D&D General $299 D&D Anniversary Sapphire Dice

This just dropped into my inbox. $299.99, limited run, available directly from WotC.

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Celebrate Forty-Five Years of Dungeons & Dragons and Five Years of D&D Fifth Edition with theD&D Sapphire Anniversary Dice Set

Only 1,974 sets - featuring a gnome-grown* sapphire gem - will be available to the public on November 21!


RENTON, WA – Nov. 11, 2019 – It’s been five years since Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition launched, and the explosion of D&D’s popularity since then has been a wonder to behold! Now fans can celebrate D&D through the D&D Sapphire Anniversary Dice Set, available directly from Wizards of the Coast starting at 11a.m. (PT) on November 21, 2019. The set commemorates both 5 years of 5e AND forty-five years since D&D’s first publication in 1974.

“When the D&D team realized the sapphire is the traditional anniversary stone for both five years and forty-five years, and that adding a laboratory-created sapphire to a twenty-sided die wouldn’t jeopardize the integrity of a roll, we couldn’t pass up the chance to make something really cool to celebrate the milestones” said Nathan Stewart, VP of the D&D Franchise at Wizards of the Coast. “The team put together a fun product for our fans that includes art and newly updated stats for sapphire dragons, making these classic dragons ready for play in your next D&D session.”

The D&D Sapphire Anniversary Dice Set includes eleven custom-designed aluminum dice from Level Up Dice. Embedded in one of the d20s is a sapphire lovingly grown** by a rock gnome artificer in a charmingly-cluttered workshop. Additionally, each set includes a high-quality dice box and a matching dice tray displaying the ampersand, fifth edition D&D stats and details introducing the sapphire dragon, commemorative stickers, and a sequentially numbered collector’s card confirming the set’s authenticity. Oh, and every die, except that extra-special d20 has an engraved ampersand on the highest number - boosting your D&D cred whenever you roll max damage with that trusty battleaxe!

Only 1,974 D&D Sapphire Anniversary Dice Setswill be available to the public, so mark November 21st at 11am Pacific Time on your calendar so you don’t miss out! These dice sets will only be available directly from Wizards of the Coast at a price of $299.99 (USD). For more product information, including more images of these beautiful dice, head to D&D Sapphire Anniversary Dice Set.

Join in the celebration of D&D’s forty-fifth anniversary and pick-up this beautiful dice set when it’s available on November 21st!

* Okay, you caught us. Humans grew these sapphires in laboratories on Earth. Sorry.

** Still kidding. Still lab-grown by humans.

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People spend way more money than they need on things they don't need all the time. There's a new Mclaren out that sells for $1.7 million and that doesn't include a windshield. A roof is not an option. If I want a mid-engine convertible that goes just as fast, I could buy 20 of the new Corvettes for that price.

I'm not going to buy either one, nor the dice but it's hardly news that some people have money to burn.

On the other hand, the care does look awesome.
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Argument from popularity is a logical fallacy. Just saying.

Not in this context.

D&D 5th Edition sells well, better than any previous edition. There are many factors contributing to that, but the overall quality of the game is most certainly one of them. Doesn't mean that 5E is everybody's cup of tea, but to argue against the game's quality because you don't care for it is itself a logical fallacy.

It's sour grapes and subjective truth (something very popular today, sadly). But it's also common, fans who think they have superior lock on what is and is not quality demeaning "popular" art (games, movies, novels, everything) . . . confusing that with their own distaste for something.

"Yeah, I know TONS of folks really, really like it . . . but it's still crap!" Yeah, okay.
 

Hey, I use synthetic sapphire to sharpen my knives. If these dice are made of the same material, that's some seriously hard stuff that you'd have a hard time scratching. With these dice I could finally try "rolling" dice by chopping at them with two bucher knives for a few seconds. :-)
 

Hey, I use synthetic sapphire to sharpen my knives. If these dice are made of the same material, that's some seriously hard stuff that you'd have a hard time scratching. With these dice I could finally try "rolling" dice by chopping at them with two bucher knives for a few seconds. :)
Unfortunately the dice are not made of sapphire, just aluminum. There is a small synthetic sapphire embedded in the "20" face of the d20, but that's it.
 

Hey, I use synthetic sapphire to sharpen my knives. If these dice are made of the same material, that's some seriously hard stuff that you'd have a hard time scratching.
No, they are aluminum dice with a synthetic sapphire embedded in place of the 20 on the d20.

[edit: darn, I lost]
 

Unfortunately the dice are not made of sapphire, just aluminum. There is a small synthetic sapphire embedded in the "20" face of the d20, but that's it.

Oh, then double blah. I've spend over $100 to assemble my set of gravity dice in colors matching the die shapes to the colors for the elements the shapes represent in alchemy but these 300 probably aren't even precision dice.

These dice are less for luxury buyers and more for monied collectors.
 





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