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Under some circumstances, if you throw a D8 and then a D12 at an enemy, thanks to the D8's greater pointiness you actually have to roll a D12 and D8 respectively to determine damage.

https://explainxkcd.com/3028/

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[-] Skua@kbin.earth 26 points 2 weeks ago

Die piercing damage scales inversely with the size of the die. d20? Basically round. Bludgeoning only. d4? The only weapon with a d20 damage roll

[-] zloubida@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

I bought my wife a beautiful set of metallic dices. Our table takes 1d20+3 damages everytime she rolls the D4…

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like the next thing she needs is a lovely velvet lined rolling box :)

[-] RandomStickman@fedia.io 19 points 2 weeks ago

I'm enjoying the D&D comics lately. Feels like Randall has started playing haha

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

But the d12 would be denser and heavier right? At range, I’d go with the d12 or d20 for more damage. I suppose for close up melee a d4 or d8 might be somewhat more effective against chain or cloth armor.

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