Friday, February 28, 2025

Dice: Roll 4 Initiative: Diffusion Volcanic Blast

What a nice set of dice.

https://role4initiative.com/products/diffusion-volcanic-blast-fc

These are the Roll for Initiative 15-die sets, and they come with:

  • 3d4 (Arch'd4)
  • 4d6
  • 2d8
  • 2d10
  • 1d00
  • 1d12
  • 2d20

The dice are also 20% larger than regular polyhedral dice, so they are high-visibility and roll well. I like that they come with multiples, like the 4d6 needed to do the 4d6 and drop the lowest character creation method.

We get 2d8, 2d10, and 2d20.

The only die we have is the d12, but I rarely need more than one.

Of interest are the Arch'd4 dice, which are shaped like little doors or tombstones but with opposing rounding on each side, so they can only land on four faces with the number on top. I loathe regular d4 dice, and these are a fun addition to my collection that will make playing rogues with daggers fun again. I can pick these up without shoving them against something, using the stickiness of my skin, or getting a fingernail under a corner. We get three of these dice, so we can roll a 3d4 roll easily.

The d20s are also numbered, so adjacent five-face groups add up to 52 or 53, the Balnce'd20 design. This ensures a more even distribution of results (as they say). I am very superstitious about my d20 dice and if they are rolling right, so any reason to blame them for being strangely off from the biased-high results I expect is reasonable. I swear, we are at the point where people will say they are broken if we ever have unbiased dice. Roll them well, shake them in your hand, or use a dice tower. Never "pick up and throw."

The contrast and readability are very high, with the lettering being very high-contrast but not overly bold.

The dice are more expensive than average sets because they come with so many and are of a larger size. This is really "all the dice you need," though that statement is a lie to myself.

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