Saturday, June 26, 2021

Pathfinder Dice: "Goblins!" [RPG]

 I got the Pathfinder Goblins! dice set in anticipation of playing a goblin character one day.  That hasn't happened yet, so I've instead been using them as GM dice in my biweekly Roots of Golarion campaign.  They come in a nice little cardboard box with a plastic tray inside.  The box says "Each of these 7 dice bears goblin-scrawl suggestive of tiny terrors and manic murder.  Roll the dice and let your foes know that deadly things come in small packages!"  The borders around each numeral on the dice are . . . I don't really know how to describe them, but I guess they do have a messy, chaotic feel.  They also makes it more challenging to see the actual numbers--this isn't a set of dice I'd suggest if you're playing in dim lighting or have poor eyesight!  The highest number of each dice is a special symbol that is very evocative of goblins (dogslicers on the d10, a wooden shield on the d12, a horsechopper on the d8, a goblin face on the d6, and a skull on the d20).  Overall, the set certainly is distinctive and I guess its on theme, but I can't help but feel it could still have been done better.

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