Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Maxwell_Silverhammer 11-01-06, 11:20 PM	I spent 8 dollors on a set of dice. 1d4 1d6 1d8 2d10 1d12 1d20 ....and i still have to buy a few six siders for my healing spells. Why are dice so expensive?
Khisanth Magus 11-01-06, 11:46 PM	...where in the world are you buying dice, at $1 a piece? I can usually get them for about half that at my local gaming store...used to be cheaper.
Vaelan 11-01-06, 11:49 PM	I would guess it is because you're getting ripped off. I see sets of dice for under half of that price online and I bought a pound of dice, albeit several years ago, for $10 from a local store.
Daebereth 11-01-06, 11:51 PM	Wow... i buy my dice at about $2-$3 each, or $12 a set. Maybe because I get the pretty ones. They're worth it though.
Insane Pixie 11-01-06, 11:52 PM	....and i still have to buy a few six siders for my healing spells. Ever consider rolling one die multiple times? ...just saying. ;)
GaffeR 11-02-06, 12:01 AM	If you're really cheap you could click the d20 on the Wizard.com/dnd homepage.
RetiredThief 11-02-06, 12:14 AM	1 dice at a time tends to be expensive. Buying special fancy dice tends to be expensive. Personally, I also find many of the fancy dice hard to read. Need a bunch of d6's? Go to a Dollar Store. You can find packs of 10 for, well, a dollar. Sure they aren't fancy, but they work just fine when you start lobbing big old fireballs around. And if you don't absolutely need dice now, wait. Seek out sales. Any place with many dice usually has some old sets for half price. If you aren't swimming in cash, don't worry about getting "artsy" dice. Cheap dice work just fine.
Gahread 11-02-06, 12:45 AM	Last year I found myself in need of D6's for another game. I bought over 150 pretty dice for under 30 bucks. Never need another 6-sider in my life. Then I realized I needed some other dice for my growing D&D habit. I rummaged through the bargain bin, found a few sets of more or less matching dice, and paid 25 cents a pop. If you need the shiniest dice on the block, you'll pay silly amounts. Me, I could probably have gotten them even cheaper but that was the cheapest and easiest available at the time.
Archangel62 11-02-06, 12:51 AM	I like dipping into the convention pot and grabbing large scoops of dice for a couple bucks. Overall very inexpensive and I've gotten some really nice ones.
Maxwell_Silverhammer 11-02-06, 01:17 AM	I live in a small town with one gaming store...and we are playing on saturday...so yeah. they were made by chessex. my husband bought the cheaper chessex that were 4.50 for 7 dice
Nitan 11-02-06, 01:28 AM	Nothing like a nice set of dice though. It makes you feel good.
runestar 11-02-06, 01:51 AM	I use my calculator's random function...because I couldn't find any of those novelty dice at my game stores...:weep: D6s aren't a problem though.:P Have a ton of those around...Maybe someone should petition the companies which produce those board games like monopoly or snakes and ladders to consider adding other types of dice...:P
Titan W 11-02-06, 02:23 AM	I usually spend about $4.50 for a set of metalic-plastic dice (.50 each) or about 3.75 for a pre-packaged set (however prefer buying the singles so that I can just get the ones that roll well but match). Once I hit 16th level I had to buy about $4 of 10 packs of D6 for a buck each at the dollar store. Where you get them is definately a big deal as at the mainly MTG store they're about .25 to .75 more expensive and shipping online is expensive, yet at the store that does more RPGs and model kits the dice are as stated above, since they move a higher volume. Just shop around a bit and you can usually find a good deal.
BW0222 11-02-06, 02:59 AM	Maxwell_Silverhammer, Standard set usually runs about $5 online. Most stores go for $5-6 range. You can buy a brick of 48 small size sided dice for $10. BTW. Healing spells use a d8. Fireballs, flame strikes, and other spells typically use d6s. In any case, one two-hour movie runs $10 without pop-corn or drinks. A couple of bags of chips and pop on game days runs $10. Pizza about $20. D&D is awefully cheap compared to most hobbies.
Rhomphaia 11-02-06, 03:22 AM	Around where I live, a fairly nice set of plastic dice will run you $5.50, with nicer sets going up to six bucks or so. Very inexpensive. That said though, my most expensive set works out to about $3.57 per die. Solid copper is rather spendy.
LostPassWordDoesNotWork 11-02-06, 03:24 AM	I got a set* of blue/black dice with gold letters for 2 bucks. (little plastic case and all) A package of 10 d6's for a doller. (for fireballs & weapon enchantments) Thats all I own. (besides dice I find and claim) * 1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d10, 1d12, 1d20, and a d%? or %d? 9what ever the percentage die's acronym is)
Arcen 11-02-06, 07:44 AM	Mine cost $40... but they're niiiiice.
HauptSin 11-02-06, 10:05 AM	I want a set of Amethyst dice, but they run around $70/set. For now I'm using the cheap shiny set I got for around $10CDN, though it has been rolling well for me lately.
Tyveil 11-02-06, 10:10 AM	The more expensive the dice, the better the rolls. That's just the way it goes. :cool:
Caver451 11-02-06, 10:34 AM	I live in a small town with one gaming store...and we are playing on saturday...so yeah. they were made by chessex. my husband bought the cheaper chessex that were 4.50 for 7 dice Chessex (http://www.chessex.com/) makes nice dice. They have three grades: low-end, mid-range and high-end. The low-end, which it sounds like your husband bought, are simple solid colors. Mid-range are basic speckled dice. The high-end are their signature dice, and are quite fancy, pretty and the most expensive. That sounds like what you bought. In the end, they all roll the same. You can generally find dice online cheaper, but you'll end up making up the difference in shipping. If you don't mind mismatched colors, most hobby shops sell cheap dice by the handful. If you're interested in some REALLY nice dice, Crystal Caste (http://www.crystalcaste.com/) makes dice that range in price from $25 for a 7-dice set, to $100 for a single six-sided dice. Want silver plated dice? They have them. A d20 made from a piece of meteorite or real dinosaur bone? They have them. Hand carved from real semi-precious stones? Crystal Caste is your place. (If you buy from Crystal Caste, remember they have three basic sizes: 12mm, 14mm and 16mm. Standard dice are 16mm. Ask your DM if he or she allows metal or small dice. Some don't.) For some gamers--myself included--a really nice set of dice is worth the money. The heft of real metal. The elegance of expertly crafted semi-precious stone. The whimsy of multicolor swirls. I own several sets of dice, to fit my mood. For other gamers, dice aren't so important. Typically, they bring a ziplock baggy full of mismatched dice to the game, and really don't care what it looks like so long as it has the proper number of sides. As for why D&D or other RPG dice are more expensive than the standard 16mm pipped six-sided dice used, it's a matter of quantity. Standard dice are used in thousands of games, from monopoly and yahtzee to casino games. Billions are made a year. There is a much smaller market for D&D dice, which keeps the price up. So, have you started collecting dice bags yet? ;-) -Caver
mearrin69 11-02-06, 11:14 AM	The more expensive the dice, the better the rolls. That's just the way it goes. :cool: Heh, gotta agree here. I just plonked down some cash for a set of brass ones (yeah, my wife thinks it's funny) and they might not always roll well, but they sure look good doing it! Back OT, there's dice and there's dice. You can get some cheap ones if you need/want to do that or you can splurge. Up to you really. I like nice dice so I don't mind paying. M
Sulaco 11-02-06, 11:22 AM	Dice are cheap. You can get a Pound o Dice from Chessex for less than $30. Split that between a gaming group and everyone can get all the dice they'll ever need - and many more to spare - for a few bucks each.
Tyler Do'Urden 11-02-06, 11:23 AM	Dice that aren't very good, and dice that come in sets, can usually be pretty cheap. The gaming store near me used to have the "cup o' dice" where you'd get all the dice you could fit into a coffee mug for like $12. It was basically all the same speckled crap nobody wanted, but hey, they were dice. I was proud of the noise my backpack made when I dropped it. Custom sets of dice can be really expensive. For example, I'm playing a high-level monk with a bunch of damage enhancements on his unarmed strikes and I like to roll attacks and damage all at once. At full power, his full attack is upwards of 60 dice. They're color-coded so I can distinguish attacks and damage types. I can't even remember how much this set cost me, but it's probably somewhere in the range of $40, and I'm thinking about getting more dice to better cover the magebane ability.
Otto the Bugbear 11-02-06, 12:32 PM	Do you like D&D? Do you think you'll be playing for years to come? If so, then even the cost of the more expensive plastic dice is really a pittance. Well, that is if you can manage not to lose the. I was going through my dice sunday or monday and it turns out I still have 6 dice (20, 12, 12, 10, 8, 6) from the first two basic box sets I bought... 18 years ago. (Red box and green box, IIRC.) Dice last forever, so even if that 8 bucks seems like a lot, over time it will dimish. Unless you like to keep buying new ones, like some bugbears. Cheers Otto :)
Kazeofwinds 11-02-06, 12:46 PM	I got mine in an auction at a con, 5 bucks for enough dice to supply my whole group (Never counted, but it was like 100 or so.)
Radagast 11-02-06, 12:47 PM	Don't skimp too much on dice, or you may end up with sub-par dice that are "nice" enough to roll 1's on a regular basis. But really, good dice (Chessex, etc.) are not that costly and will last practically forever, so they are worth the money. Getting good dice in bulk, such as the Pound O'Dice or mismatched extras from the gaming store is a good idea. Just don't waste money on really cheap dice or ones that look cool but are hard to read (I've made that mistake a few times).
THETUNNELRAT 11-02-06, 12:51 PM	A friend of mine picked me up a full set of onyx dwarven stone dice in Va for my birthday a few years ago they cost him near fifty bucks. I still have them and only use them when I DM ,but most of the time I use a set from the Patrick Henry Mall in Va that only were five and some change. You have to know were to look.:twocents: = :dice:
Lunas_Argent 11-02-06, 12:52 PM	One word, ebay. After reading the posts, I looked, and found some good deals. Granted, you pay about 10 dollars s+h, and maybe another ten for the product, byt this is for, say, about a pound of various polyhedral dice. Get some friends in on it, throw your money together, and you can get a pretty cheap deal.
Dracon_Ian 11-02-06, 12:55 PM	At my "local" games shop, dice are like 40pence for cyrstal, and 60p for speckled (sorry i can't spell). which i think is an ok price, but set's seem to cost more than individual dice, but that's only b'cos the only sets you can get are of about 10 dice of one type. What is a good number of dice to get anyway?
aotrscommander 11-02-06, 01:13 PM	Try wargames stores/online stuff; I think my local games shops have dice from 30-40p.
Dracon_Ian 11-02-06, 01:16 PM	I find that with the cheaper one's on ebay you won't get the sort of dice you want, i'm looking for dice atm, and most of the d4's have the number in the middle of the adge rather than the corners. If you but the slitely more expencive (about 20pence more each) you get the feel of the dice and know what you're getting.
TwistedPuppy 11-02-06, 02:53 PM	Most conventions I've been too had SOMEBODY selling sets of dice for one or two dollars a set. Last year I got five sets (d4,d6,d8,d10,d12,d20) for five bucks. Not real pretty, but I gave them out to new players on game days. The only stipulation was that they come back to the group on a regular basis if they're going to keep the dice.
lunchbox1584 11-02-06, 02:58 PM	I have a set of amathyst dice I paid $45 for and the sad thing is I almost never use them but they bring me good luck. I bring them out when the action get going and when its hit or die time. My othe dice go for about 5-7 a set.
Fatalis_902 11-02-06, 03:24 PM	I use my calculator's random function...because I couldn't find any of those novelty dice at my game stores...:weep: D6s aren't a problem though.:P Have a ton of those around...Maybe someone should petition the companies which produce those board games like monopoly or snakes and ladders to consider adding other types of dice...:P Hey, me too. TI-83, or some other kind of expensive calculator that schools like Coyle make you buy?
KismetRose 11-02-06, 03:34 PM	If you think the dice are expensive, you're really going to hate paying for the books. The money spent for dice is just a drop in the bucket. If you mind paying $8.00 for dice that you're going to use every time you game from now until kingdom come - 'cause it's not like they break generally speaking - then books are probably more of a problem. The cost of books far outstrips dice, even when they're sold at lower prices, and since you might not use all of your books during a session some books take longer to give returns on your investment. For those of us who don't have a ton of money to spend on gaming, book choices are probably the most important in our spending (unless you're doing miniature stuff, which can get expensive quick). I figure, choose dice that you're going to want to have around for a long time because they are going to last you, if you keep track of them. (Every now and then the dice gnomes steal some and they are never seen again.) Buy yourself what you need and then forget about dice, because you don't have to keep buying them once you have a workable set. And then concentrate on saving up for whatever book is going to enhance your overall gaming experience, not just the rolling.
RodinGates 11-02-06, 04:03 PM	If you have some old board games lying around the house or know anyone who has some you can always borrow d6s from them. Hell, I got 16 d6s from my brother's old set that don't match and obviously look like they were stolen from a multitude of board games.
RetiredThief 11-02-06, 09:00 PM	For other gamers, dice aren't so important. Typically, they bring a ziplock baggy full of mismatched dice to the game, and really don't care what it looks like so long as it has the proper number of sides. (Retired looks around himself, sheepishly raises his hand.) Yah, that'd be cheap ol me. Heck, I still have, and play with, the cruddy old dice that came with my original tan D&D books. Things are well over 25 years old now. Ah, the stories they could tell...
RetiredThief 11-02-06, 09:08 PM	If you have some old board games lying around the house or know anyone who has some you can always borrow d6s from them. Hell, I got 16 d6s from my brother's old set that don't match and obviously look like they were stolen from a multitude of board games. Just be careful and check the dice out. Some games have dice that look normal, but are numbered different, or have symbols rather than numbers. Imagine rolling a 6D6 fireball and doing damage of 13, a pirate flag, a chaos sign, and blue. :confused:
Wayett 11-02-06, 09:20 PM	I buy mine for 5.95 for 1d4 3d6 1d8 2d10 1d12 1d20
Maxwell_Silverhammer 11-03-06, 08:04 PM	COnvention? :eek: WHY DOESNT ANYONE TELL ME THESE THINGS!!!! WHERE WHERE? *gets aniime convention money and puts in a new jar labeled "D&D convention"
seldom_seen 11-04-06, 10:56 AM	I have a large supply of dice that I have accumulated over the years. The set I have now cost about $20.00, and is my personal set that abolutely NOBODY else uses!!! The others are community property that any and all players may use for whatever reason the need. Most of the rest of the players all have their own special dice as well, but frequently will dip into the bulk dice on occasion. Buying dice does not have to be expensive. It only gets that way if you are like me and need to have pretty shiny baubles to play with:D