you know, a D100 would be a strong use case for clarification of what you actually rolled... for one of those liquid filled dice with an air bubble inside as the small air bubble would float to the top, highlighting the number it was supposed to have landed on.
The original design of most D100's were filled with water and had a small bubble in them that would always be at the top and would mark the number that was at the top.
@@Mike-mf3ed In a magic 8 ball, the entire d12 floats to the top. In the d100, it's just like the bubble in a spirit level helping you figure out which side is up.
@@selenawolf2466 Cellphone flashlight while holding your hand around it should work. I use a similar glow in the dark dog ball and after 10 seconds of "charging" it glows for 2-3 minutes
Glow in the dark paint usually (unless it's radioactive) need to "charge" to glow. If they were sent by mail they were probably "out of energy" when you got them, and need to be left in the light for a while, ideally sun or UV light. (Not sure if you did this first or not, but since you didn't mention it I thought I should point it out). A lot of people are saying the weird dice are made for DCC. This is not quite true. The dice in question predate DCC (and most of them were designed by Lou Zocchi), DCC is just the most popular RPG that use them.
And, they wouldn't be junk sitting around his place... because he would have ate them. Those failed light up dice are either going to be a decoration or trash...
A actually worthwhile version of those color changing dice exist! They’re called “pixels electronic dice” and they actually have patterns, high quality and a entire app for compatibility and tons of other special features
I'm still waiting on mine, unfortunately. The struggles of buying a full set + an extra D20 lmao - but I get it, production is rough. At least the kickstarter team have been transparent this whole time with detailed updates!
I was looking for this comment!! I absolutely love my Pixels dice (which ironically wasn't the original one I backed, but instead a d20 I had ordered alongside a set) and the color/make is infinitely better than the ones he was showing here.
9:30 Others have probably said it by now, but the black and blue set is for DCC RPG! Sort of. Dungeon Crawl Classics uses d3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 24, 30, and %. They call it the "dice chain" where instead of flat numerical bonuses or adv/disadv, you use a bigger or smaller die for some modifiers. So a DCC set won't typically come with the d100 sphere (pretty much useless) or that d60(?). I like the multicolor sets so it's easier to tell them apart! PS: I had to check this video out bc I have a similar one coming soon, and I also randomly rolled a crit while filming! I feel like I've seen that happen in every dice tour video, but it's a real phenomenon! lol
On the subject of DCC funky dice, does ANYone out there make the dice chain sets in metal? I've been to several conventions and game stores and never seen them...
fun fact: the numbers on the dice wand are *similar* to the bar and dot number system used in ancient Mayan. It won't be that hard to learn. Easy way to figure it out, the bars are 5 and the dots are 1. Count the bars and multiply by 5 then add the number of dots (e.g. 3 bars plus 2 dots is (3x5)+2 which is 17)
The computer linked dice seems like a massively mismanaged idea. All it needs to fix it is have the charger be a full dice tray with wireless/air charging and have it be a full set of dice that charge while sat in the tray. This way battery life isn't an issue becuase it's passively charging whenever not rolling it in a session. Make connecting it to an application less of a pain and you've got an amazing product.
You basically just described pixels dice. They do basically all that although vtt support is still a work in progress (and if they ever finally ship the damn things out to their backers)
@@Nobrev I got my single dice but not the set that I ordered. I have to say I am very happy with them and the Pixel app is pretty good. I'm hoping with them being open source we'll have more extensions for different apps sooner or later. I know Chrome has an add on for Roll20 to use the Pixels in it. Hopefully more coming soon. Also with the single Piexels D20 being only $11 plus shipping more than the cheaper Amazon one I think it is a pretty good deal.
17:10 the very short charge time and run time tells me that the dice actually doesn't ANY battery at all, and instead is using a capacitor (or a few of them). If you were clever enough in the design, you could get away with just a cap (or maybe even a super cap) with some super low power bluetooth. you could save an incredible amount of money on the large scale be removing any battery from the bill of materials lol. you rarely see this done in products though because consumers are never willing to keep charging a device over and over
I could definitely see a use for the color changing dice. "Man these dice are hot tonight!" ** If they get cold it's because you weren't pampering them enough.
Cool video. Always nice to have someone actually test stuff like this. Really can't recommend the led dice. WE bought them as a gift for a friend twice and there was always one that didn't work. unfortanly the same one. But I must say returning them and getting the money back was quick and without issue . we went with one set of liquid center dice instead and they looked way cooler and felt nicer
While people are saying that the oddnumbered dice are for DCC, there are other uses for them as well. I run a variety of games and my odd numbered dice get a lot of use because I make a bunch of random lists for things for my players to encounter. Having all the unusual numbers available means if I only have 5 items for a list I can just use a d5 or a d17 for a 17 item list.
Having actually forgotten to cancel my pledge for the wand dice Kickstarter, i was actually surprised by the weight and quality of the wand... not the best to actually use in play, but looking good on a shelf
My coolest "weird" dice is a set made from bone (a gift), a big clear D6 with a smaller D6 inside of it, and a lead die from my father's days of playing D&D.
The fact that the wireless d20 does not have Inductive Charging and the d20 can't stay together is inexcusable. If you just set it up for inductive charging you wouldn't need the whole d6 thing, you wouldn't need to bother with a base like that, and you could even create a dice tray that is an inductive charger that keeps it at 100% at all times, like what wireless mice do with charging mouse pads.
I remember the Kickstarter campaign of GoDice, and they are designed to be charged inductively. The energy cell inside the dice is a supercapacitor, which holds its charge for about 2 hours. This is why it can be recharged in such a short time (just 10 seconds).
I use the wireless mic with charging mouse pads and that is super useful, best mice in my life. It has all the advantages of a wired mice and a wireless mice. Probably the best use case for the wireless charging tech.
Thank you! It was driving me crazy, though I suppose "Tibetan ritual spike" might be somewhat similar to a wand. I think of it being closer to an athame in Wicca. Also, I only really know about phurba daggers because of The Shadow - a movie I love much more than it probably deserves.
@diablo.the.cheater no it is not. Western occultism, as well as Chinese and Tibetan have them as distinct objects. You generally need both. Wands aren't even historically derived from knives but from wooden and metal reading pointers that were all over the place when texts were hand copied and were so expensive you touched them as little as possible. See yads in Judaism, early Xtianity, etc. Not a knife in the slightest. In Tibet you need a phurba and dorje. One is a knife, the other is not.
The wand is perfect! I’d like a group of dice that changes colour upon impact or if it stops rolling. They probably don’t exist but I’ll be searching for them…
YOU MONSTER! I have 972 dice in sets all in a databse (still haven't audited my individuals) and now you are making me buy MORE?! As to the connected/LED dice, there was a kickstarter for Pixels dice which I JUST got the first one from my order, a D20, and it does both, lights up with LEDs and connects to VTTs (I have a D20 and a full 7 dice set I bought) and the dice DO have profiles so you can have them do things for individual rolls. They are really cool, and work well. Been playing it with for about 20 minutes. The dice are solid and feel VERY solid. The wand dice you see there looks to be the same as the one I got from a kickstarter, not sure who copied whom at that one or if it's the same company just selling them on Amazon. Looks EXACTLY the same as the one I got. It's interesting, but not something I would use. I also got a kickstarter where they had a dice pendant, and it looks like a metal crystal with runes on it, and it has a set of dice inside like that other one. The same company is doing a 'dice ring' kickstarter for the same idea right now. I have the same set of every dice from amazon, just because I wanted a D100, even though I know it will NEVER stop. Other weird dice I have: Orbidice. Spherical dice that actually DO stop on dice faces...most of the time, not something I'd use most of the time, but I like weird dice. Dwarven Runes from Crystal Caste, mine are made from hematite, but they have other stones as well, including weird stuff like meteorite rock, fossil bones and more. Crystal Caste alsop hase gemstone dice that look like they are literally crystals, in shape. PolyHero dice, unique shapes based on different DnD classes (Warrior, Rogue, Bard, Mage and Cleric are the ones they have done so far) When I get the databse of dice online (with pictures I have taken) I will let ya know if you are interested, and if you have any questions about the weird ones I have.
I was going to comment about the Pixels, but I haven't gotten my set yet, so I'm glad someone did who's had a chance to actually play around with them! Also, if I recall correctly, the Pixels are wireless charging, just put them in their case and plug the case in, so much easier on your thumbnails that these "GoDice"
@TheLogicMouse yup, the wireless charging is such a nice feature. Still trying to get them to connect to VTTs, but there is a Lotta support on their discord. Can't wait for the rest of them, the full 7 dice rpg set
I also backed Pixels and while I still haven't received them, I've appreciated the creator keeping in touch with all the issues. Seeing how many issues Pixels had at the factory, I woulda been hella upset if the cheap ones he bought on Amazon worked perfectly 😅 I sure hope they deliver soon. Of all the dice and physical game gear I've bought, those would see the most use since I play online 99% of the time!
@@celticdenefew Still waiting on my full set of them, but the single D20 is solid, works pretty well and looks good. I went for the opaque obsidian color, just because clear would look too weird for me. Seeing the electronic guts is just offputting to me, and sadly that meant I got more time due to manufacturing issues, but yeah, as you said, the constant communication was nice to know that things were still working....unlike another kickstarter where I am lucky to get an update once every 3 months.
@@Nephanor Yea, I picked the option that they all get sent together and also chose either Obsidian or the Hematite versions (I kept going back and forth, can't remember which I finally chose). I am looking forward to them arriving though! They look dope af
I'm most interested in the fairness/balance of the dice. Even traditional dice sometimes have balance issues if bubbles form in the material when cast. I can't imagine all of these dice are fairly balanced (looking at the displacer beast and beholder eye with skepticism).
An idea for the wand relic. You can expend a charge and roll one of its die for a random effect. You can either have a table for each die, or a single table that expands for each differently sized die (as 1-4 is for the d4, 1-6 is used for d6, so on and so forth, with all options of lower dice available to higher tier dice). The table has alternating effects (where odds are generally good and evens are generally bad or vice versa), and the lower you roll, the less impactful the effects are in either direction. So you can roll the d4 for a chance at either a really minor plus, or really minor negative. Or you could roll the d20 for a chance of some incredibly impactful effects, either good or bad.
Hey. Just passing thru but serious question: 6:15 this coin, did you specifically go out of your way to give us no good close-ups of the Success side? Like was that due to some kind of OCD or what? I dunno, just a weird thing i noticed at this point in the video.
I actually got a set of those light up dice from a friend, and the type of mechanism they used to light up just gets stuck sometimes, so from what I can tell, you just need to give them a good wack in your hands. I've had zero issue with the whole set working, it's just a sensor that gets stuck, sort of like first run Wii remotes actually.
The orientation of the D6 inside that Go D20 could make for a cool relic that mixed up your luck. So they'd roll a certain number physically, but the true result would have to be seen through the VTT or even only known to the DM.
I was gifted one of the GoDice D20s and have used it extensively in roll20, so I'll give my feelings. First off, yeah the initial setup is painful and there is NO documentation, which is absolutely ridiculous. However, once setup, it has been pretty reliable, with almost no disconnecting issues, false triggers, and only slightly more often a failure to register a roll. As for charging, things are definitely super snug at first, and it is annoying that you have to disassemble the die to charge it, however, after the first couple times it gets easier to do so, and thanks to the use of a super capacitor instead of a battery, you get roughly 2hrs out of a full charge from ~10sec on the charger (which yes you do generally need to hold down the d6 for that 10sec). After the first session, I found I can perform the whole charge process in about 20-25sec, and sometimes faster, and I pretty much never have issues with the die dying on me since I kinda made it a habit to quickly re-charge it at the start of each encounter so I almost never run up against that ~2hr life. After getting used to it, I honestly dislike having to remember to enter my modifier(s) before I roll more-so than the charging process.
Pixels Dice are exactly what youre describing at the end of your video. I kickstarted them and have seen them tabling at boardgame conventions. Super worth it IMO. Easy set up and easy charge.
LOL @ the cat paws under the door. As a kid we had cats that would do that when we were eating dinner. We'd throw French fries to land just on our side of the door and watch all the cats "Hungry Hungry Hippos" fight for the fries.
In that dice set with the D100, there was a D60, D30, D24, D16, D7, D5, D3. I use the D7, D5, and D3, Along with the D4, D6, and D8, to choose which of the players an enemy is targeting.
i think those electronic Dice might be inspired by the pixels LED dice that came out a few months ago and have actaully individual LEDs for each number....
One tactic I've used for rolling physical dice for Roll20 and Foundry was getting a cheap webcam, pointing at the desk, and rolling there, but there ain't even much point, since no one I play with even cares if they can see the rolls, and it IS a hassle.
I also bought the odd set of dice with the big D100. I like these for odd things, like anything I can think of. I find the D100 works pretty good if you use a dice tray without felt.
Most common use I've found for the weird dice is DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS. An awesome D&D set up that I don't understand why we don't make that more popular. Way better than 5e
fun fact, thats not a "wand" that dice is a phurba, a traditional buddhist peg/knife used in ceremonies and symbolizes powerful attributes of Vajrayana buddhism
For the Dice Wand, in actual play, you could implement it as an obelisk with a whole lot of lore behind it that breaks the fourth wall, and it can be used in a manner of ways to determine events for differing things. Weather, natural disasters (that are caused by the planet, like, Volcanic Eruptions, and Earthquakes), and even down to deciding the fates of criminals if they draw the ire of the folk that worship it.
I played a DnD campaign at a convention 10+ years ago where someone made a D100 dice for it. Rolling that beast of a dice was a feat in and of itself. But as for the game it's made for, I don't remember it anymore. Plus that dice your holding looks plastic (?). The one I rolled was a full metal one.
I have the necklace and I LOVE IT! I chose copper and threw a penny in there too for H/T and the locket also works as a pendulum! It's soooooo satisfying to fiddle with during the day. I am currently looking for a different chain that matches better. I might just do leather because I also wear a small bronze eagle pendant on a leather cord so they would look nice matching...
I had the opposite experience with the go dice, it seemed super easy to set up with Chrome and Roll20. I love being able to change the modifier on the roll. I would like to be able to change how it says 'go dice' to something else in the Roll20 chat window, but I can live with it.
If you ask me, the correct way to do wireless powered dice would be a charging mat like the G502 Lightspeed mouse, there'd be a dice tray that charges the dice, simple. No plugs.
The D2 coin corresponds perfectly to a magic item that would pop up in my game occasionally: the Superb Owl coin. Bearing the shield of an unknown nation identified only as "NFL", this large, bright, and shiny coin may be used to stand in for any die roll where there are only two possibilities for an event, instantly making said odds 50/50 no matter what they started as. (This means it cannot be used for attack rolls, as crits are a third possibility in addition to hitting or missing. It also means they don't work for saves/checks that have a penalty for failing badly, giving the DM a legit loophole to avoid having one used inconveniently. Death saves also don't qualify as there are special cases for 1 and 20.) Call it in the air and let the coin fall all the way to the ground. The character in-game knows immediately whether the coin has worked or fizzled, regardless of the binary decision being made. Once used, the brilliance and shine fades and the coin becomes a non-magical hunk of metal. Actually having such an item sitting in front of the player reminds them to use it, so having some to hand out would have been nice. Instead I had the player pull out a quarter or something from their own pocket and put it in front of them, since that works better in online games. 🤑 The best use might be to invoke it on an enemy's turn, so that something they almost can't fail becomes a literal coin toss. I had a range on it (I think the event had to be observable and within 60 feet, I can't remember any more) so that you couldn't use it to influence events you were only marginally aware of like "will Betelgeuse explode tomorrow?". You had to know a die roll was taking place and intercede at that time.
You'll want Pixel Dice. It was kickstarted and I have one. There is a charging case that you put it into to charge (d20 has to be up for charging). Those extensions that allowed you to use that digital die are out there for pixel as well. I use it for dndbeyond and foundry. It's less complicated then the one you bought but probably more expensive too.
Magic item props are great! I of course have a deck of many things from etsy, as well as a custom risky dice (from hunterxhunter), and a rubber duck that the players can talk to to help figure out puzzles
5:37 i was once in an campaign where you could find these in treasure chests, NPCs would hand them out in shops, each player was allowed an maximum of 3 D2 throws. But they weren't used as saving throws; instead, if you won with them you'd get an lucky occurrence. In battle this could be a non-D20 critical hit, to out of combat finding better loot in an chest, or using an haggle mechanic that if one of your D2 coins succeed, would lower the price at shops (but you could only attempt once). Obviously more successes per D2 meant even more and better stuff.
You give the players the dice dagger without them ever having seen it before and the first thing one of them does is spin the dice - you tell them stop, don't do anything else, wait for it to stop spinning and then read off the number - you then consult your chart and start announcing deck of many things results which happen to the player(s) - the ultimate TPWO prop.
I'd think the saving throw die should be spun on the table to be as random as possible. If you flip it like a coin, it's likely to land with the face that was up when you flipped it.
For a d2 dice it would make more sense to me for it to be a "coin" within a ring, and that you spin the coin while holding the outer ring. Gravity would pulls one end of the coin down, with the result facing the spinner. I've never seen anyone do this sort of design. Maybe because it's more expensive than just making a coin or top or such.
I know because I learned it. You can time a thick coin easily to know the result in advance. It's just because it restate slower. Focusing on the noise helps.
Maybe the saving throw coin is weighted to make the success side 55% likely. They probably didn't put that much effort into it, but that would take it from a 7/10 to an easy 10/10.
The weird thing about the D20 that connects to VTTs is that, if you're going to put a thing inside the d20 shell that is the actual mechanism that holds the battery and connects, and also needs to be put back into the shell in a specific orientation, why make it look like a normal cheap ass d6? they could've made just a cube with markings that help you tell which way it goes. Also, there's no way that a hollow d20 with a suspended cube inside is fair in any way.
I actually have that dice, and the reason it's a D6 in there is because you can actually use it as a D6 as well. It's a toggle in the app if I recall correctly.
I saw this video pop up on my feed. figured i didn't need to have a 2nd dnd channel to subscribe to. Then you rolled your d20. It was exactly enough to change my mind lol
No it's not, they are just both (shaped like) phurbas, a ritual knife used mainly in Tibetan religions. Apart from the common phurba elements like the shape and having head/face-designs at the top, they look nothing alike.
Those color changing dice look to use the same mold as a set of metal dice I got a few years ago. I would suggest you check the d4 - the sides don't match up, meaning that you will have 2, 3, and 4 showing simultaneously. A friend of mine had a differently-colored set that used that same mold, and their d4 had the same issue.
I also picked up that d100 set back when they used to make a glow in the dark version, probably a different maker, but yea, some *weird* dice in there. I think they just made them because they could, but I've never seen a game that uses those values. I've seen and held metal versions and they are waaay better. Amazon has such weird stuff sometimes.
8:27 the dice case I have seen DMs use it to lock up cursed dice that usually roll bad this way if they curse a player they can give them the bad dice to use until the curse breaks Like it’s cool to put mini dice in it but having a big dice that is cursed inside is cooler
Squeeze the dice (they arent all assembled correctly, my D3 just needed to be pressed in on one side). Beyond that check the pins are pressing correctly, check connections to the pins inside the device. It likely does work, had many sets that came without fully working and then within a couple minutes of checking it out I was able to find the problem. You just need to know where to look for the problems and its tough when your not expecting any and they seem to be molded/seamless.
The D20 dice would be awesome if they designed it to have NFC/wireless charging. They could sell special dice trays with a built-in wireless charger to set it on in between rolls.
The automatic D20 is wild, someone really just took a single smart die and made a 20 sided shell to shove it into and rewrote its firmware. Something like that would not only have way better battery life, but also be wirelessly chargeable, if it were remade from scratch as a D20 from the start. I kinda wanna make this now, hmmmmmm.
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you know, a D100 would be a strong use case for clarification of what you actually rolled... for one of those liquid filled dice with an air bubble inside as the small air bubble would float to the top, highlighting the number it was supposed to have landed on.
The original design of most D100's were filled with water and had a small bubble in them that would always be at the top and would mark the number that was at the top.
Better than mine that is basically a metal wiffle ball with numbers.
Brilliant!
Sounds similar to a “magical 8 ball”…
@@Mike-mf3ed In a magic 8 ball, the entire d12 floats to the top. In the d100, it's just like the bubble in a spirit level helping you figure out which side is up.
@@mal2ksc thanks, it’s good to know that.
To be fair I'd expose most glow in the dark things to open sunlight for a bit before testing unless it uses tritium.
They don’t know how “glow in the dark” works
Even easier method, Q Workshop sells a dice charger rolling cup, it has a UV light inside which charges glow in the dark dice.
Blacklight flashlight are the glow lover's friend 💚
@@selenawolf2466 Cellphone flashlight while holding your hand around it should work. I use a similar glow in the dark dog ball and after 10 seconds of "charging" it glows for 2-3 minutes
@@Nephanor neat!
Glow in the dark paint usually (unless it's radioactive) need to "charge" to glow. If they were sent by mail they were probably "out of energy" when you got them, and need to be left in the light for a while, ideally sun or UV light. (Not sure if you did this first or not, but since you didn't mention it I thought I should point it out).
A lot of people are saying the weird dice are made for DCC. This is not quite true. The dice in question predate DCC (and most of them were designed by Lou Zocchi), DCC is just the most popular RPG that use them.
And also they are chargeable with a UV light! 🚨🚨🚨
The fact you didnt get any edible dice is outrageous 😂
And, they wouldn't be junk sitting around his place... because he would have ate them.
Those failed light up dice are either going to be a decoration or trash...
I mean... any die is edible if you are hungry enough
To be honest he probably didn't show them because he already ate them. XD
Roll a 20 on a d20 get baked.
Last edible die I had actually sent me to faerun, wouldn’t recommend
A actually worthwhile version of those color changing dice exist! They’re called “pixels electronic dice” and they actually have patterns, high quality and a entire app for compatibility and tons of other special features
Actually just got my d20 in the mail a week ago from them, really easy to set up and use so far, and very pretty
I'm still waiting on mine, unfortunately. The struggles of buying a full set + an extra D20 lmao - but I get it, production is rough. At least the kickstarter team have been transparent this whole time with detailed updates!
@@TheGamingLegendsOfficial I also bought two extra singles with my set and I got my singles a few days ago. So hopefully you get your single D20 soon!
@@NinjaFresh I don't think I paid for split ordering lol. I think I'm waiting on the long haul.
I was looking for this comment!! I absolutely love my Pixels dice (which ironically wasn't the original one I backed, but instead a d20 I had ordered alongside a set) and the color/make is infinitely better than the ones he was showing here.
Why is youtube recomending me Obi Wan reviewing weird dice?....not complaining this is fun as hell....
9:30 Others have probably said it by now, but the black and blue set is for DCC RPG! Sort of. Dungeon Crawl Classics uses d3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 24, 30, and %. They call it the "dice chain" where instead of flat numerical bonuses or adv/disadv, you use a bigger or smaller die for some modifiers. So a DCC set won't typically come with the d100 sphere (pretty much useless) or that d60(?). I like the multicolor sets so it's easier to tell them apart!
PS: I had to check this video out bc I have a similar one coming soon, and I also randomly rolled a crit while filming! I feel like I've seen that happen in every dice tour video, but it's a real phenomenon! lol
Oooh thanks for checking mine out, and I look forward to seeing your video! And yes seems like the dice gods favour those in front of the camera!
That set does NOT include a d14, so it's NOT for DCC
d120 is somewhat usable as a die and actually has a shape, much more so than d100 which is essentially a golf ball with a number in each dimple.
On the subject of DCC funky dice, does ANYone out there make the dice chain sets in metal? I've been to several conventions and game stores and never seen them...
The set of many dice (black/blue) are for the game DCC (Dungeon Crawl Classics)... which uses dice steps instead of bonuses
fun fact: the numbers on the dice wand are *similar* to the bar and dot number system used in ancient Mayan. It won't be that hard to learn.
Easy way to figure it out, the bars are 5 and the dots are 1. Count the bars and multiply by 5 then add the number of dots (e.g. 3 bars plus 2 dots is (3x5)+2 which is 17)
Or in normal speak it is the most basic form of roman numerals, mayan is rarely a thing people are taught.
@@InsanityPlusOne fair. I took a semester of mayan in college. Very interesting language
The computer linked dice seems like a massively mismanaged idea.
All it needs to fix it is have the charger be a full dice tray with wireless/air charging and have it be a full set of dice that charge while sat in the tray.
This way battery life isn't an issue becuase it's passively charging whenever not rolling it in a session.
Make connecting it to an application less of a pain and you've got an amazing product.
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
You basically just described pixels dice. They do basically all that although vtt support is still a work in progress (and if they ever finally ship the damn things out to their backers)
@@Nobrev still waiting :(
Inductive dice tray.
In fact, get rid of all the electronics and use a multimodal llm to read the dice with a webcam.
@@Nobrev I got my single dice but not the set that I ordered. I have to say I am very happy with them and the Pixel app is pretty good. I'm hoping with them being open source we'll have more extensions for different apps sooner or later. I know Chrome has an add on for Roll20 to use the Pixels in it. Hopefully more coming soon. Also with the single Piexels D20 being only $11 plus shipping more than the cheaper Amazon one I think it is a pretty good deal.
17:10 the very short charge time and run time tells me that the dice actually doesn't ANY battery at all, and instead is using a capacitor (or a few of them). If you were clever enough in the design, you could get away with just a cap (or maybe even a super cap) with some super low power bluetooth. you could save an incredible amount of money on the large scale be removing any battery from the bill of materials lol. you rarely see this done in products though because consumers are never willing to keep charging a device over and over
It would work if the capacitor was charged by induction in the tray
I could definitely see a use for the color changing dice. "Man these dice are hot tonight!" ** If they get cold it's because you weren't pampering them enough.
that wand is FANTASTIC, you DO NOT need to wait for it to stop, it has a built in brake when you push the end
@4:23 bruh... That's just a Bakugan with extra steps
Tbh I was a bit disappointed that the first one wasn't like a bakugan where the dragon pops open after you roll it
Hasbro isn't spin master bro
"Die" is the singular form of the word, "dice" is already plural.
Die is the name of the doctor. Dice was the monsters name
@@myautobiographyafanfic1413 Die is what happens at the end of a person's life. Dice are used to color fabrics.
people that need to point this out are the worst.
@frydemwingz you obviously haven't met Frederick Masters
My dices'es!
Cool video. Always nice to have someone actually test stuff like this. Really can't recommend the led dice. WE bought them as a gift for a friend twice and there was always one that didn't work. unfortanly the same one. But I must say returning them and getting the money back was quick and without issue . we went with one set of liquid center dice instead and they looked way cooler and felt nicer
While people are saying that the oddnumbered dice are for DCC, there are other uses for them as well. I run a variety of games and my odd numbered dice get a lot of use because I make a bunch of random lists for things for my players to encounter. Having all the unusual numbers available means if I only have 5 items for a list I can just use a d5 or a d17 for a 17 item list.
If you like odd dice, rolling 3D34-2 will give you a 1-100 range on a bell curve.
Thank you for doing this. I’ve been battling the urge to buy those light up dice for months and the urge is now gone.
Having actually forgotten to cancel my pledge for the wand dice Kickstarter, i was actually surprised by the weight and quality of the wand... not the best to actually use in play, but looking good on a shelf
5:49 Anton Chigurh: "What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?"
0:17 it's CLEARY a dice goblin!
The wand is pretty easy to read. Dots are 1 each and dashes/rectangles/squares are 5 each. Basically it is just a tally system.
My coolest "weird" dice is a set made from bone (a gift), a big clear D6 with a smaller D6 inside of it, and a lead die from my father's days of playing D&D.
4:50 it just needs a magnet to open and it could be like a deluxe Bakugan
The fact that the wireless d20 does not have Inductive Charging and the d20 can't stay together is inexcusable. If you just set it up for inductive charging you wouldn't need the whole d6 thing, you wouldn't need to bother with a base like that, and you could even create a dice tray that is an inductive charger that keeps it at 100% at all times, like what wireless mice do with charging mouse pads.
I remember the Kickstarter campaign of GoDice, and they are designed to be charged inductively. The energy cell inside the dice is a supercapacitor, which holds its charge for about 2 hours. This is why it can be recharged in such a short time (just 10 seconds).
I use the wireless mic with charging mouse pads and that is super useful, best mice in my life. It has all the advantages of a wired mice and a wireless mice. Probably the best use case for the wireless charging tech.
That "dice wand" is NOT a wand, it's a copy of a phurba, a Tibetan Buddhist ritual knife or spike. Holy with at least 1500 years of history.
Thank you! It was driving me crazy, though I suppose "Tibetan ritual spike" might be somewhat similar to a wand. I think of it being closer to an athame in Wicca. Also, I only really know about phurba daggers because of The Shadow - a movie I love much more than it probably deserves.
@Godsbane there is something much closer to a wand in Tibetan Buddhism than a phurba, something called a dorje
@@arf410 interesting.
A ritual knife is just a bladed wand.
@diablo.the.cheater no it is not. Western occultism, as well as Chinese and Tibetan have them as distinct objects. You generally need both. Wands aren't even historically derived from knives but from wooden and metal reading pointers that were all over the place when texts were hand copied and were so expensive you touched them as little as possible. See yads in Judaism, early Xtianity, etc. Not a knife in the slightest.
In Tibet you need a phurba and dorje. One is a knife, the other is not.
The wand is perfect! I’d like a group of dice that changes colour upon impact or if it stops rolling. They probably don’t exist but I’ll be searching for them…
YOU MONSTER! I have 972 dice in sets all in a databse (still haven't audited my individuals) and now you are making me buy MORE?!
As to the connected/LED dice, there was a kickstarter for Pixels dice which I JUST got the first one from my order, a D20, and it does both, lights up with LEDs and connects to VTTs (I have a D20 and a full 7 dice set I bought) and the dice DO have profiles so you can have them do things for individual rolls. They are really cool, and work well. Been playing it with for about 20 minutes. The dice are solid and feel VERY solid.
The wand dice you see there looks to be the same as the one I got from a kickstarter, not sure who copied whom at that one or if it's the same company just selling them on Amazon. Looks EXACTLY the same as the one I got. It's interesting, but not something I would use.
I also got a kickstarter where they had a dice pendant, and it looks like a metal crystal with runes on it, and it has a set of dice inside like that other one. The same company is doing a 'dice ring' kickstarter for the same idea right now.
I have the same set of every dice from amazon, just because I wanted a D100, even though I know it will NEVER stop.
Other weird dice I have: Orbidice. Spherical dice that actually DO stop on dice faces...most of the time, not something I'd use most of the time, but I like weird dice. Dwarven Runes from Crystal Caste, mine are made from hematite, but they have other stones as well, including weird stuff like meteorite rock, fossil bones and more. Crystal Caste alsop hase gemstone dice that look like they are literally crystals, in shape. PolyHero dice, unique shapes based on different DnD classes (Warrior, Rogue, Bard, Mage and Cleric are the ones they have done so far)
When I get the databse of dice online (with pictures I have taken) I will let ya know if you are interested, and if you have any questions about the weird ones I have.
I was going to comment about the Pixels, but I haven't gotten my set yet, so I'm glad someone did who's had a chance to actually play around with them! Also, if I recall correctly, the Pixels are wireless charging, just put them in their case and plug the case in, so much easier on your thumbnails that these "GoDice"
@TheLogicMouse yup, the wireless charging is such a nice feature. Still trying to get them to connect to VTTs, but there is a Lotta support on their discord. Can't wait for the rest of them, the full 7 dice rpg set
I also backed Pixels and while I still haven't received them, I've appreciated the creator keeping in touch with all the issues. Seeing how many issues Pixels had at the factory, I woulda been hella upset if the cheap ones he bought on Amazon worked perfectly 😅
I sure hope they deliver soon. Of all the dice and physical game gear I've bought, those would see the most use since I play online 99% of the time!
@@celticdenefew Still waiting on my full set of them, but the single D20 is solid, works pretty well and looks good. I went for the opaque obsidian color, just because clear would look too weird for me. Seeing the electronic guts is just offputting to me, and sadly that meant I got more time due to manufacturing issues, but yeah, as you said, the constant communication was nice to know that things were still working....unlike another kickstarter where I am lucky to get an update once every 3 months.
@@Nephanor Yea, I picked the option that they all get sent together and also chose either Obsidian or the Hematite versions (I kept going back and forth, can't remember which I finally chose). I am looking forward to them arriving though! They look dope af
I'm most interested in the fairness/balance of the dice. Even traditional dice sometimes have balance issues if bubbles form in the material when cast. I can't imagine all of these dice are fairly balanced (looking at the displacer beast and beholder eye with skepticism).
An idea for the wand relic.
You can expend a charge and roll one of its die for a random effect. You can either have a table for each die, or a single table that expands for each differently sized die (as 1-4 is for the d4, 1-6 is used for d6, so on and so forth, with all options of lower dice available to higher tier dice). The table has alternating effects (where odds are generally good and evens are generally bad or vice versa), and the lower you roll, the less impactful the effects are in either direction. So you can roll the d4 for a chance at either a really minor plus, or really minor negative. Or you could roll the d20 for a chance of some incredibly impactful effects, either good or bad.
That little mystery bag had way cooler dice than I expected, maybe I need to pick one up too!
Hey. Just passing thru but serious question: 6:15 this coin, did you specifically go out of your way to give us no good close-ups of the Success side? Like was that due to some kind of OCD or what? I dunno, just a weird thing i noticed at this point in the video.
I know right? Bothered me too
I actually got a set of those light up dice from a friend, and the type of mechanism they used to light up just gets stuck sometimes, so from what I can tell, you just need to give them a good wack in your hands. I've had zero issue with the whole set working, it's just a sensor that gets stuck, sort of like first run Wii remotes actually.
The orientation of the D6 inside that Go D20 could make for a cool relic that mixed up your luck. So they'd roll a certain number physically, but the true result would have to be seen through the VTT or even only known to the DM.
I was gifted one of the GoDice D20s and have used it extensively in roll20, so I'll give my feelings. First off, yeah the initial setup is painful and there is NO documentation, which is absolutely ridiculous. However, once setup, it has been pretty reliable, with almost no disconnecting issues, false triggers, and only slightly more often a failure to register a roll. As for charging, things are definitely super snug at first, and it is annoying that you have to disassemble the die to charge it, however, after the first couple times it gets easier to do so, and thanks to the use of a super capacitor instead of a battery, you get roughly 2hrs out of a full charge from ~10sec on the charger (which yes you do generally need to hold down the d6 for that 10sec). After the first session, I found I can perform the whole charge process in about 20-25sec, and sometimes faster, and I pretty much never have issues with the die dying on me since I kinda made it a habit to quickly re-charge it at the start of each encounter so I almost never run up against that ~2hr life. After getting used to it, I honestly dislike having to remember to enter my modifier(s) before I roll more-so than the charging process.
As far as fancy dice go, my D20 from Pixels Dice is actually pretty amazing, can't wait to get the rest of my set!
3:07 sweet bong dude
The color changing dice are the coolest ones for me because i am one of those kinds of players that hold their D20 in their hand all the time.
I can tell you had a lot of fun with the hand held smoke machine, it made me want to get one too, and the one over the death save coin was really cool
Pixels Dice are exactly what youre describing at the end of your video. I kickstarted them and have seen them tabling at boardgame conventions. Super worth it IMO. Easy set up and easy charge.
The wand sounds perfect for a Kids on Brooms campaign. Definitely getting me one of those.
LOL @ the cat paws under the door. As a kid we had cats that would do that when we were eating dinner. We'd throw French fries to land just on our side of the door and watch all the cats "Hungry Hungry Hippos" fight for the fries.
In that dice set with the D100, there was a D60, D30, D24, D16, D7, D5, D3. I use the D7, D5, and D3, Along with the D4, D6, and D8, to choose which of the players an enemy is targeting.
The wand is definitely going on my wishlist, it also sort of matches the necklace. Bet there could be awesome lore connecting them!
I have had the colour changing metal dice for years and they are awesome!
i think those electronic Dice might be inspired by the pixels LED dice that came out a few months ago and have actaully individual LEDs for each number....
One tactic I've used for rolling physical dice for Roll20 and Foundry was getting a cheap webcam, pointing at the desk, and rolling there, but there ain't even much point, since no one I play with even cares if they can see the rolls, and it IS a hassle.
I also bought the odd set of dice with the big D100. I like these for odd things, like anything I can think of. I find the D100 works pretty good if you use a dice tray without felt.
"everyone wants more dice."
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Most common use I've found for the weird dice is DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSICS. An awesome D&D set up that I don't understand why we don't make that more popular. Way better than 5e
fun fact, thats not a "wand" that dice is a phurba, a traditional buddhist peg/knife used in ceremonies and symbolizes powerful attributes of Vajrayana buddhism
For the Dice Wand, in actual play, you could implement it as an obelisk with a whole lot of lore behind it that breaks the fourth wall, and it can be used in a manner of ways to determine events for differing things.
Weather, natural disasters (that are caused by the planet, like, Volcanic Eruptions, and Earthquakes), and even down to deciding the fates of criminals if they draw the ire of the folk that worship it.
I played a DnD campaign at a convention 10+ years ago where someone made a D100 dice for it. Rolling that beast of a dice was a feat in and of itself. But as for the game it's made for, I don't remember it anymore. Plus that dice your holding looks plastic (?). The one I rolled was a full metal one.
As someone who has prevented a tpk by nat 20ing my death save. No never to the coin
You can totally crit on a coin, it just has to land on the edge
it also doesn't take into account things like Paladin 's auras giving you +'s to saves.
I liked the video but honestly I subscribed because of the whole nat 20 part. great stuff
Reading it is a standard hash counting system. 1 - 4 is represented by dots, and every fifth is a bar.
I have the necklace and I LOVE IT! I chose copper and threw a penny in there too for H/T and the locket also works as a pendulum! It's soooooo satisfying to fiddle with during the day. I am currently looking for a different chain that matches better. I might just do leather because I also wear a small bronze eagle pendant on a leather cord so they would look nice matching...
Hahahahaha my mom just bought me the light up dice set for Christmas. For sure not my main go-to set but I’ll use them occasionally.
When did people forget that it’s “dice” when you have multiple dice, and die when it’s just one?
12:50 that's normal: green means good to go, so when it's done charging and ready to be unplugged, it turns green.
My genius idea; a clear d100 with a liquid filling and a tiny air bubble so you know exactly what it landed on
4:02 I bought same dice for less than 1 dollar, the font for the numbers is terrible
I had the opposite experience with the go dice, it seemed super easy to set up with Chrome and Roll20. I love being able to change the modifier on the roll. I would like to be able to change how it says 'go dice' to something else in the Roll20 chat window, but I can live with it.
Now you should look into Pixels dice as they are so much better with connecting to the VTT and charging them is so easy.
If you ask me, the correct way to do wireless powered dice would be a charging mat like the G502 Lightspeed mouse, there'd be a dice tray that charges the dice, simple. No plugs.
5:48 the coin could probably be used as a save item, or a magic “get out of jail if you’re lucky” thing
is it just me or does that wand one looks a lot like the dagger from The Golden Child
I’m pretty sure it’s actually meant to be a phurba rather than a “wand.”
@@JeremyMarvel Definitely is. I remember the animated one from The Shadow
@@rustinashackleford1367It reminded me of the bitey little psychic dagger from The Shadow as well. I really like that movie.
The D2 coin corresponds perfectly to a magic item that would pop up in my game occasionally: the Superb Owl coin. Bearing the shield of an unknown nation identified only as "NFL", this large, bright, and shiny coin may be used to stand in for any die roll where there are only two possibilities for an event, instantly making said odds 50/50 no matter what they started as. (This means it cannot be used for attack rolls, as crits are a third possibility in addition to hitting or missing. It also means they don't work for saves/checks that have a penalty for failing badly, giving the DM a legit loophole to avoid having one used inconveniently. Death saves also don't qualify as there are special cases for 1 and 20.) Call it in the air and let the coin fall all the way to the ground. The character in-game knows immediately whether the coin has worked or fizzled, regardless of the binary decision being made. Once used, the brilliance and shine fades and the coin becomes a non-magical hunk of metal.
Actually having such an item sitting in front of the player reminds them to use it, so having some to hand out would have been nice. Instead I had the player pull out a quarter or something from their own pocket and put it in front of them, since that works better in online games. 🤑 The best use might be to invoke it on an enemy's turn, so that something they almost can't fail becomes a literal coin toss. I had a range on it (I think the event had to be observable and within 60 feet, I can't remember any more) so that you couldn't use it to influence events you were only marginally aware of like "will Betelgeuse explode tomorrow?". You had to know a die roll was taking place and intercede at that time.
You'll want Pixel Dice. It was kickstarted and I have one. There is a charging case that you put it into to charge (d20 has to be up for charging). Those extensions that allowed you to use that digital die are out there for pixel as well. I use it for dndbeyond and foundry. It's less complicated then the one you bought but probably more expensive too.
Magic item props are great! I of course have a deck of many things from etsy, as well as a custom risky dice (from hunterxhunter), and a rubber duck that the players can talk to to help figure out puzzles
5:37 i was once in an campaign where you could find these in treasure chests, NPCs would hand them out in shops, each player was allowed an maximum of 3 D2 throws. But they weren't used as saving throws; instead, if you won with them you'd get an lucky occurrence. In battle this could be a non-D20 critical hit, to out of combat finding better loot in an chest, or using an haggle mechanic that if one of your D2 coins succeed, would lower the price at shops (but you could only attempt once). Obviously more successes per D2 meant even more and better stuff.
My first set from mid 90' is a hot/cold colorshift. A throwback to "Hyper shift clothing" lol.
You give the players the dice dagger without them ever having seen it before and the first thing one of them does is spin the dice - you tell them stop, don't do anything else, wait for it to stop spinning and then read off the number - you then consult your chart and start announcing deck of many things results which happen to the player(s) - the ultimate TPWO prop.
I'd think the saving throw die should be spun on the table to be as random as possible. If you flip it like a coin, it's likely to land with the face that was up when you flipped it.
For a d2 dice it would make more sense to me for it to be a "coin" within a ring, and that you spin the coin while holding the outer ring. Gravity would pulls one end of the coin down, with the result facing the spinner. I've never seen anyone do this sort of design. Maybe because it's more expensive than just making a coin or top or such.
I know because I learned it. You can time a thick coin easily to know the result in advance. It's just because it restate slower. Focusing on the noise helps.
Maybe the saving throw coin is weighted to make the success side 55% likely. They probably didn't put that much effort into it, but that would take it from a 7/10 to an easy 10/10.
The weird thing about the D20 that connects to VTTs is that, if you're going to put a thing inside the d20 shell that is the actual mechanism that holds the battery and connects, and also needs to be put back into the shell in a specific orientation, why make it look like a normal cheap ass d6? they could've made just a cube with markings that help you tell which way it goes. Also, there's no way that a hollow d20 with a suspended cube inside is fair in any way.
I actually have that dice, and the reason it's a D6 in there is because you can actually use it as a D6 as well. It's a toggle in the app if I recall correctly.
I saw this video pop up on my feed. figured i didn't need to have a 2nd dnd channel to subscribe to. Then you rolled your d20. It was exactly enough to change my mind lol
Btw if nobody recognized it, the "dagger dice" is the dagger from "The Shadow" movie from 1994 with Alec Baldwin. XD
It's also a bizarre concretion of disparate styles, with the demonic faces and Mayan numbers.
No it's not, they are just both (shaped like) phurbas, a ritual knife used mainly in Tibetan religions. Apart from the common phurba elements like the shape and having head/face-designs at the top, they look nothing alike.
that wand looks great for random wild magic rolls
I would've swapped your VTT die and the light up dice scores, but thanks for checking all these out!
The coins if you had a bunch would be a neat way to track death saves though. Don't flip it, just place it depending on your roll.
1:36 “How do they change color? I don’t know yet” *Says “Changing Temperature Dice Kit” in the description*
The light up dice help me oit. I hate using my readers to see normal dice numbers. So they work very well.
Those color changing dice look to use the same mold as a set of metal dice I got a few years ago. I would suggest you check the d4 - the sides don't match up, meaning that you will have 2, 3, and 4 showing simultaneously. A friend of mine had a differently-colored set that used that same mold, and their d4 had the same issue.
I also picked up that d100 set back when they used to make a glow in the dark version, probably a different maker, but yea, some *weird* dice in there. I think they just made them because they could, but I've never seen a game that uses those values. I've seen and held metal versions and they are waaay better.
Amazon has such weird stuff sometimes.
8:27 the dice case I have seen DMs use it to lock up cursed dice that usually roll bad this way if they curse a player they can give them the bad dice to use until the curse breaks
Like it’s cool to put mini dice in it but having a big dice that is cursed inside is cooler
Fate/Fudge dice are d3's with +, blank, and - on the die faces. Your six-sided d3 could be used for Fate/Fudge systems.
I want a light-up dice that only lights up the number rolled.
Use UV light to test if it glows in the dark - easy, fast and beautiful way to find out!
Squeeze the dice (they arent all assembled correctly, my D3 just needed to be pressed in on one side). Beyond that check the pins are pressing correctly, check connections to the pins inside the device. It likely does work, had many sets that came without fully working and then within a couple minutes of checking it out I was able to find the problem. You just need to know where to look for the problems and its tough when your not expecting any and they seem to be molded/seamless.
The D20 dice would be awesome if they designed it to have NFC/wireless charging. They could sell special dice trays with a built-in wireless charger to set it on in between rolls.
I bought the light up dice when they first came out for 80+ usd at a convention, 2 months later half that price on Amazon.
I was really hoping the Displacer Beast one would just be like a Bakugon, automatic and fairly simple.
A set of flip coins will set you back a pretty penny, but very cool and actually quite random
The automatic D20 is wild, someone really just took a single smart die and made a 20 sided shell to shove it into and rewrote its firmware.
Something like that would not only have way better battery life, but also be wirelessly chargeable, if it were remade from scratch as a D20 from the start. I kinda wanna make this now, hmmmmmm.
i'd have the wand to go with my other half temple bell ringer, half Purbha dagger things