If I found beach glass like this, I’d spend more time at the beach
Name: Prismatic Sea Glass 8 pc Crystal Set
Description: This is a standard size set of 8 sharp edge resin dice. They have an opaque semi-matte finish that is made to look like sea glass. By Sea Glass, they mean pieces of broken glass from bottles or windows or whatever else that have been tumbled around in the ocean for a while until they develop a smooth opaque look / texture. (A google image search for “sea glass” will show you many examples). Each die is a different color, and in addition to the standard 7 dice, there is a square d2 tile-shaped die included. The shapes of these dice are anything but standard. Of the dice, only the d20 is in the standard shape/proportion. The d4 is in the “Crystal” shape, the d6 is in an elongated rhomboid shape that I’ve never seen before. The d8 is in a triangular Crystal shape which is also new to me. The d10s are the standard shape but very elongated, and the d12 is a “Rhombic d12 which is the best dice shape of them all… ever… end of story.
The numbers are inked in white. The font is again a combination of a few different fonts it seems. The one is just a vertical line, like a lower-case letter L with no flag or base. This is rare in fonts but it exists in Gill Sans. The three with the flat top is seen in fonts like Rubik and Montserrat. The dice also have a four that’s open like the fonts Garamond and Fira have. The numbers all have very clean lines but it’s a mish-mash of typefaces. The 6 and 9 faces use underbars to indicate their orientation. The d10 and d% dice have sharp edged waists. All of the dice (even the d2) have very sharp vertices. The dice came in another beautifully illustrated Everything Dice box with the protective foam inserts. If you want to see other dice sets from Everything Dice that came in fancy boxes like this one, look at some of my past dice review posts: 012, 031, and 046 specifically.
Size:
d20: (Face->Face) 21.49 mm (Point->Point) 26.85mm
Where did they come from: Everything Dice
How much did they cost: $77 (I had a 15% discount code, they’re usually $89)
Material / color: Resin / ROY-G-BIV
Quality: Excellent. Very very clean
Readability: Very good. White numbers contrast quite well with all of the colors
Value: Good value. They’re a bit spendy but feel worth it
Overall Rating: 10/10
Attempts needed to roll a natural 20: 11
Fifty d20 rolls: 1, 6, 9, 6, 6, 1, 6, 14, 10, 20, 17, 14, 4, 10, 14, 6, 14, 8, 7, 17, 5, 18, 2, 2, 3, 6, 9, 14, 11, 11, 4, 7, 4, 17, 19, 13, 8, 19, 20, 20, 17, 12, 10, 19, 2, 5, 11, 3, 16, 18
Mean: 10.3
Median: 10
Mode: 6
4d6 drop 1 stat block: 13, 12, 14, 9, 10, 15 (73 total) A Cheerful Halfling Fighter from a bustling city market who bangs on about their genealogy to everyone.
For reference: the Standard Array method totals to: 72 and the Point Buy method totals to: 69.
A 20th level Champion fighter with maxed STR & CON, Great Weapon Master, and a Vorpal great sword fighting against a CR 16 Marilith.
(Vorpal sword special property: When you attack a creature that has at least one head with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, you cut off one of the creature’s heads. The creature dies if it can’t survive without the lost head. A creature is immune to this effect if it is immune to slashing damage, doesn’t have or need a head, has legendary actions, or the DM decides that the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with this weapon. Such a creature instead takes an extra 6d8 slashing damage from the hit.)
The fighter goes first in initiative order
Round #1:
Fighter Attack #1: 14 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 23 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 17 damage
Fighter Attack #2: 4 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 13 MISS!
Fighter Attack #3: 11 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 20 HIT! Marilith parries, MISS!
Fighter Attack #4: 8 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 17 MISS!
Fighter: Action Surge!
Fighter Attack #5: 9 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 18 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 14 damage
Fighter Attack #6: 16 + 11 + 3 – 5= 25 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 18 damage
Fighter Attack #7: 17 + 11 + 3 – 5= 26 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 16 damage
Fighter Attack #8: 3 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 12 MISS!
Marilith Sword Attack #1: 15 + 9 = 24 HIT! 13 damage
Marilith Sword Attack #2: 1 + 9 = 10 MISS!
Marilith Sword Attack #3: 17 + 9 = 26 HIT! 13 damage
Marilith Sword Attack #4: 10 + 9 = 19 MISS!
Marilith Sword Attack #5: 17 + 9 = 26 HIT! 13 damage
Marilith Sword Attack #6: 8 + 9 = 17 MISS!
Marilith Tail Attack #7: 19 + 9 = 28 HIT! 13 damage – The fighter fails it’s save vs. being grappled but uses Indomitable and re-rolls for success.
Round #2:
Fighter Attack #1: 15 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 24 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 20 damage
Fighter Attack #2: 10 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 19 HIT! Marilith parries, MISS!
Fighter Attack #3: 19 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 28 CRIT! 2d6 * 2 + 8 + 2 = 26 damage
Fighter Attack #4: 17+ 11 + 3 – 5 = 26 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 18 damage
Fighter: Action Surge!
Fighter Attack #5: 15 + 11 + 3 – 5 = 24 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 17 damage
Fighter Attack #6: 13 + 11 + 3 – 5= 22 HIT! 2d6 + 8 + 2 = 16 damage
Fighter Attack #7: 20 + 11 + 3 – 5= 29 CRIT! The Marilith’s head is cut off.
Total: 162 damage and a lost head. The Marilith is defeated.
I’ve always wanted to do that with the Vorpal sword. I can’t imagine a Vorpal sword ever showing up in an actual D&D game unfortunately (What DM would give that to a player?) so this is the only place I can pull these kind of shenanigans. Also, as a Halfling, I didn’t get to re-roll any ones. Boo!
Random Tables rolls:
Epic Forgotten Realms Villains: 98 – The Witch-Queen of the Feywild: A powerful and mysterious figure, the Witch-Queen is one of the most dangerous villains in all of Forgotten Realms. She commands a legion of fey creatures, including hags and other dark entities, to do her bidding. She is cruel and capricious with her power, always ready to unleash destruction on those who displease her. With powerful magical abilities at her disposal and an army of loyal minions by her side, she is a force to be reckoned with—one that should not be taken lightly.
Nordic / Viking Evil Encounters: 73 – A group of Hill Giants have made camp up ahead and are preparing dinner. The 12 course meal of peasants would like to be uninvited, if possible.
(I’m getting these random tables at: https://d100tables.com by the way
Final Thoughts: Where to begin with this set. I’ve been looking at this set of dice in my social media feeds / emails / browser for a couple of months now and I finally went for it. I’ve been almost universally happy with Everything Dice’s offerings thus far
They’re just gorgeous. The colors are vibrant and cover the full rainbow. They’re a little bit matte / frosted just like actual sea glass when you find it at the beach. I love the sea glass effect that they used and the exact colors that they chose.
The shapes are great as well. They use the best d12 shape, the 2nd best d4 shape, a d8 shape that I’ve never seen before but I really like. The d6… isn’t great but it goes well with the set. The d10s are elongated and very pointy which makes rolling them less fun in my opinion but again, they fit well with the rest of the non-standard shapes. The d2 is useless and I’m not sure why it’s marked: +/O instead of 0/1 or 1/2.
The clean lines of the font and the extreme sharpness of the shapes makes up for the few areas where the ink didn’t make it all the way into the carved out numbers. I don’t love that they used numbers from a few different fonts (to avoid licensing fees?) but I like the look of the font overall.
I’ve been almost universally happy with Everything Dice’s offerings except for the Andromeda Luxe set that I gave away (see post #031 for my review of that set).
Even the designs on the boxes that the dice come in are amazing and make the boxes total keepers. I can’t imagine putting these dice into a plastic tub with the rest of my sets which is kind of a shame because I’d love to be able to display them so that I don’t forget about them.
In practice, these dice don’t roll as smoothly as standard shaped dice sets. Most of the sets are fairly jumpy and don’t tumble / roll that much, especially the d2, d4, d6, and d8. The rolls don’t seem particularly low or high so it’s not a problem really. The only issue is that I’ve somehow rolled the d2 on it’s edge three times already. I wouldn’t have guessed that it’s this easy to do.
Overall, for $89 ($76.50 with a coupon for 15% off) they’re a fair price. We’re getting steep into the stone dice price range here so these had better be a great set of resin dice to be worth nearly $90. They do just look magnificent though, I’m very happy with my purchase. I love a very colorful set of dice and these are just beautiful to look at. Get some now.
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