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They're just bog standard six-siders, honest!

  • Front left: 4 on top, 6 and 2 facing.
  • Rear left: 1 on top, 2 and 3 facing.
  • Front centre: 3 on top, 6 and 5 facing.
  • Rear right: 2 on top, 6 and 3 facing.
  • Front right: 5 on top, 6 and 4 facing.
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[–] OmenAtom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They could count the number of lines still ;)

[–] ZDL@diyrpg.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Only works from 1-3. 4 has 5 strokes (6 lines), for example.

[–] OmenAtom@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You only count the four central strokes for four when its written that way, how those kanji came about or how theyre taught to children, is that the stroke number is equal to the numbers value up until you reach ten.

[–] ferret@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That doesn't work at all though? 五, 六 have 4 strokes, and 七, 八, 九, 十 have 2 strokes.

[–] ZDL@diyrpg.org 4 points 1 year ago

And the die uses the old form of 5: 伍