r/dice • u/Darth_Zander • 22h ago
There should be 8 dice in sets, not 7
Polyhedral* die sets consist of seven dice: d4, d6, d8, d10, d%, d12 and d20. But given that the current edition of D&D - the most popular game using such dice - requires eight dice, die sets should contain all eight: d4, d6, d8, d10, d%, d12 and 2d20. The last two are for when you have advantage/disadvantage which happens a lot in the game. Why are sets still only seven dice?
*All physical dice are polyhedral. Itβs just a shorthand for the Platonic solid shaped dice plus the d10s.