I love using weird dice to represent magic and curses in my games! You can print gambler's dice free from my minis account (link in bio). Remember you can also manually alter dice with a coat of paint if you want too!

@khayman7777

2 ай бұрын

This sounds like a great cursed item, and it is tangible. Dangerous if silvery barbs is involved.

@hangedhouraidoll2396

2 ай бұрын

I dont think these are a great plan for a guy whose homebrew kickstarter features multiple classes, subs, spells and weapon builds that crit on 17, 18, and 19

@LurkingForever

2 ай бұрын

I can't find it, I need these die for dnd

@Worthless-one

2 ай бұрын

Starforged: Sundered Isles has this function! But instead of damage dice, it's an additional die rolled on Oracle Tables. (Eg.) Oh, you've come across a wreck? Roll to see what type it is, but don't forget the cursed die for the possibility of it being haunted or something! (I.e. it's great for worldbuilding at the very least)

@benjaminyounkin1987

2 ай бұрын

Just give me advantage.

I never thought about the possibility of using special dice like these for special weapons, like cursed weapons and such. That's actually brilliant.

@DnDShorts

2 ай бұрын

I make them often for my games (note the bad paint job haha)

@Twilight_Kirin

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it sounds like an interesting methodology for cursed items in DnD! I wonder how my fellow dungeon masters might implement them?

@cjlite0210

2 ай бұрын

Sounds like a very fun idea, perhaps another die that's a D6 but every number 1-5 is a 1, while 6 remains, giving a 5 in 6 chance of failing and a 1 in 6 chance of massive success, perhaps usable for special divine blessings or evil curses that have a chance to apply their effect when landing that 6

@Tjalve70

2 ай бұрын

@@cjlite0210 I can also imagine more simple things, like a sword that is slightly better quality than normal. It still does 1d6 damage, but the 1 on damage is changed to a 2. In order to do slightly more damage. There are endless possibilities.

@la8ball

2 ай бұрын

Makes sense though. Depends on the curse of whatever. I'll make them a little different. Like bad curses would have one 20 side, three 1sides, & two 2sides. Do the opposite for a lucky based

Step 1: be a halfling, step 2 profit.

@rodrigocampos1302

2 ай бұрын

If it is on a cursed item, i would add the ability that you can't reroll the dice, that means no luck, no inspiration and no Silvery Barbs

@UltimosGabriel

2 ай бұрын

​@@rodrigocampos1302 That's straightforwardly removing players fun

@hangedhouraidoll2396

2 ай бұрын

@@rodrigocampos1302 Luck, Silvery Barbs and Advantage roll more dice, not reroll.

@NevarKanzaki

2 ай бұрын

@@UltimosGabriel When the DM designs something, it has to have a semblance of balance in mind. For some this is just game balance, for others world building included. Sometimes things aren't going to just straight up work in the players' favor. If this is done all the time or vindictively, that's bad. In the case of this, it'd be to plug holes and make the item work as intended. I don't have an issue with plugging holes though it isn't the way I'd go about it. I prefer to make rules that fit the theme. If it is a gambler type ability, let them reroll and whatnot. Invite it. Just, also punish it. That way there's a balancing factor. Maybe something like whenever a reroll is used on it, the user takes X damage, whatever is fair for your table. And intermediary way to handle it would be to make it so it can only be rerolled once and whatever it ends up with sticks. Either way, I don't think letting this go through uninhibited with halfling is what most tables would want to see. It'd get old really quick which is not what the DM wants so they shouldn't design an item that way.

@JLocke0113

2 ай бұрын

Step 1.5 be a Divination Wizard

I thematically like them on a rogue with the gambler background, then at 10th level when they get reliable talent they’re actually good at taking the gambles.

@wesleystoltz8421

23 күн бұрын

I came here to comment reliable talent, but thanks for doing it for me

The Champion Fighter cries when you give these to him

@hangedhouraidoll2396

2 ай бұрын

Also a whole bunch of classes in Mr Shorts own Ryoko's Guide.

@katlicks

2 ай бұрын

"Finally, a dice that lets me shine!" No 19 or 18 "Wait, no, it's not fair, It was suppose to be a blessing!"

@pal1d1nl1ght

2 ай бұрын

Just straight up deleted his subclass

@xuklysc

2 ай бұрын

​@@katlicksto be fair it was always bad, the real blessing would be making them change the sub

@katlicks

2 ай бұрын

@@xuklysc Champion just rolled into base fighter would be the dream

Give that to wild magic sorcerer :D

@andersstengard6293

2 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I would do if I was a DM

@OhioUltimate979

Ай бұрын

It’s gonna get really weird in here.

@Sirfinchyyy

Ай бұрын

I would rename their class to Extremist Sorcerer, or somethimg like that, to really drive the point in. There is no middle ground and the success/failure would often give you unexpected results.

@pedroalmeida1456

Ай бұрын

​@@SirfinchyyyExtremist Sorcerer is not a cool name

Cursed weapons is a great idea.

the halfling’s favourite die

Halflings are having a field day yall

That's really cool. A "loaded die" that hurts you just as much as it helps you.

@KaioKenneth4

2 ай бұрын

*hurts you MORE than it helps you, as stated in the video

i've seen a die that has a similar distribution, but the removed numbers are from the middle of the range. it was called something like a "high dynamic" or "high variance die". it was designed off of the idea that extreme rolls are more interesting, so it just pushes the odds towards such things. the actual spread was really dumb, but it's a neat idea that could be iterated on I would think.

Halfling Divination Wizard with the Lucky Feat: "I see only benefits here"

Fun Fact! Bunkers & Badasses uses a version of this as a core part of the system! The "Badass Die" is a d20 where 18 and 19 are both 20's, but 2 and 3 are both 1's. (instead of 16 and 17) They're used for the "Badass Move" action, a special turn-encompasing action players can attempt individually, or as a group. How it works is a player will declare their intent to perform a Badass Move, spend Badass Tokens (described later) based on how many Badass Moves they've initiated this session, then describe EVERYTHING they want to do on their turn, using as many actions as they want. Any players who haven't taken their turn yet can join in, describing the actions they want to take as well. Players should be encouraged by the BM (Bunker Master) to go as over-the-top as possible and be the biggest Badass they can be. Once everyone that's participating has finished, and the BM has decided it's Badass enough, they'll set a DC for the Badass Move based on the number of players, their actions, and how Badass it all sounds. All players will roll the Badass Die, add their Badass Rank (a special score, roughly 1/2 level on average, though the BM can award increases after impressive displays of Badassery), and then all players total their results together vs the DC. If they beat the DC, everything they described *Happens*. Players only need to roll to determine how many damage dice they roll, and damage itself, abd they can replace any d20 roll with their Badass Die result if they want. Additionally, the player that initiated the Badass Move gets 4 Badass Tokens and uses their Ability Scores instead of Modifiers until their next turn. (Scores start at 0, not 10.) Other players that participate get 2 Tokens. On a Failure, players must take their turns as normal, rolling for skill checks, attacks, etc as normal. The initiating player gets 2 Tokens, other players get 1, and the BM gets 1 Mayhem, plus an additional for each nat1 rolled. - Badass Token: A player resource. These can be spent to increase ANY die roll, ally or enemy, by +1. Players must spend 0 Tokens, +1 per Badass Move that player initiated this session to initiate a new Badass Move. (So 0, then 1, then 2, etc.) - Mayhem: A BM resource generated by various things. Can be spent by the BM to cause problems for the players. (Things like spawning more or stronger enemies, upgrading enemies, allowing enemies to make extra actions, completing secret boss plans, or rolling on a "Rando-stuff" table of random complications.)

@RangerOfTheOrder

2 ай бұрын

Did they make an actual bunkers and badasses TTRPG?

@harutakami1313

2 ай бұрын

@@RangerOfTheOrder Yeah. Bunkers & Badasses is available through Nerdvana's website. There's a pretty nice community cropping up around it, and a rather active fan-run subreddit/discord server where the design team are members.

@summer4593

Ай бұрын

Bunkers and badasses is such a good game! I just want an expansion with the bl3 classes

@harutakami1313

Ай бұрын

@@summer4593 There's some homebrew available on the subreddit/server, but nothing from the devs yet

This reminds me of Mario party and all the special dies on that game, surprised more people haven’t thought out of the box like this with all the dies; basically infinite possibilities

Definitely printing off a few of those for my next session 🎰🎰

Fighter bouta land 8 consecutive black flashes with this die.

The gamblers dice for cursed weapons reminds me what i do. For my characters, i start out with crystal clear dice set then as the character progresses through the campaign i start using colored dice depending on the actions they took to get there light colors for good dark colors for evil. As for the apex of each. Good is blue with a liquid gold glitter core, and evil is a liquid core blue slited eye, and morally grey is my uncolored metal dice because despite not aligning good or evil, your actuons still have weight

My ability to roll less than 5 has gone from 5/20 to 7/20 🎉

@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos

Ай бұрын

Considering it's usually hovering around 10/20, I see this as an absolute win /j

Meanwhile it was the goal of my bard to use dive as little as possible. If we had gotten to lvl 20, I'd have had an automatic 38 or 40 in like 7 skills (can't remember if that includes performance, or just what used the bonus). Including bluff, intimidate, sense motive, escape artist...

@adambaryliuk3393

Ай бұрын

How do you go about making that build?

@jimwormmaster

Ай бұрын

@@adambaryliuk3393Advanced versatile performance does most of the legwork. I picked Perform (Wind) to use that check for Diplomacy and Handle Animal. Then Perform (Comedy) for Bluff and Intimidate. Then your choice for the advanced versatile skills at levels 10, 14, and 18 (I think I planned for Escape Artist and Sense Motive, don't remember the other). So that's 7 skills that use the corresponding performance bonus. At level 19, Jack of All Trades allows you to take 10, even when it's not normally allowed. I made sure to put a point in both performance skills every level. So that's 20 ranks in performance, a +5 charisma bonus if you max charisma out at 20, and 3 points for a class skill. Plus taking 10, and you have an automatic 38. I had a set of magic bagpipes for another +2 to wind for a total of 40. But even without that, it's still impressive. And that's not even including the 3 times you can take 20 on knowledge checks a day at that level, as a standard action!

You have three chances of a Critical hit And three chances of a Critical Shit

@jimwormmaster

Ай бұрын

Hey now, we're playing d&d, not FATAL.

I love the number 9 so this is a lovely dice for the average damage ^^

I would actually love to use these for those moments where what the player is trying to do should not work but would be really cool if it did. Obviously the caveat here would be it has to be something incredibly risky as well.

"Only when one throws away reason, does one truly gamble." -Aventurine Honkai Star Rail

@captain_mario15

Ай бұрын

Finally. Someone gets it.

@jakedadragon5229

Ай бұрын

“It’s all or nothing”

@The_Jragon

Ай бұрын

@@jakedadragon5229 "ALL FOR THE AMBER LORD!!!!"

This would go really well with characters that take a ton of risks without making them too OP

Rouge hafling, here I come!

„Look what you need to mimic a fraction of my power“~ Champion Fighter

this is genuinely a really cool idea, i love the idea of some player in your dnd game getting some insane magic item said to be cursed, and then you the dm just hand them a brand new die like this.

How to fuel my gambling addiction...by me

Paladin with elven accuracy going bonkers with this one. Nearly 40% chance of rolling a crit on every attack that has advantage, and there are some subclasses with pretty reliable ways to get advantage

Boutta become invincible for 4 minutes and 11 seconds with this one

I got one of these in a dice Advent calendar and was so confused until I figured it out. I call it "All-or-Nothing" 😁

“If you think that sounds overpowered, There’s a twist” …and that twist is when the DM asks you to get out

I love this as a cool idea for a gambling paladin. Great smites

@PJDAltamirus0425

2 ай бұрын

God/ goddess take the wheel, martyr or slayer, no where inbetween.

@crazyakira1222

2 ай бұрын

This is the dice for any depressed paladin drowning their sorrows in gambling, so much so that the divine power they channel also gambles 😂

"Like a rogue or a Paladin" The Barbarian with brutal critical, who Rolls 5 Times the normal dice: "Am I a Joke to you?"

@PJDAltamirus0425

2 ай бұрын

I watched video which basically explained in 5e you could multiclass as a barbarian and paladin. Full plate, crusher, rage , all the flavors of smite, reduced hit chance of evil creature aura= Deus Vulttttttt!!!! Ave Maria … cue Sabaton… pure crusade rampage.

@Clinically_Insanee

2 ай бұрын

@@PJDAltamirus0425 damn. That's a Lot of damage

@tartarustrommler5454

2 ай бұрын

Doesn't brutal crit just add three dice at max level? It really is a joke to me. Unless it got changed into something good while I wasn't looking.

@woutvanostaden1299

2 ай бұрын

​@@tartarustrommler5454So adding a little barbarian to your paladin or rogue would be a solid choice. (Minimum of 2 lvls will do) on a gestalt campaign this really wouldn't be a bad combo. (Half-orc could increase it by another die as does piercer. How many pike wielding half-orc paladin barbarians have you run into?, cause to me this seems original enough to be worth it)

@tartarustrommler5454

2 ай бұрын

@@woutvanostaden1299 Two levels of Barb doesn't get you brutal crit. That's level 9. A level 9 Barb gets to add at most 1d12 to their crits, while a lvl 9 rogue gets to add 5d6 to every crit (assuming they get their sneak attack) and another 5d6 to every attack without a crit.

The "Fuck it, we ball." mentality outweighs the "It's so over" mindset.

I think personally I'd feel more comfortable linking a dice like that to a homebrew subclass feature then a weapon, but it's an awesome concept regardless

Holy shit I love this

The dice of "let this dnd session be wildin!"

I probably wouldn’t use it, as funny and chaotic as it sounds.

Elven accuracy eldritch blast is about to pop off 😂

I mean, having this dice as a main dice for character who's known for his gambling habit could work

“Fuck it we ball” _-Sun Tzu_

In a system I cobbled together once upon a time, I had a Luck stat that was optional to include in any non-damage roll. Depending on what numbers you roll you either add them to your total or subtract them.

Intriguing. Definitely only a thing a DM should allow but so easy to fool others.

The only dice where the house always wins

this makes me want to have one for a homebrew Gambler Bard subclass where you can use this die for different things.

Using it for cursed weapons BRILLIANT

Just a random idea I got last week: when the bard of our group decided to take a drink, I grabbed some dice I looted from board games thrown in the trash: a blue, red, white, and one with colors instead of numbers I call it the Drunken Dice: whatever color shows up is the dice who says how many swigs/ shots/ barrels are downed. Quite hilarious when a giant chugs a few barrels of ale 😁

I have already made a character for this die before the short was over. thank you for the idea dnd shorts

Rogue: strides in with reliable talent, never rolling below ten.

@hoodiegal

2 ай бұрын

That only applies to skill checks you are proficient in though. When fighting, you can still crit miss!

A rogue that steals to feed his gambling addiction would be perfect for this dice

This would be really cool for like a halfling or an elf w elven accuracy. I can imagine someone w piercer and gunner trying to go for big 3d12+10 ranged critical hits and this being super cool for that. It’s an interesting idea to use a worse-averaged die for stuff like that

This is like the DnD version of the Monty Hall Problem from Brooklyn 99.

the idea of using them as cursed dice for cursed weapons is actually brilliant.

Half elf barb paladin with elven accuracy seems super good

Here me out: every number is a 10 except for a single 1

I could 100% see so many uses for a die like that

That would be fun for a specific magic weapon. One of the features is using that die for attack rolls.

If I got one of these made, I’d probably print it in black and then switch the spool to print it in white and then paint the numbers red.

we should introduce more Mario Party mechanics to DnD like this. For example, after every round of combat, we should make the players compete in a minigame in real life to reorganize the initiative order

This is a brilliant idea and I can believe I’ve never thought about it before

This could be a Cool dice to show the blessing of the goddess of luck since most of her followers are gamblers she both likes to see people have good luck and bad luck so this could be a cool blessing

That die looks like exactly the sort of thing you'd use for almost everything to play a character equivalent to Nathan Drake.

The Divination Wizard has a new favorite dice

Laughs in reliable talent.

The impact of advantage and disadvantage would be really pronounced on this one

I like this for moments that are both incredibly important, but also incredibly complicated. Like if a player is trying to decide what to do to avoid a TPK against the big boss and they come up with a crazy plan to tie dynamite to an arrow and try to trigger some sort of cave-in between them and the boss, it's like "Well, there's a decent chance that will go exactly how you want it to, but also a decent chance that it will backfire horrifically, with a moderate chance of lesser failure and even less chance for a lesser success." If you crit-succeed, I'd have the rocks fall and separate the party from the enemy, giving you a brief period to run or rest. If you crit-fail the rocks will fall on the party dealing more damage and likely sealing off any chance you might have had to escape. A regular fail sees the explosive arrow miss the roof of the cave and just harmlessly sail off into the distance with a little "boom" for insult. A regular success might drop some rocks on the enemy, dealing damage but not causing the cave-in you were hoping for.

Kinda reminds me of the “Roll with Emphasis” I heard about where you roll twice and take the one that’s furthest from 10

As one who enjoys a bit of to hit sorcery, I'll take those odds

Perfect. I'll give these to Derek, he plays a champion fighter.

Halflings are going to TOWN with these

I love this. This has reckless barbarian written all over it

"risky dice is a card in the fictional video game called greed island that is set in the world of Hunter X Hunter. The die has 20 sides, 19 great luck sides (green) and 1 worst luck side (red) if you roll great luck then the next time you would need luck to be on your side it will always be in your favor but if you roll worst luck then the effects will be so negative it will cancel out everything positive you have rolled, very often resulting in death."

It's almost perfect for my homebrew class where the crit range is extended.

This is great for anyone running fun homebrew mechanics like clash too!

I particularly like this idea.

At GenCon I got a set of odd dice (d1,3,7-9-11-13-15-17-19) and I use the 19 for cursed weapons, and the lower ones for skill checks (based on what level and exhaustion/irritated fae or caster/ and wild magic table) for 1 time temp debuffs in situations when it works thematically

I kinda love this. I would use this all the time.

Wow, that's a really clever idea!

Oooo I like this, this is a really cool idea for cursed weapons

I had for a while a d20 with one 20 and nineteen 1's, to be used in situations that were basically hopeless, because there always a chance!

Never heard it called a gamblers die, Wrymwood called them high variance in their Kickstarter.

As someone who intends to play as the equivalent of a sentient cursed weapon, yes

This scratches my brain right

I like this dice a lot

It would be cool to have a gambler type subclass that has feature like using one of thease, high-risk and reward abilities and such

As a reckless attacking halfling barbarian with the lucky feat i see this as an absolute win

Halflings are gonna be over powered

Thats a REALLY cool cursed item

I think it’d be really cool for a table to have a community gamblers die if someone wants to risk it for the biscuit

I would use this as a "Devil's Bargain", as in... "you missed but i will let you use the Gambler's Die, with serious consequences for failure..."

This is such a sick idea.

I got one of these as the badass dice in borderlands bunkers and badasses

Damn I need to get a 3d printer bad

He said Gamblers die and I say, “Take my gosh darn wallet and give me as many as possible!”

Personally I like the idea of having a stacked die for the big boss opponents, just to emphasise how dangerous they actually are

It’s literally just the badass die from bunkers and badasses

This with elven accuracy on a rogue could be very interesting

This might work great for a wild sorcerer, maybe a special effect table for 20s and 1s.

My players dealt with something like this for a recent arc, in which they were trapped in the Lockyrinth, a hell-plane separated between chaotic 'jailed' zones where demons dwell and the lawful 'jailer' zones full of devils. I created separate sets of dice for Lawful characters in Chaotic zones, Chaotic characters in Chaotic zones, etcetera, with the lawful dice trending towards the middle and the chaotic dice trending towards the extremes, but each favouring those that share the alignment.