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Doesn't hurt as bad as a d4
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This gave me an idea for a gimmick die. Transparent die filled with dark liquid. The exterior of the die has the usual numbers in white lettering. Inside the die, there is a smaller cork die that rises like a magic 8ball. It’s 2d(x) in 1. Interesting for tension building, if nothing else.
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Not if it's a [thnickel](https://thick-coins.net/). 
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A standard US nickel, yes. I prefer better odds than that… [Thick Nickels](https://thick-coins.net/)
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The picture is of a d4. Dice are measured counting the flats (and therefore possible number of different results) not mathematically defined "sides".
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That extremely rare, almost-never chance of landing on the edge is exactly what I would program into a game if I made one, instead of exactly 50% odds.
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One of my overdue projects is to disassemble a magic 8 ball, remove the dice from it and make a digital magic 8 ball. I plan to bequeath the removed “dice” to a DM I know.Make sure to wear long gloves and short sleeves. The dye in that water is *strong*. I was purple for days after cracking an 8ball and people kept asking how I got hurt.
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a two sided die is called a coin
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aka really short cylinders
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Usually, yes. This one is effectively a d6 (a cube), but two of the flat faces have been replaced by curves that connect opposite flat faces. As such you've got four flat faces that the die can actually stop on. If you ignore the curved parts but consider all of the flats to be separate faces, it's a d4. If you consider two flats connected by a curve to be a single face altogether, it's a d2.
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That extremely rare, almost-never chance of landing on the edge is exactly what I would program into a game if I made one, instead of exactly 50% odds.It should come with some bizarre consequence, too. If it were the Oregon Trail game, there should be a tiny chance that the player finds an ancient artifact that glows and hums when touched. An alien ship swoops in and abducts the party, forcing them to join the crew. From there on, it's a space pirate game with zero explanation why and no references in the product literature. Also, customer service pretends not to know about it, if contacted.
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The picture is of a d4. Dice are measured counting the flats (and therefore possible number of different results) not mathematically defined "sides".
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No, dN means there are N different outcomes. Does not matter if they are flat or anything. Cube with two of each number from 1 to 3 is a d3.This has 4 possible faces it can land on, though. It's a D6 with two sides rounded to make them impossible to land on.
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It has two sides. They're curved, and it doesn't stay on the curve part, so you can effectively use it as a d4, but it's still only two-sided. Sort of like how you can flip a Mobius strip like a coin and it will land one of two ways, but it still only has one side.
