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

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

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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Waterbizkit

Explorer
These aren't for me, but I can't balk at the price either. In this golden age of nerdery, there's a market for high-end niche products.

This isn't even that bad at the end of the day, considering it's meant to be a limited run collectors item. Dice are being made out of all kinds of materials these days. Want a set made out of carbon fiber? I've seen them going for just over $500. Titanium? Just over $300. Teflon will only cost you a measly $150ish. Hell, dice made out of rare woods can cost as much as this set... for wooden dice.

Value is in the eyes of the purchaser. People will buy these, enjoy them and feel it was money well spent. Nothing wrong with that. I'd personally rather spend $300 on a set made out of gator jawbone, yeah, that's a thing, but I can't disparage someone who would rather have these.
 

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Remathilis

Legend
300$ for dices = overprice = swindling

Turning a blind eye isn't "failing to see". It is being complacent.

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse is swindling people; they can eat at McDonalds.
Porsche is swindling people; they can buy the Chevy Spark
Oscar de la Renta is swindling people; they can shop at Wal-Mart.
...

The existence of cheaper alternatives does not invalidate the existence of luxury goods.
 

Li Shenron

Legend
And people will buy it, lol.

What people? A few celebrities, overly rich kids, and gangsters.

The bad side of this is that there is a general trend in many industries to provide "uber-premium" services and products (read: uselessly luxury versions of something normally very simple and cheap) to a tiny minority of people who are getting suspiciously too much money too easily and are able and willing to pay mainly to prove that they can, in the face of normal people.

The good side is that WotC is actually ripping them off and taking a little bit of that money back to the rest of the world.
 

jedijon

Explorer
I might buy it. Checks. Yup, is not celeb, just guy who doesn’t worry about $.

what’ll stop me is actually using these. Putting out thicker mat to roll on because the napkins on table are thin white cotton... worrying about getting a dent / son dropping.

Yeah probably not for me either. Already have cool enshrinable objects.
 


ccs

41st lv DM
What people? A few celebrities, overly rich kids, and gangsters.

The bad side of this is that there is a general trend in many industries to provide "uber-premium" services and products (read: uselessly luxury versions of something normally very simple and cheap) to a tiny minority of people who are getting suspiciously too much money too easily and are able and willing to pay mainly to prove that they can, in the face of normal people.

The good side is that WotC is actually ripping them off and taking a little bit of that money back to the rest of the world.

So you think it's suspicious that I can afford to drop $300 on a silly set of dice if I wanted?
 

Li Shenron

Legend
So you think it's suspicious that I can afford to drop $300 on a silly set of dice if I wanted?

Why do you think I was referring to you? I can afford it too if I wanted, it's not difficult to have a spare $300, it was just a remark on a general trend of seeing luxury versions of stuff for 10 or 100 times the price for something that has literally the same function or usefulness. It's a sign of the increasing spread in wealth distribution.
 

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