Roman d20 was a thing

Roman rock-crystal icosahedron (20-sided dice) used in fortune-telling. Each face has a Latin letter on it and a corresponding Roman numeral.

Such polyhedral dice were thrown to obtain a number, which was then matched with pre-prepared oracle answers in a divination handbook.

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squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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MacedWindow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Am I going to live a long happy life?

fortune teller rolls a 1

Sorry sir you are going to fall into the spike pit

Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y