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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 40 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

This gave me an idea for a gimmick die. Transparent die filled with dark liquid. The exterior of the die has the usual numbers in white lettering. Inside the die, there is a smaller cork die that rises like a magic 8ball. It’s 2d(x) in 1. Interesting for tension building, if nothing else.

Edit: looked it up and I’m not original, and they’re largely as bad as I thought they’d be

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 12 points 6 days ago

I'm really surprised that this does not seem to be an existing thing for d10s specifically. I can find nested d10s and there are heaps of liquid core dice, but apparently none that combine those two ideas

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

One of my overdue projects is to disassemble a magic 8 ball, remove the dice from it and make a digital magic 8 ball. I plan to bequeath the removed “dice” to a DM I know.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Make sure to wear long gloves and short sleeves. The dye in that water is strong. I was purple for days after cracking an 8ball and people kept asking how I got hurt.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 5 days ago
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm a bit disappointed that many of these n-sided dice are not isohedral, despite isohedral polyhedra existing for many of these values of n.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The weirdly shaped ones probably sell better. Which would you pick up in a store?

Oh, I still bought the full set, but I tried to get isohedral dice whenever possible.