As my wife, Danielle, and co-writer, Scott, have told me, invitations to Dungeons & Dragons parties often invoke Mountain Dew as the ultimate draw. As in, “Do you want to come to our D&D night? We’ve got Mountain Dew.” Popularity in the world of tabletop gaming, therefore, may have been directly proportional to one’s access to Code Red. I use the past tense here, however, because there’s a new way to become the cool kid in the RPG crowd: owning your own 3-sided die.
Previously, to calculate the damage from a weak weapon or spell, players had to modify the tally of a six-sided die. And, though there are boring and, let’s face it, completely un-hip D3 dice on the market, 3D printing has stepped in again to make the world a more tolerable place to roll. Nvenom8 on Shapeways has designed a three-sided die so beautiful it could be worn around the neck as a glamorous display of tabletop commitment. You can purchase the D3 in black or white sintered nylon for $11.42 or, for ultimate class, in sterling silver for $80.92.
Roll Nvenom8’s Modern Art D3 die and you’re greeted with one to three tallies, which the artist says, on Reddit, “works well as a fate die (+,-,0) or for a whip, shield bash from a light spiked shield or heavy shield, caltrops, and a bunch of the small versions of weapons.” In case you need to see how it works IRL, the Shapeways shop owner has created the video below. Happy gaming, everyone!
Source: CNET
