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Oooooo rhodochrosite is such a pretty stone!! I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for a nice piece to add to my collection! Thanks for the inspiration! 😊

Thank you so much!! ♥

Thanks so much! 😊

Thank you!! ♥ I love the stars, I just wish they were a bit easier/quicker to do, haha! I absolutely love the final die though, so it's well worth it in my opinion. Dwarves are honestly some of my favorite NPC's to play in all of my campaigns! They always end up packed with so much personality, I just love them. Maybe it's partly because I'm also very short. 😂

Thanks! I'm just happy that some people are enjoying it. 😊

Thank you!! The stars were definitely difficult, but I'm so happy with how they turned out! 😁 Ohhh, I like that idea! Maybe they were a troubled youth, struggling with uncontrollable outbursts of infernal rage, who sought refuge in a temple to learn to control their fire. The priests there saw potential in the young Tiefling and took them in, teaching them to channel their inner turmoil through faith and devotion. Now, as a Cleric/Barbarian, they've learned to harness both their divine connection and their innate fury, walking a precarious but powerful path between peace and chaos! 😈

@@SageAndNettle So let me tell ya about Sapphire :D Tiefling gunslinger magus. Half-sisters with an Aasimar cleric, Diamond, played by another member of our group. Raised together by Diamond's (angel) mom. In the course of gameplay, Diamond died. And Sapphire immediately quit the campaign to go off on her own on a mission to find someone to res Diamond. I could not make her stay, the character flipped me the bird and gave me a hearty F-U and ran off in search of a full resurrection. I wracked my brain trying to figure out why. I LOVED playing Sapphire and couldn't get over the character leaving. And finally it came to me. Diamond was the one who kept Sapphire out of trouble. I can't tell you how many times during the campaign that Sapphire ran headlong into danger and Diamond had to come back and pull healing shenanigans, and I realized that pattern held true all the way back to childhood. As kids, whenever her Tiefling nature would spill out, Diamond was there to hold it back, to help keep Sapphire Sapphire. The GM didn't like Ruby, my new character, who was kind of a riff on Willie from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, so gave Sapphire a deus ex to res Diamond and bring those characters back. Goodness I miss Sapphire. One of my favorites of all time. Also, gunslinger magus in PF1e is suuuper OP.

Wow, those are all incredibly inspired characters! Very cool!! 😮 That definitely gives me some inspiration for some new npc's in my campaigns. Maybe even a quest line if the party decides to help!😊

@@SageAndNettle In high school I'd be the one making all the decisions for my characters, but I've found it's so much more fun to let them be themselves and take me along for the ride :) My group hasn't played in a long while and I really miss it.

Beautiful. I wonder if I could get a custom poster with that on it for my workshop. 🤔

I think it'd be fine, dice rolling isn't usually that violent of an activity. But like with any stone die you should take extra care. Use a padded dice tray and try to avoid rolling multiple stone dice at the same time.

@@pufthemajicdragon thank you for the reply. I plan to start making full dice sets this winter at my rock club. I'm thinking I should probably stay away from a full set of d6s for a lv10 fireball if I'm using "Bacon".

​@@ssteele1812 Oh, that sounds like FUN! You would probably be OK, but might want to make a few spares just in case. Honestly I think the amount of force required to fracture most stones, even soft ones, is far greater than the clickety clack of math rocks. With calcite or other soft stones I think you're at greater risk of scuffing the polish. I don't know of any instances where someone has damaged a stone die during regular gameplay. So maybe make a few and find out?

I always recommend using a leather or felt lined dice tray, and rolling them away from other dice. In my experience, it’s not the stone dice that chip themselves, it’s the other dice they’re with that chip them. If you’re careful, and take good care of them, they will last years and years. I also include a single-slot dice chest with all of my stone dice, so they stay nice and protected when not in use. 😁 I had an amethyst dice (not one that I cut) chip pretty badly, but it was 1000% my fault. I dropped it into a tray with a bunch of other dice, and it landed directly on one of my metal dice and chipped it pretty bad. Completely avoidable and I learned a pretty good lesson, haha! I use some of my own personal cut stone dice in my games and haven't run into any issues with any of them. 😊

That's good to know. My first few sets will probably be various types of Jasper. I have a pile of Mushroom Rhyolite that I collected that I want to make into a druid set for a spores druid I know.

Haha, thanks! Glad I could help! 😂 Mine's a Mr. Coffee and it has served me valiantly for nearly 10 years of daily use. Can't recommend it enough!

Haha exactly! I'm glad I wasn't too subtle on the character recommendation, haha! 😁

haha I'm glad you caught the reference 😉 Thank you so much for the kind words, I appreciate it! ♥

That's one of the main reasons I wanted to make stone dice. I totally agree, stone dice just FEEL better to handle and roll. Don't get me wrong, there are some absolutely incredibly resin dice artists, but nothing beats the feel of a solid rock D20 in my opinion. 😊

Thanks so much! I actually just cut a new custom shaped D4 and put a few short clips up on my Instagram if you want to check it out! If people like it, then I'll consider cutting a few more. 😊 I definitely plan on cutting some of the other dice - I know a LOT of TTRPGs use 2D6, so I want to make a handful of matching pairs for those games!

@@SageAndNettle ill check out those clips. yeah as much as i like the d20s i think the variety would make things interesting, and it would be cool to see how you do things differently

It's a super great suggestion for sure! I very much appreciate it, and will definitely cut some other dice for some upcoming videos! Thanks! 😁

Thank you!! Honestly, the type of stone matters way more than the size of the cut, but smaller dice are a bit easier/quicker. Some larger facets are difficult to polish (That lepidolite gave me a lot of trouble), but this one went surprisingly well with the leather lap. That's cool you got a flat lap setup! Cerium Oxide is great for silicates and works incredibly well for quartz. The Alumina Oxide (Linde A) has been working fantastic for the softer stones. There's also Chrome Oxide if you work with Jade, Lapis, or Rhodonite. Happy to share any knowledge where I can! 😊

@@SageAndNettle Thanks! I do have rhodonite (collected in western MA) and jade that I might polish in the future, and I've never heard of chrome oxide for polishing. From just a quick search, I see that cerium or aluminum oxide is good for obsidian, which is a silicate (go figure).

Thanks so much! Haha, you're totally right, it does look like a caramel candy! I can totally imagine a Gnome rogue who used to be a master confectioner but lost their business to "Big Candy". Now they spend their nights fighting off Candy Corp. goons with sharpened candy cane daggers, peppermint smoke bombs, and caramel sticky traps.😂

That's super interesting! I'd love to get my hands on some marble too - I've been wanting to reach out to some of the countertop places near me to see if they have any scraps I could buy. Thanks for the kind words! I LOVE the texturing on this one, and the size and weight are just so incredibly satisfying, haha! I don't think this single stone would have been enough for a full standard set, but you're right, I did lose quite a lot during the pre-forming. I could have cut those bits off with my trim saw, but didn't think I'd end up with enough to really do anything with. I've made full sets in the past, but cutting seven dice takes seven times as long. It would also be pretty hard to film and edit, and would push a video quite a ways out. It's definitely something I want to do again in the future, but will probably be sticking mostly to just D20's for a while. I did just recently cut a unique design for a D4 that I'll be posting on my instagram soon. I totally agree! It would be awesome to cut some from Alabaster! I'll definitely keep an eye out and see if I can snag a few pieces to add to my to-be-cut list! I appreciate the suggestion! 😊

Thank you for your interest! Unfortunately, commissions are currently closed. However, I do regularly add completed dice to the shop as I finish them. If want to notified when commissions reopen, there's a mailing list on the Contact page that you can up for. 😊

Ooooo I didn't notice it until you said it, but you're totally right!! 🤤

Sure! I use a Grizzly Mini Bench Sandblaster along with some 120 Alumina Oxide Abrasive. It's worked wonderfully for what I've needed it for. 😊

@@SageAndNettle thank you for the info. Thanks for sharing your amazing work.

Thanks so much! ♥

I've done some star cut and beveled designs before, and plan on doing more fun cuts like those in the future. I have a few ideas for some interesting designs! 😊

Thank you! It's just nice that it worked out so well, and now I have another tool I can use when I run into my next stubborn rock, haha. I like your idea of a dragonborn sorcerer! Could lean heavy into the arid dead environment idea and go with Black Dragonborn with a focus on Necromancy! Maybe multi-class into druid, and build on the nature aspect of it too? 😁

Haha, if only! Much harder to cut than cake. 😂

Thank you! ❤

Thanks! Definitely a forbidden snack for sure, haha!

I used a combination of Vallejo White and Army Painter Mummy Robes to get the beige color to match the stone.😊

Thank you so much! I think it's important to show the trials and challenges in the process, and how we overcome them. There's so much to be learnt by pushing yourself to do the best you can! ❤

Thanks so much! You totally should! There are a couple clubs here that go on rockhounding trips all the time. Check out geology.utah.gov/popular/rocks-minerals/clubs/ for your local club! 😁

Thank you so much for the kind words and for sharing this beautiful stone with me. I'm glad I was able to bring a bit of light to your day. Your generosity made this creation possible, and I'm super grateful for that! 😊

Thank you! Yeah you can definitely tint or dye resin to match the color of the stone! Mixing it with stone dust from the rock itself is a pretty interesting idea as well, though I'm not sure how that would effect the resin. I think it would still work fine! Honestly, filling the numbers with a colored resin is a super cool idea! I'd have to switch up the process up a bit, blasting the numbers in before I do the pre-polish cut and the polish though, which would be interesting. Ooooo A full geode would be crazy!! One I get a pressure pot for the resin, I'll consider giving it a shot, haha!

I've done a handful of different cuts like beveling the edges or making stars on the corners. Natural stone dice look really great with some of the fancier cuts, but they're quite a bit of additional work so I don't do them often. Once I finally get around to cutting some clear gemstones I'll definitely opt for a fancier cut for sure. 😊

Thanks! Couldn't agree more! The video doesn't do it justice, it's so pretty in person!

Thank you! The puzzle solving is definitely one of my favorite parts of faceting. If every stone was exactly the same, it would lose a lot of the fun for sure. 😊

Huh, I didn't know that. That's super interesting!

I'm working on getting a PO box set up, and am not taking donations until that's squared away. Thank you though! I actually have a few pieces of obsidian, including a nice rainbow obsidian and some mahogany obsidian. Both are on the to-be-cut list and will hopefully end up in future videos! 😊

@@SageAndNettle Awesome! I can't wait to see those videos!!!

All in, I'm probably around 40-50ish hours on this one. There was a bit of backtracking to try some different approaches, which added bit of extra time. Also, I am nowhere near the fastest gem cutters. A master could probably cut that time in half, haha. 😊

No sealing finish, just the polish with the alumina oxide. 😊

Thank you so much! ❤

Thanks so much! Definitely one of my favorites too! 😊