We have 4 players who primarily play remotely, the digital dice populate the Initiative counters on Beyond, show up in the game log and keeps remote players honest.
I show up to play and roll real dice, but there are reasons.
Digital dice and now Digital Miniatures are useful to those people who find them useful. I started a campaign at a local library where everyone was a new player. I required them all to use D&D Beyond to play. Since none of them owned dice, te digital dice were quite useful.
Digital dice and now Digital Miniatures are useful to those people who find them useful. I started a campaign at a local library where everyone was a new player. I required them all to use D&D Beyond to play. Since none of them owned dice, te digital dice were quite useful.
I had a similar experience with a kids club I run at a local library. As time goes by they've mostly all turned into dice goblins but when we started all of them were rolling using digital dice
They do Bluetooth dice so you can roll physically and have the results upload automatically.
I'm not sure what to think of that.
I have questions about the "equal randomness" of a dice with a bluetooth transmitter embedded in it.
I would hope that the person in charge of engineering such a thing has also thought about the "fairness" of the dice. In theory, it's not particularly difficult to do... accelerometers are incredibly small these days and that plus the transmitter should be able to be counterweighted without too much trouble.
They do Bluetooth dice so you can roll physically and have the results upload automatically.
I'm not sure what to think of that.
I have questions about the "equal randomness" of a dice with a bluetooth transmitter embedded in it.
I would hope that the person in charge of engineering such a thing has also thought about the "fairness" of the dice. In theory, it's not particularly difficult to do... accelerometers are incredibly small these days and that plus the transmitter should be able to be counterweighted without too much trouble.
If you read any "custom dice" page they specifically state that they do not guarantee any randomness because of the internal components.
To quote from the Roll with Advantage website:
Many sets in our collection of resin dice have inclusions such as foil, glitter and, for the Dice With Friends Inside, a mini plastic figurine. We cannot guarantee these inclusions will be evenly or symmetrically distributed and do not claim that any die is perfectly balanced. Our dice are best used in casual gaming settings.
They do Bluetooth dice so you can roll physically and have the results upload automatically.
I'm not sure what to think of that.
I have questions about the "equal randomness" of a dice with a bluetooth transmitter embedded in it.
I would hope that the person in charge of engineering such a thing has also thought about the "fairness" of the dice. In theory, it's not particularly difficult to do... accelerometers are incredibly small these days and that plus the transmitter should be able to be counterweighted without too much trouble.
If you read any "custom dice" page they specifically state that they do not guarantee any randomness because of the internal components.
To quote from the Roll with Advantage website:
Many sets in our collection of resin dice have inclusions such as foil, glitter and, for the Dice With Friends Inside, a mini plastic figurine. We cannot guarantee these inclusions will be evenly or symmetrically distributed and do not claim that any die is perfectly balanced. Our dice are best used in casual gaming settings.
And that's for a duck in resin.
Fair enough (pun intended).
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My dice are still coming in the mail so I don’t have any physical dice I can use
We have 4 players who primarily play remotely, the digital dice populate the Initiative counters on Beyond, show up in the game log and keeps remote players honest.
I show up to play and roll real dice, but there are reasons.
Digital dice and now Digital Miniatures are useful to those people who find them useful. I started a campaign at a local library where everyone was a new player. I required them all to use D&D Beyond to play. Since none of them owned dice, te digital dice were quite useful.
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I had a similar experience with a kids club I run at a local library. As time goes by they've mostly all turned into dice goblins but when we started all of them were rolling using digital dice
I have questions about the "equal randomness" of a dice with a bluetooth transmitter embedded in it.
I would hope that the person in charge of engineering such a thing has also thought about the "fairness" of the dice. In theory, it's not particularly difficult to do... accelerometers are incredibly small these days and that plus the transmitter should be able to be counterweighted without too much trouble.
digital dice being rolled is pleasing to people and is fitting for a game that was originally a game with real dice rolling.
Honestly, it's just because you can't roll 1,000 d20s anywhere else. Also, ASMR.
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If you read any "custom dice" page they specifically state that they do not guarantee any randomness because of the internal components.
To quote from the Roll with Advantage website:
Many sets in our collection of resin dice have inclusions such as foil, glitter and, for the Dice With Friends Inside, a mini plastic figurine. We cannot guarantee these inclusions will be evenly or symmetrically distributed and do not claim that any die is perfectly balanced. Our dice are best used in casual gaming settings.
And that's for a duck in resin.
Fair enough (pun intended).