One has Mica powder, one has holofoil. Two lovely dice at a good price
Name: Purple Liquid Center d20 and Pink Holofoil d20
Description: These are two standard-size sharp edge resin d20s. They’re in my “to review” tray so I put them together for this review….
Purple d20: A standard sized sharp edge resin d20 in light purple resin with a liquid center and silver mica powder inside. The 20 face has an image of either a crystal ball or a snow globe on it. The font is very close to BW Modelica medium thin. The numbers are inked in silver. The 6 and 9 faces use underbars to indicate their orientation.
Pink d20: A standard size sharp edge resin d20 from Guardian Games. It is bright fuscia pink with golden holofoil inside. The font is probably Arial (Temu Helvetica). The numbers are inked in silver. The 6 and 9 faces use underbars to indicate their orientation.
Size:
Purple d20: (Face->Face) 21.18mm (Point->Point) 26.28mm
Pink d20: (Face->Face) 23.09mm (Point->Point) 28.42mm
Where did they come from:
Purple d20: Emberglow Gaming
Pink d20: Guardian Games in Portland, OR
How much did they cost:
Purple d20: $0 (they threw it in with another order)
Pink d20: $9.95
Material / color:
Purple d20: Purple resin with a liquid center containing mica powder and silver ink
Pink d20: pink resin with rainbow holofoil and silver ink
Quality:
Purple d20: Excellent
Pink d20: Excellent
Readability:
Purple d20: Fair
Pink d20: Good
Value:
Purple d20: Good (free)
Pink d20: Good
Overall Rating:
Purple d20: 8/10
Pink d20: 10/10
Attempts needed to roll a natural 20:
Purple d20: 1
Pink d20: 65Fifty One Hundred d20 rolls (Purple d20): 18, 20, 7, 13, 4, 10, 15, 6, 3, 9, 10, 17, 14, 17, 2, 9, 15, 20, 8, 18, 9, 13, 14, 8, 5, 14, 2, 8, 9, 10, 7, 8, 18, 8, 9, 18, 18, 2, 13, 5, 6, 19, 17, 17, 4, 17, 3, 19, 15, 4, 15, 1, 18, 15, 18, 17, 3, 18, 6, 5, 3, 2, 20, 6, 10, 10, 5, 5, 18, 1, 7, 10, 18, 4, 6, 16, 4, 9, 6, 11, 5, 11, 4, 4, 1, 12, 7, 8, 5, 5, 8, 6, 2, 13, 14, 17, 11, 15, 5, 18
Mean: 10.12
Median: 9
Mode: 18
Chi-square: 25.60 **
Result: Balanced
Fifty d20 rolls (Pink d20): 7, 2, 5, 18, 1, 9, 19, 3, 3, 18, 17, 5, 3, 11, 2, 19, 1, 19, 1, 3, 20, 6, 13, 16, 6, 20, 20, 8, 3, 11, 7, 20, 5, 7, 6, 9, 20, 12, 2, 18, 1, 12, 4, 8, 11, 18, 4, 14, 20, 2, 3, 14, 19, 17, 3, 3, 1, 14, 7, 20, 11, 10, 2, 19, 20, 6, 19, 12, 11, 16, 19, 1, 15, 9, 10, 7, 16, 11, 8, 9, 2, 4, 8, 11, 18, 2, 13, 3, 20, 9, 6, 14, 7, 12, 17, 2, 2, 18, 14, 3
Mean: 10.06
Median: 9
Mode: 3
Chi Square: 24.00 **
Result: Balanced
6d20 drop 1s and 2s stat block (Purple d20): 19, 13, 15, 15, 8, 14 (84 total) An Attentive Gnome fighter from the city sewers who is absolutely astonished by jugglers.
6d20 drop 1s and 2s stat block (pink d20): 12, 17, 9, 10, 19, 3 (70 total) A Moody human monk from a mining town who believes plate armour is just a sign of being posh and over-privileged.
For reference: the Standard Array method totals to: 72 and the Point Buy method totals to: 69.
You walk into a room that has two doors (a red one and a blue one). One of them leads to freedom (the red door in this case), the other door leads to certain death. Also in the room with you are two guards. One of the guards never tells a lie while the other guard never tells the truth.
Instead of using the correct solution (Highlight this paragraph for the answer if you don’t already know it): Ask either one of the guards: “Which door would the other guard tell me to go through?” and then don’t pick that door.
We are going to ask each guard which door leads to safety and make opposed insight / deception checks.
“Which door leads to safety Guard 1?”
Guard 1 (truth teller): “It’s the umm red door, for sure” Deception roll: 1
Purple d20 insight check: 19
Pink d20 insight check: 2
Guard 2 (liar): “That guard is a liar, you want the blue door.” Deception roll: 18
Purple d20 insight check: 13
Pink d20 insight check: 15
The party does not believe Guard 1 (who was telling the truth) but does believe Guard 2 (who was lying), so the party goes through the blue door and slides down into a dark pit that is miles deep leading to The Underdark where they become food for Intellect Devourers. So sorry. Thank you for playing.
I didn’t want to come up with another combat scenario this week so you’re left with this silly riddle. You’re welcome / I’m sorry.
Random Tables rolls (6d20):
Purple d20:
Encounters In An Ancient Crypt: – 79 A mysterious figure shrouded in darkness appears, beckoning the adventurers to follow them. If they choose to do so, they find themselves led through winding corridors and catacombs within the crypt until they come upon a chamber containing an ancient altar and a strange ritual taking place within it..
‘I Search The Body’ Complications: – 47 The body is being used as a test by a very dumb goblin hiding nearby to learn what’s worth looting from a corpse.
Pink d20:
Unique Treasures Table: – 66 A mysterious set of four black orbs, each inscribed with glowing runes. When held together they seem to hum with a faint magical energy.
Plants And Trees: – 33 Douglas Fir.
(I’m getting these random tables at: https://d100tables.com by the way
Final Thoughts:
Purple d20: I didn’t buy this d20. With a logo on the 20 face, I wouldn’t have bought it. Why-oh-why don’t the companies that I buy so many dice from read this simple review site and know this about me before adding a free d20 into my order? (I’m kidding of course). I really like the color of this die and it has color-shifting mica powder inside the liquid core, which is the best thing to put in a liquid core die in my book. The font is nice and clean. It’s very readable at the table in front of you. It’s just that darn logo on the 20 face that puts me off of it. I’m not even sure what the logo is exactly supposed to be. Is it a snow globe? A crystal ball? I guess it’s probably one of those two things actually. Oh well. As nice as the purple edges look, it’s not long for my collection. I’ll probably put it up for grabs at my next game session for the last person to roll a 12 (I just rolled a 12 with it). Good luck friends.
Pink d20: This one here is just gorgeous. It’s a beautiful shade of Fuscia with orange / yellow (it’s hard to tell through the colored resin) holofoil inside that glitters like a polished diamond. It’s a very nice size for a d20, and it was only $10!! Sharp edge resin dice with holofoil inside of them are some of my absolute favorite dice. Just look at that glow under the die when it’s under a bright light!! They’re just so pretty to watch as they roll and the light catches the foil. The font on this d20 is also very nice though it’s a little bit less readable than the purple d20 in bright light due to the brilliance of the holofoil reflecting the light. I’d buy one of these d20s in every color and size if I could find them. This is what I love to see in front of me when I’m looking for a die to select for my next roll at the table.
* = Apologies for the Spin Doctors song for the title of this review. I’m sorry but that song is still good.
** I’ve added a new value to the reviews called “Chi-square” which is a calculation of the difference between of the number of times each value was rolled in the d20 roll test compared to the number of times each value would be rolled in a perfectly equal roll test. (perfectly equal means every value comes up the same number of times, or [total number of rolls / number of sides on the die]) Chi-square gives a sense of how far away from the statistical average the results of the d20 roll test were. It’s not a perfect measure of a die’s balance and fairness but it’s a good step in that direction. More information about die fairness / balance roll testing can be found here: https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/70802/how-can-i-test-whether-a-die-is-fair
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