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This question is not actually related to RPGs but is more of a real-world dice rolling scenario I'm looking for help with, from dice rolling experts.
I'm currently memorizing the Book of Psalms, which is divided into 150 chapters.
I'm looking for an analog, elegant way of quizzing myself, by rolling some number of dice (or whatever means, really, just nothing digital) to get a random (equally likely) number from 1 to 150.
Not being very aware of the dice world I start googling, starting with "150 sided dice" ... which would obviously do the trick in one go.
Didn't take long for me to realize there are only so many 3D shapes that lend themselves to being dice with 120 sided dice being the largest (and pretty ridiculous looking) I could find.
So it'll be some combination of things. One solution I have thought of so far would be a d30 and a d5. I would subtract one from the d5 and multiply that number by 30, resulting in 0,30,60,90,120. I would then simply add the value of the d30.
Hopefully that example gives you an idea of what I'm trying to accomplish. Apologies in advance if I'm barking up the wrong tree and this question doesn't belong. If so I'll just edit my question "A Character in my RPG is memorizing the Book of Psalms..." :)
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This question is not actually related to RPGs but is more of a real-world dice rolling scenario I'm looking for help with, from dice rolling experts.
I'm currently memorizing the Book of Psalms, which is divided into 150 chapters.
I'm looking for an analog, elegant way of quizzing myself, by rolling some number of dice (or whatever means, really, just nothing digital) to get a random (equally likely) number from 1 to 150.
Not being very aware of the dice world I start googling, starting with "150 sided dice" ... which would obviously do the trick in one go.
Didn't take long for me to realize there are only so many 3D shapes that lend themselves to being dice with 120 sided dice being the largest (and pretty ridiculous looking) I could find.
So it'll be some combination of things. One solution I have thought of so far would be a d30 and a d5. I would subtract one from the d5 and multiply that number by 30, resulting in 0,30,60,90,120. I would then simply add the value of the d30.
Hopefully that example gives you an idea of what I'm trying to accomplish. Apologies in advance if I'm barking up the wrong tree and this question doesn't belong. If so I'll just edit my question "A Character in my RPG is memorizing the Book of Psalms..." :)
dice
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Greg JenkinsGreg Jenkins
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this question is about statistical modeling with dice. It may be a better fit for Math.SE which has a wide range of dice questions, but you may want to check their question guidelines to be sure. Feel free to take our tour for more about what types of questions this site answers. Thanks for visiting!
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– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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@KorvinStarmast I plan to purchase whichever dice I end up needing.
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– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron no problem! I have no clue what I'm doing.
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– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron Our reputation, as RPGers, for having mystic dice skills with funny shaped dice may be what brought Greg to our site.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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I think there’s meaningful utility here for future RPG-focused readers. They might have a different reason to want to roll a number 1–150, but it would be the same practical question.
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– SevenSidedDie
6 hours ago
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This question is not actually related to RPGs but is more of a real-world dice rolling scenario I'm looking for help with, from dice rolling experts.
I'm currently memorizing the Book of Psalms, which is divided into 150 chapters.
I'm looking for an analog, elegant way of quizzing myself, by rolling some number of dice (or whatever means, really, just nothing digital) to get a random (equally likely) number from 1 to 150.
Not being very aware of the dice world I start googling, starting with "150 sided dice" ... which would obviously do the trick in one go.
Didn't take long for me to realize there are only so many 3D shapes that lend themselves to being dice with 120 sided dice being the largest (and pretty ridiculous looking) I could find.
So it'll be some combination of things. One solution I have thought of so far would be a d30 and a d5. I would subtract one from the d5 and multiply that number by 30, resulting in 0,30,60,90,120. I would then simply add the value of the d30.
Hopefully that example gives you an idea of what I'm trying to accomplish. Apologies in advance if I'm barking up the wrong tree and this question doesn't belong. If so I'll just edit my question "A Character in my RPG is memorizing the Book of Psalms..." :)
dice
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This question is not actually related to RPGs but is more of a real-world dice rolling scenario I'm looking for help with, from dice rolling experts.
I'm currently memorizing the Book of Psalms, which is divided into 150 chapters.
I'm looking for an analog, elegant way of quizzing myself, by rolling some number of dice (or whatever means, really, just nothing digital) to get a random (equally likely) number from 1 to 150.
Not being very aware of the dice world I start googling, starting with "150 sided dice" ... which would obviously do the trick in one go.
Didn't take long for me to realize there are only so many 3D shapes that lend themselves to being dice with 120 sided dice being the largest (and pretty ridiculous looking) I could find.
So it'll be some combination of things. One solution I have thought of so far would be a d30 and a d5. I would subtract one from the d5 and multiply that number by 30, resulting in 0,30,60,90,120. I would then simply add the value of the d30.
Hopefully that example gives you an idea of what I'm trying to accomplish. Apologies in advance if I'm barking up the wrong tree and this question doesn't belong. If so I'll just edit my question "A Character in my RPG is memorizing the Book of Psalms..." :)
dice
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this question is about statistical modeling with dice. It may be a better fit for Math.SE which has a wide range of dice questions, but you may want to check their question guidelines to be sure. Feel free to take our tour for more about what types of questions this site answers. Thanks for visiting!
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– David Coffron
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@KorvinStarmast I plan to purchase whichever dice I end up needing.
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– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron no problem! I have no clue what I'm doing.
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– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron Our reputation, as RPGers, for having mystic dice skills with funny shaped dice may be what brought Greg to our site.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
2
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I think there’s meaningful utility here for future RPG-focused readers. They might have a different reason to want to roll a number 1–150, but it would be the same practical question.
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– SevenSidedDie
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this question is about statistical modeling with dice. It may be a better fit for Math.SE which has a wide range of dice questions, but you may want to check their question guidelines to be sure. Feel free to take our tour for more about what types of questions this site answers. Thanks for visiting!
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– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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@KorvinStarmast I plan to purchase whichever dice I end up needing.
$endgroup$
– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron no problem! I have no clue what I'm doing.
$endgroup$
– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
2
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@DavidCoffron Our reputation, as RPGers, for having mystic dice skills with funny shaped dice may be what brought Greg to our site.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
2
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I think there’s meaningful utility here for future RPG-focused readers. They might have a different reason to want to roll a number 1–150, but it would be the same practical question.
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– SevenSidedDie
6 hours ago
6
6
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this question is about statistical modeling with dice. It may be a better fit for Math.SE which has a wide range of dice questions, but you may want to check their question guidelines to be sure. Feel free to take our tour for more about what types of questions this site answers. Thanks for visiting!
$endgroup$
– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this question is about statistical modeling with dice. It may be a better fit for Math.SE which has a wide range of dice questions, but you may want to check their question guidelines to be sure. Feel free to take our tour for more about what types of questions this site answers. Thanks for visiting!
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– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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@KorvinStarmast I plan to purchase whichever dice I end up needing.
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– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@KorvinStarmast I plan to purchase whichever dice I end up needing.
$endgroup$
– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron no problem! I have no clue what I'm doing.
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– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron no problem! I have no clue what I'm doing.
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– Greg Jenkins
6 hours ago
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2
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@DavidCoffron Our reputation, as RPGers, for having mystic dice skills with funny shaped dice may be what brought Greg to our site.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron Our reputation, as RPGers, for having mystic dice skills with funny shaped dice may be what brought Greg to our site.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
2
2
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I think there’s meaningful utility here for future RPG-focused readers. They might have a different reason to want to roll a number 1–150, but it would be the same practical question.
$endgroup$
– SevenSidedDie
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
I think there’s meaningful utility here for future RPG-focused readers. They might have a different reason to want to roll a number 1–150, but it would be the same practical question.
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Use a "d50" and a "d3" - which are 2d10 and 1d6
You roll 2d10 (divided by 2, round up) to make up your percentile dice of 1-100.
Dividing the result by two (round up) to makes it 1-50. (If the dice are marked 0-9, then 00 = 100).
You roll the 1d6 to determine low(1,2), middle(3,4) (+50), or high (5,6) (+100).
Result is 1-50, 51-100, 101-150.
Per your comment, you need to buy dice. Buy two ten-sided dice, and use a single regular/conventional 6-sided die.
- I suggest each of the ten sided dice be a different color: say red
and green. Red for tens, green for ones. Rolling a red 3 and a
green 7 yields 37. Divide by two (round up) for a 19. (or 69 or 119).
Good luck.
answered 6 hours ago
KorvinStarmastKorvinStarmast
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You may want to link to this question about percentile dice. As such, you should note that the dice need to be distinguishable
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– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron I already did the second, and good idea on the first. Link is in.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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The most straitforward method is to roll two dice: a die for the “ones” place and another to generate 0–15 for the “tens” place. This is quick to roll, easy to read, and portable. You can do this with a pair of available dice: a 15-sided die and a ten-sided die (the latter usually numbered 0–9).
Mark the “15” on the d15 as zero: with a marker you can draw a zero over it, or black out white numerals, to remind you that this face means a zero in the “tens” place.
Then roll and read them in order:
- d15 shows 7 and the d10 shows 1 gives you 71.
- d15 shows 4 and the d10 shows 0 gives you 40.
- d15 shows 0 (the blacked-out face) and the d10 shows 1 gives you 1.
- d15 shows 14 and the d10 shows 9 gives you 149.
This pattern holds except for a result of zero on both dice: read this as 150, which otherwise won’t show up literally. (This is akin to how a pair of d10s marked 0–9 are traditionally read to roll 1–100: they’re read literally for 01–99, but when two zeroes come up that’s read as 100, completing the range.)
answered 6 hours ago
SevenSidedDieSevenSidedDie
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Cool to see the existence of d15; I tried our RPG.SE roller and it does not have d15 function. sad face
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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Today I learned there are d15s. Not that it matters for this question, but, does anyone know if any of those non-standard dice are statistically verified, even by design?
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– Novak
20 mins ago
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@Novak The site has fielded questions about the fairness of at least one of those nonstandard dice here, which is appropriate given this answer's author.:-)Assessing the d15 specifically, though. should be it's own question.
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Use a "d50" and a "d3" - which are 2d10 and 1d6
You roll 2d10 (divided by 2, round up) to make up your percentile dice of 1-100.
Dividing the result by two (round up) to makes it 1-50. (If the dice are marked 0-9, then 00 = 100).
You roll the 1d6 to determine low(1,2), middle(3,4) (+50), or high (5,6) (+100).
Result is 1-50, 51-100, 101-150.
Per your comment, you need to buy dice. Buy two ten-sided dice, and use a single regular/conventional 6-sided die.
- I suggest each of the ten sided dice be a different color: say red
and green. Red for tens, green for ones. Rolling a red 3 and a
green 7 yields 37. Divide by two (round up) for a 19. (or 69 or 119).
Good luck.
answered 6 hours ago
KorvinStarmastKorvinStarmast
85k21264460
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You may want to link to this question about percentile dice. As such, you should note that the dice need to be distinguishable
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– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron I already did the second, and good idea on the first. Link is in.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Use a "d50" and a "d3" - which are 2d10 and 1d6
You roll 2d10 (divided by 2, round up) to make up your percentile dice of 1-100.
Dividing the result by two (round up) to makes it 1-50. (If the dice are marked 0-9, then 00 = 100).
You roll the 1d6 to determine low(1,2), middle(3,4) (+50), or high (5,6) (+100).
Result is 1-50, 51-100, 101-150.
Per your comment, you need to buy dice. Buy two ten-sided dice, and use a single regular/conventional 6-sided die.
- I suggest each of the ten sided dice be a different color: say red
and green. Red for tens, green for ones. Rolling a red 3 and a
green 7 yields 37. Divide by two (round up) for a 19. (or 69 or 119).
Good luck.
answered 6 hours ago
KorvinStarmastKorvinStarmast
85k21264460
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
You may want to link to this question about percentile dice. As such, you should note that the dice need to be distinguishable
$endgroup$
– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron I already did the second, and good idea on the first. Link is in.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Use a "d50" and a "d3" - which are 2d10 and 1d6
You roll 2d10 (divided by 2, round up) to make up your percentile dice of 1-100.
Dividing the result by two (round up) to makes it 1-50. (If the dice are marked 0-9, then 00 = 100).
You roll the 1d6 to determine low(1,2), middle(3,4) (+50), or high (5,6) (+100).
Result is 1-50, 51-100, 101-150.
Per your comment, you need to buy dice. Buy two ten-sided dice, and use a single regular/conventional 6-sided die.
- I suggest each of the ten sided dice be a different color: say red
and green. Red for tens, green for ones. Rolling a red 3 and a
green 7 yields 37. Divide by two (round up) for a 19. (or 69 or 119).
Good luck.
answered 6 hours ago
KorvinStarmastKorvinStarmast
85k21264460
$endgroup$
Use a "d50" and a "d3" - which are 2d10 and 1d6
You roll 2d10 (divided by 2, round up) to make up your percentile dice of 1-100.
Dividing the result by two (round up) to makes it 1-50. (If the dice are marked 0-9, then 00 = 100).
You roll the 1d6 to determine low(1,2), middle(3,4) (+50), or high (5,6) (+100).
Result is 1-50, 51-100, 101-150.
Per your comment, you need to buy dice. Buy two ten-sided dice, and use a single regular/conventional 6-sided die.
- I suggest each of the ten sided dice be a different color: say red
and green. Red for tens, green for ones. Rolling a red 3 and a
green 7 yields 37. Divide by two (round up) for a 19. (or 69 or 119).
Good luck.
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KorvinStarmastKorvinStarmast
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You may want to link to this question about percentile dice. As such, you should note that the dice need to be distinguishable
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– David Coffron
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron I already did the second, and good idea on the first. Link is in.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
You may want to link to this question about percentile dice. As such, you should note that the dice need to be distinguishable
$endgroup$
– David Coffron
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
@DavidCoffron I already did the second, and good idea on the first. Link is in.
$endgroup$
– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
You may want to link to this question about percentile dice. As such, you should note that the dice need to be distinguishable
$endgroup$
– David Coffron
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
You may want to link to this question about percentile dice. As such, you should note that the dice need to be distinguishable
$endgroup$
– David Coffron
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
@DavidCoffron I already did the second, and good idea on the first. Link is in.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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@DavidCoffron I already did the second, and good idea on the first. Link is in.
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
add a comment |
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The most straitforward method is to roll two dice: a die for the “ones” place and another to generate 0–15 for the “tens” place. This is quick to roll, easy to read, and portable. You can do this with a pair of available dice: a 15-sided die and a ten-sided die (the latter usually numbered 0–9).
Mark the “15” on the d15 as zero: with a marker you can draw a zero over it, or black out white numerals, to remind you that this face means a zero in the “tens” place.
Then roll and read them in order:
- d15 shows 7 and the d10 shows 1 gives you 71.
- d15 shows 4 and the d10 shows 0 gives you 40.
- d15 shows 0 (the blacked-out face) and the d10 shows 1 gives you 1.
- d15 shows 14 and the d10 shows 9 gives you 149.
This pattern holds except for a result of zero on both dice: read this as 150, which otherwise won’t show up literally. (This is akin to how a pair of d10s marked 0–9 are traditionally read to roll 1–100: they’re read literally for 01–99, but when two zeroes come up that’s read as 100, completing the range.)
answered 6 hours ago
SevenSidedDieSevenSidedDie
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Cool to see the existence of d15; I tried our RPG.SE roller and it does not have d15 function. sad face
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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Today I learned there are d15s. Not that it matters for this question, but, does anyone know if any of those non-standard dice are statistically verified, even by design?
$endgroup$
– Novak
20 mins ago
$begingroup$
@Novak The site has fielded questions about the fairness of at least one of those nonstandard dice here, which is appropriate given this answer's author.:-)Assessing the d15 specifically, though. should be it's own question.
$endgroup$
– Hey I Can Chan
2 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The most straitforward method is to roll two dice: a die for the “ones” place and another to generate 0–15 for the “tens” place. This is quick to roll, easy to read, and portable. You can do this with a pair of available dice: a 15-sided die and a ten-sided die (the latter usually numbered 0–9).
Mark the “15” on the d15 as zero: with a marker you can draw a zero over it, or black out white numerals, to remind you that this face means a zero in the “tens” place.
Then roll and read them in order:
- d15 shows 7 and the d10 shows 1 gives you 71.
- d15 shows 4 and the d10 shows 0 gives you 40.
- d15 shows 0 (the blacked-out face) and the d10 shows 1 gives you 1.
- d15 shows 14 and the d10 shows 9 gives you 149.
This pattern holds except for a result of zero on both dice: read this as 150, which otherwise won’t show up literally. (This is akin to how a pair of d10s marked 0–9 are traditionally read to roll 1–100: they’re read literally for 01–99, but when two zeroes come up that’s read as 100, completing the range.)
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Cool to see the existence of d15; I tried our RPG.SE roller and it does not have d15 function. sad face
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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Today I learned there are d15s. Not that it matters for this question, but, does anyone know if any of those non-standard dice are statistically verified, even by design?
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– Novak
20 mins ago
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@Novak The site has fielded questions about the fairness of at least one of those nonstandard dice here, which is appropriate given this answer's author.:-)Assessing the d15 specifically, though. should be it's own question.
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– Hey I Can Chan
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The most straitforward method is to roll two dice: a die for the “ones” place and another to generate 0–15 for the “tens” place. This is quick to roll, easy to read, and portable. You can do this with a pair of available dice: a 15-sided die and a ten-sided die (the latter usually numbered 0–9).
Mark the “15” on the d15 as zero: with a marker you can draw a zero over it, or black out white numerals, to remind you that this face means a zero in the “tens” place.
Then roll and read them in order:
- d15 shows 7 and the d10 shows 1 gives you 71.
- d15 shows 4 and the d10 shows 0 gives you 40.
- d15 shows 0 (the blacked-out face) and the d10 shows 1 gives you 1.
- d15 shows 14 and the d10 shows 9 gives you 149.
This pattern holds except for a result of zero on both dice: read this as 150, which otherwise won’t show up literally. (This is akin to how a pair of d10s marked 0–9 are traditionally read to roll 1–100: they’re read literally for 01–99, but when two zeroes come up that’s read as 100, completing the range.)
answered 6 hours ago
SevenSidedDieSevenSidedDie
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The most straitforward method is to roll two dice: a die for the “ones” place and another to generate 0–15 for the “tens” place. This is quick to roll, easy to read, and portable. You can do this with a pair of available dice: a 15-sided die and a ten-sided die (the latter usually numbered 0–9).
Mark the “15” on the d15 as zero: with a marker you can draw a zero over it, or black out white numerals, to remind you that this face means a zero in the “tens” place.
Then roll and read them in order:
- d15 shows 7 and the d10 shows 1 gives you 71.
- d15 shows 4 and the d10 shows 0 gives you 40.
- d15 shows 0 (the blacked-out face) and the d10 shows 1 gives you 1.
- d15 shows 14 and the d10 shows 9 gives you 149.
This pattern holds except for a result of zero on both dice: read this as 150, which otherwise won’t show up literally. (This is akin to how a pair of d10s marked 0–9 are traditionally read to roll 1–100: they’re read literally for 01–99, but when two zeroes come up that’s read as 100, completing the range.)
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Cool to see the existence of d15; I tried our RPG.SE roller and it does not have d15 function. sad face
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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Today I learned there are d15s. Not that it matters for this question, but, does anyone know if any of those non-standard dice are statistically verified, even by design?
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– Novak
20 mins ago
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@Novak The site has fielded questions about the fairness of at least one of those nonstandard dice here, which is appropriate given this answer's author.:-)Assessing the d15 specifically, though. should be it's own question.
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– Hey I Can Chan
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Cool to see the existence of d15; I tried our RPG.SE roller and it does not have d15 function. sad face
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– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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Today I learned there are d15s. Not that it matters for this question, but, does anyone know if any of those non-standard dice are statistically verified, even by design?
$endgroup$
– Novak
20 mins ago
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@Novak The site has fielded questions about the fairness of at least one of those nonstandard dice here, which is appropriate given this answer's author.:-)Assessing the d15 specifically, though. should be it's own question.
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– Hey I Can Chan
2 mins ago
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Cool to see the existence of d15; I tried our RPG.SE roller and it does not have d15 function. sad face
$endgroup$
– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
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Cool to see the existence of d15; I tried our RPG.SE roller and it does not have d15 function. sad face
$endgroup$
– KorvinStarmast
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
Today I learned there are d15s. Not that it matters for this question, but, does anyone know if any of those non-standard dice are statistically verified, even by design?
$endgroup$
– Novak
20 mins ago
$begingroup$
Today I learned there are d15s. Not that it matters for this question, but, does anyone know if any of those non-standard dice are statistically verified, even by design?
$endgroup$
– Novak
20 mins ago
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@Novak The site has fielded questions about the fairness of at least one of those nonstandard dice here, which is appropriate given this answer's author.
:-) Assessing the d15 specifically, though. should be it's own question.$endgroup$
– Hey I Can Chan
2 mins ago
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@Novak The site has fielded questions about the fairness of at least one of those nonstandard dice here, which is appropriate given this answer's author.
:-) Assessing the d15 specifically, though. should be it's own question.$endgroup$
– Hey I Can Chan
2 mins ago
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– David Coffron
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@KorvinStarmast I plan to purchase whichever dice I end up needing.
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– Greg Jenkins
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@DavidCoffron no problem! I have no clue what I'm doing.
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@DavidCoffron Our reputation, as RPGers, for having mystic dice skills with funny shaped dice may be what brought Greg to our site.
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I think there’s meaningful utility here for future RPG-focused readers. They might have a different reason to want to roll a number 1–150, but it would be the same practical question.
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