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If you're looking for the ultimate in luxury dice, or something truly unique and beautiful, you can't go wrong with dice carefully carved from natural semi-precious gemstones. When playing Dungeons and Dragons or another tabletop RPG, there are few feelings more special than rolling literal jewels at the table.

For many years it was difficult, if not impossible, to find polyhedral dice sets made from anything but plastic. When I was shopping for my first set of dice, the choices were clear, solid, and sparkly. I went with sparkly.

In recent years, though, dice made from many different materials have become available. Chief among these are metals, be they precious metals, exotics such as tungsten, or more common alloys. As metal dice become increasingly popular, more and more players ask: are metal or plastic dice better for tabletop gaming?

The answer, of course, is “well, it depends.” Here are the main questions to address when choosing dice materials.

Four-sided dice, abbreviated d4, are the lowest number range version of the classic RPG dice set. This seemingly simple tetrahedron (pyramid shape) is one of the most confusing in the lineup, primarily because there are two main styles of d4s.

With so many finishes, colors, and styles we thought we'd take a moment to suggest our top picks for dice to roll for your D&D characters. So far we've explored dice for the Barbarian and Bard classes, this week we'll keep it up with dice for the Cleric. The Cleric Steeped in divine magic, these healers and warriors are conduits of the gods who manifest miraculous spells and abilities. Selected by the gods to fulfill their will, the path of a cleric can take many forms: healer, offensive spell caster, and warrior priest count themselves among this devout class. There are a lot of divine domains dividing...

With so many finishes, colors, and styles we thought we'd take a moment to suggest our top picks for dice to roll for your D&D characters. Choosing from both metal and plastic sets, Dice Dungeons offers a variety of possibilities for your hero. The Barbarian These unbridled tribesman and rage-powered warriors are ready to dish out an unrelenting assault on whoever crosses their path. But what dice are the best ones for your barbarian character? We sat down with each of the barbarian subclasses to find our top picks for barbarian dice sets.   Path of the Ancestral Guardian With mighty ancestral spirits...