In some role-playing game systems, the dice pool is the number of dice that a player is allowed to roll when attempting to perform a certain action.
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Famous quotes containing the words dice and/or pool:
“The dice of God are always loaded. The world looks like a multiplication-table, or a mathematical equation, which, turn it how you will, balances itself.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“I caught a blackjack right behind my ear. A black pool opened up at my feet. I dived in. It had no bottom. I felt pretty good—like an amputated leg.”
—John Paxton (1911–1985)