How to roll 1d3
How To Roll a D3 (Three sided die)
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a lot of games call for rolling at d3
but your standard set of polyhedral
doesn't come with one of these so if
you're new to gaming it can be confusing
when the game calls for this role over
the years dice manufacturers have tried
to solve this problem by developing an
actual d3 it kind of looks like a jelly
bean that got squished in your pocket
run through the laundry the problem with
this for people who take dice rolls way
too seriously and you're a tabletop
gamer so I know this includes you we
don't like rolling dice that aren't
regular polyhedral x' we also use terms
like regular polyhedral the solution is
simple take a d6 cut it in half well not
literally but the problem of the game
table comes in when people disagree on
the best way to assign one two or three
to the results on the d6 some people
prefer to use one two and three as their
natural value and four or five and six
repeating those values so four is one
five is a two six is a three it's not
very intuitive if you ask me this
becomes a problem when these players sit
down with players who prefer to roll a
d6 divided by two and round up so a five
divided by two is two point five rounded
up equals three suddenly two guys who
rolled a five have very different
results and now you have the makings of
a petty nerd fight
don't judge you've been there we've all
been there then there's another I'll be
a smaller group who insists you should
use one and six four one two and five
four two and three and four four three
the logic being that those die faces are
on opposite sides of the die and by
separating the results so no two spaces
actually physically touch you ensure
some kind of better quantum statistical
balanced probability science does the
math actually support that theory I
don't understand this any die with
a face count divisible by three will
work I've seen people use d12 because
that die gets used pretty rarely I've
been known to use addy 30 because that
die never gets used all you got to do is
swap out the number that you divide by
the most common technique I've seen and
the most acceptable at the game table is
this bulla d6 a 1 or 2 is 1a
four is two and a five or six is three
and if you're still worried about
confusion and nerd fights you can pick
up a six-sided III at most larger game
stores they've got one two and three
printed twice on each die I like this
one it's got Roman numerals on it if you
don't want to pick one of those up you
can also use a fate dies at e3 these are
sometimes known as fudge dice and they
typically have a plus sign a minus sign
and a blank face I use the minus sign is
one because it kind of looks like a one
I use the plus sign is two because
there's two lines and I use the blank
faces three because it's the last it's
the last option but end of the day it
doesn't matter how you do it I've seen
several players get uptight about the d3
debate and it baffles me a d3 is the
unarmed damage of a gnome or the number
of missiles in a first-level spell
you're not turning the tides of battle
with your tiny gnome fists of fury but
at the same time nothing ruins a good
game faster than her feelings no matter
what the reason is but now you have the
tools to prevent one more case of nerd
rage happy hunting oh and there are some
d-bags who will take a d4 and they'll
just roll that and they'll reroll a
result of four but don't be like them
they're the reason this country's going
to hell
