• FuglyDuck
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    21 days ago

    I dunno. But i find it funny that even back then the divination wizards needed their special hard-to-read dice.

    Like, bro. I have a chart with all your symbols on it.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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      21 days ago

      I’m wondering if these have anything to do with the dodecahedron that they find in Roman areas in northern europe

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        21 days ago

        the hollow bronze things with the studs?

        probably not some for of die- divination or otherwise. They just wouldn’t roll well. There’s a few uses for those things that seem likely. Rangefinding (mount it on a staff and peep through the holes, , some sort of symbolic use, or simply just being some sort of decorative weirdness.

        (I mean, really. Think about all the jangly things people have on, like backpacks or purses or keychains. People have always been people.)

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        20 days ago

        IIRC weren’t those knitting implements/frames? idk the only thing i know to do with yarn is play with it :3

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          20 days ago

          They can be used for that, but there’s no evidence of wear on them from that usage and there’s simpler tools for that job

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            20 days ago

            well i posit the ones that actually got used wore down to filings and these were overstock because it was a fad anyways. like pet rocks i should go feed mine.