Another incredible d20!! While the star facets add a lot of time to the process, they also add an amazing level of detail and elegance to the final die. I also love the concept of the dwarven chef character using this "bacon die" in cooking up tasty dungeon stews for his fellows. I'm particularly fond of characters of diminutive stature, as long as I don't roll proportional to their height! Keep up the good work.
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. 😂
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. 😊
That dice reminds me of the time I play the flesh molder. I broke the game after I stole all the limbs from everybody in a village and grafted them on to me and the party.
So a D20 for Senshi from Delicious in Dungeon. lol But joke aside, like always, this came out really well. I do like that you went with a shimmering copper ink for the numbers.
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.
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! 😊
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.
Totally perfect for Senshi!
Haha exactly! I'm glad I wasn't too subtle on the character recommendation, haha! 😁
I learned coffee mug warmers exist from your video. I will now get one to have warm cheese dip wherever I please. Cool stone too!
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!
" I saw the Critical success in the marble... I carved until I set it free" quote: Michael Angelo
Beautiful. I wonder if I could get a custom poster with that on it for my workshop. 🤔
@@SageAndNettle make a sticker with your fancy plotter thingy
The forbidden porkchop
It’s sooooo pretty! Amazing job on the star facets 😍😍 I love it ❤
Thank you so much!! ♥
WHAT?? This is incredible work.
Thanks so much! 😊
Another incredible d20!! While the star facets add a lot of time to the process, they also add an amazing level of detail and elegance to the final die. I also love the concept of the dwarven chef character using this "bacon die" in cooking up tasty dungeon stews for his fellows. I'm particularly fond of characters of diminutive stature, as long as I don't roll proportional to their height! Keep up the good work.
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. 😂
I so want to purchase dice from you. I'm finding that the natural gem stone dice roll better than the resin ones
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. 😊
That dice reminds me of the time I play the flesh molder. I broke the game after I stole all the limbs from everybody in a village and grafted them on to me and the party.
So a D20 for Senshi from Delicious in Dungeon. lol
But joke aside, like always, this came out really well. I do like that you went with a shimmering copper ink for the numbers.
haha I'm glad you caught the reference 😉 Thank you so much for the kind words, I appreciate it! ♥
DAAAAAYUM! The pink hues in this die are just GORGEOUS! Pink is my favorite color too
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.
I made a rhodochrosite pendant that I called "baconstone"!
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! 😊
Is calcite hard enough to be used? I would be afraid of it chipping if it hit another die.
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.