What if you put flowers inside of the dice, how great would that be?
Name: Crystal Bloom dice set
Description: A set of sharp edge resin dice with Pink Red flowers and purple glitter on a layer of creamy white. The numbers are carved and painted with silver. The set uses a font very similar to Gilroy, differing only in the flag on the ‘1’ digit. The font uses underbars to indicate orientation on the 6 and 9 faces. The d10s have edged waists and all edges and vertices are very (but not extremely) sharp. Each die has a bottom layer of “creamy white” with purple glitter in it and a flower embedded just above that layer of white. The rest of the die is clear resin, so the flowers really stand out and draw your eye to them.
Size:
d20: (Face->Face) 21.9mm (Point->Point) 27.3mm
Where did they come from: Fennek & Finch (They sell great dice)
How much did they cost: $42
Material / color: Clear and white resin with redish-pink flower inclusions
Quality: Excellent. Very well made
Readability: Mediocre. The silver ink hides the numbers in the clear and white resin. This is their only flaw.
Value: Great. These are very nice sharp-edge dice for a relatively low price.
Overall Rating: 10/10
Attempts needed to roll a natural 20: 9 rolls
Ten d20 rolls: 15, 11, 7, 14, 18, 8, 1, 18, 1, 4 (9.6 avg)
4d6 drop 1 stat block: 16, 12, 13, 14, 16, 11 (82 total!!) An inconsiderate Gnome Ranger from a doomed Dwarven fortress who has always wanted to open their own tavern
For reference: the Standard Array method totals to: 72 and the Point Buy method totals to: 69.
Random Tables rolls:
Unique and/or Magical Weapons: 90 – Nightnight stick: +8 light hammer. All damage dealt by this weapon is dealt in the manner of a “Sleep” spell instead of direct damage. Additional damage done by additional attacks is combined until the end of your turn. Treat the sleep damage similarly to nonlethal damage. If the target is brought below 0HP with this weapon, they fall asleep)
Fae bargains: 63 – Your self-image will always be of whatever you are currently wearing – no matter what you wear you will always see yourself wearing the same clothes.
(I’m getting these random tables at: https://d100tables.com by the way
Final Thoughts: I saw someone on Twatters post a picture of these dice a few years ago. She worked at (owned?) Fennek & Finch (which was called “Cozy Gamer” at the time) and had just released this set. These dice immediately gave me the “buy them now” feeling so I of course acted on that feeling and bought them right away. Zero regrets. These dice always garner compliments at the table and are one of the first sets of sharp edge resin dice that I look at in my ever-growing selection of sharp edge sets when I’m filling my dice case for my next D&D session.
I like to change the dice that I bring to the table every week. Not every set, some sets have a longer reign at the table than others and there are some specialty dice that stay the same: my little wooden spell slot tracker uses d6s for the slots and a d12 & d20 for my spell attack bonus and spell save for example, or when I played a Monk I had a d30 that I used for my d6 Martial Arts die. Overall though I bring between 6-10 sets of dice with me plus a few solo d20s. I try to swap out dice that aren’t performing well for me or even dice that are performing too well for me to the point that I feel guilty: (see: post 001: Something So Strong)
These Crystal Bloom dice are sharp enough that they stop fairly quickly after rolling them whicih is something that I always appreciate. These dice seldom get cocked against the side of a dice tray during a roll either. Given all this praise, these dice are often in consideration to go to the table with me. They feel nice, they’re a little bit bigger than average and they’re wonderful to look at. I wish Fennek & Finch made them in a few other colors / flowers. At $42 for the set, you’d be hard pressed to find a better value for a really nice set of sharp-edge inclusion dice.
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