Looking for your first set of dice?
Every gamer and dice collector started with just one set, and we're here to help! With any luck, this guide will give you some information about RPG dice and what you'll need to play in your very first game.
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The Basics
While not all roleplaying games use dice, the majority of them do, and not just 6-sided dice like you might have seen in casinos or games as a kid! In most ways, the shapes of dice used in roleplaying games haven't changed since the original release of Dungeons and Dragons in the 1970s.
As the chart shows, there are 7 kinds of dice you will typically see: 4-sided, 6-sided, 8-sided, 10-sided, another 10-sided die that has the numbers 00-90, 12-sided and 20-sided.
Typically dice are referred to by D followed by the number of sides the die has (with % for the 10-sided die with 00-90 since it's used to generate percentages). So for example, a D20 refers to a 20 sided die.
Sometimes games will ask you to roll multiple dice and typically will do so by putting the number before the letter D. so for example, 4D6 refers to 4 6-sided dice. Additionally, sometimes games will ask you to roll multiple dice and add a number to your result, which is usually called a modifier. For example 4D6+2 means roll 4 6-sided dice and add 2 to the result. This number will typically be compared to some kind of target number to see if you succeed at your goal.
