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Ok so I wasn't entirely sure where to put this but yeah... anyway.

Whilst playing some BFG we noticed in the rules it states + D3 what is that ? is that 3 extra dice, a 3 sided dice !? or a D6 halved ?

So what does it mean ?

Cheers
Wolf

1-2=1
3-4=2
5-6=3

Is that additional dice yeah ?


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Actually is that just rounding up the halves ?

no. when it states roll a d3, take a dice, roll it, and apply the chart velsharoon posted.

lord marcus wrote:no. when it states roll a d3, take a dice, roll it, and apply the chart velsharoon posted.

Oddly enough, that chart is the same as halving then rounding up, which has been how you have rolled a D3 since time immemorial.

I play that you actually have to have a 3 sided die if you want to roll a d3.

take a 6 sided dice. with two 1's, two 2's, and two 3's roll it appropriately..

or in a pinch do as velsharoon suggests

1. Roll 1 six-sided die.

2. Half the number that comes up.

3. Round up.

ex: roll a 5; half of 5 is 2.5; rounded up is 3.

Roll a d6.

If you roll a 1 or a 2, the result is 1.

If you roll a 3 or a 4, the result is 2.

If you roll a 5 or a 6, the result is 3.

So if something causes D3 wounds, if you roll a 3, it causes 2 wounds.

ph34r wrote:I play that you actually have to have a 3 sided die if you want to roll a d3.

3 Sided dice are physicality impossible to exist in a polygonal form.

ph34r wrote:I play that you actually have to have a 3 sided die if you want to roll a d3.

well, glad your not one of the people i play...

Gwar! wrote:

ph34r wrote:I play that you actually have to have a 3 sided die if you want to roll a d3.

3 Sided dice are physicality impossible to exist in a polygonal form.

not totally true, but impractical definitely...
ive actually sculpted one with 3 equal sized sides and only 3 sides it can land on...
looks slowed but it gets the job done...

krusty wrote:

ph34r wrote:I play that you actually have to have a 3 sided die if you want to roll a d3.

well, glad your not one of the people i play...

Gwar! wrote:

ph34r wrote:I play that you actually have to have a 3 sided die if you want to roll a d3.

3 Sided dice are physicality impossible to exist in a polyhedral form.

not totally true, but impractical definitely...
ive actually sculpted one with 3 equal sized sides and only 3 sides it can land on...
looks slowed but it gets the job done...

Are they 3 Flat Sides? I highly Doubt it. The Smallest polyhedral (yes I made a mistake with Polygonal, woops) is the Tetrahedron, aka the 4 sided dice. Certainly its possible once you get into curved surfaces and such, but there WAS a reason why the actual D100 never replaced the dual D% dice of yore.

A friend of mine had a D3, all it was basically a D6 with the appropriate numbers appearing twice.
But most people just roll a D6 then divide and round up as described above.

Randomman wrote:A friend of mine had a D3, all it was basically a D6 with the appropriate numbers appearing twice.
But most people just roll a D6 then divide and round up as described above.

Aye buts that's not a D3, that's a D6 with funny markings

The number before the "D" indicated number of dice, the number after indicates the type (number of sides) of die to use.

1D6 give a total score between 1 and 6
2D6 gives a score between 2 and 11
3D6 = 3-18
1d4 = 1-4
2d3 = 2-6
1d20=1-20
5d10 = 5-50

hope this helps

You can buy a d3 from Squash Goblin Games:

http://www.squashgoblin.com/product_info.php?products_id=403&osCsid=63efb95aed400e36accebc457ad5b347



Chessex don't have pics on their site, but I'm assuming they are the same:

http://www.chessex.com/Dice/Specialty%20Dice/3_sided.htm

As you can see from the pic its simply a d6 with 1-3 on twice.

Personally I've used the d6/2 method for 30 years and I'm not going to stop now.

EDIT: There's apparently a US patent for a three-sided dice http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6042116.html. Who'd a thunk it?!

EDIT 2: Found an actual 3-sided d3 for sale on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DICE-RARE-D3-YES-3-SIDED-GEM-DIE-1-3-DICE-VGC-POLY_W0QQitemZ120418189405QQcmdZViewItem

EDIT 3: Good grief I'm bored today!! Does it show?

Aye, but as I said, that is not a Regular Polyhedral, and as such is of suspect fairness. A Regular Polyhedral is much easier to construct as a fair dice.

Gwar! wrote:the actual D100 never replaced the dual D% dice of yore.

That damned thing never stopped rolling. Should have been called the "perpetual motion" die. In order to have it stop rolling in a fairly timely manner, it would have to have been the size of a basketball. Brilliant advance in gaming, that D100...



Ghidorah

Gwar! wrote:
Aye, but as I said, that is not a Regular Polyhedral, and as such is of suspect fairness.

Simply because something is not a regular polyhedral does not make its fairness suspect. The d3's I've seen (such as the ones pictured above) are certainly as fair as the rounded-corner 6-siders that chessex sells - which I'll note are also not regular polyhedrals...

A Regular Polyhedral is much easier to construct as a fair dice.

This is certainly true. But, just because one method is easier doesn't mean that the alternative is unfair. With access to computers, there is no reason that you cannot design something with identically curved surfaces. As long as they're identical, and designed appropriately, the resulting shape will be fair.

Really?!?!?

krusty wrote:

ph34r wrote:I play that you actually have to have a 3 sided die if you want to roll a d3.

well, glad your not one of the people i play...

A 3 sided regular polyhedral die to be specific

http://www.gamescience.com/3-sideddice%28d3%29

Not a regular polyhedron. Probably works fine houth if you can't handle the maths of dividing a D6 result in half.

The easiest way to make a 3 sided die:
Think a prism. Long as a pencil. It technically has 5 sides, but because it is so long, it'll always land on one of 3 sides. You can call landing on its side a cocked die anyways.

It's similar to using a hexagonal pencil as a 6 sided die.

Three sides wouldn't role very well.

Ratbarf said: Three sides wouldn't role very well.

Spin it on it's end like a spinning top!

ThunderChild wrote:

Ratbarf said: Three sides wouldn't role very well.

Spin it on it's end like a spinning top!

Oh Dr3idel, Dr3idel, Dr3idel! I made you out of THE SKULLS OF THE FALLEN! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

Osbad wrote:EDIT 3: Good grief I'm bored today!! Does it show?

A little bit, yes . The links were cool, though! Thanks

The D3 seems a little bit like the unicorn... a mythical creeature that you can never quite grab hold of!

Gwar! wrote:

ThunderChild wrote:

Ratbarf said: Three sides wouldn't role very well.

Spin it on it's end like a spinning top!

Oh Dr3idel, Dr3idel, Dr3idel! I made you out of THE SKULLS OF THE FALLEN! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

Heh, you sound like that guy at every shop, who always quotes things out of place and awkwardly screams out stuff like "Spoon!". Good show chap, keep up the good work. The world needs a good laugh every now and again.

And since no one else answered the inital question, here's what you do OP:

1) Take a d6 (Oops, a six sided polyhedron)
2) Roll it three times
3) Divide result by 3, rounding up

It's really that easy.

Now when you're called on to produce multiple d3 results, repeat the above method but take a handful of dice and roll them all at the same time. Then, manipulate the numbers to work out in your favor (whether high or low) all the while slightly moving your opponents models out of position while he's distracted.

Gwar! wrote:Aye, but as I said, that is not a Regular Polyhedral, and as such is of suspect fairness. A Regular Polyhedral is much easier to construct as a fair dice.

Not really. A pair of casino dice costs about $7 retail.

As has been pointed out on this very site Chessex and its derivatives aren't fair at all; rolling about twice as many 1's as they should. Most gaming dice are 'fair' only in the sense that everyone uses essentially the same kind.

Randomman wrote:A friend of mine had a D3, all it was basically a D6 with the appropriate numbers appearing twice.
But most people just roll a D6 then divide and round up as described above.

I like to dig out the ole Jam dice from 2nd edition, it's got two 1's, two 2's, a 3 and a "Jam" we read as a 3, but I also bought a properly marked six sider that was marked with 1, 2, and 3 on two faces. Playing D and D leads to a dice collecting addiction, even if you can take a d6 and do some math, it's nice to have a proper die for the roll.