Have you ever needed a quick die roll but didn't have the right type of die? In a pinch, and with the help of this chart, you can emulate any die using any other die. Of course, I can't forsee any situation when this chart can be more easily obtained than a die, so you should probably memorize it if you plan to get any use from it.
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| Coin | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 | d20 | ||
| Die Available: | Coin | Just flip it. | First Flip: Heads=Low, Tails=High. Second Flip (Low): Heads=1, Tails=2. Second Flip (High): Heads=3, Tails=4. |
First Flip: Heads=Low, Tails=High. Second Flip (Low): Heads=A, Tails=B. Second Flip (High): Heads=C, Tails=Start over from First Flip. Third Flip (A): Heads=1, Tails=2. Third Flip (B): Heads=3, Tails=4. Third Flip (C): Heads=5, Tails=6. |
First Flip: Heads=Low, Tails=High. Second Flip (Low): Heads=A, Tails=B. Second Flip (High): Heads=C, Tails=D Third Flip (A): Heads=1, Tails=2. Third Flip (B): Heads=3, Tails=4. Third Flip (C): Heads=5, Tails=6. Third Flip (D): Heads=7, Tails=8. |
First Flip: Heads=Low, Tails=High. Second Flip (Low): Heads=A, Tails=B. Second Flip (High): Heads=C, Tails=Start over from First Flip. Third Flip (A): Heads=D, Tails=E. Third Flip (B): Heads=F, Tails=G. Third Flip (C): Heads=H, Tails=Start over from First Flip. Fourth Flip (D): Heads=1, Tails=2. Fourth Flip (E): Heads=3, Tails=4 Fourth Flip (F): Heads=5, Tails=6. Fourth Flip (G): Heads=7, Tails=8. Fourth Flip (H): Heads=9, Tails=10 |
First Flip: Heads=Low, Tails=High. Second Flip (Low): Heads=A, Tails=B. Second Flip (High): Heads=C, Tails=Start over from First Flip. Third Flip (A): Heads=D, Tails=E. Third Flip (B): Heads=F, Tails=G. Third Flip (C): Heads=H, Tails=I Fourth Flip (D): Heads=1, Tails=2. Fourth Flip (E): Heads=3, Tails=4 Fourth Flip (F): Heads=5, Tails=6. Fourth Flip (G): Heads=7, Tails=8. Fourth Flip (H): Heads=9, Tails=10 Fourth Flip (I): Heads=11, Tails=12 |
First Flip: Heads=Low, Tails=High. Second Flip (Low): Heads=A, Tails=B. Second Flip (High): Heads=C, Tails=Start over from First Flip. Third Flip (A): Heads=D, Tails=E. Third Flip (B): Heads=F, Tails=G. Third Flip (C): Heads=H, Tails=Start over from First Flip. Fourth Flip (D): Heads=I, Tails=J. Fourth Flip (E): Heads=K, Tails=L. Fourth Flip (F): Heads=M, Tails=N. Fourth Flip (G): Heads=O, Tails=P. Fourth Flip (H): Heads=Q, Tails=R. Fifth Flip (I): Heads=1, Tails=2. Fifth Flip (J): Heads=3, Tails=4 Fifth Flip (K): Heads=5, Tails=6. Fifth Flip (L): Heads=7, Tails=8. Fifth Flip (M): Heads=9, Tails=10 Fifth Flip (N): Heads=11, Tails=12 Fifth Flip (O): Heads=13, Tails=14 Fifth Flip (P): Heads=15, Tails=16 Fifth Flip (Q): Heads=17, Tails=18 Fifth Flip (R): Heads=19, Tails=20 |
| Coin | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 | d20 | ||
| d4 | 1-2=Heads, 3-4=Tails. | Just roll it. | First Roll: 1-2=Low, 1-2=High. Second Roll (Low): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4. Second Roll (High): 1=5, 2=6, 3-4=Start over from First Roll. |
First Roll: 1-2=Low, 1-2=High. Second Roll (Low): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4. Second Roll (High): 1=5, 2=6, 3=7, 4=8. |
First Roll: 1=Low, 2=Mid, 3=High, 4=Reroll. Second Roll (Low): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4. Second Roll (Med): 1=5, 2=6, 3=7, 4=8. Second Roll (High): 1=9, 2=10, 3-4=Start over from First Roll. |
First Roll: 1=Low, 2=Mid, 3=High, 4=Reroll. Second Roll (Low): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4. Second Roll (Med): 1=5, 2=6, 3=7, 4=8. Second Roll (High): 1=9, 2=10, 3=11, 4=12. |
First Roll: 1-2=Low, 3-4=High Second Roll (Low): 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=Start over from First Roll. Second Roll (High): 1=D, 2=E, 3-4=Start over from First Roll. Third Roll (A): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4. Third Roll (B): 1=5, 2=6, 3=7, 4=8. Third Roll (C): 1=9, 2=10, 3=11, 4=12. Third Roll (D): 1=13, 2=14, 3=15, 4=16. Third Roll (E): 1=17, 2=18, 3=19, 4=20. |
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| Coin | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 | d20 | ||
| d6 | 1-3=Heads, 4-6=Tails. | 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5-6=Reroll. | Just roll it. | First Roll: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, 5-6=Reroll. Second Roll (A): 1-3=1, 4-6=2. Second Roll (B): 1-3=3, 4-6=4. Second Roll (C): 1-3=5, 4-6=6. Second Roll (D): 1-3=7, 4-6=8. |
First Roll: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, 5=E, 6=Reroll. Second Roll (A): 1-3=1, 4-6=2. Second Roll (B): 1-3=3, 4-6=4. Second Roll (C): 1-3=5, 4-6=6. Second Roll (D): 1-3=7, 4-6=8. Second Roll (E): 1-3=9, 4-6=10. |
First Roll: 1-3=Low, 4-6=High. Second Roll (Low): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6. Second Roll (High): 1=7, 2=8, 3=9, 4=10, 5=11, 6=12. |
First Roll: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, 5-6=Reroll. Second Roll (A): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=Reroll. Second Roll (B): 1=6, 2=7, 3=8, 4=9, 5=10, 6=Reroll. Second Roll (C): 1=11, 2=12, 3=13, 4=14, 5=15, 6=Reroll. Second Roll (D): 1=16, 2=17, 3=18, 4=19, 5=20, 6=Reroll. |
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| Coin | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 | d20 | ||
| d8 | 1-4=Heads, 5-8=Tails. | 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5-6=3, 7-8=4. | 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7-8=Reroll. | Just roll it. | First Roll: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, 5=E, 6-8=Reroll. Second Roll (A): 1-4=1, 5-8=2. Second Roll (B): 1-4=3, 5-8=4. Second Roll (C): 1-4=5, 5-8=6. Second Roll (D): 1-4=7, 5-8=8. Second Roll (E): 1-4=9, 5-8=10. |
First Roll: 1-2=Low, 3-4=Mid, 5-6=High, 7-8=Reroll. Second Roll (Low): 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5-6=3, 7-8=4. Second Roll (Med): 1-2=5, 3-4=6, 5-6=7, 7-8=8. Second Roll (High): 1-2=9, 3-4=10, 5-6=11, 7-8=12. |
First Roll: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, 5=E, 6-8=Reroll. Second Roll (A): 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5-6=3, 7-8=4. Second Roll (B): 1-2=5, 3-4=6, 5-6=7, 7-8=8. Second Roll (C): 1-2=9, 3-4=10, 5-6=11, 7-8=12. Second Roll (D): 1-2=13, 3-4=14, 5-6=15, 7-8=16. Second Roll (E): 1-2=17, 3-4=18, 5-6=19, 7-8=20. |
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| Coin | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 | d20 | ||
| d10 | 1-5=Heads, 6-10=Tails. | 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5-6=3, 7-8=4, 9-10=Reroll. | 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7-10=Reroll. | 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, 8=8, 9-10=Reroll. | Just roll it. | First Roll: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D, 5=E, 6=F, 7-10=Reroll. Second Roll (A): 1-5=1, 6-10=2. Second Roll (B): 1-5=3, 6-10=4. Second Roll (C): 1-5=5, 6-10=6. Second Roll (D): 1-5=7, 6-10=8. Second Roll (E): 1-5=9, 6-10=10. Second Roll (F): 1-5=11, 6-10=12. |
First Roll: 1-5=Low, 6-10=High. Second Roll (Low): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, 8=8, 9=9, 10=10. Second Roll (High): 1=11, 2=12, 3=13, 4=14, 5=15, 6=16, 7=17, 8=18, 9=19, 10=20. |
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| Coin | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 | d20 | ||
| d12 | 1-6=Heads, 7-12=Tails. | 1-3=1, 4-6=2, 7-9=3, 10-12=4. | 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5-6=3, 7-8=4, 9-10=5, 11-12=6. | 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, 8=8, 9-12=Reroll. | 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, 8=8, 9=9, 10=10, 11-12=Reroll. | Just roll it. | First Roll: 1-6=Low, 7-12=High. Second Roll (Low): 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, 8=8, 9=9, 10=10, 11-12=Reroll. Second Roll (High): 1=11, 2=12, 3=13, 4=14, 5=15, 6=16, 7=17, 8=18, 9=19, 10=20, 11-12=Reroll. |
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| Coin | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 | d20 | ||
| d20 | 1-10=Heads, 11-20=Tails. | 1-5=1, 6-10=2, 1-15=3, 16-20=4. | 1-3=1, 4-6-4=2, 7-9=3, 10-12=4, 13-15=5, 16-18=6, 19-20=Reroll. | 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5=6, 7-8=4, 9-10=5, 11-12=6, 13-14=7, 15-16=8, 17-20=Reroll. | 1-2=1, 3-4=2, 5=6, 7-8=4, 9-10=5, 11-12=6, 13-14=7, 15-16=8, 17-18=9, 19-20=10. | 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, 5=5, 6=6, 7=7, 8=8, 9=9, 10=10, 11=11, 12=12, 13-20=Reroll. | Just roll it. | |
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