Seven precious blue facet cut glass dice that are fancier than I probably deserve
Name: Prism Glass Dice
Description: A set of glass dice in a beautiful medium / royal blue tint. They are slightly larger than average with a narrow TNR-adjacent font inked in gold. Instead of sharp edges, these dice have been bevelled along all edges and vertices. This gives them a strong gemstone appearance. They’re sapphire-esque in appearance. The gem cuts give almost all of the faces a rounded shape and makes the sides appear bowed due to the trimmed vertices. The d10s are more squat and wide-waisted than any other d10s I’ve reviewed. The font uses underbars for the 6 and 9 faces to indicate orientation.
Size: (I’m including the d12 because it’s nearly as big as the d20)
d20: (Face->Face) 22.6 mm (Point->Point) 26.7 mm
d12: (Face->Face) 22.25 mm (Point->Point) 26.6 mm
Where did they come from: URWizards (Kickstarter campaign)
How much did they cost: $129
Material / color: Medium blue transluscent glass
Quality: Outstanding. Zero flaws
Readability: Very good. I can read them perfectly up close and I can barely read them from 6′ away on the rug.
Value: Reasonable. They’re spendy but I don’t feel too bad about it.
Overall Rating: 10/10
Attempts needed to roll a natural 20: 13 rolls
Ten d20 rolls: 12, 7, 12, 19, 12, 14, 4, 16, 10, 5 (11.1 avg)
4d6 drop 1 stat block: 15, 14, 9, 13, 12, 13 (76 total) An outgoing human Paladin from the vast wastes who is haunted by the ghosts of their forefathers
For reference: the Standard Array method totals to: 72 and the Point Buy method totals to: 69.
Maximum Divine Smite damage (level 4 spell) for a Paladin with a Great sword against a fiend:
(2d6 + 5d8 Divine Smite damage + 1d8 extra for a Fiend) = 37 damage
(This is another excuse for using random tables and rolling dice)
Random Tables rolls:
Memorable Goblins: – 65: Little Zorm: a teenage orc who was raised in a goblin tribe and believes themselves to be an unusually large goblin. Will do their best to reject the truth.
Antagonists / Villians – 32: Hell’s Generals
(I’m getting these random tables at: https://d100tables.com by the way
Final Thoughts: These dice were from a Kickstarter campaign a few months ago (so relatively quick fulfillment by Kickstarter standards). URWizards are an online dice retailer that I’ve bought dice from before so I thought it would be a safe bet. It’s not nearly as bad as the ttrpg I backed > 2 years ago that turned into the excuse-of-the-month club…. So, getting back on track here, the URWizards kickstarter campaign had 8 colors of glass dice along with 16 stone dice options and 3 resin dice choices. It was hard to limit myself to just one set of these. Deciding on the color that I wanted was difficult as well. Most of the glass sets looked just gorgeous! I went with the medium blue based on how transparent they were and the contrast of the gold font on the glass.
I love the way that the edges and vertices are cut with facets similar to how valuable gemstones are cut for jewelry. The photos above just don’t capture how striking the color, depth, and reflection of the dice are. All of those facets reflect light fantastically well. I think these dice are just stunning. In addition to how beautiful they are to look at, they’re the perfect size for me. Right in the middle of my preferred 21m – 24mm d20 range. Not only that but the d12 is proportionately larger than usual and nearly the same size as the d20 which I love!
Downsides: The only thing even close to a downside is that with the near-round faces, the dice wander quite a bit to the point that the d20 gets cocked against the wall of my dice tray often. That’s the only minor annoyance and it’s very minor.
When I think about things that could make these dice better, all I come up with is if the d12 was in the rhombic shape instead of the standard dodecahedron shape. Other than that, they’re tip-top dice. They even came in a fancy box with faux stained-glass windows on the lid that folds open like a set of double doors. They’re expensive but you can see where the money went. I look forward to the knock-off resellers releasing copies of these for cheaper as they always do.
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