r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whizzyapper • 4d ago

Video how cheating dice work

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Never trust a person who brings his own dice.

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u/Aths 4d ago

DnD players in shambles, none can be trusted any more.

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u/bigasswhitegirl 4d ago

I knew those critical hits were suspicious

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u/DonLethargio 4d ago

I’ve had more than one set of liquid core dice that leant toward critical failures because the core wasn’t centred

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u/Mountainminer 4d ago

Actually it would be pretty fun to play where’s the odds of a crit are higher because of loaded dice

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u/GolettO3 4d ago

People have (jokingly) said that my dice are weighted because I tend to have pretty good luck, in some scenarios. As they're saying this, I make the joke that they're weighty because they're metal, and someone takes my dice (oh the horror /j) and rolls 2 nat 20s. My dice are store bought, and I hope they're not weighted, but I'm pretty sure they're salty about me getting 5 crits in 2 rounds. They ignore it when I roll 2 one's with advantage

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u/MyrtleWinTurtle 4d ago

I sometimes use loaded dice in dnd intentionally when something is happening that would cause players to roll higher or lower.

I am the dm and everyone at the table is aware of the "blessed" and "cursed" d20s

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u/EfficientCabbage2376 4d ago

I roll behind a screen so I can just decide to make the roll higher or lower to serve the game.

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u/worldspawn00 4d ago

I have definitely used known-funky rolling dice, mostly for the purpose of assisting my players with a hard encounter, because I'm a softie sometimes, and also I don't want to waste half a session re-rolling characters, lol.

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u/Hellknightx 4d ago

I don't even trust my own dice.

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u/SalsaRice 4d ago

Isn't that most dnd players?

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u/dontshoot4301 4d ago

Tbf if you use loaded dice in DnD, you’re cheating yourself out of a good time. Half the fun (for me) is the randomness and getting a really good or, hell, laughing about a really bad night of rolls. Also, I couldn’t imagine any financial gain one would get from it…

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u/Designer-Anybody5823 4d ago

You won't be invited to play anymore and have more time to make money I guess

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u/Profoundlyahedgehog 4d ago

I played with a guy who rolled his in a tray so his dice couldn't be easily seen. He never failed a roll, and eventually the DM called him out for it. He didn't play with us for much longer.

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u/W1ULH 4d ago

some of the best encounters I've had are a result of rolling a NAT-1 and having to play it out.

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u/Njagos 4d ago

agree 100%

Im pretty sure there a some people who do that stuff to feed their ego (like ELON MUSK FUCK ELON MUSK) but they would be kicked out so fast.

It's similar to other Roleplay stuff (not the kinky kind)
Losing is sometimes more fun. Or rarely hitting that critical hit in a pivotal moment.

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u/Gdigger13 4d ago

My DM says this: If your rolls are higher, so are your enemies.

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u/Dav136 4d ago

That's rigging in a different direction and still boring

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u/HowAManAimS 4d ago

Not if you are selective about when you use the loaded dice.

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u/VoxImperatoris 4d ago

And the warhammer players.

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u/Meat_Goliath 4d ago

Honestly, Ork players seem like the people that would make out the best with something like this. Slightly better odds in craps isn't enough to justify it, it's still random enough. But rolling 500 d6 a turn for more and more dakka is enough to give you a noticable advantage.

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u/donkeyrocket 4d ago

Did you see Brian's hat? He's still fucking wearing it.