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- Hello friends! Two years ago, I made a dice tour video
in which I showed off maybe a dozen dice sets
and single dice, which at the time I thought was a lot.
Phew! Since then, I have gotten so many people
asking for a new dice video,
and let's just say my collection sure hasn't gotten smaller.
And the dice I thought were exciting back then
pale in comparison to the kinds of dice that I have now.
I have custom dice, I have dice in weird shapes,
I have dice that light up.
You know, why don't I just show you.
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The thing about being a D&D YouTuber
is that even if I wasn't buying dice for myself
all the time (which I am, in case y'all were wondering
what I spent that YouTube ad money on)
I also just end up with a lot of dice
that are gifted to me or sent to me for sponsorships.
My dice collection has gotten so ridiculous
that I don't think I have a single D&D player friend
that I haven't forced at least one set of dice on.
And a few months ago,
I actually donated probably a few hundred dice
just because I physically can't use that many dice.
So, this is gonna be a chill little video,
hopefully relaxing,
and I'll put the name of each dice manufacturer
or artist on screen so that you can look 'em up
if you wanna get your own set.
Let's look at some dice!
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First up, I wanna show you two custom sets
by an artist called Bindrune Dice.
He made two sets for me, one for Aisling and one for Clio.
He even named them Aisling's Grove and Clio's Fancy.
Aisling is my Warlock Druid,
I've made a bunch of videos about her.
And the Aisling ones have little dried flowers,
and moss, and soil in them.
And the D20 actually has the tiniest
and most detailed little skull in it.
Clio was actually my guest character
in the podcast, Cast Party.
Great show, definitely check it out.
And then Clio's are more of a really cool marbled look,
with a sort of a milky pink
and then some semi transparent blues and purples.
The most interesting thing about these sets
is just that the shapes are so unique.
They're little oversized and each set has a D2.
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This next one actually isn't even sold.
It was sent to me as part of the 2020
Wizards of the Coast holiday box.
And this is a Swarovski crystal metal D20.
It has all these tiny little red crystals on it.
When they sent it to me, it came in this little silk bag
and it even had a little card in it
that had three or four spare crystals,
so that if any of the crystals fell off,
I could replace them.
Although I can see now that I am missing
at least three crystals
and I have no idea where that little card went.
Honestly, red is not really my color.
So Josh uses this, he uses a ton of red dice.
And to be honest,
I don't think he probably appreciates it
as much as he could, but he has never really understood
my feelings about dice.
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Okay, we gotta talk about Dispel Dice.
They basically set the bar for what I think cool dice are.
I didn't know that photos of dice could be art
until I found the Dispel Dice Instagram.
I pledged on Kickstarter for a few sets way back in 2019
when they ran their first Kickstarter.
I was backer 189 out of more than 20,000 backers.
I pledged within minutes of the campaign going live.
I genuinely saved up for this Kickstarter.
Then at GenCon this year I finally got to actually
meet Karen, the creator of Dispel Dice.
And she was kind enough to gift me more sets.
Cloudscape, which is from that original first collection.
Also a newer one called Faewater.
And a set that isn't even one of the ones she sells.
She just thought that I would like it. What?
I just still am a little bit starstruck
that the person who created Dispel Dice
even knows who I am.
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Okay, one of the more ridiculous dice that I own
is this solid copper D20 from Shire Post Mint.
This thing weighs 1.4 pounds.
It is 99.9% pure copper.
I feel like you could actually kill someone with this.
Fun fact, this company actually mints
a ton of badass real metal fantasy coins.
We initially got connected
because I used to cosplay Arya Stark
and they sent me a bunch of faceless man coins.
So anytime you see a metal coin in one of my videos,
it's almost always those faceless man coins
from Shire Post Mint.
This thing costs $175.
It was gifted to me, thankfully.
Believe it or not this is only like the second biggest flex
in this video, just wait.
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- All right, marketing team.
I have 60 to 90 seconds
before my next important business call.
Give me your elevator pitch
for why dungeon masters need World Anvil. You first.
- Okay, as you know, World Anvil is a world building toolkit
for writers and world builders.
And who needs to keep their world organized more than a DM?
They never know what information they'll need.
Players might hop on a ship to visit a far off country.
They might send a telepathic message to an NPC
they met six months ago.
My research shows that 64% of DMs.
- Oh numbers, that's enough, you.
- Picture it,
a golden retriever running across a green field
behind him... an explosion! Beloved actor Nicolas Cage
emerges from the flames, drinking a martini.
- Can we get him, do you think?
- What does any of this have to do with World Anvil?
Why not mention the wiki-style articles
that you can index and crosslink,
the interactive nestable maps,
support for stat blocks and character sheets.
I mean, you're marketing to DMS, right?
You haven't even told them that they can run sessions
through World Anvil.
- Sorry, we didn't know she was such a buzzkill
when we hired her.
- You don't need Nic Cage to convince people
to try World Anvil, a basic membership is free
and I was thinking we could offer them 40%
off any annual membership with the code GINNY,
which means we can track conversions.
- Jesus, you're even putting me to sleep.
- Yeah, you suck, get outta my office.
And tell Sandra to get Nic Cage on the phone.
- Ooh, instead of a golden retriever,
what if it's a T-Rex?
- Genius! I'm making you CEO. Sandra!
- Okay, next are two sets from a brand
that used to be called Cozy Gamer
and are now called Fennek and Finch.
I was looking for tiny mushroom dice
for my deep gnome barbarian Penelope, which I found,
but while I was on the site
I also saw these dice with tiny koi fish in them.
And even though I can't think what I would use them for
I just couldn't resist it.
I am such a sucker for cute little inclusions
especially if they make a little scene.
When I was little, I used to lie in bed
imagining that you could have a marble or something
that would have a rainforest in it or a thunderstorm
or like a part of the ocean.
And this is basically that,
it's about as close as I can get to that.
Although may I just say the tiny mushroom dice
they roll terribly for me.
I don't even use them for Penelope anymore
because I couldn't hit anything.
While pulling up their site for this video,
I noticed that they have started making sharp edged dice.
So I'm screwed,
I am gonna be back on that site later tonight.
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Okay, next up is a handmade custom set by Green Leaf Geek.
I keep these in one of my Wyrmwood elvish vaults
because they feel like the most elvish dice that I own.
These are resin dice with real dried moss
and tiny little flowers suspended in them.
If you turned my aesthetic into a set of dice,
they would look like this
and they would be named "Dryad's Grove"
or something like that.
They're like if you had a terrarium inside of a die.
Next, I have a handful of D6s
that have tiny little donuts in them.
These are from the Evergreen Burrow.
They're called Dungeon Donuts.
To me, these are like, if Jester was a rogue,
this would be her sneak attack damage.
A D6 is really the perfect die
for holding an inclusion in it.
It's like, you can see the thing inside
with very minimal distortion.
These remind me of tiny dollhouse food
which is just so satisfying.
I don't have a ton to say about these.
I just think that they're adorable.
Okay, next are the Eternalverse Games, Potion Dice.
So I pledged to this on Kickstarter
when there were only three designs.
Now they have a full set of seven.
Each dye looks like a potion bottle,
but they're faceted and rollable, obviously.
The set I got was D8 and D6, and of course, D4.
The D4s are my favorite because obviously,
this is perfect for healing potions.
Like 99.9% of dice are in the exact same shapes
as all of the other dice.
So seeing somebody come up with a creative way
to have the same number of faces
and to have a rollable object
that just looks completely different.
I don't know, I just love that.
Just a little guy, just a tiny little guy.
Okay, next I wanna talk about Wild Earth Dice.
I actually just did a sponsorship for them on Instagram
for their new Cyberpunk dice collection.
But when they sent me those for the sponsorship,
they also sent me a bunch from their last collection,
the Cosmic Collection, which are all like space inspired.
They sent me, I think, six or seven different colors.
I forced myself to pick out three to show off in this video.
The three I picked out to share are Pillars of Creation
I just love dice with contrasting colors in them.
I just feel like not many people do that.
Purple Void Vortex,
these might be hard for some people to read,
but something about this rich green numbering,
just really enhances these dice for me
and Beyond the Stars, which,
I know you're not supposed to eat dice
but don't these just look
like they would be delicious? Space!
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Okay, I said the giant copper D20
was not the biggest flex in this video.
That's because the biggest flex is these,
Pixels Electronic Dice.
I literally can't believe these are real.
Like, don't get me wrong, I adore them,
but they are so unnecessary.
They have these tiny charging cases and they light up.
They're just, God, we're living the future.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but they connect to an app.
So you can customize the light up pattern.
So you can't actually get these right now.
They were kickstarted and they've said that they'll open up
a pledge manager sometime this year,
which means in the next few months.
Craziest part is they are completely sealed,
like there's no seams or anything.
The electronics for this are just built into a closed die.
So cool, but also who needs this, who needs this?
For those of you who watched my "Conversations
with my Dice" short series,
this is what I was referencing
when I did my little LED die character.
I just think they're neat.
Okay, I gotta talk about Seersword again
because I just freaking love her dice.
First, this lovely pink set called Venus Spell,
which is like... these are just the quintessential
magical girl dice.
Not just the color and just the tiny,
little twinkly, purple glitter in there,
but also the font and just the fact that the highest face
of every die has these little stars and moons on them.
These are just like... come on, Wisteria
would roll these dice. And this beautiful- whoa!
this beautiful black and gold set,
I actually don't know what they're called
because her shop is shut down right now.
So I can't like go look up the name of this set,
but they're clear, and then they have this sort of
smokey black pigment in them,
and then little coppery flakes.
The stars and moons on Venus Spell feel very magical girl
but the stars and moons on this set just feel very,
like occult and witchy.
Also the person behind this dice company
is also the person behind the Sina Una Campaign Setting
which you might have heard of,
which is inspired by pre-colonial Filipino mythology
and culture which is badass.
Finally, we can't end this video
without talking about Die Hard Dice at least a little bit
because I just have so many Die Hard Dice.
Not only because I love them and they have amazing dice
but also they just send me a lot of dice.
I won't show you all of them, we would be here all day,
but I'll show you some favorites.
One of my favorites from them
is a set called Prismatic Sunlight.
It's a deceptively simple set.
It's just like a clear set
with some sort of iridescent gold numbering,
but the dice themselves are also iridescent.
So there are these really soft pinks and greens
when you move them.
These dice is just like demand to be used
for some sort of celestial character.
Another thing Die Hard does really really well
is metal dice, they have a ton of metal dice.
Like this Drakona Embers set,
it has this sort of scaly, pink and teal,
incidentally my original brand colors.
So naturally, I think they look great together.
Also, they sell a bunch of single D20s.
Now I love an accent D20,
I think it is a great way to add some color
to a dice palette without lugging your entire dice bag
to every game.
Plus if you want fancy dice but you can't afford a full set,
usually a single D20 is just a lot cheaper.
They have these oversized D20s
like this gold glitter Mythica D20.
And I love this one. it's called Dreamscape Nightshade.
They have a whole set of these
but it just makes a fantastic accent D20.
There are lots of places where you can get
a set of acrylic dice for under $20,
but there are very few places that give you the variety
and creativity of design that Die Hard does
at that price point.
That's it for today.
I have a bunch more dice, of course,
but I feel like I've given you a glimpse
of the most exciting and unique one.
Since I have so many now, I usually just pick out a few sets
to suit the specific character that I'm playing,
or if I'm DMing to suit the tone of the overall game.
I rarely need more than two or three sets at a time
but I really like choosing those to complement each other
and evoke a sort of aesthetic feeling.
If you liked any of these sets,
I would encourage you to check out the source
and pick up your own.
There are so many incredibly talented
and creative folks making and designing dice now.
I hope you enjoyed this little show and tell because, gosh,
I sure do enjoy all these cool dice.
I've always had a collector personality
and there's something really satisfying
about these little math jewels.
If you want more dice
feel free to check out my first dice tour video
where you will see a less intense collection of dice
but presented with some very earnest
early dice collector enthusiasm.