#dice superstition

[libraflyter]

Modern superstitions and folk magic:

Dice. Oh my goodness the dice. Most ttrpg players I know absolutely have at least some dice related superstition. I do not put myself outside this category.

If a die is rolling low, you must swap it for a “better” die.

To use the same die you rolled a Nat 1 on in a critical moment is unlucky.

Dice can be charged by moonlight and blessed to ward off bad luck.

When starting a new game session, roll your collection of d20s to see which are rolling highest to pick.

If your pre-game dice rolls are bad, you are rolling the ones out.

If another player has had bad rolls recently, it is unlucky to borrow their dice.

Wil Wheaton is cursed.

What are other dice beliefs?

[robd47]

I’m not superstitious I swear!

[luckthebard]

flossingh replied to your post: I feel like we need to talk more about the fact...

I have been thinking about this for a long time and the only conclusion I can come to is that the more superstitious you are, the worse your rolls. Travis is more dice superstitious with Fjord than he was with Grog. What are the ratios for Travis-as-Grog vs. Travis-as-Fjord?

This is a very good question and an important hypothesis to test.

Fjord is currently at 55 Nat20s, 40 Nat1s

Grog ended campaign 1 with 86 Nat20s and 58 Nat1s.

So on that alone, Fjord does appear to be rolling slightly worse. But I think we’d need to get the full CritRoleStats roll percentages to scientifically map this phenomenon. The key missing statistic here is the total number of rolls by both Fjord and Grog.

[cardinaldaughter]

Getting ready for an all day D&D session tomorrow and need my dice to be on their best behavior.

[lv20wiz]

Stupid dice rituals

Okay, so D&D players are probably some of the most superstitious lot out there, regardless of level of superstition and religion in other parts of their life. I’m no exception to that. With that follows some rituals and compulsions. Please do add to the list if you have any, I’m curious about other people’s dice superstition.

Dice must be put in dice bag in the following order: d4-d6-d8-d10-d10(0)-d12-d20

This is also the order in which dice are placed on the table

Before rolling a d20, the die must pass from right hand to left and back into right

Blowing on the dice

Placing the dice with highest number facing up when not in use. (This goes double for the d20)

Holding the dice under a running tap after a bad session to wash away bad mojo

Delegating different dice to different kinds of rolls

Not to mention different dice for different characters

Apologizing to the dice when they’re inevitably dropped on the floor

Sweet-talking the dice

Naming the dice

Tiny altars to the dice gods

The occasional blood sacrifice

[we-are-a-dragon]

Hamish (playing Molotch): I’ve been rolling so badly tonight. All under 10.

DM: I could lend you a different set.

Hamish: Nah, I’m not superstitious. Yet.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

(cursed dice anon) an update! For the past week in between our sessions I've been leaving the dice out as close to my windows as I can to let them sit out (cant put them on the windowsill, that's the cat's spot) and I think the curse may be broken! I even got a couple of nat 20s! not that i got to use the 20s because i was rolling at disadvantage for those rolls, but still!

Woo hoo! :D That’s good to hear.

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

oh my god i also have that sparkly light green d20 and mine is also extremely cursed...

The prettier the die is, the greater the likelihood that it is Super Cursed. Sad, but true.

That said, you may just not have found the d20′s true purpose yet. My sparkly pink would never give me higher than a 10...til my character got a warhammer, and since then it’s been giving me above average rolls! But only as the hammer.