Roman d20 was a thing
Roman d20 was a thing
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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.
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Am I going to live a long happy life?
fortune teller rolls a 1
Sorry sir you are going to fall into the spike pit
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