{"id":1570422,"date":"2026-05-04T21:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/DBfVN7ynKkXCBQM9nYMtQX"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:20:05","slug":"i-never-understood-the-appeal-of-a-jumbo-novelty-d20-until-i-saw-one-inspired-by-one-of-my-favorite-new-rpgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/i-never-understood-the-appeal-of-a-jumbo-novelty-d20-until-i-saw-one-inspired-by-one-of-my-favorite-new-rpgs\/","title":{"rendered":"I never understood the appeal of a jumbo novelty d20 until I saw one inspired by one of my favorite new RPGs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Die Hard Dice<\/a> has unveiled a new line of d20s based on Esoteric Ebb, our current front runner for the best RPG of 2026<\/a>. The three products on offer are up for pre order, with expected fulfilment by June. I guess more like two-and-a-half products: Two are the same set of dice with different colored bags.<\/p>\n

Die Hard Dice is offering a set of three standard-sized d20s corresponding with three of Esoteric Ebb’s main characters, with your choice of purple<\/a> or orange bag<\/a>. There’s a translucent green and blue d20 for goblin rogue Snell, a purple and white die for wearable mimic Meek, and a dark brown with gold shimmer number for the angel, Ettir. Each one has a symbol representing their respective character in place of a critical 20.<\/p>\n

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The standard dice are fun and fit their respective characters well, but I’m here for the big kahuna: One of those oversized, novelty d20s, with this one celebrating the reason for the season, the man himself, the world’s worst cleric, The Cleric<\/a>. It’s a big ‘ole hefty metal thing\u2060\u2014bigger than most, smaller than some\u2060\u2014with blue and white faces, plus The Cleric’s helm picked out in the same electroplated finish as the die’s edges and numbers.<\/p>\n

I’m a disgusting fiend for nerdy crap to put on my office shelves, but I’ve never been much of a dice guy\u2060\u2014miniatures are more my speed as far as tabletop paraphernalia goes. But The Cleric Dire d20 spoke to me enough to elicit a preorder. I used some of the money I saved not snagging a Steam Controller<\/a> in time earlier today.<\/p>\n

But before buying Esoteric Ebb-themed novelty dice, I would recommend buying Esoteric Ebb itself\u2060\u2014it really is all that. I thought I had a fairly completionist playthrough, but missed, like, half the game<\/a>. I was also seriously impressed by how developer Christoffer Bodeg\u00e5rd approached save scumming<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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