Same reason people collect anything; sometimes something comes in a lot of different aesthetically pleasing forms and you just like collecting them. I buy lots of dice because I love how they look; the combination of geometric solids with interesting colours, tints, mixings, fonts etc. I've lost count of how many sets I have because I just like picking them up when they catch my eye
I mean, we've bought a lot more than we expected to. But for practical purposes.
We got a set of 11 with the Essentials Kit. That's great, but we found only covered one player.
We got a nice set of blue ones because I liked them and we wanted one set for the player and one set for the DM.
We got a set of glow in the dark red rock ones for my wife's birthday.
We decided to do a one shot for my nephews, so we got a pack of 7 sets so they could play with their own set.
We found that even then, we weren't comfortably covering what we needed. We were regularly doing attacks etc that required more d6s (or whatever) than we had, so got another pack of 7 sets.
That's 17 sets, but we've bought them for need. It's surprising how many you need to roll everything at once.
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Because sometimes some of them misbehave, and you need a back up set or four.
I have 2 sets I always bring for the same reason and I also have at least 10 D6s
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Hollow unbreakable arrows are the most OP common magic item, and my current method of coming up with insane combat shenanigans.
if you make a steel pipe with one end closed and a nozzle on the other, you can enlarge it, fill with any liquid, and then drop concentration, creating a high pressure squirt gun. (or a pipe bomb, depending if it holds)
because my dice need to know that at any moment they can be replaced, if you don't keep them in line they start misbehaving and roll 1's and 2's in those key moments. If a D20 knows it is the only one you have then it has no reason to behave, but, if it knows it is one of hundreds then it will do whatever it can to keep itself as your favourite :).
I got a big fishbowl full of them for my players. I'm pretty big into being the site for D&D. I also have rulebooks and binders for each player.
Then I got some metal dice 'acuz they're cool. Then some bronzy looking ones to match. And a few more for badguys, because sometimes dice represent enemies, so the players can say, "I'm going to hit the pearl one. Or coffee. Or oil. Or gray." Then two sets of rainbow dice for allies... and lastly some sharp metal flat faced dice for making gem-stone dice (which I never finished).
Really, all the above reasons. Sometimes you want to be able to share with multiple other people. Sometimes you just want to have bragging rights for possessing the biggest hoard of pretty baubles at the table. They look cool. They're [usually] fairly inexpensive individually so you can pick up a few whenever you're at the game store or a the dealer's hall at a convention. Some of them are not cheap and become prestige items or showcase pieces. There's a certain catharsis and ASMR quality to just rolling a handful of them and hearing them go clickety-clack.
And if some random violent person interrupts your game you can grab your one pound, two inch diameter, zinc alloy d100 and crack their skull with it. Seriously, I have a rock the size of a baseball I use for a paperweight and this thing is noticeably heavier despite being about half the size. It's like an inscribed miniature disco ball of doom, it was totally worth the $45 just to have it and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.
That's 17 sets, but we've bought them for need. It's surprising how many you need to roll everything at once.
That's a good start...but where are your dice sets for Xmas, 4th of July, Labor day, Arbor Day, International Hot Dog day, National Meerkat day, the day you made that one perfect sandwich, the day you woke without back pain, the day you woke up with too much back pain, and that one time you scored extra bbq sauce on your food truck order?
On a connected point, loads of dice is good, but practice rolling them while others are talking is not :). I have had several players with the very bad habit of rolling dice while it wasn’t there turn.
I like having a lot of dice in my massive dice bag because it is a dice weapon of doom.
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Hollow unbreakable arrows are the most OP common magic item, and my current method of coming up with insane combat shenanigans.
if you make a steel pipe with one end closed and a nozzle on the other, you can enlarge it, fill with any liquid, and then drop concentration, creating a high pressure squirt gun. (or a pipe bomb, depending if it holds)
Everyone aspires to casting meteor swarm with forty dice.
For some reason I saw this in my head as literally "casting" Meteor Swarm with forty dice.
I have a lot of dice because during that period of the Covid lockdown where a lot of us were going a little bit crazy, buying dice sets were like little rays of sunshine in the gloom.
There's an optimal number of full (2d20, 1d12, 1d%, 1d10, 1d8, 4d6, 1d4) dice sets.
- one for each possible player at the table, colour coordinated (8)
- two for the DM (2)
- one communal for the table (1)
- one fancy set for REALLY important rolls (1)
So in total: 12 sets.
That makes 24d20, 12d12, 12d%, 12d10, 12d8, 48d6, 12d4. Each in their own coloured sets with high contrast and easy to read numbers. That should really be enough to cover any roll at the table.
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I love my dice don’t get me wrong and I know a lot of people who feel the same way but still, why?
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Same reason people collect anything; sometimes something comes in a lot of different aesthetically pleasing forms and you just like collecting them. I buy lots of dice because I love how they look; the combination of geometric solids with interesting colours, tints, mixings, fonts etc. I've lost count of how many sets I have because I just like picking them up when they catch my eye
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Because sometimes some of them misbehave, and you need a back up set or four.
Both are valid answers lol
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How many is "so many"?
I mean, we've bought a lot more than we expected to. But for practical purposes.
That's 17 sets, but we've bought them for need. It's surprising how many you need to roll everything at once.
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
Because they are an easy gift to give a DND player! Pretty much all of my dice have been birthday or holiday acquisitions.
Plus, they are my own personal hoard!
DMs are more like dragons then we think. :)
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
Ariendela Sneakerson, Half-elf Rogue (8); Harmony Wolfsbane, Tiefling Bard (10); Agnomally, Gnomish Sorcerer (3); Breeze, Tabaxi Monk (8); Grace, Dragonborn Barbarian (7); DM, Homebrew- The Sequestered Lands/Underwater Explorers; Candlekeep
Plunking a few bucks down for dice on a semi-regular basis is also an easy way to help support a local game store.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I have 2 sets I always bring for the same reason and I also have at least 10 D6s
Hollow unbreakable arrows are the most OP common magic item, and my current method of coming up with insane combat shenanigans.
if you make a steel pipe with one end closed and a nozzle on the other, you can enlarge it, fill with any liquid, and then drop concentration, creating a high pressure squirt gun. (or a pipe bomb, depending if it holds)
Everyone aspires to casting meteor swarm with forty dice.
I have a weird sense of humor.
I also make maps.(That's a link)
And get mistaken for a Shadowrun skill check.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
A shoe box full is just about right.
because my dice need to know that at any moment they can be replaced, if you don't keep them in line they start misbehaving and roll 1's and 2's in those key moments. If a D20 knows it is the only one you have then it has no reason to behave, but, if it knows it is one of hundreds then it will do whatever it can to keep itself as your favourite :).
I got a big fishbowl full of them for my players. I'm pretty big into being the site for D&D. I also have rulebooks and binders for each player.
Then I got some metal dice 'acuz they're cool. Then some bronzy looking ones to match. And a few more for badguys, because sometimes dice represent enemies, so the players can say, "I'm going to hit the pearl one. Or coffee. Or oil. Or gray." Then two sets of rainbow dice for allies... and lastly some sharp metal flat faced dice for making gem-stone dice (which I never finished).
For a start, at least.
Really, all the above reasons. Sometimes you want to be able to share with multiple other people. Sometimes you just want to have bragging rights for possessing the biggest hoard of pretty baubles at the table. They look cool. They're [usually] fairly inexpensive individually so you can pick up a few whenever you're at the game store or a the dealer's hall at a convention. Some of them are not cheap and become prestige items or showcase pieces. There's a certain catharsis and ASMR quality to just rolling a handful of them and hearing them go clickety-clack.
And if some random violent person interrupts your game you can grab your one pound, two inch diameter, zinc alloy d100 and crack their skull with it. Seriously, I have a rock the size of a baseball I use for a paperweight and this thing is noticeably heavier despite being about half the size. It's like an inscribed miniature disco ball of doom, it was totally worth the $45 just to have it and nobody will ever convince me otherwise.
That's a good start...but where are your dice sets for Xmas, 4th of July, Labor day, Arbor Day, International Hot Dog day, National Meerkat day, the day you made that one perfect sandwich, the day you woke without back pain, the day you woke up with too much back pain, and that one time you scored extra bbq sauce on your food truck order?
17 is a good start, you need like 33 more stat!
On a connected point, loads of dice is good, but practice rolling them while others are talking is not :). I have had several players with the very bad habit of rolling dice while it wasn’t there turn.
I like having a lot of dice in my massive dice bag because it is a dice weapon of doom.
Hollow unbreakable arrows are the most OP common magic item, and my current method of coming up with insane combat shenanigans.
if you make a steel pipe with one end closed and a nozzle on the other, you can enlarge it, fill with any liquid, and then drop concentration, creating a high pressure squirt gun. (or a pipe bomb, depending if it holds)
For some reason I saw this in my head as literally "casting" Meteor Swarm with forty dice.
I have a lot of dice because during that period of the Covid lockdown where a lot of us were going a little bit crazy, buying dice sets were like little rays of sunshine in the gloom.
There's an optimal number of full (2d20, 1d12, 1d%, 1d10, 1d8, 4d6, 1d4) dice sets.
- one for each possible player at the table, colour coordinated (8)
- two for the DM (2)
- one communal for the table (1)
- one fancy set for REALLY important rolls (1)
So in total: 12 sets.
That makes 24d20, 12d12, 12d%, 12d10, 12d8, 48d6, 12d4. Each in their own coloured sets with high contrast and easy to read numbers. That should really be enough to cover any roll at the table.