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.
7 Comments
rockerface@lemm.ee · 44 pts · 2y
Did they use it to play Labyrinths & Minotaurs?
jaybone@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
They play Dolma & Drakma
YoorWeb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
AD200:
ULS@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
I hear Jared's still carries them.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Who's Jared and why is his distilling gear significant?
grue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
In case anybody, like me, was wondering what all the sides looked like:
SteefLem@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Live action dnd