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Taking a break from literal gem dice to show off the best d4s ever made. Not only are these not caltrops waiting to pierce slippered feet at night when a stray one happens to be right where you're stepping in a rapid trip to the bathroom after a night of drinking way too much tea while playing RPGs, they also roll much better.
Whoever invented these is a genius.
I like the triplefours myself, but these are definitely pretty sweet.
I like those fine (and have a set), but I kinda view them as "cheating" when you have numbers repeating to get a lower number of sides. I'm always impressed by how clever people can be in designing these things. π
But where is the risk if you cannot be empaled?
My wife has one of these from a dice set and I love it. I tried to buy myself a couple of them from my local board game store but they don't have them...
They're called Arch'd4ΒΉ and can be found in various online venues if your local purveyor won't stock them.
ΒΉLink is representative. I'm not recommending this particular site because I can't buy from any western source.
I think we've been calling them 'pill' d4s over here.
I even made some wooden ones before they started selling them at my flgs.
I personally prefer DoubleSix's twelve sided d4's, but welcome all non-caltrop variations.
...my wife and i have a lot of dice, all kinds; this photo includes perhaps one-quarter of our collection...
...without reservation, i'll vouch that my wife's role4initiative set (including their arch d'4) are the best-rolling dice i've ever played: perfect feel, easy to read, well-balanced, just ideal in-hand in a way that's difficult to describe until you use them...
...the only reason i haven't bought my own set is that i don't care for the colors and their typeface is pretty uninspired, but if all you care about is how they play, role4initiative can't be beat...
