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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

Well, I have no idea why people are getting so annoyed about math, back in "The Day", when they only had Polyhedral dice and "Barrel" dice were quite rare, D10's were actually D20's marked 0-9 twice in different colours.

Gavin Thorne wrote:Right there with you Gwar!... I still have my 0-9x2/d20 in my dice bag. The first time I saw 00 on a ten sided die, I did a double take before realizing it was a "tens" die.

Indeed, kids today with their D10's and "Special" D%. 2D20 were good enough back then for 1-100 so why not now!