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Roman d20 was a thing (lemmy.world)
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Roman rock-crystal icosahedron (20-sided dice) used in fortune-telling. Each face has a Latin letter on it and a corresponding Roman numeral.

Such polyhedral dice were thrown to obtain a number, which was then matched with pre-prepared oracle answers in a divination handbook.

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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did they use it to play Labyrinths & Minotaurs?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

They play Dolma & Drakma

[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

AD200:

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear Jared's still carries them.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Who's Jared and why is his distilling gear significant?

[–] SteefLem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Live action dnd

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

In case anybody, like me, was wondering what all the sides looked like: