Here's a tablet app made for DCC, little awkward to flick with mouse, not available on phones, but pretty cool, also does spell effects, criticals, is even a quickie rule reference.  Pretty freakin' cool.

Quote from: RPGPundit;543940This is one of the dumber aspects of the game, though.  The fact that it makes it difficult for some people to play right off the bat, and even more annoyingly difficult if you, say, live in certain countries where you just cannot get those special weird rare dice cheaply.

It was an immediate turnoff for me when I saw the beta.  Yeah, I can simulate all of them quite easily with standard polyhedrals, but why would I want to?  Quirky and weird for some, but I took it as annoying.  If I had some belief there was a probabilistic *need* for those ranges, I might have felt differently, but as it stands... meh... I don't really need a new system anyway.

There are a whole bunch of games that use only d6s or d10s or whatever. These have a certain unified aesthetic and economy that many people prefer. There are also a lot of people who have piles of dice of different sizes and shapes and have been waiting for a game to use them in. DCC is an exciting release.

The DDC dice mechanics was a major factor in me looking into the game and purchasing it. Having the opportunity to use my d14s is a plus. The dice drew me in, and I'm glad because it looks fantastic

I agree with languagegeek. I wasn't rushing to DCC at all, but one of the few things that I found genuinely intriguing from the very start was the Zocchi dice, because I like them and wanted to use them for quite some time as an integral part of a game's system. Now it looks like I'll be getting what I want. Gaming is cool.

I received my dice and inked them to complete the glow in the dark set. Lo and behold:



Just waiting on a sharp-edged d30 at this point.

Of course, when in crisis/needing a weird die, I do some variation of:

d3=d6/2
d5=d6 reroll 6.
d7=d8 reroll 8.
d16 = d20, reroll 17-20
d24 = d30, reroll 25-30 or if a d30 is not available, d4+d20.  On a "2" (d4=1, d20=1) roll d6.  1-3 = 1, 4-6=2.

etc.

There are some weird tables in the Dungeon Masters Guide, and occasionally when stocking a spellbook, I'll find that a given level has a non-die-standard number of options and I just want some grab-bag choices.

Yeah I used those dice before in similar circumstances in D&D: custom-built encounter tables, specific magic items (I was just telling the story to Jim Ward about how I had that flail idea -concept lifted from BG2 originally- where the base weapon would have a head with spikes right, but you could add multiple heads to the weapons which were separate magic items each, and each additional head would increase the damage die type, up to I think four or five heads for d16 damage), stuff like that.

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Set of 6 GameScience dice, just the oddballs

40 fucking dollars?!

Also, what is the P-R die in the OP?

Quote from: danbuter;54887640 fucking dollars?!

Also, what is the P-R die in the OP?

It's because of the d100 included, I guess. It goes for like $20+ on its own. It's a shit package. You should get the dice without the fucking d100 (THAT is an unnecessary gimmick, for those of you who don't know what that is).

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Quote from: FASERIP;543734Just an attention-drawing gimmick.

I imagine this is part of it. I love the idea of using them, and had started to put a small game system together for them a few years ago. Nothing in common with DCC or anything. I just really like the idea of using them all.

You were right the first time, dude.  

Quote from: Philotomy Jurament;548904You were right the first time, dude.  

Yeah, I meant that using them to draw attention to the game was probably part of the idea, sure. I didn't agree that the dice were just a gimmick, however. That's the nuance here, in the sense that, if I'm completely okay with anyone discarding the game because it uses some weird dice you don't want to buy or don't want to have to replace by using other dice, I'm not okay with the notion that because of that, the "game sucks" or the dice are "obviously JUST a gimmick". When you read the game, it's obviously bullshit.

At the time of the design notes and beta release there was much hoo-ha about the funky dice and Joseph waded in on various forums with explanations, etc. He did talk on his own forums about sourcing the dice himself and making them available as a bundle with DCC books or direct from the GG site (which he was greatly encouraged to do by all and sundry).

Thus, I find it very curious that after the release of the game, its evident success, and the same hoo-ha all over again about the dice, Joseph has not raised his head to comment. Anywhere. I wonder if this is because he's a new dad and has no mental energy left (I can empathise with that), his sick and tired of flogging a dead horse.....or he's negotiating a deal on a dice pack and waiting to announce it when finalised.

Quote from: Stainless;548935At the time of the design notes and beta release there was much hoo-ha about the funky dice and Joseph waded in on various forums with explanations, etc. He did talk on his own forums about sourcing the dice himself and making them available as a bundle with DCC books or direct from the GG site (which he was greatly encouraged to do by all and sundry).

Thus, I find it very curious that after the release of the game, its evident success, and the same hoo-ha all over again about the dice, Joseph has not raised his head to comment. Anywhere. I wonder if this is because he's a new dad and has no mental energy left (I can empathise with that), his sick and tired of flogging a dead horse.....or he's negotiating a deal on a dice pack and waiting to announce it when finalised.

I agree the game would be more appealing if it included the dice. I would have liked to see this as a boxed set with a players book, a DMs book and a set of dice.

Apparently there's talk of getting a kickstarter going to have some DCC RPG dice created and spread around for people who want them. This could actually do something for those who want to have the dice with the game and so on. Stay tuned. I'll try to look and see where this is going.

Gamescience d20's are $.90 to $2.15 each, d16s are $2.00-$3.00 each.  d3's and d14's are $3.00 each.  You want to buy Koplow or Chessex versions they're even cheaper.  Christ.

The d3 has 1, 2, 3 as well as R, P, S for Rock, Paper, Scissors.