D&D General Real dice collectors

[jasper]

Just weigh their dice. 8 pds.8 oz Call it 8 pds.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Not going to weigh my dice... Not going to weigh my dice... Not going to weigh my dice... Not going to weigh my dice...

 

[Clint_L]

I don't even consider myself a dice collector and I have a pretty chonky bag of them. They just kind of keep happening. They might be reproducing.

 

[David Howery]

I didn't really set out to be a dice collector, but I just ended up with a bunch. First, it was just a set for me to use as a player. Then I started to DM some games and had to get more. Then one of the groups I was in had some players who didn't have enough dice to get by, so I set up several complete sets of different colors so everyone would know who was rolling what dice. Then they started making all those oddball dice like D30s and D18s and stuff like that, and I thought it would be cool to get a complete set of all those. Now, I just have a box with a bunch of dice bags all stuffed with dice....

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

Not going to weigh my dice... Not going to weigh my dice... Not going to weigh my dice... Not going to weigh my dice...

Does floating them in salt water count? (Yes, I've done that.)

 

[aco175]

Does floating them in salt water count? (Yes, I've done that.)

You can do that with golf balls as well to see if the center is slightly out of whack. It might affect putting. I have not done this, but know a few who do.

 

[Oofta]

Just weigh their dice. 8 pds.8 oz Call it 8 pds.

The first step in dealing with an addiction is admitting that you have a problem, so you're halfway there.

Meanwhile I obviously don't have a problem because my collection is only around 6 lbs. Although, in all fairness the dice I actually use is just a small subset of that.

 

[Dioltach]

Does this include dice in boardgames? The War of the Ring and Dark Side Rising alone include a ton of them, and then there's Battle of Five Armies and Star Wars: Imperial Assault and Star Wars: Outer Rim...

 

[jasper]

Does floating them in salt water count? (Yes, I've done that.)

I did too. Some of my 80s plastic dice sink. And no I not going to use a whole box of salt to double super saturate the solution.

 

[Lanefan]

Those who use metal dice for this are officially cheating...

 

[Clint_L]

Those who use metal dice for this are officially cheating...

My "death die" (I call it that because I use it for crucial rolls so the players know it's a big deal) came as a KS reward from Dwarven Forge's Wildlands campaign and I think they made it out of the heart of a dying star, like Thor's hammer, because it weighs a ton. There is a very satisfying "thud" when it hits the table.

 

[Clint_L]

What are the oldest dice that anyone owns? I still have my first set from 1979, and they are all worn and smoothed on the edges. I also have the low quality yellow dice that came with the red box basic set.

 

[Richards]

I've probably given away more dice than I own, but that's just because of my tradition of buying a standard dice set (1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, 1d20) for each new player I teach to play D&D. In their favorite color, too, if I know it ahead of time and there's a dice set that color available.

Johnathan

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I keep getting rid of the less awesome dice, so my collection is back down under a "what the hell" level, but the coolness of the collection keeps shooting up.

 

[Mad_Jack]

What are the oldest dice that anyone owns? I still have my first set from 1979, and they are all worn and smoothed on the edges. I also have the low quality yellow dice that came with the red box basic set.

RPG dice? My original blue box Basic set dice.
Non-rpg? Although I lost them about ten years ago, at one point I had a pair of dice rumored to be from an Atlantic City casino back in the 1950's.

I've probably given away more dice than I own, but that's just because of my tradition of buying a standard dice set (1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, 1d20) for each new player I teach to play D&D. In their favorite color, too, if I know it ahead of time and there's a dice set that color available.

Johnathan

I usually do the percentile D10 as well. So with more than 30 people having learned the game from me, that's over 200 dice...

 

[Clint_L]

I love that! I should get a sponsor so I can give the new kids in D&D Club a set of dice. Right now they all just roll on DnDBeyond, which has its benefits but doesn't feel right. Although when I offer to share my dice they mostly look at me like I'm weird and ask what's wrong with rolling online. I have no good answer.

 

[Richards]

I usually do the percentile D10 as well.

I typically buy a plastic boxed set of dice, so it depends on if they package it with a percentile d10 or not. And now, because of 5E (and the advantage/disadvantage rule), a lot of the dice sets come with two d20s.

Johnathan

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Right now they all just roll on DnDBeyond, which has its benefits but doesn't feel right. Although when I offer to share my dice they mostly look at me like I'm weird and ask what's wrong with rolling online. I have no good answer.

Tell them they take a week off the life of their favorite YouTuber every time they roll online. (If it's Jake Paul, tell them it's OK to keep on rolling that way.)

 

[Stormonu]

What are the oldest dice that anyone owns? I still have my first set from 1979, and they are all worn and smoothed on the edges. I also have the low quality yellow dice that came with the red box basic set.

Unfortunately I lost the original dice I got in '80, but I do still have the dice I got from a Mentzer set, so that'd be '82? The D20 in that is practically a marble with numbers on it nowadays.

I keep my loose dice in individual bags by die type, the bag of D6's could probably dreadsock someone. As for sets, I've got enough to run my entire local convention. And I've given a fair number of sets to new players over the years (along with PHBs, mostly back in 2nd edition).

 

[Mad_Jack]

I keep my loose dice in individual bags by die type, the bag of D6's could probably dreadsock someone.

If I ever got in an accident on the way home from D&D, I could use my dice bag to smash the window and climb out, lol.
One of my "someday" projects is to find three of the largest metal D20's I can find and use them for the balls on a flail.