Tom Cruise 1,280 Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) Just curious about how people communicate things at their tables. Do you tend to refer to the different dice types as their respective colours, or by their actual names? Personally my table refer to everything by colour. Difficulty is always communicated as "purples". I think this is a side effect of playing online and using a diceroller which uses colour initials for building dicepools (e.g. 3g 1b 2p) Edited January 6, 2018 by Tom Cruise 1 Endersai reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richardbuxton 7,319 Posted January 6, 2018 Name 2 Khaalis and TheGMSource reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khaalis 28 Posted January 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Richardbuxton said: Name Seconded Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Y Mab Darogan 149 Posted January 6, 2018 Thirded Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morridini 61 Posted January 6, 2018 Color and name, depends if I'm in the middle of a narration suddenly switching languages to say "Proficiency", "Ability" etc. ruins the flow, so we often resort to just the Norwegian words for the colors. (Norwegian words for the names are tricky because it can have multiple translations (e.g. "Abilty" is either "Egenskap" or "Evne", but in this context it is "Evne") so it's just easier to stick to the colors. 2 Richardbuxton and Underachiever599 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crowag 5 Posted January 6, 2018 Color.. because I'm an idiot 1 Dragonshadow reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c__beck 1,088 Posted January 6, 2018 Both. But that's because so far I've played with people who have had little exposure to the NDS before. Once they associate "Purple die" with "Difficulty die" I'll drop the colour. But for beginners who can't always remember that the yellow one is Proficiency, using both is a great learning tool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimmerling 735 Posted January 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Crowag said: Color.. because I'm an idiot Colour! Because all the others are idiots. 3 lordannoyed, dougansf and Dragonshadow reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siabrac 59 Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) So the real question is: Do you refer to the dice by color or by colour? Edited January 6, 2018 by siabrac Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c__beck 1,088 Posted January 6, 2018 Colour. Because, even though I'm American, I was influenced at a young and formative age. The first job I ever had was working for Games Workshop, and they are British so it was colour, armour, manoeuvre, etc. I left that job because I was going overseas for a year: in French-speaking Belgium. Being FR, they also use the 'u' in colour. Thus, from the age of 15 to the age of 17 I used colour and it's just stuck with me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crowag 5 Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, siabrac said: So the real question is: Do you refer to the dice by color or by colour? Depends if you're in North America or not. I think both name and color is a good idea Edited January 6, 2018 by Crowag Spelling errors Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fjw70 308 Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) I do color. Some of the people I play with don’t play the system regularly so they need refreshers when we play. It’s much simpler to use color. No ambiguity. Edited January 6, 2018 by fjw70 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElderKoala 152 Posted January 6, 2018 Name. Unless we're swearing at them. "**** IT PURPLE! YOU AND YOUR *BLEEP* Sided PURPLEY *BLEEP*!" 2 Richardbuxton and Sturn reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iseir 2 Posted January 6, 2018 Colour, its easier than remembering the names, and its easy for new players to understand when i say "make a atheltic test with 2 purple and 1 black" 1 Sturn reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siabrac 59 Posted January 6, 2018 I like Mike Krahulik's (Penny Arcade) name for the Challenge Die: "THE F**K ORB" 2 ElderKoala and Dragonshadow reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnChildermass 58 Posted January 7, 2018 Color. Easier for the casual gamers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GM Hooly 1,671 Posted January 7, 2018 Colour, then Check name and then number of those dice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hygric 420 Posted January 7, 2018 Colour for me and my group. It's just simpler and requires less rules-jargon at the table. 1 GM Hooly reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doughnut 60 Posted January 7, 2018 By Color. As an American English speaking American, it's "col-or", not "col-our" 'round these parts. Also my group and I have played Star Wars rpg 100% online, and it was easier to just say "hey shooting someone at medium range is average, that's 2 purps, and how about it's also dim and foggy so that's a black. Don't forget your blue for Aiming though." for the dice rollers UI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GroggyGolem 2,849 Posted January 7, 2018 Generally, color, though I am starting a new group soon an will try out calling the dice by their names with that group. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArtWend 93 Posted January 7, 2018 I tended to use both the times that I played Star Wars: "Purple Difficulty," etc. Which made it both easy to find and easy to remember why it was there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Underachiever599 874 Posted January 8, 2018 Color when we have new people at the table, or when we haven't played in a few months (referring to my Star Wars campaign, since it's the same system). But when we've consistently had the same group for several weeks in a row, we start switching over to calling the dice by name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites