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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by littlekey on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @03:37PM (#39109416)
>probably for a magical or divinatory purpose rather than determining whether your wizard made her saving throw.

From a certain point of view these are the same thing

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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by yetanotherloser on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @03:49PM (#39109586)
I had that possibility in mind, yes :-)
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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by wddkcs on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:24PM (#39110075)
To add onto this, the dodecahedron was considered a mystical object, the encapsulation of the highest conceivable realm, that of the etheric or eternal. [1]

[1] https://www.math.lsu.edu/art/quantum-connections/pythagoras

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