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[-] AberrantJ@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Futurama had a great joke - Gary was being introduced and he said “Hello there it’s a” rolls dice “pleasure to meet you!”

[-] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] turbodrooler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Shit. That’s a great idea.

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've actually been doing that for awhile for certain things. It's worked well so far, surprisingly.

[-] turbodrooler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I’d be interested to know more. How do you determine if you pass the check? Just 11 and up is a pass?

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I generally have pass of 15+, since the decisions I do this for can potentially hurt in different ways (mostly financially, as in "should I buy this thing?"). So I'll do a best 2 out of 3 to see if I'll do the thing vs not.

Like I said, so far it's worked out fine.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just did this and it told me to buy a new video card on my credit card regardless of how much I cant afford it.

I.. I think this is too dangerous a power for me.

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm kidding of course. If you can't afford it, don't do it!

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I know i shouldnt, but one of the rolls was a 20..

[-] turbodrooler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] m15otw@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I actually use a dice (D6, 50:50 choice usually) to decide between two options sometimes.

The idea is to fool my brain into revealing what it really wants. Like, if I can't decide, I'll assign each choice odds or evens, then roll.

If I'm OK with the result, then it decided for me no problem. Maybe I didn't care, maybe I preferred what I rolled.

If I don't like it, then RNG just showed me what I really wanted – now I can go with the other option.

Reduces decision fatigue, and speeds up my life. I've been teaching it to my kids (although their favourite RNG is the Chwazi app.)

[-] lobster_irl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

D20 flat roll seems like a lot, I’m thinking he needed his pluses sorted and then reaction rolls with varying DC based on circumstance.

this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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