Hey guys,

we're starting our first game of Deathwatch, and we're wondering one thing:

For rolling characteristics, or the rest of the game for that matter, is the 0 on a D10 a 0 or a 10. I've searched the manual and boards, but I can't find an answer anywhere.

Thanks in advance!

If it's the dice used as a Tens digit (for percentile rolling), it's a 0. If it's the dice used as a Ones digit (in most other cases), it's a 10. So if you have actual dedicated percentile dice, your standard D10s will roll a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10, as is intended.

Die rolls are always 1-10 in this system, not 0-9.

There is only one case where this may be an issue, and that is when rolling percent dice. Percent die rolls in these systems goes 1-100, not 0-99. So 01 on percent die is indeed "1," but 00 on the die is "100".

For an x sided die, the numbers are always 1-x. Except in the case of D10s, where they are labelled 0-9, but we treat the 0 as a 10, except when using it and a percentile die for a d100 roll.

The worst part is that, if the d10 was labelled 1-10, we wouldn't need to have an exception for the d100 roll. Just add the result on the d10 to the result from the percentile die:

- A roll of 90 on the percentile, 6 on the d10, becomes 90+6=96

- A toll of 50 on the percentile, 10 on the d10, becomes 50+10=60.

Why does the numbering on a d10 start from 0, when every other dx I know of starts from 1 ?

@Bilateralrope

I think its honestly for that one example you put in there,

50 + 10 = 60

I imagine its nice when you always know the tens digit is actually that number, no matter what turns up on the ones digit.

now that you are completely confused...

Rolling a d10 gives a number from 1 to 10, where the '0' is read as 10. Rolling multiple d10's, as in 5d10 for a lascannon, will offer 5-50.

When rolliing d10's for percentile(d100). 1 die is designated the tens, the other the ones. The dice are read as 0 to 9 in both cases, exception being '0' and '0' on both dice is read as '100'. This allows for a span of 01 to 100.

Applicable examples:

rolling a stat-line: nine rolls of 2d10, offering numbers from 2-20 for each attribute. 1 and 10, 3 and 4, 9 and 9, 6 and 6, etc...

Percentile for skill test: trained inquiry. d100, 3 on the tens and 4 on the ones, reads as 34.

there are d10 pairs marked for d100, where the Tens die displays 10,20,30,-,00.

Thanks for the answer guys!