I’ve been thinking about ability scores.
The ability scores are used to determine the modifiers used for combat bonuses, saving throws, and other checks. Beyond that, though, the scores themselves seem pointless. No one cares that your character’s strength is 14; we just want to know that you get a +1 to hit. If that’s the case, why bother with the score? Why not just roll up the modifier and use that as your score?
This weekend was a "end of summer" cleanup at my house. Gathered a few dice here and there that had gotten separated from the main "dice tribe". Last night I decided to count them all.
261 dice.
d6's were in the clear majority, no doubt from my years of playing GURPS.
There were also a surprising number of Fudge dice. They were colored, so I'm thinking that there's another packet somewhere with about 20 white dF. It could be that I gave those away years ago, however.
The d10 was also in abundance, perhaps due to the fact that each "set" comes with 2d10. I had also purchased some matching "d10 only" sets back when I was writing/playing Dekahedron.
The dice have clearly outgrown their current pouch, and I need a new storage technique. Maybe a box. Maybe a better solution would be to down-size, but what do you do with used dice?
What about you? How many dice do you have, and how do you store them?