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FOUR-SIDED POLYHEDRAL DICE

A FOUR-SIDED die is commonly called a d4

WHEN WOULD A D4 BE USED?

Dungeons and Dragons:
The d4 is used to generate hit points (life points) for non combatants like wizards or peasents
It is also used to generate damage for very small weapons such as daggers or slings

           EXAMPLES
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Dice : D4 OPAQUE SHARP SOLID 2 When d4's were first released they were sharp edged opaque truncated tetrahedrons
with the numbering for the roll arranged along the bottom edge of the die

In this example ... all of the dice are showing a roll of 4
Dice : D4 CLEAR SHARP SOLID 2 Later came sharp edged translucent or clear truncated tetrahedrons

Dice : D4 CLEAR ROUNDED SOLID 3 		Next came the rounded or 'European' style tetrahedrons
Dice : D4 OPAQUE ROUNDED SOLID JUMBO 3
Dice : D4 TRANSLUCENT ROUNDED CHESSEX BOREALIS 1 		The next innovation was when the the numbers were moved
to the points of the tetrahedron
Dice : D4 OPAQUE ROUNDED SWIRL WEDGE About the same time a ISOSCELES TETRAHEDRON or wedge shaped d4 was released
These are quite rare and are no longer made due to patent infringement
Dice : MINT74 CRYSTAL CASTE PEARL SPINDLE BLUE The final and most radical change to the d4 came when
Introduced their ELONGATED SQUARE DIPYRAMID or Crystal d4



Here are many more examples of these types of dice


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