#math rocks

Went out Christmas shopping at a Tabletop Game & Book store earlier and found a bunch of cool dice, so I decided to get a few as a present for myself in addition to the stuff I got for family & friends

Here's my new dice sets!

KITTY-THEMED SHINY MATH ROCKS!

The second I saw these I knew I had to have them. They're a deep purple with shiny gold lettering, and small gold sparkles scattered throughout. It makes it look kind of like a space nebula

All of the highest number faces on each die has a cat in a different pose on it. Several of the sides also have kitty pawprints on them. The 3, 6, and 9 sides on each die that has them have them number surrounded by a ball of yarn

Took some close up pictures of each side of the D6

I love the cat ears they put on the numbers, they're so cute!

Also, look at the 8-side of the D12! That's adorable!

Yarn ball 6 & 9 sides. The cat ears are used to differentiate which is which

20-side of the D20. Shiny gold kitty

I also found a translucent set that had each color of the rainbow that I bought. I like the way the light bounces off of them

I love the colors! They're also very smooth and feel nice in my hands. I like the noise they make when they clack together

Last purchase for myself was a dice bag to put them all in

Soft velvety material with stars and nebulas on it. I think the marketing name on the package was Celestial. I thought it went well with my kitty dice

When it opens it has this hexagonal flower shape inside of it so you can sort various dice sets. Thought it looked really cool. It's super soft too

Couple of honorable mentions that I didn't have enough money left over to buy, but are definitely going on my Christmas list under the cut

I

Want

I sent my friend these memes:

And he responded with “hmm… I can lift one hundred sixty-six pounds. How many swords is that?”

(Oddly specific number btw 🤔)

Anyway— maths ensue on my end:

The average medieval short sword is two pounds.

The average medieval greatsword is six pounds.

So… my friend can carry about…

eighty-three short swords

or

twenty-seven and a half greatswords.

BUT…

I wasn’t including the weight of sword belts, because who wants to carry all of those naked blades with their bare hands.

The average sword belt (no frogs or large fastenings, and average leather thickness) is a little less than one pound. I’m just gonna round up to one because I’m lazy.

Assuming we’re being inefficient with our sword belt storage optimization, and saying one belt per sword, that’s about…

fifty-five and a third short swords

or

twenty-three and two thirds greatswords.

Now with scabbards — because let’s be honest, this is the modern age and SOMEONE’s going to enforce safety protocols.

Short sword scabbards are about one pound.

Greatsword scabbards are about two and a quarter pounds.

SO. If all the swords have scabbards, and each sword has a sword belt, how many swords can my friend carry?

Forty-one and a half short swords

or

about eighteen greatswords.

…

Delft Blue

Hand painted blanks cast in number molds.

Yes, I hand painted them. Yes, seriously. The crane too.