20 sided die of great goodness

[DoesntCompute]

The HS rules call for game conflicts to be resolved via the 20 sider. That got our group thinking about other uses for the 20 sider. Who won the election? Roll the 20 sider. Settlements on the West Bank? 20 sided die of goodness. Pizza or hamburgers? Roll it.

What other uses can you find for the 20 sided die of great goodness?

[thehandofzarquon]

What... people don't do that already? :shock:

[ultradoug]

I use a d100 to deside what I will post about, want the list?

[Mr. Underhill]

What other uses can you find for the 20 sided die of great goodness?

I read a book a few years ago by an author called Luke Rhinehart (http://www.lukerhinehart.net/) called The Dice Man (http://www.lukerhinehart.net/books4.html#dice%20man2) which dealt with this subject matter.

The main character in the book was a psychotherapist who used a pair of dice and a list of options to decide pretty much everything he did in his life.

The book is quite a few years old now, and not the most memorable book I've read, but the whole concept is pretty weird.

Get your D20 and follow the instructions below...

Roll the 20 sided die:

1 - 5: Go and make a sandwich and eat it now, whether you are hungry or not.
6 - 11: Click HERE (http://www.askaninja.com/tags/ultradoug)
12 - 15: Click HERE (http://home.amnet.net.au/~enigma1/warning.html)
16 - 20 Click HERE (http://home.amnet.net.au/~enigma1/heroscape/grishnakh.gif)


Mr. Underhill

[ultradoug]

oh my word you found the ninja stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!

[Mr. Underhill]

oh my word you found the ninja stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!

My dearest Ultradoug, there is no hiding from the omniscient Ghod of Google :)

The question is: did you roll the die and then perform the corresponding task . Or did you simply just click 'em all?


Mr. Underhill

[ultradoug]

I'm not getting up to get a d20. I clicked them all. :)
back to topic before they yell at us for our shannanananagans.

[Mr. Underhill]

back to topic before they yell at us for our shannanananagans.

This ain't no shannanananagans, you could use your D20 for any choice you make. You could roll it and say:

Evens = I wash the dishes
Odds = You wash the dishes
Prime number = No t.v. tonight. Let's all play charades instead.
If I roll x, then I will quit my job and become a missionary.

We use Rock, Paper, Scissors to settle minor disputes between our kids sometimes (e.g. who rides in the front seat of the car). We could use evenly matched combat dice and observe the outcome to determine the winner.

Sounds great. I'm embarking on a whole new kind of parenting tomorrow - providing I roll a 7 now....



Mr. Underhill

[Jandars_Hope]

I couldn't let a dice decide what decisions i make but it sounds fun!

[netherspirit]

Since this really has nothing to do with heroscape, I moved it to General.

BTW, Nice Avatar JHope! I can't wait until October!!!!

[shakey_snake]

The HS rules call for game conflicts to be resolved via the 20 sider. That got our group thinking about other uses for the 20 sider. Who won the election? Roll the 20 sider. Settlements on the West Bank? 20 sided die of goodness. Pizza or hamburgers? Roll it.

What other uses can you find for the 20 sided die of great goodness?When you need to randomly generate the nubers 1-20, that could normally only be done with a super computer to keep the hubble telescope from hitting the main lodge and killing everyone at camp who's watching the talent show!

[ultradoug]

Since this really has nothing to do with heroscape, I moved it to General.

BTW, Nice Avatar JHope! I can't wait until October!!!!

General. ... cant it just be named offtopic ???

[monkeyfish]

Funny!! I rolled a one and was not hungry for a sandwitch so I made a corndog instead. :neener:

[ultradoug]

thanks for necromancy monkey!