Roman rock-crystal icosahedron (20-sided dice) used in fortune-telling. Each face has a Latin letter on it and a corresponding Roman numeral.

Such polyhedral dice were thrown to obtain a number, which was then matched with pre-prepared oracle answers in a divination handbook.

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    11 months ago

    Am I going to live a long happy life?

    fortune teller rolls a 1

    Sorry sir you are going to fall into the spike pit