10 Rounds of Initiative: Dice Jail

There is just something about these polyhedral dice that stirs something deep within my nerdy soul. After rolling my first set during my first ever game it awoke a primitive beast with an insatiable hunger for dice, or at least thats how I justify buying every set of dice I see!

This blog idea came to me as I brought my last set of dice, no wait, I didn't mean last set a meant most recent set of dice, phew I panicked there for a second.

Some of you may have seen the dice I recently brought on Twitter (pictured right). I picked these up from my local game shop called Grinning Demon. 

While I was making my purchase and already deciding that these dice would be used for fire damage and red dragons, I began talking with the shops owners about dice addiction.

One of them argued that they were searching for their lucky dice. That their perpetual purchasing of polyhedral dice was a quest for that one die that would grant them the nat 20's they craved. 

The other owner immediately countered the remark with "theres no such thing as lucky dice"

This experience got me thinking a lot about the dice we buy and for some reason, love to look at pictures of? Yes I am talking to you! These funny shaped objects with numbers etched on them draw a lot of superstition and mystery. 

The two main people that I associate with dice reverence are Wil Weaton and Laura Bailey. Every tabletop gamer is aware of Wil Weaton's supposed dice curse and those of you that have seen it in action when he played Thorbir on Critical Role firmly believe in its existence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGaISHs2s7Q&index=21&list=PL7atuZxmT954bCkC062rKwXTvJtcqFB8i

It was a very entertaining thing to watch but I think I speak for everyone when I say, the moment Wil rolls a natural 20 all tabletop gamers will be living in fear until we know who the curse has settled on next. 

My second example, Laura Bailey is well known for her rather large dice collection and her pre-game ritual that helps her to select dice she will take with her into the game. 

She is also known for sending her 'unlucky' dice to Dice Jail. I personally love the idea of dice jail and I know a number of players that would use one.

I find the idea of searching for your lucky dice a great way of justifying the excessive amount of dice we dice addicts possess. 

This isn't the reason I buy dice however, although there was one time I brought a single d20 based on luck. 

I was at a gaming convention with my partner in crime Marshall and we were standing at a stall of steampunk themed merchandise and tabletop accessories. I picked up a purple d20 and admired its detail, it dropped to the floor as I went to put it back. It tumbled to the stand owners feet and landed on that magical number that makes us all twitch and squeal with excitement. The dice beast within me immediately decided that, that dice had to be ours, it was a lucky one. 

The real reason I can't top buying dice is, they are freaking cool! I love adding dice to my collection and I love bringing new players to my table and giving them a complete set to play with for a game. Even new players seem to have their own selection process when they delve into my collection, trying to pick out the coolest ones or dice that go with their character. 

Heres a couple questions for you, let us know your answers by tweeting @WisSave and send us pictures of your dice collection using #DiceFiend


Why do you buy dice?

Do you believe in lucky dice?


So it looks like we are out of initiative for this week, thank you for reading you all gain 750xp



Bonus Action:

I was interested to find out however that although there may or may not be such a thing as lucky dice, there is such a thing as biased dice. Click on the video below to find out how you check to see if your dice are biased. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI3N4Qg-JZM&t=119s