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Roll a D327 for me (lemmy.world)
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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 2 months ago

This is honestly a legit die imo. I assume those balls are pretty well balanced.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 39 points 2 months ago

Figuring out which number is up is PITA though.

[-] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 6 points 2 months ago

Even worse: with an odd number of sides, there are cases where none is up.

[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Roll it on a glass table and crawl under it to check which number is in contact with the glass.

I like the way you think.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago

I think the D120 is the maximum possible isohedral (geometrically symmetric) fair die. A golf ball is probably pretty close to fair, though number 327 seems like it might be more difficult to balance than 12, 20, 30, or 60.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

A D326 with one face a reroll.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

We have dice from them, the funny shaped dice are great to look at, terrible to stack

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Then what the heck am I supposed to do when it's not my turn? >=[

Lol

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm just seeing a pattern here, but shouldn't you be able to go to 240? I mean, it'd have to be a big fuckin' die, but it seems like it should work.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

shouldn’t you be able to go to 240?

Not really. The faces of the D120 are already asymmetric (scalene) triangles. There's no way to split these into additional faces while keeping them all the same shape.

Any larger geometrically fair die would have to be from an infinite family (prisms, bipyramids, and trapezohedra), which are "impractical in reality due to the tendency to roll for a long time".

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

A tendency to roll for a long time would be true for any many-sided die, no? I can't imagine the 120 stopping quickly either.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, but since faces are essentially distributed over a cylinder, rather than a sphere, it is more of an issue.

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ah yeah, that's a good point

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

uhhh you can see there are gaps between some faces and there arent on others, so it really isnt well balanced

edit: i somehow typed f`ces

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah u right, i didnt even look that close. I just assumed nobody would create such an asymmetrical atrocity. I can never look at golf balls the same. Not that i do ever look at them.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

there are gaps between some faces and there arent on others, so it really isnt well balanced

But as long as all the faces are the same size, and the die never lands on the gaps (or is rerolled if it does), would that be a fair die?

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Unless some numbers are opposite of a gap, then it could never land with that number facing up.

Each side needs an opposing flat part, and I don't think that can happen with a die with an odd number of sides.

[-] Joeffect@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

This is more of a spin down or a counting die than something you would roll

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Do opposing numbers add up to 328?

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago
[-] tourist@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

fuck it

I'd rather just fail the skill check

my head would burst trying to figure out which number is precisely on top

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Average the top 5 numbers?

[-] rain_worl@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

that would be uneven, imagine averaging the top 327 numbers. would be better to add them up modulo 327

[-] Threeme2189@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Roll it on a glass table and crawl under it to check which number is in contact with the glass

[-] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

I wonder what opposite sides add to

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

In case it's a genuine a question, there isn't an opposite side to odd-sided dice. Had it been a d326 it would have been 326+1 in total, if it were a d328 it would be 328+1

[-] Jomega@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I can't think of a single situation that would call for such a thing.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Game accessory shops have dispatched numerous assassins to your location. Godspeed.

[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I bet he can't even roll for initiative!

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Why even use dice?

BURN THE HERETIC!

[-] mobilehugh@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Could also be used as 109 or 3 sided die.

[-] Astronauticaldb@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Hey, now I know how many dimples the average golf ball has! (Plus a new way to torture my players!)

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

slow day huh

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