#d6s

[oldschoolfrp]

Happy birthday, Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938), here's my annual 3d6 rolled 6 times to generate a D&D character. It's a mostly average roll this year, nothing too terribly low, nothing super high. Rolled in the order listed in the original 1974 Dungeons & Dragons Volume I: Men & Magic, I get:

Strength 9 Intelligence 8 Wisdom 12 Constitution 8 Dexterity 13 Charisma 9

There are only 3 main classes in OD&D without using any supplements: fighting-man, magic-user, and cleric. The first 3 stats are the prime requisites for the 3 classes, and with only wisdom in double digits it seems this fellow would be a better cleric. But note that 9-12 are all considered average scores, with no bonuses or penalties to experience gained and no bonuses or penalties to abilities. This character does receive a +1 for missile fire for having an above average Dex, so being a fighting-man with a bow is an option. (The thief class won't appear until Supplement I: Greyhawk in 1975.)

I still want to let the dice decide the class, so he's a cleric with the title "Acolyte" at level 1, and I'm going to argue that slings are non-edged and therefore allowed so he can use that missile bonus. Only humans can be clerics in these rules, so that's what he is. There's no suggestion that picking a god or pantheon is necessary, and a cleric doesn't commit between Law or Chaos until reaching level 7. He needs a name -- "Brother Eggmus" will do, working in EGG's initials.

A Con of 8 isn't low enough to penalize his hit points. I roll 1d6 and get 3 hp. (Per 1974 rules all classes are assumed to roll d6s for hp. As characters level up, fighting-men gain dice and bonuses faster than clerics, who gain more than magic-users. In 1975 Greyhawk specified different hit dice types for different classes.)

A roll of 3d6 x10 yields 60 gold pieces to start, barely enough to purchase chainmail, a shield, a mace, and a pack, food, water skins, and torches. Sling is missing from the price list, but a note at the bottom says to interpret other prices from the examples given.

With a Cha of 9 he can have a max of 3 henchmen at normal loyalty, and that's pretty much all there is to character creation in 1974.

[everythingdice]

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[alchemistsattic]

I had SUCH a time working on these bath bombs the other night. You'd think they'd be simple- after all they're just white bath bombs, right?... right? There's no handmade d6 and fun colors inside, right? ;)

Oh well. I just have a couple fewer than expected now.

The other two scents, vanilla & cedarwood and spearmint & eucalyptus, are still drying before I package them, but then you can expect some mystery handmade d6 bath bombs in my store :)

[catbatart]

Indivdual D20s and pairs of D6s are now listed on my Ko-Fi!

Cool toned d20s

Purple/Warm toned d20s

Neutral toned d20s

Pairs of d6s

Floral Pairs of d6s

Check them out on my ko-fi! (If you have already bought one and wanna add another dice purchase to your order, I'll refund the extra shipping!)

[burymewithmydice]

I recently took a trip to Vegas and took pictures of all the dice I found...

Rainbow ones!

Smooshy ones!

Lots of hotels had their own...

Tiny ones!

Chonky ones!

Edible ones! (The gummies were gross.)

I'm not a huge fan of pipped dice, but it was fun seeing them everywhere!

[oldschoolfrp]

Truck Carrying Gaming Dice Spills Onto Highway, Rolls A Perfect 756,000

“Though unfortunate it happened, nobody got hurt and we now own an unofficial world record for the largest dice roll in history!”

[alchemistsattic]

I should have photos of some upcoming stuff soon, but for now here's some d6s that are currently in my shop :)

[alchemistsattic]

Working on getting things ready for the next shop update. Hopefully everything is finished polishing by then!