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It's been so much fun to dive back into drawing again 💕

Problem is, the fact that the trauma is my lore and not just a noodle incident is precisely the issue.

as a GM myself, one of the most relatable moments was quadruple disadvantage and five damage, brennan is done with their bullshit

I thought I was so clever.

What They Tell Us: Tabletop RPG dice don’t have the greatest quality control, and often have large air bubbles or pockets of unfused plastic powder inside them. Additionally, most commercially made dice have their casting sprues removed by tumbling them in a modified rock polisher rather than filing them off by hand, which can render the dice imperceptibly lopsided. These two factors taken together mean that many – perhaps most – tabletop RPG dice are unintentonally “loaded”, and that’s why certain dice seem to favour certain numbers more than ideal probability would suggest.

Yes and no. It’s based on real observations, but the cause of the issue is an intrinsic, physical flaw in the dice, and cannot be corrected by punishing them.

If you’re truly concerned about randomness, your best bet is to play with a system that exclusively uses d6s and get your hands on some “retired” casino dice. Any dice that have seen actual use in a casino will have been rigorously tested for fairness, and any irregularities caused by wear and tear or being marked as retired – typically with a stamp or small drilled hole – will be insignificant for RPG purposes.

When the Party is under Level 3: