Stepping on a Lego? Child's play. Flat and ultimately harmless. Stepping on 1d4? The strongest shape. Shrieking agony concentrated to a single point. Fear. - ThreadSky

alexrochonva.bsky.social • 94 days ago

Stepping on a Lego? Child's play. Flat and ultimately harmless.

Stepping on 1d4? The strongest shape. Shrieking agony concentrated to a single point. Fear.

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kierabrown.bsky.social•94 days ago

They are modern caltrops.

lacemuse.bsky.social•94 days ago

TRUTH

ashlieh-ajc.bsky.social•94 days ago

I let out the biggest sigh, because why did I read that in Caine’s voice.

beeimus.bsky.social•94 days ago

They're caltrops that deceive.

misticery.bsky.social•94 days ago

I was reading Homestuck yesterday and I came upon this exact situation. Poor Vriska, I wish to never know her pain.

cosmicrem.bsky.social•94 days ago

Every time I drop any dice, the d4's always top priority

twilightstarflower.bsky.social•94 days ago

It gives you a mighty distrust in pyramids, doesn't it?

zeeandrewsvo.bsky.social•94 days ago

Stepping on an upturned plug is awful

deshfyre.bsky.social•94 days ago

D4? you meen, nerd caltrops?

bobbyjohnva.bsky.social•94 days ago

My uncultured ass thought 1d4 was a specific type of Lego 😨

cappykid.bsky.social•94 days ago

A 1d4 is something I’ve never heard of. What is it?

alexrochonva.bsky.social•94 days ago

A four-sided die block. One of these.

cappykid.bsky.social•94 days ago

HOLY CRAP. THAT WOULD BE A ONE WAY TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL.

michaelmalconian.bsky.social•94 days ago

There's a reason why caltrops do 1d4 damage

nuclearboombox.bsky.social•94 days ago

I’ve got these dice that are really cool looking, but metal.. so it’s pretty much a caltrop from hell if ever stepped on

hh-bluedynamite.bsky.social•94 days ago

I have no idea what a 1d4 is. Let me check.

(One Google search later)

Yep. I can see that.

masae.bsky.social•94 days ago

Oh my god I've always thought that!! I have a fancy resin set and the d4 specifically is SO SHARP it's scary!! Literal caltrops, straight to the grave if I ever step on that

cryptidberry.bsky.social•94 days ago

D4s always reminded me of caltrops and stepping on one has been an unspoken background worry of mine 😅

rotcityriot.bsky.social•94 days ago

Shortly after, death.

bandikit.bsky.social•94 days ago

And this is why we let the frog eat the dice once we're done. Safe and sound.

typhaneyb.bsky.social•94 days ago

😂😂😅

cyborgcharlotte.bsky.social•94 days ago

Counterpoint: stepping on one of these bastards. Three points of pure agony that stab straight into your SOUL

pamjamelia.bsky.social•94 days ago

OH OOF

alexrochonva.bsky.social•94 days ago

FUCK

cyborgcharlotte.bsky.social•94 days ago

You’d think I’d learn to not leave them pointing upwards after the seventh time but no 😅

janeiac.bsky.social•94 days ago

Came to say this. These things are agony.

kristinputnam.bsky.social•94 days ago

I have some sharp edge dice and my D4 is lethal!

badapple30.bsky.social•94 days ago

read it with caine voice

mechadonprime.bsky.social•94 days ago

Read my comment with a bane voice.

alexrochonva.bsky.social•94 days ago

uuuu

badapple30.bsky.social•94 days ago

is impossible to read in other bane voice

but good job

garyliguori.bsky.social•94 days ago

Once stepped on a safety cone from a Lego set. Completely impaled my foot and required an ER visit. Oh the irony of it being a safety cone. Said child then gifted me one at the next Christmas! Still sits on my desk at work many years later.

alexrochonva.bsky.social•94 days ago

That’ll do it. Cones and pyramids are no joke.

mik.hunts.monster•94 days ago

There's a comic from years ago where a D&D character throws caltrops and they're actually D4s. Always stuck with me because I too have felt the... we need a new degree of pain. Fuckony? Shitffering?

leebeedraws.bsky.social•94 days ago

You also take psychic damage equivalent to whatever the d4 was resting at when you stepped on it.

viperdspades.bsky.social•94 days ago

I'm pretty sure planting d4s to be stepped on is on the Geneva Conventions. Or at least i feels like it should.

edwards-evoeco.bsky.social•94 days ago

Ironically, the damage from stepping on a 1d4 is far greater than that from a 1d12.

ddoz.bsky.social•94 days ago

To D or not to D

unwittykitty.bsky.social•94 days ago

i have a vintage (like 80s or something) injection molded one that if it weren’t for the wear and tear of being super old would be properly sharp. it wasn’t sanded down at all for those nice corners. well, nice untill you get poked.

it also has the numbers on the wrong side.

spoonmeiser.bsky.social•94 days ago

What does numbers "being on the wrong side" mean for a d4?

unwittykitty.bsky.social•94 days ago

They are at the opposite side of their triangle compared to what ive seen in every other dice (in stores and among friends).

The yellow one is the one i was referring to in my original post, its quite worn down from before i ‘borrowed’ it from my dad and from it being my only D4 for a long time.

spoonmeiser.bsky.social•94 days ago

Ahh, so they label the base instead of the point.

Heresy.

mechadonprime.bsky.social•94 days ago

My foot calluses were shaped by Lego…
molded by them.

My foot didn’t step on a 1d4 until I was a man, by then the pain was nothing to me but blinding!

practicallysilver.bsky.social•94 days ago

Make sure it's always pointing at the "1" so you only take 1 piercing damage, easy life hack.

daweirdone.bsky.social•92 days ago

But then you gotta roll for luck that you'll actually get it

is-this-too-long.bsky.social•94 days ago

Lego 1d4.

thelargestfool.bsky.social•94 days ago

I have 2 sets of spiky dice and I constantly live in fear that I'll end up stepping on one of the d4s and poking a hole in my foot

parvos.bsky.social•94 days ago

That sounds like actual hell

ironbloodaika.bsky.social•94 days ago

Remember stepping on the joystick of an N64 controller once. Dead center of my foot hard enough to leave a bruise. God that was agony.

authorsamanthajo.bsky.social•94 days ago

But what damage did you roll?

kevinmeeeee.bsky.social•94 days ago

Is this a chess thing? A positional game.

crusaderthefirst.bsky.social•94 days ago

It makes sense scientifically. I wonder what other small everyday objects are just as painful if not worse.

aphexarcade.bsky.social•94 days ago

Guess you can say it was a critical hit

herbwitch.bsky.social•94 days ago

just reading this post alone gave me psychic damage 💀

archdiangelo.bsky.social•94 days ago

D4s are only to be used for Vicious Mockery and as caltrops to debilitate the murder hobo at the table

aesnas.bsky.social•94 days ago

I own one of these metal dice sets and once dropped the d10 on my foot, wasn't a d4 but sure hurt like hell

benjamage.bsky.social•94 days ago

Speaking from recent experience, I'm guessing?

alexrochonva.bsky.social•94 days ago

Surprisingly not, but I own a set of metal dice and even just touching the point of the d4 puts the fear of God into me should I eventually step on it by accident.