1.23.2011

Lady Luck is a... Bud?

Maybe I am just lucky?

The Number of the Brent

A 4 and four 6's...

These are two pics taken from yesterday's Team Tournament at the Comic Asylum in Richardson, Texas.  My partner, Everyone's Brother From Another Mother, Big Whit, doesn't like it when I snap pics of lucky dice rolls - he's worried the luck will run out - but I couldn't resist taking these.

My friends are always on about my luck, which I've quietly laughed off, believing as I do that one makes one's own luck... but what if I'm wrong?

Am I just... lucky?
Who's At Fault?
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10 comments:

Porky said...

It's because you're a hero worthy of pulp, and pulp heroes are indomitable, give or take. Just don't let the ratings drop!

January 23, 2011 at 4:28 PM
Farmpunk said...

be careful, and don't let anyone give you teh dice herpes.

I got it bad for a few months, and my sisters, who normally hit 2/3 of the time with guns, only were averaging 1/3.

it's bad.

January 23, 2011 at 4:28 PM
Anonymous said...

Hey Brent, Uncle Buck here. I was playing you in the game with first pic, and man I know the way dice go. You were something lucky with the magic box.....hmm maybe i need one as well

January 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM
OverCaffeinated said...

Brent you are one of the luckiest guys i've ever played. You make that 5+ inv save more often than space marines make their 3+ armor save....and I let you use my box....sigh.

January 23, 2011 at 6:24 PM
James Paladin said...

I wouldn't offend the dice gods Brent... they are very fickle beings.

January 23, 2011 at 8:29 PM
Dave Garbe said...

That's stupid, luck doesn't affect rolls.

Everyone knows it's the DICE that are lucky. Clearly yours should be confiscated, melted down, and their luck content should be evenly divided amongst the rest of your dice.

January 23, 2011 at 9:47 PM
Von said...

Yep, you're a jam bandit all right.

Not that there's any shame in that - I have displayed a supernatural ability to pass 6+ saves on a regular basis and regularly fail whole handfuls of 2+ like there's no tomorrow.

(And yes, I do know about confirmation bias, gambler's fallacies and all that nonsense; the point is that I have a lot of save-related fuel for those particular follies.)

January 23, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Chumbalaya said...

There was a tournament in Richardson? Dammit, nobody tells me anything T_T

January 24, 2011 at 8:36 AM
Bryce963 said...

Ah, what?! People in the DFW area?
Why is it that I had no idea when I was there? I'm from Granbury on the other side of Fort Worth.
I'm in Lubbock now though, a no man's land of broken dreams and chlamydia.

January 24, 2011 at 2:41 PM
The Inner Geek said...

I'm not far enough west for chlamydia, but I had no idea there were shenanigans going on that close east of me?

January 25, 2011 at 3:47 PM

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