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Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Lmns Crn on April 07, 2011, 06:39:08 PM
I'm toying with the idea of a little vanity purchase. Somebody talk me into it, or out of it.

I'm interested in who you've ordered from and what you thought of the experience.
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: sparkletwist on April 07, 2011, 06:40:41 PM
I got a bunch of goofy dice from a surplus store and they were fun.

I know this is useless. :P
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Lmns Crn on April 07, 2011, 06:44:28 PM
Many things are useless but still entertaining!
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Nomadic on April 07, 2011, 06:59:21 PM
Bring some of these to a game one night and tell me how it goes :)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Sex_Dice.jpg)
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Lmns Crn on April 07, 2011, 07:09:03 PM
Custom dice, Nom, not novelty dice.
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Nomadic on April 07, 2011, 07:41:42 PM
Quote from: Luminous CrayonCustom dice, Nom, not novelty dice.

Yea... but wouldn't a set of those be perfect for vreeg's games... just picture it:

Vreeg: ok roll for basic carnal
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Lmns Crn on April 07, 2011, 09:06:43 PM
Good luck cramming all those words onto a d100 smaller than a grapefruit.
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 07, 2011, 10:40:35 PM
Quote from: Luminous CrayonGood luck cramming all those words onto a d100 smaller than a grapefruit.

Who said the die had to be smaller than a grapefruit? Just because it has to be rolled on the floor like a bowling ball does not make it any less of a die.  :morons:

But  :ontopic:  I know guys who have purchased custom dice from Chessex. The company lets you put a special symbol over the 1 or 6 and the results look really nice. Here's a link to a guy who made some custom d6's: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/04/hobby-chessex-custom-dice.html

I have not seen D&D dice custom made before but I'm sure it'd be easy to do.
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Nomadic on April 07, 2011, 11:38:49 PM
Quote from: Elemental_ElfI have not seen D&D dice custom made before but I'm sure it'd be easy to do.

They exist... http://www.shapeways.com/shops/madebywombat
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Elemental_Elf on April 08, 2011, 12:22:18 AM
Quote from: Nomadic
Quote from: Elemental_ElfI have not seen D&D dice custom made before but I'm sure it'd be easy to do.

That's super, super custom. I was referring to normal D&D dice with different etchings :)
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Nomadic on April 08, 2011, 02:23:55 AM
Quote from: Elemental_Elf
Quote from: Nomadic
Quote from: Elemental_ElfI have not seen D&D dice custom made before but I'm sure it'd be easy to do.

That's super, super custom. I was referring to normal D&D dice with different etchings :)

You're boring :P
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Lmns Crn on April 08, 2011, 09:31:34 AM
Quote from: Elemental_ElfBut  :ontopic:  I know guys who have purchased custom dice from Chessex. The company lets you put a special symbol over the 1 or 6 and the results look really nice. Here's a link to a guy who made some custom d6's: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2010/04/hobby-chessex-custom-dice.html
I'm looking for something more unusual than an N-sided die numbered 1 through N. Can Chessex only do standard designs with a logo substituting one side, or can they be a little flexible?

Honestly, what I'd really like is a set of six-sided dice with two + sides, two - sides, and two blank sides. And ideally, I'd like them made of some nice, gorgeous semiprecious stones (aventurine, jasper, etc.).
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Ninja D! on April 08, 2011, 01:00:41 PM
I have actually ordered other items from that Made By Wombat. They were cheap, shipping was cheap, my order was sent the day I ordered it, and the product was of good quality. Yay helper!
Title: Anybody have any experience with custom dice?
Post by: Lmns Crn on April 08, 2011, 04:37:43 PM
That Made By Wombat stuff isn't really what I'm looking for, but it is quite striking.