Fudge dice

aka "dF"

aka "our d3 are different, we are so special"

Used for FUDGE and thus FATE rpg games. The bell-curve is pretty steep -- 2/3 of the time you're gonna roll -1, 0 or +1. Maybe this is supposed to get random chance out of the rpg without actually taking our candy away. The odds of rolling a "critical" of +4 it 1/81, or four times less likely than rolling a nat 20.

Where to buy

When you want to be a dice snob, but can't afford to buy your own.

You can buy them from Grey Ghost games, but why?

Take a d6 and a sharpie, draw a line on the 1 & 2 faces, an X on the 3 & 5 faces, and a square on the 4 & 6 faces. There you go: a die with -,0,+ on it. Now roll four of them to get a result from -4 to +4.

Or do it old school, with 1,2 = 1 ; 3,4 = 2 ; 5,6 = 3 and subtract 8. Be a man.

d6-d6

Some people are damn impatient and just roll a positive d6 and a negative d6, subtract one from the other, and treat -5 or +5 as 0. Now rolling a critical +4 becomes a 5% chance, same as rolling a natural 20, just like God intended.

Links

• Mathfags do their stats homework about dF and tarot cards and junk.