The Random-izer

The First thing you need to know about the Random-izer is that I, Michael AKA-Mumbles, roll 2d20’s for everything when I play. I haven’t “always” done this, but I have done it for a very long time.  Psychologically I think my dice roll better when I do this. I always use two different color die and make sure everyone at the table knows which means what as to make sure no one thinks I’m cheating (i.e. Red is for attacks, Blue is for everything else). [EDIT: I went to GenCon this year (2013) and a couple of my DM’s got confused because of my habit of rolling two dice. I then switched one to a d12 to lower the confusion and then twice in a short time the total roll after modifiers on my d20 matched the number showing on the D12 which caused more confusion. So, I ended up buying a blank die, pictured below, so that I can roll 2d20’s now and there by no confusion. Though this does mean I have to get a second d20 for the Random-izer].

The reason I bring this up, is that the Random-izer is a natural extension of this. When I DM, I try, as often as possible, to say YES to my players. “is there a tree near-by?”  “YES.”   “Are there rocks around, maybe one big enough to climb up on?”  “YES.”

But sometimes I’m not really sure if I should say YES or NO.  When that happens I use the Random-izer to decide. I ask my Player to pick High or Low. They probably assume then that there is a 50/50 chance of me saying yes or no, but that’s not accurate. I then roll my 2D20’s. The high or low depends on those dice. One is the control die and depending on whether or not the random die is higher or lower than the control depends on what is YES and what is NO.

In addition I use a degree of success. If the control die is a 1 and the random die is a 20 and the player selects HIGH, then the result would be very helpful and as close to as what they want as I can figure out.

Next time you are asked a question by a Player and are not sure if it’s YES or NO, give the Random-izer a shot and see how it works.

Thanks!!

Michael – AKA Mumbles

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