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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goatdice/goat-dice-changing-the-way-we-roll
I needed to upload this album so I could use the videos for promo stuff, so I decided to share my achievement with this community. You can follow the link above to be notified when the Kickstarter launches if your into that type of thing.
GeneralNuclear
The two purple ones was the coolest, the first one reminded me of dice soap.
MurderMittens42
They look cool but do they contain mercury and/or accelerate to dangerous speeds?
Hickory405
@motherfuckingjesus
SlappySamsonite
*dices
USSTrekky360
My smart ass was like. “Actually ‘die’ is the singular for dice...” never mind you have made more than one.
TresusIbor
Is it street legal, tho?
RincewindTVD
@op expected price per die? I only need like 2 of them.
monkeyboy396
PLEASE LET THIS BE LEGIT AND THAT THEYRE BALANCED AND LEGIT BECAUSE I MUST HAVE THEM.
SneakECoyote
Wait fuck take all my money
Virus322
Now these are pretty neat, but do you actually make them, or buy them for cheap on the internet and re-sell them?
GoatDice
I make them. I have resin, pressure pot, the works.
potatoispotato
Unfortunately I don’t play dnd but damn it I would buy these and roll them just to look at them!! Awesome job!!
Atalkingbirdthatspillssuperherossecretidentities
Are you planning on making an whole set D4-D20? Those are truly damn gorgeus!
GoatDice
I'm gonna try, a lot less room to work with.
Zange0
There's always the option to use larger models. They're already novelty dice, I think people would be fine with them being ~20% bigger.
EveryDayIsCakeDayForMe
The purple and green one looks spooky!
gweblurker
RetroRicki
Pretty sure this is just a Gusher with numbers printed on them.
komododave
Extra chewy
ZMan9001
Mmm... D20 gushers
GoatDice
You can hardly taste the resin.
FractalChainsaw
The Forbidden Gusher.
JustAnotherYinzer
A show piece only? A dice has one job and these don't accomplish it.
candiedhotdogs
I hand make my dice too! It’s a d6 and every side is a 20
grimCoordinator
cristicusrex
Very cool. But certainly take the feedback around filming an awesome roll. You’ll have a big win if you capture it.
CloakerJosh
These look awesome, @op. Do want.
mytodoo
I dont even play dnd and i think this is cool
hiphopbookshop
I agree. Would be a great effect for like a Harry Potter board game or something too
XplodingUnicornGlitter
@OP
TheInternetHasRuinedMeForever
@OP put some up on etsy and I'll buy them today
GoatDice
Only 1 week before kickstarter.
Mrwatermonkey
HogWashDiddler
Those are nice Icosahedron
Therealstevenf
You will be having possession of my money shortly
Cakefortwo
I love these and can't wait to see the kickstarter go live!! I'm excited!!
ZircZZ
These look seriously cool. How did you achieve the swirling effect?
smackedup
I'm thinking possibly glycerin with a little bit of mica powder.
Sensino
Fill the hollow dice with some kind of sparkly fluid...?
RUBIX3D
The dice is hollow, but it looks like there's a sphere inside them, and that's where the sparkly fluid is contained in
squiddna
That's really cool. Does it affect the balance at all?
Roqinn
The link says: "Handmade artisan d20's with animated visual effects." Animated? How? Anything inside, like batteries, will have to be 1/2
Roqinn
mounted. That will make 1 side heavier. I need to know more. Pretty cool looking dice though!
kodiak931155
100% guaranteed
TimeFoDat
You probably can't reliably roll it on a surface & get random results. If you use a tower or shaking device, it's probably fine.
SideShotNL
With say a dice tower it should be fair even with the weird behaviour of the fluid part
Dungeongeek
Obviously, They keep coming up with the same number. Very suspicious!
Geracht
Doesn't matter if you use a dice tower.
CheshirePhoenix
How is a tower any less biased than a hand roll?
Geracht
Strikes multiple layers before final roll. You can't just drop it and hope for no bouncing; it /will/ roll around when dropped.
Geracht
Not even loaded dice are guaranteed with a dice tower; it's the surest way to ensure an honest roll.
Geracht
(Assuming loaded by weight, not loaded with marked sides)
braveboy510
It may not affect the true probability - since the fluid wouldn’t care which face shows up - but the way the die moves sure looks different.
Plaguestorm172
issue right here though. making hollow dice it is VERY easy to... "Acidently" make one edge thicker... wink wink..
TechnicallyRight
Sides of the dice may be thinner than others, what does a liquid and air combination have on an object in regards to momentum? Does it favor
McGreed
Depends, if the dice is 3d printed, it should be relative even, though it might get a bit thinner from polishing it smooth.
OhMyItsUncleJoeBiden
2/2 the liquid won't make it any less fair despite it rolling funky .
OhMyItsUncleJoeBiden
What he is saying is the liquid won't affect it though, obviously imperfections in the die will like any die. But given no imperfections 1/2
TechnicallyRight
a lighter or heavier side? Is there absolutely 0 air inside? I feel these are more likely to be skewed dice.
GoldenRamoth
Hey! So that random hocus pocus stuff people do with "Good" and "Bad" dice might actually matter instead of just being annoying. Neat!
mantrai
You can get dice made too very high precision, (to the point they cut the corners off the d4 otherwise it makes a very nice caltrop). 1/2
JulesVanOosterom
Well that first one comes up 16 every time, so...
Patient88
FatWhippets
Ameatyloaf
Mytoothhurty
I too load my dice, I mean make my own dice
circlebreaker
*sets microwave for 0:15 and presses Start*
RepresentativeOfNorway
I was once in a group that had the worst DM ever. so next session i used a mix of slight of hand and loaded dice to ruin his game.
TELunus
Dot
GrandpaRick
Ameatyloaf
Loaded dice are weighted so that the most favorable side lands face up most often. These are weighted, yes, but not unfairly.
100KushUps
Idk man. That orange one have rolled a suspicious amount of 20's in a row.
ShamanOfHigh
Cheesy af, still made me laugh
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Ameatyloaf
It will slow the roll down. Make it bounce less.
ILikeCharmanderOk
Whoa whoa slow your roll homie
ILikeCharmanderOk
It was a joke homeskillet
Ameatyloaf
I prefer the term 'home frying pan' thanks.
ILikeCharmanderOk
Lol nice
ShrubNinja
I don't like the way those roll. Seems very unsatisfying.
Poghorn
Yeah,I heard that if you have to sharp edge on the dice I stops faster and it's much easier to manipulate the outcome.
zFUBARz
Eh, Gamescience is supposedly one of the reliable dice and they're sharp as hell.
Poghorn
But it is a very cool design!
Freeze011
Casinos use dice with very sharp edges, so i am guessing it isnt true that a sharp edge is easier to manipulate.
Tennox
Wouldn’t casino’s be very interested in manipulating their dice?
Freeze011
they make their money on payouts and odds not matching up. Meaning that in the long run the house always wins.
Tennox
Yea I guess there’s no reason to cheat when human psychology is so unhinged lol.
GoatDice
They roll normally, I have to roll them a specific way to get them to land in my camera frame.
Otterbotanical
I actually kinds wish they WOULD roll a very short distance. Still random, but at least you won't launch it or knock over board pieces.
FreddieBW
I was wondering how they all landed perfectly center!
HedonistBeard
If I saw dice rolling like that on a kickstarter, I'd close the tab without reading another word.
asdfsdfgqwer
Roll em into a corner
Rusty87
Have you tried filming further away with a higher res camera then cropping? People that buy dice want to see a good roll.
GoatDice
Lighting issues, camera focus and tracking issues. I have a 4k camera with a macro lens.
Rusty87
Are you at least taking other further away shots showing a normal roll? The dice are beautiful but D&D is no fun w inconsistent die.
TheBlueMuppet
Yeah, if you ever find a d&d sesh with consistent die lemme know, lol
GoatDice
I'm getting friends together to put some rolls in and create real data. They seem fair to me and ive rolled them A LOT for these types 1/
2graves
I mean, you want an inconsistent die...