately, for vampire, paranoia etc I don't have actual rulesets or a library for them but I have charactersheets that are easily fillable and can be kept in drop box between updates.
Mine runs, and I also pretty much just roll the dumb dice too; I'd like to find out how good my connection is to games, so I'll probably get on their forums and find a game to test out and teach myself how to use it properly. June (or later) is fine for me, I am pretty much in no rush, we could do it fortnightly on a sunday? I don't mind what system we play, they should all have beginner scenarios anyway, and i am pretty sure we would both pay attention and you wouldnt have a problem running a couple of scenarios lasting a couple of hours for us
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
well. id love to try it.
i tried to get on and get a "demo" done with someone but never connected. someone i met on there did, however.
i havent been on in awhile at the forum.
if you do get close to doing a demo, let me know. my best available times are late for me. im active around 8pm- 3am here in az.
i tried to get on and get a "demo" done with someone but never connected. someone i met on there did, however.
i havent been on in awhile at the forum.
if you do get close to doing a demo, let me know. my best available times are late for me. im active around 8pm- 3am here in az.
very very unlikely i can do those times, i am GMT, but they might have play by post options???
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
no idea! what times are you looking at? i can always try something..
Petra
Cult Mother and Simpering Cunt
We'll have to see on the Sunday thing. I have a bi-weekly vamp game I run.
Something will get worked out...one idea is I can actually run a seperate game for each of you but in the same world. Your actions affect each other. Did that with 2 other groups in the past and it was loads of fun.
Something will get worked out...one idea is I can actually run a seperate game for each of you but in the same world. Your actions affect each other. Did that with 2 other groups in the past and it was loads of fun.
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
actually that sounds kinda cool.
So I just got a new book about tieflings from Pathfinder in the mail. It seems pretty good. It was cheap, but it's not exactly a huge book either at I think a little over 30 pages. Now I just have to wait for the aasimar one to come out later on this summer. I've always liked the outsider creature type stuff.
...and...ummm...I also got three more sets of dice. :1orglaugh I got the last of the Scarab series I didn't have with the jade ones today. I think overall they are the best dice they make as far as looks go, even above the gemini sets. The scarlet scarab is still my favorite set I have after all this time. I also got the black/grey gemini set with green numbers. It looks sort of futuristic or computer like in some ways. Maybe I will save those to use in a modern or futuristic sci-fi game one of these days.
...and...ummm...I also got three more sets of dice. :1orglaugh I got the last of the Scarab series I didn't have with the jade ones today. I think overall they are the best dice they make as far as looks go, even above the gemini sets. The scarlet scarab is still my favorite set I have after all this time. I also got the black/grey gemini set with green numbers. It looks sort of futuristic or computer like in some ways. Maybe I will save those to use in a modern or futuristic sci-fi game one of these days.
