D6.

Figures.

D6.

Told you all I was boring.

I was wondering which lame-o's were going to get pegged as d6's, more commonly known as "dice."

d8

bwahahahaha

http://dicepool.com/catalog/quiz.php?osCsid=f5d5045aed848836c3e14a9665cae417

yeah, spot on quiz

"You are known to be quiet and shy, outward traits that conceal viscous sarcasm and mean wit. You are very smart, yet wise enough to hide your intelligence the quicker they found out how smart you are, the sooner they'll put you to work, which is something you can do without. People call you dark and pessimistic, or moody and cynical. You find little point in arguing."

fits me to a T

Really, Hobgoblin? An on-line interet test purporting to figure out which Dungeons & Dragon die you "are" didn't perfectly nail your complete personality profile?

I'm... perplexed.

d10. And they were uncomfortably close on the "created own system" bit.

wtf is a polyhedral die? what is the point of that? why not use multiple dice?

D8

Imagine me dark and cynical. I always thought I was fucking sunshine and dandelions.

Typical

d8.

By the way, I believe that the part where it says "You find little point in arguing" refers to whether you (we) would refute the previous sentence: "People call you dark and pessimistic, or moody and cynical." Not "arguing" in general.

And, yes, people do say that. And, no, I do not refute it. Excellent quiz all around.

d20.

"You are the large, round, friendly d20! (You probably didn't know this, but the shape of the twenty-sided die is called an Icosahedron.) You are the friendly, outgoing, outspoken, leader of friends. You are often looked up to, even though you don't normally deserve it. Most other types secretly wish they were you, and you'd give them tips on how, if only you had a clue yourself. Your charisma is often all you need, but you have your occasional moments of brilliance as well--just never when it's actually needed. You are the all-around good guy, a dependable chum, a respectable foe, and an inspiration to those who need one. Who says you can't get by on a smile and good looks alone?"

I did know a 20-sided polyhedron was called an icosahedron, bitch!

Anyway, except for that one inaccuracy, this thing is creepily accurate. Burn the witch!

wtf is a polyhedral die? what is the point of that? why not use multiple dice?

The point is to pretend that you are someone other than your regular, ordinary, socially awkward self, but instead have unusual mystic powers, dominate all in your path and are feared throughout the land.

But on a more practical level, they are for producing numbers across a wide range of probability distributions. How would you roll "multiple dice" to determine whether an event that has a 5% probability occurs or not? One d20, and you're done. How would you randomly reach a value between, say, 2 and 16? Easy: roll 2 d8s.

So Angus, I see the new job is keeping you oh-so-busy.

Slacker.

What new job, Dave? Is there another Angus I don't know about?

Did you see the products offered on that site? My favorite is this one: Brushed Steel Finish Dwarven Metal™ 34mm d20

Dwarven? A regular metal d20 wasn't geeky enough?

And available for a mere $15.00! What a bargain!

It's big, it's bright, and it weighs more than a quarter pound. This 34mm die has the ability to impress your friends and terrify your enemies.

Tell me you can do that with a plastic six-sided die with little dots instead of numbers.

So Ace is "Romantic Creative and Unusual"... sounds pretty Gay to me... but does he every... you know... quote poetry?

d20

loyal, friendly and a natural leader.

Indeed.

Ah, the d10! While you aren't actually a true regular polyhedron, you are the only die that makes logical sense--metrically speaking. Chances are, others see you as over-analytical or a goody-goody. While that may be true, you also have a gift for patience and tolerance. Growing up you probably had a calculator wristwatch that you never really needed to use (since you were faster on your own), and you probably aced all your classes (except for gym). You use the metric system almost exclusively, but are able to quickly convert in mid-conversation for the sake of your backwards Imperalist friends. You've coded in at least two different programming languages, and have created more original gaming systems than you'll ever admit. You're generally not a show-off, but you do take pride in being called either a geek or a nerd.

I got d100.

d2 - Why the fuck are you still breathing?! I have a pet rock with more personality than you. You are an asexual retard whose only accomplishment in life is to manage the impossibly feat of being compared to a two-dimensional piece of plastic. Kill yourself now and stop wasting my bandwidth!

My favorite part is "we have some critical hit insurance to sell you". Classic.

Oh, you're not the Angus that would be the bane of my existence over at GR?

Please don't tell me there are *two* people in the world dorky enough to know this much about D&D and both go by the name of Angus.

That's just wrong.

P.S. If you are a different Angus, then I apologize for my comment about your wife. And your mom, too.

d20

When would you like to get together to begin planning our world domination fat kid? I'll order the pizza, you bring the cokes (and pictures of your sisters).

D12 here. So yes, you are gay.

Please don't tell me there are *two* people in the world dorky enough to know this much about D&D and both go by the name of Angus.

I'm afraid so. I've never been the bane of anyone's existence (except for my 7th grade French teacher, who at the end of the school year asked me what she had done wrong in life to deserve having me as a student).

Apology accepted. I still stand by my evaluation of Ambuh, though.

P.S. If you are a different Angus, then I apologize for my comment about your wife. And your mom, too.

Since when does anyone have to apologize for anything said on this board?

I can't believe I actually took this stupid quiz.

d12

oh, dungeons and dragons, now i get it. Well it was right on target i'm shrewd, petty, and evil. d4. What a way to avoid work. Thanks, ace.

well, don't be upset. This test is only 98% accurate.

It is admissible in court, though. Go figure.

I can't believe you dorks actually took the test.

I just copied the answer I wanted.

Goodness... the retards I have for readers.

Creative i'll give you, but romantic and unusual? You say you wanted these answers?

Hah, a d4! That's freakin' hysterical. I really am a "conniving, manipulative, argumentative, needlessly antagonistic, direct" little bastard!

Funny thing was, I only chose the answer "d4" out of that entire questionaire - I have no idea what all that crap d# is supposed to mean. My tabletop RPG knowledge is (loose?) shit.

thanks for the explanation angus, i was never "fortunate" enough to know anything about dungeons and dragons

ace,

I staked my entire self-worth on htis quiz. For me, this quiz was the culmination of my life's work. I NEEDED this quiz, damnit.

Oh, no, actually that was the Bar exam. I passed that though. Was about as accurate predictor of future events though.

Romantic and unusual, yes. Like Cyrano DeBergerac, only not so, what's the word?, faggy.

Great... I just gave Downtown Lad another six weeks of trembling in rage at me.

Simmer down, DL. It's just a joke.

So you're ok with the whole nose thing?

Well, for me, the problem isn't my nose. It's more like my entire retardhead.

I took the quiz. I'll never get those minutes back.

(d8, by the way.)

I'm a Dragonbone electronic dice-rolling system.

Well, you know what Jesus said - "the geek shall inherit the earth."

Ace, agree with teh homosexual lifestyle 1000% or be a HOMOPHOBE forever

And you can only accept something if you try it at least twice.

I'm a Dragonbone electronic dice-rolling system.

Now that is an old-school hard-core geek name-check.

Or did the quiz actually tell you that?

Ace,

FWIW, I like dice.

Really.

In fact, I collect them.

Sort of, anyway.

...

Now while I still don't have the faintest idea what D&D is all about, nor do I get the Lightning Bolt! schtick, admittedly the video was funny as hell.

But as far as my polyhedron goes...

You guessed it!

d6.

And so it goes.

d100! Woo-Hoo

I am NUTS!

Hey, I'm a D4, shrewd, petty, and evil...

You are a four-sided die, a d4. Otherwise known as a tetrahedron, a "Caltrop", or (to a lesser degree) "Ol' Pointy". This crap bores you, so I'll get to the point. Others tend to see you as petty, conniving, manipulative, argumentative, defensive, greedy, and needlessly antagonistic. You see yourself as focused, effective, efficient, influencing, shrewd, tactical, and direct. Both points of view are in fact correct. You always know the best way to get things done, a fact that never wins sympathy with others. Whenever you manage to gain control of a situation, your solutions are swift and brutal. Unfortunately everyone else is convinced that granting you such power is, "a bad thing" and often conspire to keep it out of your hands. Such short-sighted fools!

Wow, this is so accurate it's creeping me out.

Later,
bbeck

bbeck, you are certainly not evil.

I haven't seen the Romantic in Ace either, but the other two..for sure.

bbeck has definately got evil tendencies.

The problem with using two d8 to substitute for a d15 + 1 is that you don't get a flat probability distribution. Any given value around 8 is more likely than 2 or 16. The more dice you use, the less random result you get.

I was a d8. I feel very d8-ish today.

is this the thread where we talk about bbeck's "Ol' Pointies"?

really, I'll stop now.

The problem with using two d8 to substitute for a d15 + 1 ...

That's all well and good, NF, but there is no such thing as a d15 (at least not in regulation play, that is).

I see there's some dispute as to whether or not I'm evil, but strangely, no one is arguing about the whole "petty" thing. Careful or I'll sic my legion of quasits on the lot of you.

And Hob, food for thought; I happen to have TWO wench outfits.

Later,
bbeck

I know there is no d15, I was making a hypothetical based on that the sum of the rolls of two d8s cannot give a result of 1, while a d16 can. To give a better analogy, I compared two d8s to a d15 which had 1 added to every roll.

Do these two posts make me the uber-gaming-math nerd?

D-20

Well confound it! I still have my box of multi-sided dice from twenty years ago ( the last time I played D&D), but I came up d6 anyway.

D-12. Welcome to the pink army, Ace!

*snicker*

D20.

"loyal, friendly and a natural leader."

Ha! That's what I'm talkin' about, bitches!

Log Cabin,

Please. You homos claim that EVERYONE you like is gay. Michaelangelo, Alexander the Great, Nathan Lane... and now you're claiming the d12, or dodecahedron, believed by the Greeks to be the most perfect of the platonic solids with some mystical connection to the heavens, is a homo-die too?

Stop claiming all the cool stuff is gay. You can have... well, you can have Edward Norton. I've certainly got no use for him.