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Resin Dice: Material Terms, Inclusions, and Care
Understand what resin means in a dice listing, how cured polymer differs from uncured resin, how inclusions and finishes should be recorded, and how to care for resin dice.
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Custom and Specialty Dice: Symbols, Shapes, and Rules
A practical guide to custom and specialty dice, including symbol dice, Fate dice, unusual face counts, custom numbering, and the evidence needed to catalogue them.
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Percentile Dice: How d100 and d% Rolls Work
Learn how percentile dice use two d10s to produce results from 1 to 100, how to read 00 and 0, and how to calculate simple d100 probabilities.
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Dice Probability Basics: Fair Dice, Ranges, and Multiple Rolls
Learn how to calculate basic dice probabilities, why a fair d6 gives each face a 1/6 chance, and why 2d6 does not have an even distribution.
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Standard Dice Types: d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20
A beginner-friendly guide to common tabletop dice types, including d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, and percentile dice.
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Dice Notation: What Do d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20 Mean?
Understand common dice notation such as d6, 2d8, and 1d100. Learn what the numbers mean, how modifiers work, and why probability changes when dice are added together.
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What Is a Die? Dice Terminology Explained
Learn the difference between a die and dice, what faces and sides mean, how dice are used in games, and how DICEWIKI uses the terms.