How I use dice to pick a random character in a word?
You need to do this if you want to insert one random character in your passphrase for added security, as mentioned in the main Diceware page. Here is how this is done. Pick the column in the table below that corresponds to the number of characters in the chosen word. Then roll one die and look up the number you get on the left hand side of the table. Insert the random character after the selected letter. Number of characters in word 2 3 4 5 6 D 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 2 2 2 2 2 2 E 3 1 3 3 3 3 R 4 2 1 4 4 4 O 5 1 2 * 5 5 L 6 2 3 * * 6 Roll the dice again when ever you get a *.
