Here’s how you can play D&D with just that little six-sided dice that came in your monopoly box.
(I think I”ve got the approach with the fewest expected rerolls, there are still going to be some but it will do in a pinch (or you could just buy my dice app I guess…)) #Dice #DnD #ttrpg
To be clear, I do not recommend doing this. It will slow the game down a bunch.
But, the math works, the results will be fair.
Okay so I thought of a way to reduce the expected roll to 1.333etc when trying to get a d4 result, but it’s not as straightforward to describe and complicates the process. OTOH it does also cap the rolls for that part to 2.
Basically:
If you roll 1-4, that’s the result, if not remember the result and roll again.
If the second roll isn’t 1-4, then compare first and second rolls:
5,5 = 1
5,6 = 2
6,5 = 3
6,6 = 4
@Sophie I love how clever that is!
Still, the thought that you need to roll a bigger die twice to get a smaller die's result disturbed me, so I kept thinking:
What if we use the results on the sides of the die, instead of just the one at the top? That way, on a 5 or 6 top result, you look at the side that's facing you (push the die back with a straight object to disambiguate, if needed). The possibilities would be:
* On a 6: 2, 3, 4, 5 - treat 5 as a 1
* On a 5: 1, 3, 4, 6 - treat 6 as a 2
Sophie 🎲🏳️⚧️
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