HOW ARE DICE ROLLS REFERRED TO IN RULE BOOKS?
FTEN you will see dice rolls referred to in rule books, particularly in tables of damage characteistics for weapons. Most systems use a commonly accepted notation which looks like this: Sword damage = 1d8+1 Translated into English this means roll one (1) eight sided dice (d8) and add one (+1). This randomly generates a number from 2 to 9, simple really.
