headintheclouds
rating: 0+x
Item#: XXXX
Level3
Containment Class:
safe
Secondary Class:
none
Disruption Class:
vlam
Risk Class:
caution
dice

SCP-XXXX

Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be kept inside a small, latched wooden box, and that box is to be kept inside an opaque lockbox placed in a standard anomalous item locker in Site-09. SCP-XXXX must not be rolled by any member of the Foundation other than D-Class personnel within testing conditions. Exceptions to this rule require clearance from a member of the O5 Council. In the event a member of Foundation staff is exposed to the effects of SCP-XXXX without clearance, they are to immediately report to the nearest Security Officer, at which point they will be demoted to E-Class staff and quarantined until they are determined not to be a threat to the Foundation.

Description: SCP-XXXX is a standard 20 sided dice (D20). The item is moulded from standard polymethyl methacrylate plastic and coloured with red and blue pigment. The numbers from one (1) to twenty (20) are engraved in the surface of SCP-XXXX and painted over with normal white paint. Notably, SCP-XXXX seems to have been moulded and painted by hand. No identifying marks relating to a manufacturer or distributor can be found on SCP-XXXX. Testing has indicated that SCP-XXXX is not weighted to favour any side.

When brought into the sight of a human, said human will feel a strong compulsion to roll SCP-XXXX. This effect will only occur if the subject is viewing SCP-XXXX directly. If SCP-XXXX is behind an opaque object, viewed through a video feed, or the subject closes their eyes, they will no longer feel compelled to roll SCP-XXXX. Any other SCP entities possessing sentience, regardless of species or race, do not feel any compulsion to roll SCP-XXXX. Reasons for this are unknown.

If allowed to roll SCP-XXXX, the subject will do so a total of six times before the compulsion ceases. The subject is then classified as an instance of SCP-XXXX-A. Any instance of SCP-XXXX-A will not feel any compulsion to roll SCP-XXXX again. The results of SCP-XXXX's rolls seems to affect the instance's "Ability Scores," as referenced in the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition (5e).

The Ability Scores and their impacts on the game are as follows:

  • Strength - determines a character's ability to fight or resist another force
  • Dexterity - determines a character's capacity for acrobatic, precise, or delicate actions
  • Constitution - determines a character's resilience hardship, physical strain, or disease
  • Intelligence - determines a character's capacity for skilled, difficult, or complicated actions
  • Wisdom - determines the reliability of a character's intuition
  • Charisma - determines a character's ability to interact with and manipulate other creatures successfully

SCP-XXXX, when rolled six times, effectively "overwrites" the instance of SCP-XXXX-A's previous "abilities" in favour of its own rolls. These rolls can be advantageous or detrimental the instance of SCP-XXXX-A. No physical changes occur in the individuals affected by SCP-XXXX - in other words, the changes are anomalous in nature. Theoretically, this means a six year old could use SCP-XXXX and gain the strength to lift an adult man with ease while undergoing no physical change.

According to the rules of Dungeons and Dragons 5e, a score of 10 or 11 is equivalent to the normal human average, with scores of 20 allowing characters near superhuman attributes, whereas scores of 1 being severely disadvantageous, possibly life-threatening. As such, any instance of SCP-XXXX-A must have their scores recorded and permanently stored on file.

An instance of SCP-XXXX-A will not receive a second "overwrite" if they roll SCP-XXXX any additional times.

Acquisition Log: SCP-XXXX was recovered from ██████, England during an amateur game of Dungeons of Dragons. According to a witness, one of the players became enraged at the death of their character, and proceeded to throw an eight sided dice through through 20cm thick brick wall. The dice was discovered buried 12cm into a subsequent brick wall. Agent Johnson, an agent embedded in the local police force, after seeing SCP-XXXX on the table and succumbing the compulsion to roll it, reported the anomalous object. MTF Eta-10 ("See No Evil") was dispatched to assist in containing SCP-XXXX.
All individuals suspected of being an instance of SCP-XXXX-A were terminated. The residence in question was demolished using controlled explosives, and all witnesses were given Class-A amnestics. The local media was fed a cover story about a "freak accidental gas leak." Agent Johnson was demoted to E-Class staff and quarantined.