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Old 04-19-2019, 11:05 AM   #11
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I think the symbol should viscerally convey damage/hurt in a meaningful way, particularly because of the bonuses you get for rolling triple ones, ideally (since we only get one mold) conveying both melee combat and magic. I'm thinking a sword crossed with a lightning bolt, a la the iconography from the small boxes.
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Old 04-19-2019, 11:10 AM   #12
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How about the die have a hex outline with the number in the hex?
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Old 04-19-2019, 11:58 AM   #13
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How about the die have a hex outline with the number in the hex?
I kinda like that, although I prefer pips to numerals. (For d6, anyway, because it's Traditional™) But I think a hex would look cool with a pip in the middle too.



Correction: "I think a hex [with a pip in the middle] <-> [would look cool] too". Sorry, that was bugging me.

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Old 04-19-2019, 12:06 PM   #14
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Hex outline with pip in the middle - nice.
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Old 04-19-2019, 02:28 PM   #15
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Megahexes on each side, with filled-in hexes instead of pips.

Never mind... 'Tis a silly idea....

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Old 04-19-2019, 02:28 PM   #16
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In the interest of explaining why some ideas cannot be explored:

Tooling is very expensive. One way to make multiple custom designs is a family mold: Pack two, three, four different designs -- all the same size and shape -- into a single mold. That then means you run _all_ of those designs at once when shooting plastic.

To create what you've described would mean two separate molds; or one mold and producing a lot of dice that are destroyed since half the run would not fit your proposal.
Solution! The M is a W upside down!
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Old 04-19-2019, 03:07 PM   #17
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Solution! The M is a W upside down!
3 M's is a critical hit, and 3 W's is a critical miss. Let the table arguments begin :)
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Old 04-19-2019, 10:53 PM   #18
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I just like the idea of special TFT dice. I’ll buy those. I liked the OGRE dice with the hoplite helmet on it.

SJG has some great creatives. I’m sure they could come up with something cool.

Take my money. :-)
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Old 04-20-2019, 04:05 PM   #19
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1 is a single hex enclosing TFT (in the same font as the logo text on the product).

The 6 has a megahex marked:

Code:
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T     T
    
S     G
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Old 04-20-2019, 08:53 PM   #20
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Maybe TFT really does need a logo? There isn’t one, really.

It needs to feature the distinctive megahex, certainly. Maybe something like this...

https://twitter.com/tftguy/status/11...366633984?s=21
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