One of the reasons why I prefer games with more options than just the dice. Let me spend a fate point when it matters, or succeed at a cost. Also: dice pools feel better than a single die giving flat probability.
I played a TTRPG once (Deadlands, I think?) where as you level up, you roll larger dicæaAe. So if you need to roll a 5 to succeed, and you’re rolling a D4, you have no chance of succeeding. On a D6, it’s possible but unlikely, and a d8 gives you a 50% chance of succeeding. I liked that concept, because it makes the sense of growth feel more tangible than just adding a larger number to a d20 roll.
Deadlands (well classic Deadlands) is amazing! But dice explode or can, so you can succeed on a d4! If you got a 4 on the d4, you’d roll again and add it to the original dice. So you roll a 4 then a 3? Got a 7! They could keep exploding. 4,4,4,3? You betcha! Fun times. So lower dice could actually do it slightly more often. Because it was a 1 in 4 chance instead of say a 1 in 12. Still better to have bigger dice. And more of them.
*these dice
There’s just one, so:
this die
Some people are apparently scared to even say or write the singular form “die”, so singular “dice” is what they choose. My spouse does this and it makes me crazy only because it is teaching my kids to use the wrong word.
Larry: I’ll buy a dice.
Dewmi: “Die,” Larry.
Larry: Pardon me. I didn’t know you were that competitive. Maybe I should come back later when you calm down.
Dewmi: Larry! Darling. It’s one DIE, two DICE. Dice is the plural of die.
Larry: Oh, well, I knew that. Never mind.
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