Shizzle69 |
Bruunwald |
These guys just came out with dice rings as well as a new design for life counter. Now you can roll your r20 and keep track of your hitpoints. I'm thinking the world needs to know about these things.
It's a novel idea. I don't know if it's a practical one.
I regularly wear a spinner ring with a Celtic knot design round it. It is possible (because I've done it a number of times) to bend the ring during normal wear so that it does not spin freely. I've bent it back out many times, and it "works," but once bent it's not all that "reliable."
Still a fun idea, though.
Shizzle69 |
I have to ask if your ring is Steel? Most spinner rings I've seen are silver or soft metal. The guys behind this have put serious effort into making these rings work, and while I have not tried them myself I think a lot of thought has been put into solving this exact problem.
Edit: Don't mean to sound confrontational, I'm really just curious since bending is also a concern for me.
kmal2t |
Interesting idea. I can see it now:
"Do you, Nightblade, take this Half-elf to be your lovely wedded NPC?"
edit: actually my gf has been bugging me for a ring..I should buy one of these to see her reaction...probably should sleep with one eye open though for awhile cuz she might kill me in my sleep then lol
wmullen |
I have 3 stainless steel spinner rings, and unless these are radically different, it just won't work. Spinner rings don't really "spin" so much as rotate. I think it's a cool idea, and if they actually got them to spin properly, kudos. I just don't see this working very well.
a GM at Gencon was using a pair of these rings. He generated around a dozen confirmed crits and several more unconfirmed. Hot streaks happen, I was on a cold streak ... artic cold. However, I was prompted to look online at some images of them. I am planning on getting a couple and testing them. Our GM was clamping his fist to stop the spin. Somehow, I would think that this would lead to a non-random result equivalent to slapping a normal d20 as it rolls on the table to get at the result faster.
Give me old fashioned dice, a cup and a diced tray to keep the rolls truly random.