How about some bland orange bits in your dice? What if they could glow?
Name: Glowing in Dark Crystaline Geode Handmade Resin Dice Set
Description: This is a slightly larger-than-standard size set of sharp edge resin dice. They are made of clear and black resin with large inclusions made to look like small rocky chasms ripped open to show bright orange bumpy insides. They’re supposed to look like the inside of a geode. The numbers use a very bold but simple font, similar to Berkeley Mono bold but with flatter flags and a straighter ascender/descender on the 6 and 9…… Those 6 and 9 faces use an underbar to indicate their orientation (even on the d6) and the d10 and d% have edged waists. The d4 is a “prism” style 8-sided die. These dice are also available with green “geode” inclusions instead of orange. The set comes with a purple UV light that makes the insides of the orange sections glow briefly after being exposed to the UV light
Size:
d20: (Face->Face) 21.7 mm (Point->Point) 27.1 mm
Where did they come from: URWizards
How much did they cost: $63 (They’re marked down to $60 on their website now)
Material / color: clear resin with black and orange inclusions
Quality: very good
Readability: Excellent. I can read them from > 8′ away on the rug.
Value: Average
Overall Rating: 8/10
Attempts needed to roll a natural 20: ONE roll !!!
Ten Fifty d20 rolls: 17, 16, 4, 3, 19, 14, 14, 12, 8, 2, 4, 13, 1, 19, 8, 19, 8, 13, 10, 3, 14, 9, 13, 20, 2, 12, 14, 13, 20, 14, 19, 6, 2, 6, 7, 6, 18, 3, 19, 9, 7, 2, 20, 9, 2, 6, 6, 9, 4, 9
Median: 10.14
Middle: 9
Most: 2, 6, 9, 14, 19
4d6 drop 1 stat block: 16, 17, 12, 16, 13, 6 (80 total) A Spiteful Tiefling Ranger from a high-class brothel who was, until recently, employed to run a dungeon
For reference: the Standard Array method totals to: 72 and the Point Buy method totals to: 69.
Taking 2 attacks with a heavy crossbow with the Sharpshooter feat and hunter’s Mark active:
If both attacks hit, a target takes: 2d8 (8,9) + sharpshooter (20) + Hunter’s Mark (5, 5) = 47 piercing damage
(This is another excuse for rolling dice)
Random Tables rolls:
Demon Lords: 58 – Xullcath- A mighty demon lord who loves to watch powerful beings destroy each other and will go to great lengths to instigate these battles
Secret Societies: 8 – Ancient cult of half-dragons, dragon born, and kobolds, worshipping an ancient, True-Polymorphed wizard, who will refuse to believe their dragon isn’t real.
(I’m getting these random tables at: https://d100tables.com by the way
Final Thoughts: This is another set of dice that I bought in impulse after buying the gorgeous faceted glass dice from URWizards in post #44 “Just What I Needed”. (The other set was the lava themed dice in post #50 “The Heat Is On”.) They both looked very nice in the fancy studio photographs on the URWizards website but both sets are slightly less exciting / vibrant / neat / clean in person.
The physical attributes of this set of dice are very nice. The size is great, the numbers are highly visible / use a thick bold font, and the edges are very sharp. The inking is done pretty well with only a few small flaws. I even like the black/orange contrast. They are a bit too similar to the Lava set at a glance though. I sort of regret not buying these in the black/green color combination.
The inside inclusion bits that are supposed to look like geodes don’t look like much of anything unless you set them on the UV light for a few seconds first. The bimps inside glow but only briefly. It looks great but only lasts a few seconds. Without the UV light the geode inclusions have very little definition or contrast. It just looks like an orange blob coming out of some black resin. They are bold but not gorgeous.
I think that this set is just a tad over-priced, especially for a mail-order set of dice. I’d expect these to go for about $55 in a local game store and $45-$50 online. They’re nice but not “wow! look at that geode inside of those dice” nice. If the glow effect lasted an hour or two, they’d be much more attractive. Only lasting a few seconds makes them a party novelty. If I saw these in a store, I’d give them a look and then move along and keep looking for other dice.
These dice did seem to roll very well, (first time I’ve rolled a 20 on the d20 on my first attempt) which makes me want to bring them to my regular D&D game to see if I can keep up with the other high-rollers at the table. I always have the feeling that 6 out of 7 sessions that I’m the lowest roller on average. Oh well. Low rolls can lead to fun situations as well as high rolls. It feels right for my PC – a young adult Loxodon who is just learning how to be a Cleric who feels like a fraud and is trying to prove himself to his party and his god (“The Silent One”). He makes mistakes and is on a journey to make something of himself. All praise The Silent One!
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