>>14752803
Actually in the Dark Heresy engine, it does. Half the result of your d10 rounding down.

Sorry, too busy rolling Glorious Dice Master Race to care.

1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 4
4 = 4
5 = 5
6 = 1
7 = 2
8 = 3
9 = 4
10 =5

THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES

>>14752837
3= 3

whoops

whoa

>>14752837
No. There's already a system for this. No need to reinvent the wheel here.

1,2 = 1
3,4 = 2
5,6 = 3
7,8 = 4
9,10 = 5

Wait wait, this is huge. We aren't thinking outside the box here. A 6 sided die could be converted to a 3 sided die. SOMEONE GET ME THE PRESIDENT.

>>14752898
now were talking

that means we could theoretically convert a coin (d2) into a d1! wait a minute...

>>14752904

We could!

Head = head
Tails = head

>>14752898
You fool, think where your madness will lead!

d20s will become d10s!

d10s will become d5s!

d5s will become shitty d3s!

d3s will become shiity d1s!

d1s will vanish in a paradoxial explosion of space-time, killing us all!

SCIENCE, WHAT HAST THOUGHT WROUGHT?!?

>>14752881
The "1,6 = 1, 2,7 = 2" system is actually superior, as it's ever so slightly faster to understand and it provides a more randomized result.

>>14752898
And...and a 4 sider could be used as a 2 sided die...

But that means...

GUYS! WAIT!

d20s can be converted to d10s...WHICH CAN THEN BE CONVERTED TO FIVE SIDED DICE!

THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES!!!

NOBEL PRIZE PLEASE!

>>14752917
Godammit SMAP, getting in before me.

This is gonna sound crazy but hear me out.

Alright so we take your standard 52 card deck and this is where things take a turn for madness. Alright so get this. We replace the deck of cards with nothing but Jack of Hearts and Ace of Spades. 26 of each!

And we've created a more efficient coin. WE'VE ELIMINATED THE MIDDLEMAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE RICH!

This.

Is the stupidest.

Thread I have seen in ages.

>>14752948
You've really gone and done it this time. The U.S. Mint will not be pleased at all.

>>14752965
You just don't appreciate our genius. We'll be over here enjoying our brilliant d5, d3 and d1 based system while you're stuck with your pathetic d20s and d6s!

You're thinking small time.

You take a d10.
Multiply it by 6.
Then divide it by 5.

You now have a d12.

>>14753021
Then divide it by 2 to have a d6.

>>14753021
A die.that can only get 10 possible rolls is not a d12.

And if we're done with that, we should go with:

Head = He
Head = He

....Holy shit, it's the long-lost Holy fucking Grail of roleplaying, the DEEHALF!!!!!

> runs on helium, too

>cessensu changed

Not only cessensu changed, captcha, but errything!

>>14752918
Actually it doesn't, since properly made dice will have those number on opposing sides of the die (and for a reason) you would get SHITTIER randomisation if you did it like that.

>>14752917

You're doing it all wrong. To turn a d5 into a d3 you just make 1=1, 2=2 and 3=3. Rolls of 4 and 5 precipitate a re-roll.

Or you could just use a dice rolling program to simulate the rolling of any sided dice.

>>14753045
It's people like you that keep the little guy down.

>>14753077
>pointing out the obvious
>keeping the little man down

>>14753084

Not all of can afford fancy d12s like you Mr. Big Business.

Guys guys guys. What if:

Roll two d10 and use them to make a d100.
Calculate 1d100-100
Square root the answer.
Use the integer function on the coefficient of the result.
You now have a id10.

>>14753120
Mother of God. I was wondering how FATAL expected me to roll that... now i know.

>>14753106
But there are only 10 possible outcomes, probably less with the rounding. A d12 has 12 possible outcomes. By definition, what you're proposing doesn't work. At least use 2d6, that's closer with 11 possible outcomes.

Wait....you can buy d10s without getting a full set?

>>14753149
>Wait....you can buy d10s without getting a full set?
>buy d10s
Whoa whoa whoa Mr. Moneybags here buys dice guys! We weren't as lucky as you to be born with a silver d15 in our mouth. We have to make our own die, by carving them from rocks and bone.

>>14753149
My pockets are full of holes, I could only afford to steal a single d10 at the time. Must be nice being rich and getting to buy your dice.

>>14753158
Well if you're making them on your own, can't you just make your own d12? Or as I said earlier, roll 2d6. Hell, you don't even need to roll 2d6, you can just roll 1d6 twice.

Egads, this thread is full of the dirty proletariat.

I'll let you know that I'm buying two d12s today. If I decide the coin in my pocket is weighing me down during my afternoon stroll, I might just get a d10 as well.

>>14753183
Whoa now, look at Mr. Rich Guy here thinking he knows about carving dice. That's the problem with you rich folks you think you know all about our problems down here in peasantville. Well lemme tell you something buddy, it takes us years to carve a single dice.

>>14753194
Then roll 1d6 twice and add them together. It's closer to rolling a d12 than rolling a d10 and multiplying it by 6/5.

>>14753187
>If I decide the coin in my pocket is weighing me down during my afternoon stroll, I might just get a d10 as well.

See, that's the kind of phrase that gets them thinking we're lazy assholes who get paid to do nothing all day.

>>14752948
I hear some guy slipping a King of Clubs into the coin-deck was what caused the economy to crash.

>>14753204
2d6 does not have the same probability distribution as 1d12.
To model 1d12 with d6, roll the d6, then roll it again.
on an odd number keep the result, on an even add 6.
There each number from 1 to 12 has a 1 in 12 probability. 1d12

>>14753120
Looking at the probability distribution:
4 or 3 outcomes get you 1, so 4% or 3%
5% for 2
7% for 3
9% for 4
11% for 5
13% for 6
15% for 7
17% for 8
19% for 9
0% or 1% for 10

They're not very even.

I hear today's cutting edge research is focused around the possibilities of tarot decks and d1000's.

>>14753245
Big guy with his fancy pancy math coming in here trying to debunk our brilliant system.

>>14753245
Those are heavily biased towards the higher results. Your dice are at fault. You need to buy casino dice.

>>14753245
I don't know what kind of voodoo cheater's dice you're using but my dice have a 10% probability for each side on my d10. Maybe my math is a little bit rusty but I know a cheat when I see one. Get the stones boys!

>>14753245
>use this system for psykers in Dark Heresy
>9s all the time
>Problem?

>>14753149
>Wait....you can buy d10s without getting a full set?

A full set of d10s is usually 10d10

/thread

>>14753274
It's a remnant of square rooting a d100. If 1, 2 and 3 root and round to give you 1 but 4,5,6,7 and 8 root and round to give you 2, the system gets a bit broken.

>>14753256
>d1000's
>never use them, because they take forever to stop rolling
>they take forever to stop rolling because they are spheres
>they are spheres because the sides are so tiny the dice company said 'hey, it would be cheaper to make them spheres and no one would ever notice the difference!'

Y-You do know you can buy 5 sided dice right?

>>14753335
Dice with an uneven number of sides? Blasphemy.

>>14753335
pics or it didn't happen

>>14753245
>>14753245
In other news, guy just invented the perfect damage roll for the WHIP,
which hurts most of the time but sometimes doesn't and just tickles.

What's the difference between d100 and d10?

Also I have d3's at home

ok guys I got this.

guys.

can't afford costly d10s? simply roll a d5.

1 = 1 or 2, 2 = 3 or 4 (etc) then simply flip a coin to decide which of the numbers to use.

Sometimes statting can get messy and you need something in between to do the job. A d5 is that something.

You've saved me a lot of head and heart ache OP, thank you.

>>14753353
>implying we have coins
Not all of us can toss our money around like that.

See, all they have to do is make a cylinder. The two faces on the thin sides are out of play, so the three faces in the middle are all you use. d3. You can extrapolate this and have any odd number of sides. a d17, if you like.

>>14753399
Surely, you must be in possession of at least 1 thin cylinder or torus. Both make good substitutes.

>>14753352
duh, a d100 has 100 sides, a d10 has 10

>>14753400

YES

>>14753412

i have a 10 sided dşe that gos ike 00, 10, 20, 30, ..., 90

>>14753431
You roll that with a normal d10 to simulate a d100.

>>14753431
>manpartingcrowdstaringinamazement.jpg
The holy grail of d10s...

>>14753431
Being able to roll that die means you are the King of Kings, Lord of Lords. Take your rightful place at the Throne Eternal and usher in a new age of faith and reason combined.

This thread has revolutionized and revitalized the tabletop RPG. I hope you're all proud.

>Refinement whenvi

Refinement when dear captcha? Refinement is right now. Gaze upon the brilliant minds at work here in this thread. They are the future.

>>14753431
Yeah but it's not actually a d100. It's a d10 that is done up in increments of 10.

You can get actual d100's, my old D&D DM had one. He never used it though, a big orange monstrosity.

>>14752919
>And...and a 4 sider could be used as a 2 sided die...
...Could we use d4s as coins?
WE FOUND A NEW CURRENCY! From now on, /tg/ will have an economy based on d4s.

I personally prefer my rolls of 1dxdx
Example:
1d4d4
25% chance of 1-4
25% chance of 2-8
25% chance of 3-12
25% chance of 4-16

1/16th chance of 1
1/16 + 1/64 chance of 2.
1/16 + 2/64 + 1/256 chance of a 3.
1/16 + 3/64 + 3/256 + 1/1024 of a 4.
4/64 + 6/256 + 4/1024 of a 5.
3/64 + 10/256 + 10/1024 of a 6. . .

Ok guys i'm just gonna throw this one out there.

6 sided dice.

no 1s on it.

Right guys. I know this will sound crazy, but what if instead of dice we put the numbers on the back of 10 badgers. We then give the badgers cocaine and fire them at each other using a small cannon. The badger that wins is then the result.

>>14753635

THIS IS JUST GREAT. IT WOULD SPEED UP THE DICEROLLING PROCESS AS WELL. AND COCAINE AND BADGERS AND SMALL BADGERCANNONS ARE CHEAPER THAN THOSE LOUSY D10S ANYWAY.

>>14753061
>You're doing it all wrong. To turn a d5 into a d3 you just make 1=1, 2=2 and 3=3. Rolls of 4 and 5 precipitate a re-roll.

That's exactly what I do. Instead of buying lots of different types of dices, I buy lots of d20s and use them for d3/d6/d10 etc.

need a d6? simply re roll on 7-20.

Time consuming but i'm sure you can all agree it's well worth the effort.

Okay, so.

Get this:

We make a die with 256 sides... all of them penises.

>>14753575

>>14753695
I think eight is the highest probability or something weird like that.
3 is ~10% 4 is 12%, 5 is ~9%, 6 is 9.5%. . .

>>14753575
Can you make that shit into a graphical analysis?
1d4d4
2d4d4
1d4d6
1d6d6
1d6d10
1d10d10
I have no idea how to make these into a simple equation with excel.

Anybody interested in my one sided die?

>>14753796

o god wat

>>14753796
"Roll 1d1 to see if OP is a faggot."

1d10d10 is pretty crazy.
every possible outcome should have at least a 1/1000th chance, but the actual odds past that are not that obvious, hmmm... 10 should be most likely by far.
chart it in a 10 cell wide x 100 cell tall chart, the 10 columns representing the initial d10 roll. that's what I'd do.
>ommidere though
captcha says I'm "ommidere" though, whatever that means.

>>14753978
Omnidere is obviously someone who is basically an anime cocktease/slut.

>>14753978

http://anydice.com/program/78b
output 1d10d10

>>14753994
tied it. Is that a probabilistic tool, or does it test actual outcomes and output data? I'm pretty sure every outcome should have at least 0.1% chance.

>>14754046
Yeah, I'm looking at these numbers, and I'm not sure how the odds of getting 1 are 1%, and the odds of getting 100 are 1e-9%

>>14754046

Honestly, I don't have a clue. The 0.00% will be rounded, since it's quite obviously possible. I'd need to see the program to make any judgement about that, but I'd have thought it would just use probability - I can't see a webservice querying the code that many times in such a short time.

>>14754046
I strongly doubt that, considering that just in order to get a chance to roll that 100 you'd need to roll a 10 first, so that's 1/10, then another 10 10's, so that would be 1/10^11% to get a 100 on 1d10d10.

>>14754064
bleh, you're right. here I'm making the mistake of thinking 10d10 would have a 1/100 chance of producing a 100, when it should heavily favor the middle of the its range, just as 2d6 favors 6's 7's and 8's

This thread has made my dicks so hard. I think I'm lactating as well.

>>14753994
This website is delicious.
output [explode [explode d4]d4]

ARCHIVE DIS SHIT MANG

>>14754373
waaaay ahead of ya bro
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/14752803/

Wouldn't a d10 be like... 2d5s??

Just roll it twice and add the numbers and then divide by 2 and you have 2d5.

silly fools, you only need 1 coin in order to replicate any dice rool.

i.e. 1d4 can be done with 1 coin flip to determine 1-2, or 3-4, and a second coin flip to choice the other.

>>14754965

1d5 X 1d2 is the actual way to do it.

d30s up in this motherfucker!

Why doesn't everyone just get the $5.99 Die-Roller App for their iPhone 4s and iPads? Jeez, you guys are going through all this trouble when you could just let Steve Jobs take care of everything... Ahh, so peaceful. Don't have to think at all... Ahhhhhhhhh...

>Decisions. Inferype

OMFG! 2d10 = 19 sided die with extremely skewed odds!

>>14757648
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm

Just saved you $5. You're welcome.

>>14752918

>more randomized result
>more randomized
>more
>more
>more

>>14757170

And we can convert it...

...into a d15!

BRILLIANT!

>>14757648
because some of us were smart enough to get Androids.

>>14757679
Why would I want to keep $5 from Steve Jobs? He's collecting money to craft his Philactery, you know...

but how do we upgrade a dice? I mean if you roll a d20 twice then you just got a result between 2 and 40 not 1 and 40

>>14757708
Woop woop

>>14757708

wait.. I thought that everyone can write a random number generator in their laptop like in... 30 seconds?
Or if you have only a telephone then call something free like 911 and ask for a random number.

Anydice gives me this for analysis:
10d10d10

>>14757849
Well, shit. that didn't come out right.

Wait a minute. Wait a MINUTE.

What if we used a deck of cards as a d13?

>>14757901
The various mana weaving threads have already pretty conclusively proved that /tg/ has no idea how to shuffle properly.

>>14757940

there are improper ways?

>>14757956
Any of the ones that aren't thorough, yes.

>>14757956
Well the only shuffling methods that are outright wrong are ones that aren't random.

The problem is that a lot of people don't seem to understand how many times the various methods have to be repeated to be enough.