====== Dice ======

**Dice** are the main resources used to activate [[:equipment]]. Dice can be dragged into equipment in order to activate it as long as it meets the requirements shown in the equipment slot. Each dice has a value from 1 to 6, and are as follows:

^  1           ^  2           ^  3           ^  4           ^  5           ^  6           ^
| {{1.png?nolink&100|1}}  | {{2.png?nolink&100|2}}  | {{3.png?nolink&100|3}}  | {{4.png?nolink&100|4}}  | {{5.png?nolink&100|5}}  | {{6.png?nolink&100|6}}  |

When each fighter's turn starts, they roll dice equal to their dice count, all with random values from 1 to 6. The [[characters:Warrior]], [[characters:Thief]], and [[characters:Inventor]] all start with 2 dice, while the [[characters:Witch]] and [[characters:Jester|the sixth character]] start with 3 dice. The [[characters:Robot]] does not roll dice at the start of the turn; instead, the Robot calculates dice manually and can roll dice until 
reaching or exceeding a CPU target.

The two sides of a dice add up to 7, which is useful for cards like [[equipment:Spatula]].

===== Are the dice truly random? =====

Yes, or as random as you can get while being fast and efficient with a computer.

The random number generator uses an implementation of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xorshift|Xorshift]], a random number generator invented by the computer scientist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Marsaglia|George Marsaglia.]]

The Dicey Dungeons random number generator used for the dice is found [[https://github.com/haxegon/haxegon/blob/master/haxegon/Random.hx|here]]. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210725073328/https://twitter.com/terrycavanagh/status/1183808073342898177|(Source)]]