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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 4247583" data-attributes="member: 50987">June is only a week away, and our new 4E books will be here before we know it.  Which means, for me at least, that it is time to do some dice shopping.See, I have a little ritual that I do, before I ever start a new adventure path or campaign.  I go online to <a href="http://www.koplowgames.com" target="_blank">Koplow</a>, <a href="http://www.crystalcaste.com/" target="_blank">Crystal Caste</a>, or <a href="http://www.chessex.com" target="_blank">Chessex</a>, and I order a custom set of dice.  I am very particular about the dice that I order...the color is carefully selected to fit the game that I will be running (for my Egyptian-themed campaign, I ordered a set of sand-colored dice with black lettering.)  I always order a complete set of ten dice, all cast in the same color, plus an extra d20 (in case the first one gets lost or doesn't roll well.)  I make certain that all of the six siders have pips on them instead of numbers, and that the ten-siders are numbered differently (one must have single digits, the other must be numbered with factors of ten.)  And as a final flourish, I make or buy a dice bag to match the whole ensemble...I made my current dice bag from Egyptian cotton with gold drawstrings, and I hand-painted the bottom hem with heiroglyphs that I found on Google.When this campaign ends, I will box up this set of dice along with the notebooks and character sheets.  I never re-use dice from campaign to campaign...and I'm not sure why.  It just doesn't feel right.  (Consequently, I have amassed more than twenty sets of dice over the years.)  So regardless of whether I am playing 4E or Pathfinder (or another 3.5 campaign), once this campaign ends, I'll be needing some new dice.I can't be the only gaming nerd with such a tradition.  How about you?  Do you have any particular rituals that you follow, every time you get a new book, roll up a new character, or start a new adventure?  Some gamers paint and collect minis.  Others make their own scenery, sourcebooks, and handouts.  My gamer geek obsession happens to be dice.</blockquote>

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