Crystal dice.

Dominus Nox · March 04, 2007, 12:13:18 AM

I've seen some of these new crystal dice, the ones shaped like rods, basically, with pointed ends. I don't have any as I have a pretty complete dice set but might get a couple if I see them cheap enough.

Does anyone use them? They look like someone jsut made a change for the same of changing things and don't really offer any advantage per se, but I thought maybe they're less inclined to roll off a table or turn over if someome bumps the table. Is there any particular advantge to them?

Werekoala · March 04, 2007, 12:19:21 AM

I have a set of plastic ones shaped the same way. They roll a bit oddly until you get used to it, but the shapes are fun to look at. As far as I can tell, they roll about as reliably as regular polyhedrons. They do tend to stay a bit more contained than regular dice, especially the 12 and 20 siders.

Thornhammer · March 04, 2007, 12:25:35 AM

Quote from: WerekoalaThey do tend to stay a bit more contained than regular dice, especially the 12 and 20 siders.

Do they? I seem to recall mine rolling around a little further than I liked. Maybe mine were just a bit miscast or something. I used 'em for a week or so and put them back in The Big Pile. Pretty, though.

JongWK · March 04, 2007, 08:37:06 AM

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C.W.Richeson · March 04, 2007, 08:54:57 AM

I didn't care for them in play. It's hard for me to say why, exactly. They just seemed wrong

RockViper · March 04, 2007, 10:38:50 AM

I have couple of D12's laying about somewhere that I got from a dice grab bag, they roll ok. They don't really impress me enough to buy an entire set.

beeber · March 04, 2007, 10:47:09 AM

i've got a couple of d6s; they're okay

i could see how the higher numbered ones could keep rolling and rolling tho

joewolz · March 04, 2007, 11:08:37 AM

Quote from: Dominus NoxIs there any particular advantge to them?

I have found no advantage to them after the d4. The d4 they make is the best d4, in my opinion.

peteramthor · March 04, 2007, 12:14:23 PM

I don't find them any better or worse than anything else out there. They are just something different that produces the same results. Picked up a set a while back just to have them and I use them from time to time.

Balbinus · March 04, 2007, 12:29:19 PM

I'm not familiar with them, but they sound different and as such I fear them.

Death to the bringers of blasphemous non-rpg innovations!

I hereby declare war and pogrom upon all those urging the use of elements in rpgs that were not already present 20 years ago.

More seriously, it sounds to me like a gimmick, a change for the sake thereof as Nox says in his first post.

TonyLB · March 04, 2007, 12:33:08 PM

Quote from: joewolzI have found no advantage to them after the d4. The d4 they make is the best d4, in my opinion.

True 'dat. Easier to roll, easier to read. If you've got a d4 heavy game (My Life with Master, for instance) then getting yourself a stack of crystal d4s is just a necessity.

I can't imagine using them for d6s, simply because it's so easy to get d6s of any variety ... plus the cubical ones stack better. Higher than that? I have no opinion.

Rezendevous · March 04, 2007, 01:06:13 PM

I know a few people who use them. I think they look cool, but other than that I don't see any advantage to them.

jrients · March 05, 2007, 08:58:12 AM

Not owning but seeing other use them it seems the d20 rolls a lot and is harder to read. But I'm seriously considering replacing my d4s with the new ones.

el diablo robotico · March 06, 2007, 12:37:47 AM

They're not exactly new either. I've had some for, lemme think... three or four years.

joewolz · March 06, 2007, 01:30:08 AM

Quote from: TonyLBTrue 'dat.

Exactly. In fact, the only reason I own them is because of MLwM...no one likes rolling that many Caltrops.

The Burgundy d4 is a caltrop, however, so it feels even more special...and because I can't find a crystal one!