I like BIG DICE...

and I cannot lie... (small dice for size)

Last year I discovered the joy of BIG DICE. Partly this was due to running 13th Age and needing a big d6 for the Escalation Die, but I've also found them to be great GM tools. What do I use BIG DICE for?

• Tracking enemy hit points. Perfect for bigger enemies with lots of HP.
• Keeping track of countdowns.
• 13th Age Escalation Die - Big wooden lawn dice work perfectly for this.
• Eyes of the Stone Thief Submergence Die.
• Terrifying players. Just set a die out and increase or decrease the number to your whim and watch players squirm.
• The pure satisfaction of rolling BIG DICE.

What's the advantage of using BIG DICE for these tasks?

• Easy to read at a glance.
• Harder to accidentally knock over. (I've found that metal dice are also good for this).
• Stand out from smaller dice. I only have a small number of BIG DICE so I'm not trying to remember if the wyvern hp total was on the sparkly black dice or the matte black with speckles dice.

Now I make sure I have my big dice handy for every game I run. You can find a set of your own at Dark Elf Dice, which is my favorite online dice store.

Consider this the first of what will hopefully be many short weekly GM tips as I continue to re-boot the blog.