Dice

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[Kutshort Yes]

Really got no clue where to toss this but this popped up on my wife's reddit and she sent it to me.

It's got a couple sets of dice and a bunch of other stuff I quite frankly don't understand but it's a giveaway.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/s/eY29DCFmsq

I entered to wins. Why not

 

[VashTheStampede]

 

[Nac McWeeble]

Bought my first set of dice!

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

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Bought my first set of dice!

Those are purty!

 

[VashTheStampede]

 

[VashTheStampede]

Probably doesn't come with the smoke machine though

 

[Nac McWeeble]

They had me at the beer holder.

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

Those are sexy too! Nice!

I wanna try making my own.

 

[Kat]

Those are sexy too! Nice!

I wanna try making my own.

Is it difficult to make your own properly balanced dice?

 

[Dungeon Master]

Is it difficult to make your own properly balanced dice?

100% positive it would be very hard to make your own without making it favor a particular face. I'd imagine even engraving the numbers on would change it enough that it's a little weighted in any given direction.

I'm assuming most places that make resin dice used CAD/CAM to balance it right, and then never change their production settings.

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

Is it difficult to make your own properly balanced dice?

I haven't ever tried, honestly, but if I do, I'll let you know!

100% positive it would be very hard to make your own without making it favor a particular face. I'd imagine even engraving the numbers on would change it enough that it's a little weighted in any given direction.

I'm assuming most places that make resin dice used CAD/CAM to balance it right, and then never change their production settings.

There are two ways I know of to make them. A resin 3D printer, which I don't own, and resin molds you can DIY. I'm sure, without professional grade equipment, there isn't a way to guarantee something it properly weighted. Not like I'm bringing them to tournaments anyways, and when I do use dice, I usually use a dice tower i 3D printed, which helps alleviate some balancing issues in dice, since it has rows inside it that knock the dice around.

Either way, I'd like a resin mold try first. I own 3 sets of 12d6, but I don't actually own any other variety, so those are the ones I'd like to take a stab at.

 

[Kat]

100% positive it would be very hard to make your own without making it favor a particular face. I'd imagine even engraving the numbers on would change it enough that it's a little weighted in any given direction.

So you're saying to make a perfectly uniform die then paint the numbers on to slightly weight it towards higher numbers. Got it.

 

[Nac McWeeble]

 

[VashTheStampede]

Realized I have another interesting d20 I haven't posted yet. My Critical Role d20 ring:



Its pretty nifty. Doesn't always spin amazingly smoothly, but it's a fun little gimmick.

 

[Dungeon Master]

Realized I have another interesting d20 I haven't posted yet. My Critical Role d20 ring:

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Its pretty nifty. Doesn't always spin amazingly smoothly, but it's a fun little gimmick.

I have a ring with a spinning chain on it, but a d20 one seems infinitely more fidget-satisfying.