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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (7 children)

TL;DR They’re not dice.

The computer-designed objects called trajectoids follow a predetermined path when rolling, and usually look somewhat like peeled potatoes.
Examples of trajectoids
I haven’t seen a trajectoid with an obviously arbitrary, complex path, such as someone’s signature (as opposed to demos of epicycles), so there may be limits to what lines can be made.

I think the similarly-looking gömböcs are cooler: convex, uniform objects that always return to one stable orientation when laid on a flat surface.
gömböc gif

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Very cool from a maths perspective, but irrelevant to D&D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As a DM, that's my favourite die to roll. Well, other than the rocks-fall-you-die

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