MOB Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Coming soon from our friends at Q Workshop! #RuneQuest #RQ #Glorantha #RQG #dice 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeblogger Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 This d20 looks awesome! Will they produce other dice as well? Quote Read my Runeblog about RuneQuest and Glorantha at: http://elruneblog.blogspot.com.es/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jps Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I guess it's full set of dice, I wonder if there will be 3D6 or only one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHibbs Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 *COUGH* molad d20 *COUGH* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 hour ago, PhilHibbs said: *COUGH* molad d20 *COUGH* *cough*molad20*cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Ok, on the plus side, it looks pretty and allows me to roll a random number between 1 and 20 or a random rune. On the downside, it would be a nightmare to read, with all the stuff below the numbers and what advantage is this over a normal d20 and a list of runes? 2 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trystero Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 45 minutes ago, soltakss said: Ok, on the plus side, it looks pretty and allows me to roll a random number between 1 and 20 or a random rune. On the downside, it would be a nightmare to read, with all the stuff below the numbers and what advantage is this over a normal d20 and a list of runes? Readability is almost always the failing of Q-Workshop dice, in my experience; they like cluttered designs in which I can barely make out the numbers up close, let alone from across a table. I got their Horror on the Orient Express set as part of the HOTOE Kickstarter and have never used them. The RuneQuest D20 shown above is actually pretty good by their standards: the numerals aren't obscured, and there's a bit of clear margin around them, so they might be more legible than usual. I'm hoping… Also, given that RQG only has a single hit-location table, I wonder whether the set will include a D20 labelled with hit locations to save one table look-up. If it could be made readable, I'd actually find that quite useful. 1 Quote — “Self-discipline isn’t everything; look at Pol Pot.”—Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, soltakss said: Ok, on the plus side, it looks pretty and allows me to roll a random number between 1 and 20 or a random rune. On the downside, it would be a nightmare to read, with all the stuff below the numbers and what advantage is this over a normal d20 and a list of runes? I don't think it's meant to let you roll random runes (though you can if you want), those are probably just on there for decoration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skovari Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, trystero said: Also, given that RQG only has a single hit-location table, I wonder whether the set will include a D20 labelled with hit locations to save one table look-up. If it could be made readable, I'd actually find that quite useful. There are many hit location tables. Having just ran a session I had mount, rock lizard, and a weird 4 armed creature as examples. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trystero Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Skovari said: There are many hit location tables. Having just ran a session I had mount, rock lizard, and a weird 4 armed creature as examples. Fair point: I should have said "for most adventurers". 1 Quote — “Self-discipline isn’t everything; look at Pol Pot.”—Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) So they could sell mulitple hit location dice.Yeah, that's bad for a company, more products they could sell us. 😏 Seriously, you should contact them and give them the idea. I'm going to see how much custom dice cost these days. I think they could put little sword and bow symbols and RQ3 fans would have D20s with melee and missle hit locations. Edited June 30, 2018 by Atgxtg 1 Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trystero Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Atgxtg said: I'm going to see how much custom dice cost these days. I think they could put little sword and bow symbols and RQ3 fans would have D20s with melee and missle hit locations. https://www.awesomedice.com/blog/545/custom-dice-manufacturing/ - basically it seems Chessex and Q-Workshop are the options available. I know Modiphius went with Q-Workshop for the custom hit-location D20s for their Robert E. Howard's Conan RPG; that game uses a different hit-location distribution from RQG, however, so those D20s aren't RQG-compatible. Quote — “Self-discipline isn’t everything; look at Pol Pot.”—Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styopa Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Sharp edge dice 4eva. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 43 minutes ago, styopa said: Sharp edge dice 4eva. Interesting. Does Q Workshops' crooked dice roll in my favour? If so I'll buy two sets but buy a professional set for the GM 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 That was eye-opening. I just went through my dice bag, and sure enough 35 year old Gamescience dice, do still look good and have sharp edges. 1 Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, jongjom said: Interesting. Does Q Workshops' crooked dice roll in my favour? If so I'll buy two sets but buy a professional set for the GM 😉 Why don't you give him the dice that are weighted to roll bad? Think of all the lives you'll save! Edited June 30, 2018 by Atgxtg Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Richard S. said: I don't think it's meant to let you roll random runes (though you can if you want), those are probably just on there for decoration. So, why should I buy these rather than a plain d20? Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 38 minutes ago, soltakss said: So, why should I buy these rather than a plain d20? There's no reason besides that they're pretty. Is that a problem? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativehum Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 hour ago, soltakss said: So, why should I buy these rather than a plain d20? For the same reason I like using black d6 with red pips when playing Classic Traveller.* The Q-Workshop dice will make the table more Rune-y. That might not be reason enough for some people to buy them, but will be for others. Now, there my be more functionality built into them to be revealed later. But for now, that seems to be the reason. _______________ * Or why some people buy a BMW over a Honda Civic, and so on. Sometimes a choice of purchase is not based on practical utility but on aesthetics or the pleasure given by design rather than function alone. 2 Quote "But Pendragon isn’t intended to be historical, just fun. So have fun." -- Greg Stafford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 38 minutes ago, creativehum said: For the same reason I like using black d6 with red pips when playing Classic Traveller.* We had to stop using black and red traveller style dice as our colourblind members found them very hard to read. 1 Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativehum Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, David Scott said: We had to stop using black and red traveller style dice as our colourblind members found them very hard to read. I am sorry to hear this! Quote "But Pendragon isn’t intended to be historical, just fun. So have fun." -- Greg Stafford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelm's Light Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 18 hours ago, styopa said: Sharp edge dice 4eva. Hahaha I never actually saw Lou Zocchi before. He looks like Colonel Sanders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydet Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 13 hours ago, soltakss said: So, why should I buy these rather than a plain d20? People buy things because they look pretty. Later tonight on local news, we have John with a breaking report that the sky is blue and that water is wet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Wet water? How much? Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusmak Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I fancy d4 dices made of steel, which could be used caltrops as well. Those served as such quite well already, but you can always do better... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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