This set of silver and purple dice is pretty basic. Are you basic too?
Name: Silver and purple captive face metal dice
Description: This is an undersized set of metal sharp edge resin dice. They are made of silver metal (Zinc no doubt) with purple borders around each face. The numbers use a very simple / readable font. I figure it’s Arial or something very much like Arial. Bleh. The numbers are inked black. The 6 and 9 faces use underbars to indicate their orientation. The d10 and d% have very rounded / beveled waists. I have no idea where I got them, which means it was probably from a game store directly. I always keep my receipts for dice that I buy online.
Size:
d20: (Face->Face) 19.56 mm (Point->Point) 24.05 mm
Where did they come from: Unknown
How much did they cost: Not sure. I’d guess about $35
Material / color: Metal (Zinc) silver with purple framing and black numbers
Quality: Very good. Clean design
Readability: Decent. Great right next to me on the table and I can read them from 4′ away on the rug but no further.
Value: Pretty good (I think?) value if I paid around ~$35 for them
Overall Rating: 7/10
Attempts needed to roll a natural 20: 5 rolls
Fifty d20 rolls: 15, 6, 6, 18, 9, 7, 13, 20, 17, 18, 9, 5, 3, 6, 12, 6, 14, 6, 19, 12, 1, 20, 5, 6, 19, 6, 9, 10, 7, 19, 10, 18, 18, 5, 17, 7, 7, 5, 10, 18, 5, 6, 16, 6, 3, 2, 6, 4, 18, 17
Mean: 10.42
Median: 9
Mode: 6
4d6 drop 1 stat block: 14, 6, 13, 14, 13, 10 (70 total) An insensitive Halfling Barbarian from a floating city who doesn’t speak a word of common
For reference: the Standard Array method totals to: 72 and the Point Buy method totals to: 69.
20th level Berserker Barbarian attacking a CR15 Purple Worm The Barbarian has maxed STR and CHA, using 5e rules, Brutal Critical, Primal Champion, GWM feat, and a +3 Flame tongue Great Axe.
All hits will use GWM while raging
Weapon attack 1: Nat 20 + 16 – 5 = 31 Critical HIT! (1d12 + 3d12 + 2d6) x 2 + 4 + 3 = 71 damage
Weapon attack 2: 17 + 16 – 5 = 28 HIT! 1d12 + 2d6 + 4 + 3 = 22 damage
Extra attack: 17 + 16 – 5 = 28 HIT! 1d12 + 2d6 + 4 + 3 = 22 damage
Total: 115 damage and the worm still has over 50% of it’s HP and has advantage against the Barbarian for it’s two attacks. Is this too much for a single Barbarian to face?
(This is another excuse for rolling dice)
Random Tables rolls:
Searching the Alchemy Room: 40 Elixir of Health – Cures many diseases; removes blinded, deafened, paralyzed, and poisoned conditions.
Ghost Haunting Reasons: 66 – Failed to for fill dying parents or lovers wishes
(I’m getting these random tables at: https://d100tables.com by the way
Final Thoughts: These are a solid set of metal dice. They’re a bit small but the silver/purple colors do well together. They’re smaller than I like my dice and I don’t care much for captive face dice given how much smaller they make the numbers to save room for the borders around the faces. Thankfully these are a bit easier to read than other captive face dice that I have. I’m not certain that I still have any captive face dice left. I’ve bought them in the past but I may not have kept them. Overall these dice are somewhat plain and uninspired. They’re living solely on their color scheme, not much else to talk about with these. I noticed that they’re quite bouncy when I roll them though. I don’t care much for excess bouncing when I roll them. The d10 and d% have a problem rolling sideways along their waist bevel when I roll them. I’ve never seen beveled waist d10s do that before. Not a fan. I noticed that the 1 and 8 faces of the d8 are adjacent instead of on opposite sides of the die. I haven’t seen this configuration before. The d12 is a spin-down which I’m never a fan of.
Do you want a small-ish set of “safe” plain (for metal) dice? Do you find comfort in the simplicity of Chessex dice? Maybe these are for you. I don’t love ’em but they’re better than dull-edge resin dice. Another set of dice that I’d give away to the first person that asked I guess…
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