Dice Heresy

[CRMcNeill]

An interesting idea was suggested in an off-pit discussion, and I thought I'd present it here.

Short version: use a D8 for the Wild Dice.

Pro:

-Dice is immediately distinguishable by shape, so you don't need to have a different colored D as the Wild Die.

-Increases the spread on Wild results (requires a 1-in-8 chance instead of a 1-in-6).

-Provides a slight boost in D results for Skill use; a D8 rolled against Very Easy (5) Difficulty has a much higher degree of success than does a D6.

Con:

-It's not a D6. In a D6 game. Eww.

Thoughts?
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[Raven Redstar]

Heresy!

It's an interesting idea, but as long as you're not immediately causing some sort of horrendous thing happening on every 1 on the wild die, I don't feel it's necessary.
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[Whill]

OK, on a hypothetical basis I will consider this heresy for a moment. I think counting 8 as zero is the way to go because that adds a result both below 1 and above 6. However, how will the die explode? On a 6 like normal?
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[Whill]

OK. I find I'm resistant to confirmation re-rolls in general, and I personally am not seeing it as necessary here.

If you roll a wild die zero, then it is worse than a 1 on any other die. I think that works for the 'count results normally' option - It is slightly worse than RAW but it has a slightly lesser odds of being rolled and you still have an equal chance of rolling an exploding 7. Like you said, rolling a zero on the wild die incorporates the 'remove the 1 and your highest other die' option for wild die - zero already replaces the RAW wild die 1 result so here you would only remove another die (and rolling 1 on this wild die is just a 1). And then there is the complication option that remains unchanged except for the slightly lower odds of rolling it.

[HERESY] Honestly, as long as an 8 counts as a zero, I have to admit this wouldn't upset the game system at all. For GMs that feel a RAW wild die explodes too often (16.67%), this d8 wild die option would make it explode only 12.5% of the time. So this really isn't that far off from RAW and would not be a bad option for GMs mechanically.

And for those GMs that are opposed to the wild die and still feel this is too much randomness, they could incorporate the d8 wild die (0-7) and just not have anything special happen with 0 or 7. It still has the same exact die code average as a d6 (3.5), it just includes options for 0 and 7 result on one die which make it slightly more "wild" than a normal d6.[/END HERESY]

Oh Lady Luck and Goddess of D6, I am thy loyal grognard and will forever remain faithful to thee and thy divinely cubic dice. Gratefully thine, Whill.
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[CRMcNeill]

Alternately, instead of a standard D8, get a custom D8 with this as the zero result.



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[Whill]

LOL. If this is real and I ever played games that used a d20 that often, I would have to get this.
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[Mamatried]

interesting.

I have used a d20/d6 roll for the wild dice

but the d20 roll was for 1s only.

Wild dice 1 rolld d20, then look at result for a "complication" or a "disaster" so to speak


or even letting the wild dice 1 count as 1 no compication nothing happes is just 1+whatever else is rolled on the other dice

all depending on the table made for the d20 roll

[Ninja-Bear]

[Mamatried]

Sounds interesting and probably something worth trying out.

personally I more or less use the wild dice as normal, though I do not have a rule that 1 is all that bad but it is generally with some complication, based on situation and often decided in the moment.

He could hit the target on a 6+5+2+1* wiith the 1* being the wild dice
the totalof 14 is enough for his hit, but since the wild dice rolled 1, his blaster overheated with that shot and he has to spend some time letting it cool down, as an example

Since it is a Wild Dice, I tend to let any negatives be sort of random(wild)
with alsmot always the 6 beng a exploding

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[garhkal]

I see this idea as having merit. BUT for daring to bring up this blasphem, you shall now have to do 20 burpies, and 20 squat thrusts.
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