Find Missing Dice

Find Missing Dice is one of the two documented floppy-disk powers, and it exists for the single most common problem in the shop: a set that is almost, but not quite, complete. The power tracks down the remaining dice a set still needs, so instead of sweeping the floor and every shelf again you point it at the gap and it tells you where the missing piece is hiding.

The value becomes obvious once you have played a while. The loose dice in a busy shop are not lost — they are hidden in plain sight among hundreds of near-identical pieces, and the one die you need can be any colour or shape from a distance. Finding the last piece is slow precisely because it looks like everything else. This power collapses that search into a single step.

The best time to spend it is on a set that is one or two pieces short after a full sweep, not on a set you have barely started. A set with five holes in it is easier to rebuild by matching colour than by tracking each missing die individually; a set with one hole is exactly when the tracking is worth the cooldown. Pair it with the other disk power — pull to hand — and the last piece of a set goes from a slow hunt to a couple of deliberate actions.

Like the disks themselves, the power comes with an air of mystery: the disks are useful, but who keeps leaving them is another question. Using the ability is simple; trusting the source is the thread the story keeps tugging.

How it fits the shop

This entry is part of the floppy-disk skills section of the guide. A floppy-disk skill that tracks down the remaining dice needed to complete a set. When a set is one color-matched piece short of finished, this power points you to where it is hiding instead of making you sweep every shelf again.