{"id":3747,"date":"2026-04-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ratemydice.net\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2026-03-22T06:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T06:35:57","slug":"116-blue-hollow-set-from-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ratemydice.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/116-blue-hollow-set-from-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"118: Blue on Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hollow metal blue dice that give a perfect jingle in your little Goblin hands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Name<\/strong>: Grim Scythe Blue Metal RPG dice set

Description<\/strong>: This is a set of larger than standard size hollow metal dice that are blue with bronze colored numbers. Each face of each die has a Grim Reaper with two crossed scythes on it. The edges all have little detailed rings\/bands around them. The dice were made by Foam Brain games and sold by Guardian Games. The font is a highly stylized gothic sans-serif font that has only a slight similarity with fonts like Space Toaster and Comic Strip (not Comic Sans). Whoever designed these dice probably made the font up. It almost looks like someone’s handwriting. One strange thing about the font is that the number seven looks out of place with the rest of the numbers. It looks similar to the Fender Guitars backwards “F” logo with a big curve in the ascender \/ elbow area. Photo examples below. The 6 and 9 faces use dots to indicate their orientation. The dice came in a metal tin with protective foam cutouts. These are available in a few other colorways and from what I’ve seen, this one is the best.

Size:<\/strong>
d20<\/strong>: (Face->Face) 24.89 mm (Point->Point) 30.10 mm

Where did they come from:<\/strong> Guardian Games in Portland, OR (Made by Foam Brain Games)

How much did they cost<\/strong>: $65

Material \/ color<\/strong>: Hollow metal painted light blue with bronze painted numbers.

Quality<\/strong>: Excellent

Readability<\/strong>: Very good

Value<\/strong>: Good

Overall Rating<\/strong>: 10\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attempts needed to roll a natural 20<\/strong>: 35 rolls

Fifty d20 rolls<\/strong>: 19, 4, 9, 20, 7, 8, 10, 15, 4, 12, 2, 11, 10, 1, 10, 18, 20, 15, 16, 6, 3, 12, 7, 15, 14, 3, 19, 10, 11, 3, 16, 18, 6, 2, 13, 8, 18, 10, 16, 6, 16, 7, 16, 1, 13, 2, 16, 5, 1, 12, 8, 11, 14, 14, 10, 17, 6, 10, 2, 16, 19, 9, 14, 5, 11, 10, 16, 16, 3, 8, 16, 7, 6, 9, 6, 13, 4, 19, 16, 8, 11, 20, 9, 2, 5, 10, 3, 14, 9, 14, 10, 7, 14, 20, 6, 20, 15, 7, 2, 9

Mean<\/strong>: 10.46
Median:<\/strong> 10
Mode<\/strong>: 16
Chi-square:<\/strong> 22.80 **<\/strong>
Result<\/strong>: Balanced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4d6 drop 1 stat block<\/strong>: 14, 13, 13, 10, 13, 13 (76 total) An Impatient Dragonborn Bard from the Fey Wilds who meditates before dawn

For reference: the Standard Array method totals to: 72 and the Point Buy method totals to: 69.

A 20th level Dragonborn Swords Bard <\/strong> with max DEX\/CHA, the dueling fighting style, the Cartomancer feat, the Defensive Duelist feat, fighting against a CR 13 Storm Giant. With high Dex, the Bard acts first in combat and will use slashing flourish<\/strong> for every attack that hits.

Bard: Bonus Action: <\/strong>Dancing Sword: (Flameblade Rapier):
BA Attack: 7 <\/strong>+ 11 = 18 HIT!<\/strong> 1d8 + 2d6 + 1d12 + 5 + 2 = 29 damage<\/strong>
Attack #1: 11<\/strong> + 11 = 22 HIT!<\/strong> 1d8 + 2d6 + 1d12 + 5 + 2 = 29 damage<\/strong>
Attack #2: 17<\/strong> + 11 = 28 HIT!<\/strong> 1d8 + 2d6 + 1d12 + 5 + 2 = 27 damage<\/strong>

Giant attack #1: 18<\/strong> + 14 = 32 HIT!<\/strong> 30 damage<\/strong>
Giant attack #2: 6<\/strong> + 14 = 20 MISS!<\/strong> (Bard uses reaction to add +6 to her AC)

Bard casts power word stun<\/strong>. The giant has < 150 HP and is stunned.
Bard Bonus Action: <\/strong>move dancing sword and make an attack:
BA Attack: 18 <\/strong>+ 11 = 29 HIT!<\/strong> 1d8 + 2d6 + 1d12 + 5 + 2 = 27 damage<\/strong>

Giant rolls vs 19 CON save for the stunned effect to end : 20 saves!<\/strong>

Bard: Bonus Action<\/strong>: move Dancing Sword: (Flameblade Rapier):
BA Attack: 8 <\/strong>+ 11 = 19 HIT!<\/strong> 1d8 + 2d6 + 1d12 + 5 + 2 = 27 damage<\/strong>
Bard pulls out a card<\/strong> (Ace of Diamonds) and flourishes it at the hurting Storm Giant. This casts the spell Power Word Kill<\/strong> which was imbued into the card. The Storm Giant with < 100 HP left falls over dead.

What a cheesy \/ silly combat scenario. There’s no reason for the bard to use a card to cast power word kill rather than just cast it other than it seems cooler to pull a card out of your pocket with a: “Time’s up for you!” vibe. The Bonus Action Dancing Sword is a nice magic weapon and making it a flame blade would probably only fly with the most liberal GMs. My blog, my fudged rules!

Random Tables rolls:<\/strong>

Books:<\/strong> – 51 Philosophy about good and evil On the cover of the book there is a ying-yang symbol made of colored mirrors. If you read this book , you can change your alignement to neutral (but you keep chaotic,neutral or lawful).

Uncharted Islands: <\/strong> – 15 This elusive place shifts in and out of existence at regular intervals. At the start of very week, the entire island and everything within it is transported to the Astral Sea or back to the prime material plane. The island itself is made of a strange soft rock that is less dense than water. It has no plant life except for a single tree, made of solid amethyst with emerald leaves.

(I’m getting these random tables at: <\/a>https:\/\/d100tables.com<\/a> by the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final Thoughts:<\/strong> This is one of those sets of dice where I saw them under the glass at a game store and immediately put them on my “I’m almost definitely getting those” mental list while the salesperson was unlocking the case to show them to me. They’re such a great color (the shade of blue and the metal glint of it plus the contrast of the bronze colored numbers). They’re also a good bit bigger than a standard set of dice. Who buys standard sets of dice these days though? Like some (but not all) hollow dice, they made such a great jingling sound when you shake them in your hand. This is the main benefit of hollow metal dice, the jingle.

The faces of each die have cool grim reaper designs on them with crossed scythes. They’re a bit hard to make out until you look up close at them as they’re all just the same blue color as the frames of the dice, but the detail on them is impressive. I don’t see any flaws or mistakes on any of the faces. They are very lightweight (as most hollow metal dice are) so they wander when they roll and you get the motion on the d20 where it’ll seem like it’s settling on one face and then it backs up to stop on an adjacent face. Some of that is because the faces on the dice aren’t completely flat due to the numbers sticking out a little bit.

These are some of (if not the) best metal dice I have seen. Also, I don’t know why, but blue dice equate to Paladin in my head, so if I ever play a Paladin (hint hint), I’ll be bringing these dice to the table along with another set of hollow blue metal dice that I have which I just noticed that I haven’t yet reviewed here. I’ll have to put them on my list. At $65, these are reasonably priced. Not a big bargain but not gouging the customer either. I don’t know if you normal folks who aren’t dice goblins need to get these, but oh they’re wonderful if you’re a goblin like me.

**<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve added a new value to the reviews called \u201cChi-square<\/strong>\u201d 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\u00a0[total number of rolls \/ number of sides on the die]<\/strong>) Chi-square gives a sense of how far away from the statistical average the results of the d20 roll test were. It\u2019s not a perfect measure of a die\u2019s balance and fairness but it\u2019s a good step in that direction. More information about die fairness \/ balance roll testing can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/rpg.stackexchange.com\/questions\/70802\/how-can-i-test-whether-a-die-is-fair<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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