we need an option for "i agree this is horrible idea"
the upvote is not right. neither is downvote.
we need sidevote
Also! This is what the tiger on the bottom hunts for:
I really dislike the caltrop d4s. Numbering styles aside, they just roll so poorly compared to all other polyhedral dice. I really wish that either "crystal" style or "wormhole" style d4s become more commonplace.
Platonic solids, or GTFO
Fuck d10s then, amirite?
I have a dice set with this shape d4
Yeah, that's exactly what I meant by "wormhole" style! Those, or the crystal style, are significantly better d4s IMO
This is why I use 8- or 12-sided D4s.
What is wormhole style?
I had never heard of one either, so I looked it up and found nothing by the name. The closest thing I could find to the description is these, and I've got to say, I like how they look. I'm curious if this is actually the type they were talking about though.
I guess they're usually called "rounded d4s" but I think they look like two of those classic spacetime wormhole depictions put together.
Edit:
These dice (top left):
Looks to me like two of these wormholes, one rotated 90 deg, and smooshed together:
You could make the bottom one work quite easily by just choosing the number that's NOT visible on an upward face.
This "quite easily" is >3 times as much work as reading one number on top, because 1-2 faces will be pointed away from you.
What matters is effort per roll compared to the top image, not effort per roll compared to making a sushi roll.
do you not play in a hall of mirrors?
WHAT IF I SAY I'M NOT LIKE THE OTHERS?
WHAT IF I SAY I'M NOT JUST ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR PLAYS?
Yeah, WTF is with the die in the right middle, and right bottom? Garbage plastic for landfills.
right middlel: you determine the value rolled based on the number on the bottom.
right bottom: you determine the value rolled by deciding which number you like best.
If the middle one's numbers all match for their adjacent face, it's still usable. You can designate the bottom number to be the selected number, since there's only one side facing down (just as there's only one point facing up).
The bottom one sucks because you'd need to arbitrarily deciding which upward side to choose from.
I really like the middle one better. I find it easier to read the numbers when they’re printed on the edge rather than the border of the triangle and find it easier to read the bottom side rather than the top corner. I’m pretty sure that’s the only kind of d4 I’ve ever owned.
This is like a GenZ rattling a fistful of change at me in the hope I'll recognise a reference to an obscure anime they found in an archive of Argentinian children's shows from the 80s.
