RPG — dice

So last night I was playing in an Eberron 5e game.  I play a 1st level technology obsessed (and compulsive liar about numbers) gnome artificer named Nackie.  I was running a bit late, and I couldn't find my gaming bag, that has my stuff in it, including dice. I had just bought a gaming collection, and it happened to have a bag of dice in it - lucky! So I grab the bag, hop on my bike, and get to the game.  Every single attack, skill check, initiative, you name it - failed, missed, or alerted the baddies I was...