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Any multiple of 4 faces can be made into a sphericon-bipyramid shape - the d8, though, would look exactly as it does now - but why not have an entire set?
Zocchihedron dice etc.
http://www.advancin....php/products_id/40
Spherical D100 - not the one I have (mine's a D6), but it looks interesting. [DrCurry, Apr 22 2005]
16-sided faceted sphericon
http://www.seanmich...phericon_dice.shtml
[iamanangelchaser, Apr 11 2009]
[link]
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Please, not the sphericon craze again! |
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[Random] but sphericon surfaces are curved -- how would
the die be able to come to rest on a face? |
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Sorry if i wasn't clear enough - it would be made by slicing a double pyramid in the same way that a real sphericon is made from a double cone |
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JHC: for what it's worth, I have a
pair of spherical dice. |
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Me too, and you can roll them whenever you want ... baby. |
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A D100 is filled with small grains. As it rolls these grains slow down the rolling significantly, so that it rests at a number after only a few seconds, just like normal dice do. The only problem is determining what that number is. You have to look carefully which number is on top. |
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I have some difficulty understanding this idea. Is it about making a D4 and D12 in the same shape as this D100? That's nice. The rollplayers would collects these like Bill Gates collects dollars. |
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No it isn't, dice are nice! |
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I think I'm the only person that gets what he's talking about. It's not a bad idea at all--think a faceted sphericon. Of course, this would be pointless with anything less than 10 sides. |
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[zeno] somehow you were lucky enough to miss out on the sphericon craze the first time - google "sphericon" |
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[5th earth] you need a multiple of 4 sides for it to work - a d12 or d20 qualify - as would a d16 if such a thing were to exist |
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Seriously. Most of you guys don't seem to get it. First off, a sphericon is not a sphere. He's not proposing spherical dice. A sphericon is derived from a bicone, which is the shape of many polyhedral dice, most commonly d10s. So if you can take a bicone and make a sphericon, you can take a biconal die and make it into a sphericonal die. Check out the link above for a 3d image. |
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Why would you want to do this? Well, novelty really. It's just neat. I don't think there's any other advantage. That said, people who buy lots of polyhedral dice are suckers for novelty. It would probably make money. |
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