Dice pools Dice notation

fudge dice

a number of games including original ghostbusters role-playing game, storyteller system, , fantasy flight games star wars roleplaying games use system dice pool consisting of indicated number of dice rolled , total number of dice meet fixed condition recorded result. example, vampire: requiem has players roll pool of ten sided dice , note number come 8 or higher successes . companies produce custom dice, marked successes , failures, use in games use mechanic.

the fudge role-playing system uses set of dice each marked minus signs, plus signs , blank sides, meaning −1, +1 , 0 respectively. default 1 third of each, represented six-sided die 2 of each, known df.2 or df. 4 of these (4df) rolled determine results −4 +4, equivalent 4d3-8. variants include df.1, six-sided die 4 blanks, 1 plus , 1 minus.